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I originally wrote this 30 August 2012, but I updated it on 14 June 2019.  I updated it more on 18 June 2019. From imdb Written and Directed by CHRIS MARTINEZ as inspired by the music of The APO Hiking Society This is the promotional poster for Unitel and Studio 5's I Do Bidoo Bidoo starring Sam Concepcion, Tippy Dos Santos, Eugene Domingo, Gary V., Ogie Alcasid, Zsa Zsa Padilla The first time I've seen this almost seven years ago I was deeply impressed because even if the movie is a musical comedy, the flow of the story was...is almost seamless.  The songs of course were very familiar, but I was careful not to sing in the theatre.  I am still traumatised (I should be over this, I know, but not until I find out if the aggrieved party has forgiven me) because I thought I wasn't too audible I sang with someone doing a solo number.  She felt more than slighted.  In Filipino I could say nabastos ko siya .  Google translates it to I made h...

From The Hallmark Channel Director: Mike Rohl Writer: Kim Beyer-Johnson Wow.  So far, so good.  This is my favourite among all The Wedding March instalments.  There's just something so real between CINDY BUSBY and TYLER HYNES.  LANE EDWARDS and SUNITA PRASAD also have something beautiful between them.  Nothing between the two couples look forced.   The wedding itself was beautiful.  Is that a spoiler?  No.  Not really.  We know that the wedding would happen.  What we do not know are the things in between, and I'm glad they pulled it off. The Inn still looks glorious as ever, and it was great reminiscing about my Wedding Planning days with with a couple of friends, and some I did with a group of people.  I also did some hosting... Going back to the movie, even if it's quite predictable, I loved the flow of the story, and to reiterate for emphasis,  I really felt the love between Brad(that name ag...

Both photos are from imdb Directed by  Mark Jean Writing Credits   Jean Abounader (story) & J.B. White (story)   J.B. White (teleplay) This movie was literally SHELVED for the longest time, until today.  I just didn't have the energy to watch something so SHALLOW, so I thought. This movie is not shallow at all.  Yes, it was very OBVIOUS that the younger sister played by ANNA CHLUMSKY would eventually grow up, and that neighbour of her Big Sister, Mandy(CHELAH HORSDAL), as played by WARREN CHRISTIE, would be her future beau because her dunce of a boyfriend(JESSE HUTCH) did not deserve her attention. Still there were surprises here and there. The problems of the kids are nothing new, and so were the solutions, but I like how this movie was acted by the ensemble. As for Mandy and her loving husband, Brian(WILLIAM DEVRY), they had some romance to be rekindled, so it could be said that they had to do something about that too. ...

From imdb also from imdb Even in 1995 the story wasn't anything new.  I know some people in real life that met "this way", and it's somewhat predictable. What makes this movie great then?  The actors, and the treatment, and the awesome ending. I have seen this in the 1990s, but I must say that I appreciated this more tonight. SOPHIA TURNER (Baby Sarah) is at least 23 years old now, but she'll always be remembered as the adorable toddler who brightened everyone's day. RICHARD E. GRANT plays Jack so effectively that I was crying with him, getting drunk with him, feeling elated with him, et cetera.  When he realised how important Baby Sarah is to him, I felt...feel the love he has for her. Even if he's unrelated to the guy who kinda looks like him, and shares the same last name, he, at the very least, has the same acting ability...some debate/argue/discuss about who is better than the other, but let's not go there.  🚼🚼🚼...

source Yes, like many of you, I still love the animated version much, much, much better than the live action one, but there are good points: NAOMI SCOTT's rendition of Speechless in this movie rendered me speechless in a positive way.  It was a stupendous performance, and the lyrics are thought-provoking. Lyrics Here comes a wave Meant to wash me away A tide that is taking me under Swallowing sand Left with nothing to say My voice drowned out in the thunder But I won't cry And I won't start to crumble Whenever they try To shut me or cut me down   I won't be silenced You can't keep me quiet Won't tremble when you try it All I know is I won't go speechless   'Cause I'll breathe When they try to suffocate me Don't you underestimate me 'Cause I know that I won't go speechless   Written in stone Every rule, every word Centuries old and unbending Stay in your place Better seen and not heard But now that story is endi...

source source Directed by Matthew Rosen Music by Dean Rosen Written by Janice Y. Perez and Dean Rosen Raymond Bagatsing as Manuel Luis Quezon. Rachel Alejandro as Aurora Quezon. Kate Alejandrino as María Aurora "Baby" Quezon. David Bianco as Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower. James Paoleli as Paul V. McNutt. Jennifer Blair-Bianco as Mamie Eisenhower. Audie Gemora as Sergio Osmeña. Billy Ray Gallion as Alex Frieder. Miguel Faustmann  as Gen. Douglas McArthur. Tony Ahn as Herbert Frieder 2015 Thanks, Sexy Chef Barni, for the list of cinemas where QUEZON's GAME are shown Let me start in reverse.  Before the interviewed Jews spoke, everyone in the theatre applauded.  The story was researched well, the movie was well-directed, and it is well-acted. Greatly acted even. It was as if we were there, experiencing everything with them.  It was as if CCTvs were invented already and we were watching their every move. Peopl...

From Google Images Written and Directed by JASON PAUL LAXAMANA From Cosmopolitan Philippines via Julia Barretto A son of deported OFWs meets a once famous child star, now 21, who is running away from all her problems, in a beautiful place in Japan where there are almost no other Filipinos #JuliaBarretto #GeraldAnderson #SagaJapan #BetweenMaybes #JasonPaulLaxama #YayoAguila #ChristianVasquez #RyleSantiago source Spoiler?  Not really.   BETWEEN MAYBES is a pleasant surprise.  Who would've thought GERALD ANDERSON and JULIA BARRETTO would have believable moments together, and have great chemistry?  Both are gorgeous, and both of them can really act, so why didn't we ever imagine that they could have a movie together where they play each other's love interest?  The age difference?  Maybe, but I think that's not it.   Instead of overthinking or overanalysing this, let's just be grateful that "they" though...