The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1

I don't know how to react on this movie simply because I haven't read the book so when I get to watch the movie, I don't know what to expect. All I know is that Bella (Kirsten Stewart) and Edward (Robert Pattinson) will get married and eventually, Bella will have a baby. 

When I get to watched it, soon after the opening credits, Jacob Black's abdominals made a disturbing appearance. Of course, there are a lot of people who are looking forward to this scene, any scene that shares Jacob not wearing anything at all. Fortunately, I'm not one of them. :) He was mad upon receiving the wedding invitation of Bella and Edward. Alice, even from the start has always been there to support and help Bella, this time around, she helps Bella in the preparation of the wedding. 

Then came the wedding, nothing much happened, some drama involving some of the Cullen's relatives irritated because they invited the wolves pack into the wedding. Soon enough, scenes shifted to Brazil where Bella and Edward will have there Earth Shattering honeymoon. Well, not really, it's just that they made a complete havoc on their bedroom. Kudos to the cinematography simply because Brazil is really an amazing place. I love the sceneries, the beach scene, the falls, the forest. I'm quite disturbed with the Bella and Edward playing chess all the time. Do honeymooners do this all the time? :) I'm not sure though :) 

Soon enough, Bella started having signs of pregnancy, of course, I think, Edward is just plain stupid not to realize that this is inevitable. But on the contrary, is it possible that cold blooded creatures like Edward can make a human pregnant? He's a vampire after all. Since I haven't read the book, I don't know the answer. They packed their bags and went home straight, Bella not telling her parents so that they will not worry about her. They are clueless that Bella is pregnant with a monster that is literally sucking all her blood. It was quite funny when Alice often calls the baby "fetus" and Edward calling the baby "IT". This is the time when Edward and Jacob started to argue. Jacob told Edward that is Bella didn't survive the pregnancy, he will kill him. 

After much agreement, Jacob agrees to protect Bella from his werewolf pack because these they are out to kill her. For some reason, the werewolves are afraid of her baby monster. 

Let's fast forward to the main event since some of the scenes are really, not that important. After giving birth to an infant which is Renesme, Bella dies but not after her husband stab her with an enormous needle filled with his venom. He also bit him several times to make sure she regains her life. Bella wakes up.Looking very much like Dakota Fanning or a Volturi then the end.

Although I didn't like the movie that much, there are some points that I like. 

1) the wedding gown, because it has gorgeous details,
2) the Brazilian island resort house, because it has gorgeous architectural details, and
3) the wedding nightmare of Bella, because it looks like a grotesque wedding cake with gruesome details.

With the acting parts, Lautner continues to squint whenever he is making a point or delivering lines in the middle of an important scene. Stewart still tucks her hair, bites her nails, or avoids eye-to-eye contacts and has mastered the constipated look in each frame (or is Bella Swan really like that in the book? I'm not sure). Pattinson is terrible. He is not to blame because it is hard to act when covered in eerie white make-up and tons of hair products. Creepy indeed. 

Lastly, the controversial love scene. According to some reports, the filmmakers had to tone it down because it got an R-13 rating. Better if the scenes remained in the final cut to add more entertainment. Broken beds. Injured bodies. Lesson: monsters and humans are not compatible. The insane thing though, Bella does not mind the aftermath. Oh no. She likes it. She does not mind doing it more and more despite resistance from her husband. Author Stephanie Meyer, who also served as producer, is sending a curious message to the audience. Oh well. 

For die hard Twilight fans out there, *PEACE* :) I', still looking forward to the second part :)

watch the trailer here:

PUP Human Stencil 2011

I can still remember, vividly in fact, how PUPIANS (including me) broke the record for the largest human rainbow :) We practiced for that said event and we were so excited as well. 

Over 31,000 thousand plus students, faculty and staff participated in the said event which was held at Luneta Grandstand for the 100th year celebration of Polytechnic University of the Philippines. Colorful shirts, flags and caps can be seen everywhere and we danced into modern music which really jump started the said event.   The said human rainbow made it to Guinness Book of  World Records as the worlds largest Human Rainbow.

This coming November 24, 2011, PUP will again make history as they attempt to do a “Human Stencil.” PUP students and friends are encouraged to take part of another historical event. Pre-registration is required to those interested. Also, photographers, bloggers, press and media are welcome to cover the event.

Taken: Movie Review

This is, in my opinion one of the best action packed film I've ever seen for the last years. I also love Liam Neeson. I totally recommend this to parents who has teenager kids, especially high school to college students as well. Most of the time, we neglect some of the important reminders our parents is giving to us. Like "Don't talk to strangers." "Don't go home late.." and more. 

I don’t know who you are, I don’t know what you want. If you are looking for ransom, I can tell you I don’t have money. But what I do have are a very particular set of skills – skills I have acquired over a very long career, skills that make me a nightmare for people like you. If you let my daughter go now, that will be the end of it. But if you don’t, I will look for you. I will find you. And I will kill you. - Bryan Mills

As the movie opens, the hero of the story, a divorced ex-CIA operative named Bryan Mills (Liam Neeson), is already paranoid about his 17-year old daughter, Kim (Maggie Grace) traveling to Paris for the first time with only one other friend, Amanda (Katie Cassidy - Gossip Girl star & also starred in Monte Carlo). After initially refusing to sign consent for her to travel as a minor without parental supervision, he reluctantly agrees thinking that this may be his chance to bond with his estranged daughter since he has moved closer to her in L.A. although she has told more than a few lies to be able to slide past Bryan’s seemingly overbearing paranoid assumptions. Then, when she arrives in Paris and while on the phone with her, he overhears her being taken away by some group of men. 

The initial introductions of Bryan attempting to reconnect with his daughter and his ex-wife, Lenore (Famke Janssen), who is now married to Stuart (Xander Berkeley) but still mad at him for sacrificing his family for his covert job are no doubt a little bit hokey. But the movie quickly shows that it means business once Neeson’s Bryan gives his ultimatum to a kidnapper on the phone he overhears, assuredly warning them that he will find and kill them with all the skills he has acquired. As he quickly hears from a spy analyst friend, Sam (Leland Orser) that the kidnapper is part of a sex trade trafficking mob, he finds he has only 96 hours to find his daughter or else she will likely never be found.

Once Bryan flies into Paris, the movie becomes a nonstop ride in which the kidnappers can barely blink before they can figure out Bryan’s next move. 

This movie accurately depicts aspects of sex trafficking. In real life, traffickers do target naïve girls traveling alone, befriend them and capture them. They take the girls to holding places, and then sell them into the sex trade. They force drugs on the girls and condemn them to awful living conditions. This is a sad truth, even here  in the Philippines, it is still very rampant. 

But the movie, though dark with a heavy theme and saturated with violence and profanity, nevertheless shimmers with Hollywood dazzle. In real life, it would be almost too impossible for a father to hunt down his daughter, killing everyone in his path in his effort to rescue her, most fathers would not have the strength and skills that Bryan Mills has to even face up to these nasty, brutish human traffickers. And in reality, girls are usually immediately violated, humiliated, and forced into submission physically and sexually.

Taken dramatically communicates a harsh reality, but the continuous brutality is disturbing, particularly for those unaccustomed to violent portrayals. Kim’s father eliminates his adversaries by shooting, breaking necks, and torture. But the violence does show how nearly impossible it would be in real life to rescue a loved one from human traffickers. Really, sad truth, and for some worst scenarios, some parents, due to poverty, even parents trade their very own daughters just to earn money. 

My favorite scene in the movie is towards the beginning, after Bryan gives his ultimatum to a kidnapper on the phone, the kidnapper says smirking, “Good luck.” When the phrase is repeated again later, the villains don’t even have the time to wipe off the smirk after Bryan Mills asked this hoodlum to translate an Albanian word which is "Good luck" in English. :) Totally love that scene. :)

Watch the trailer here:

BEA BINENE IN HER FIRST FASHION SHOW

Bea Binene, one of GMA 7’s youngest teen star will be one of the models in BUM apparel’s biggest fashion show called “REVEAL YOUR DARKSIDE” on November 25/Friday, 6pm at the Mall of Asia Music Hall.

As BUM’s latest celebrity endorser, BEA will strut the runway wearing the latest Holiday Collection of BUM with “Cosplay” as theme of the show as culminating activity of BUM’s online Cosplay Contest launched last August 2011.

So Cosplay and BUM fanatics can expect a one-of-a-kind fashion event that would inspire them to express their angst, passion, and identity more freely through BUM’s Collection. Mall goers will enjoy BUM’s treats as early as 1pm with live games on screen. Shoppers can play live video games at the Music Hall venue and win fabulous prizes courtesy of our sponsors Netopia Internet Café and Ideal Vision. Register as early as 1pm and get a chance to win prizes in our event raffle such as NOKIA C1 cellphones, five (5) pieces of P500 GLOBE prepaid loads and BUM gift packs. Raffle draw will be held at exactly 6:30pm. 

There will be special Cosplay contest during the event. Cosplayers who registered online for the BUM COSPLAY competition will have their catwalk presentation at 3pm. Three (3) winners will be chosen in the Male, Female and Mecha category/ armored type cosplay. Winners will receive P 2,500 cash and BUM giveaways. For more information about the show, visit www.bumequipment.com.ph and like us at www.facebook.com/bumequip.

For reference, please contact Ms. Judy Paner-Nuevo

at telephone nos. 4703955 or 09174070990

BUM CELEBRITY ENDORSERS TO GRACE COSPLAY FASHION SHOW

Bea Binene, one of GMA 7’s youngest teen star together with ABS-CBN’s Empress Schuck and Dino Imperial will join BUM apparel’s biggest fashion show called “REVEAL YOUR DARKSIDE” on November 25/Friday, 6pm at the Mall of Asia Music Hall.

As BUM’s latest celebrity endorsers, BEA, EMPRESS and DINO will strut the runway wearing the latest Holiday Collection of BUM with “Cosplay” as theme of the show as culminating activity of BUM’s online Cosplay Contest launched last August 2011.

So Cosplay and BUM fanatics can expect a one-of-a-kind fashion event that would inspire them to express their angst, passion, and identity more freely through BUM’s Collection. Mall goers will enjoy BUM’s treats as early as 1pm with live games on screen. Shoppers can play live video games at the Music Hall venue and win fabulous prizes courtesy of our sponsors Netopia Internet Café and Ideal Vision. Register as early as 1pm and get a chance to win prizes in our event raffle such as NOKIA C1 cellphones, five (5) pieces of P500 GLOBE prepaid loads and BUM gift packs. Raffle draw will be held at exactly 6:30pm. 

There will be special Cosplay contest during the event. Cosplayers who registered online for the BUM COSPLAY competition will have their catwalk presentation at 3pm. Three (3) winners will be chosen in the Male, Female and Mecha category/ armored type cosplay. Winners will receive P 2,500 cash and BUM giveaways. For more information about the show, visit www.bumequipment.com.ph and like us at www.facebook.com/bumequip.    

For reference, please contact Ms. Judy Paner-Nuevo

at telephone nos. 4703955 or 09174070990

BUM HOLDS FASHION SHOW WITH COSPLAY AS THEME

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Local clothing brand BUM brings the Cosplay trend to the fore with a one-of-a-kind fashion show at the SM Mall of Asia.

If you have a story to tell, don’t keep it to yourself. Flaunt and let the world know through fashion.

This has been the youth’s battle-cry these days. Not only are they daring, wearing their colors on their sleeves proudly, they are pushing the envelope when it comes to dressing up, as well.

Even the term “costume play” or “cosplay”, which is the act of dressing up as a fictional character inspired from an anime TV series, or a character they idolized, has found its way into the youth’s wardrobe. Cosplay is no longer a style but it has become a “trend” that is normally seen and worn on the streets.

To underscore this “daring” and “experimental” style philosophy, BUM is putting together a fashion show on November 25 at the Music Hall of the Mall of Asia in Pasay City.

Called Reveal Your Darkside, this fashion celebration is the culminating event of an ongoing nationwide contest. Since August 8, BUM has been receiving through its website (http://www.bumequipment.com.ph) countless entries from young stylistas who want to share the world their passion for the brand and the cosplay trend.

Interestingly, the fashion show will also showcase BUM’s new collection for the Holidays. So cosplay and BUM fanatics can expect a one-of-a-kind fashion event that would inspire them to express their angst, passion, and identity more freely through BUM Collections. Mall goers will enjoy BUM’s treats as early as 1pm with live games on screen. Shoppers can play live video games at the Music Hall venue and win fabulous prizes courtesy of our sponsors Netopia Internet Café and Ideal Vision. Register as early as 1pm and get a chance to win prizes in our event raffle such as NOKIA C1 cellphones, five (5) pieces of P500 GLOBE prepaid loads and BUM gift packs. Raffle draw will be held at exactly 6:30pm. BUM products are available at BUM Boutiques and leading Department Stores nationwide. For Show details, visit www.bumequipment.com.ph and like us at www.facebook.com/bumequip.

For reference, please contact Ms. Judy Paner-Nuevo

at telephone nos. 4703955 or 09174070990

Sarah & Gerald: One More Time!

The biggest romantic-comedy movie this season! Mai-inlove ka! Tatawa ka! The scent of romance with a whiff of humor will fill the early Christmas air this November! Heto na nga ang maagang pamsko mula sa Star Cinema at Viva Films, ang "Won't Last a Day Without You"!

Hindi na nga makapaghintay ang milyun-milyong tagahanga ng most successful love team of 2011 na sina Sarah Geronimo at Gerald Anderson na mapanood ang highly anticipated follow-up movie ng dalawa. After the huge success of "Catch Me I'm Falling" which grossed 130M last March, fans really clamored na masundan agad ito. "Nasurprise ako na gagawan na nga ng follow-up movie! This year din kasi namin ginawa yung unag movie eh so parang expected ko na if ever magkaka follow-up, next year pa." says an excited Sarah Geronimo then she adds "Natutuwa din ako kasi nga ibig sabihin may clamor talaga na masundan yung 1st movie namin. Mas challenging at nakakakaba lang ng sobra this time kasi for sure higher ang expectations sa amin dito!" Gerald likewise shares the excitement, "Na-excite ako ng binanggit na may follow-up movie na agad! Hindi ko pa nun alam kung part 2 ba siya ng Catch Me... or ibang story. Then nakipag-meeting kami with Star at ikinuwento sa'min yung story. Ibang iba 'to! Very realistic at yung mga characters namin, highly-relatable talaga!" he proudly beams!

"When the idea first came about, management was already very happy!" says the movie's director, the very promising Raz de la Torre, "That Sarah would be playing a DJ? Dun pa lang may kiliti na yung character! And I suppose it's really like responsing to kung gaano ka in-demand now yung mga radio programs about counseling. Yung mga taong tumatawag sa radio, tumatawag sila para mapag-sabihan sila. It's really a big trend now. When I was doing my research going around radio stations talking to DJ's na ganoon ang programa, iba na talaga ngayon! It's really about the DJ's character more than just the voice." Direk Raz explained.

From the movie's Craetive Producer, Carmi Raymundo (the genius behind unforgettable movies "My Amnesia Girl", "You Changed My Life", and "A Very Special Love") says that "Won't Last A Day Without You" takes its lead stars on a different turn. "In the movie Sarah is DJ Heidee who hosts a love counseling radio program. If in her past roles Sarah played a "no boyfriend since birth" character na in love na in love sa love, this time she plays a girl who has been seriously broken-hearted kaya she refuses to believe in true love anymore. Nasaktan na siya, na heart-broken na, as in grabe na ang pagsasara sa true love! Until she meets Andrew (Gerald Anderson) who is the exact embodiment of the kind of guy she hates most, womanizer, nakakasakit ng babae! Iba talaga to! What's interesting here is kung papano ita-translate nung dalawa ang mga characters nila on screen!" Carmi enthuses.

Direk Raz furthers, "The movie is not about what you will validate about love but rather what will break your notions about love! Like halimbawa meron kang ideal man or woman, sa tingin mo bagay sa'yo yung ganitong klaseng tao or ang love or relationship dapat ganito, then all of a sudden you find out na ah mas tama pala na ganito, akala ko hindi pero ito pala ang mas bagay sa'kin! This one makes me happier pala at mas tama sa personalidad ko!" Direk Raz closes.

It does feel like love and romance will fill the Christmas air with "Won't Last A Day Without You"! Sabi nga nila Sarah at Gerald, "this movie is our early Christmas gift not just to our fans but to all the hopeless romantics out there as well! Lalo na dun sa mga members ng SMP (Samahan ng Malalamig ang Pasko), this movie will make you believe in true love!" the two chuckled.

Sarah Geronimo

Gerald Anderson

Direk Raz de la Torre

Big movie! Big love team! "Won't Last A Day Without You" open in over 100 theaters nationwide on November 30! We all just can't wait!

watch the trailer here:

My Reasons To Travel While You Are Young

I'm not really a travel blogger and I don't consider myself as a blogger anyway. I write. But I don't need any labels just to prove to anyone who I am. I love writing and these are one of the few things that really defined who I am. Traveling to new places is one of the things that I want to engage myself into right now. Just like the blog of  http://goinswriter.com/travel-young/ where he pointed out the reasons why we must travel while we're young, I guess I want to share my own reasons why I am venturing myself in the same routine right now. Why I want to save up money and take myself to places where I know I'll mature more.

Traveling engage you in an endless adventure that will make you feel brave enough to do things you think you'll never imagine doing. I haven't gone rappelling though or bungee jump in the tallest building on Earth but I will, who knows. Soon. The drive will be there and I think when the right time comes, I will be tough enough to do it. Traveling has taught me a lot about the places I've been  to. 

I haven't gone to many places though but the places where I've been to taught me a lot about the people and their culture. Different places, different culture. I just hope people will continue to preserve their culture and the historical places that they have. When you travel, you are also forced to be one of them. To understand how the natives go through their lives, what they usually do, where they usually go and so many things. You begun adapting everything. Once you get back to your normal life, there, you will see the difference. There, you will know how lucky you seem are compare to others and will be able to show compassion and care for other people especially our Mother Nature. I also marveled the food that I ate whenever I drop by to different local places. What can I say, traveling is also eating. Basically, one of the cultures that you must try once you reached a certain spot. Never go to a place and not try their delicacies. It's like an insult. Be adventurous. 

There are so many ways where we can learn different things, traveling is one of them. I learned a lot just by traveling to local places. I don't see any point on whatever age you are in right now. Whether you are young or old. Travel. Discover what life has to offer. Discover what a beautiful and amazing world God has created for us. All we need to do is take care of it. Marvel on it. Next time you want to go to this place and the reasoned out. "I can't, I'm busy." Screw that. There's always a time for making the most of your life. When will be the next perfect time? "I can't, I don't have the money." Save money. This is something that you can cherish for the rest of your life. Material things will never fill up the emotions that you will have once you've climb the highest mountain or once you have seen the amazing sights of the beach. 

Next time you want to travel..Just go. No excuses. Pack up your bags and smile. You're barking on an adventure that will mark one of the best things that you will experience. 

 One of the movies that inspired me to travel to different countries in the future is Eat, Pray, Love. The best book for me, so far would be The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. 

Travel because you want to. Because you want to Live. Learn. Explore. 

Trespass 2011: Movie Review

Trespass is one of those movies that you'll know what will happen in the  end but you still manage to watch it from beginning till the end. Of course, I wanted to watch this movie simply because it is from Joel  Schumacher and it stars two of my favorite actyors: Nicolas Cage and Nicole Kidman.


The story of a rich couple and their daughter who become the victim of a brutal home invasion,  they play a married couple, Kyle and Sarah Miller, who live in a sprawling modern mansion so remote and chilly-looking it could double as a house in horror flicks (here goes my wild imagination) . It's meant to reflect the state of their marriage, with the work-obsessed Kyle (he's a diamond dealer) ignoring the already ignored-feeling Sarah. They have a teen-age daughter, Avery (Liana Liberato), who sneaks out on the evening in question to go to a party her parents have forbidden her from attending.


Enter the burglars, led by the scary, skeevy Ben Mendelsohn (Animal Kingdom), a group that also includes the growly Dash Mihok and the hunk Cam Gigandet. Convinced that Kyle has a fortune in uncut stones and cash in his home office safe, they threaten Kyle and Sarah with death unless Kyle turns over the valuables. The rest of the movie became too repetitive. The bargaining part is a little irritating though.

"Do this or I kill her." "If you kill her, I won't do it. Let her go and I'll give you what you want.""No, give me the stuff first and then I'll let her go.""No, because I know you'll kill us when I give you what you want."


The villains in this movie are not very threatening. Without spoiling anything, they make so many decisions that come off as really idiotic and it’s hard to take them seriously. I also had some trouble telling them apart sometimes. There wasn’t really much time taken to develop any of them on an individual level. I couldn’t even figure out who the main bad guy was.


There are times when the movie is very poorly shot and edited. At times it’s hard to see what’s going and therefore it’s difficult to get sucked into the story.


Throughout the film, the main characters are in constant danger yet I never was really concerned about them. We don’t really learn much about them. So they didn’t feel very real. There were  a few moments where I kind of cared about them, but for the most part I didn’t.

And this is just a small thing, but did anyone think that the way Nicholas Cage and Nicole Kidman were dressed in this movie seemed a little bit off. It looked they were in another decade or something. I don’t know, maybe that’s just me.


This isn’t like a movie that made me angry or I couldn’t handle watching or something like that, but it’s not good. I recommend that you don’t watch it, unless you want, I guess you can. But I’m warning you, you might not like it. 

watch the trailer here:

2011 Cinema One Originals Film Festival

The 2011 Cinema One Originals Festival will be held at the Cineplex of Edsa Shangri-La Mall Cineplex, 6th Floor in Mandaluyong City, Philippines on November 9-15, 2011.

Films showing at Shang Cineplex Cinema 4:

November 09 (Wednesday)

3pm Opening Ceremony

4:45pm Gala Premiere: SA KANTO NG ULAP AT LUPA by Mes De Guzman

7pm Gala Premiere: ANATOMIYA NG KORUPSIYON by Dennis Marasigan

9:30pm Gala Premiere: DI INGON 'NATO (Not Like Us) by Brandon Relucio and Ivan Zaldarriaga

November 10 (Thursday)

5pm Gala Premiere: MGA ANINO NG TANGHALING TAPAT by Ivy Universe Baldoza

7pm Gala Premiere: MY PARANORMAL ROMANCE by Victor Villanueva

9:30pm Gala Premiere: BIG BOY by Shireen Seno

November 11 (Friday)

5pm Gala Premiere: SA ILALIM NG TULAY by Earl Bontuyan

7pm Gala Premiere: KA ORYANG by Sari Dalena

9:30pm Gala Premiere: SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION FROM LILIA CUNTAPAY by Antoinette H. Jadaone   

November 12 (Saturday)

5pm Regular Screening: Sa Kanto ng Ulap at Lupa by Mes De Guzman

7:30pm Regular Screening: Di Ingon 'Nato (Not Like Us) by Brandon Relucio and Ivan Zaldarriaga

9:30pm Gala Screening: CARTAS DE LA SOLEDAD (Letters of Solitude) by Teng Mangansakan

Films showing at Shang Cineplex PREMIERE THEATER:

November 10 (Thursday)

12nn ISHMAEL

2pm ANG DAMGO NI ELEUTERIA

4pm SA KANTO NG ULAP AT LUPA by Mes De Guzman

7pm ANATOMIYA NG KORUPSIYON by Dennis Marasigan

9pm DI INGON 'NATO (Not Like Us) by Brandon Relucio and Ivan Zaldarriaga

November 11 (Friday)

12nn Cinema One Docu Special: INDIE MAINSTREAM PAANO KA GINAWA? by Jay Abello

2pm LAYANG BILANGGO

4pm MGA ANINO SA TANGHALING TAPAT by Ivy Universe Baldoza

7pm MY PARANORMAL ROMANCE by Victor Villanueva

9pm BIG BOY by Shireen Seno

November 12 (Saturday)

11:30am CARTAS DE LA SOLEDAD by Teng Mangansakan

1:30pm KA ORYANG by Sari Dalena

3:30pm ANATOMIYA NG KORUPSIYON by Dennis Marasigan

5:30pm SA ILALIM NG TULAY by Earl Bontuyan

7:30pm KA ORYANG by Sari Dalena

9:30pm SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION FROM LILIA CUNTAPAY by Antoinette H. Jadaone

November 13 (Sunday)

11:30am MGA ANINO SA TANGHALING TAPAT

1:30pm MY PARANORMAL ROMANCE by Victor Villanueva

3:30pm KA ORYANG by Sari Dalena

5:30pm CARTAS DE LA SOLEDAD by Teng Mangansakan

7:30pm SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION FROM LILIA CUNTAPAY by Antoinette H. Jadaone

9:30pm BIG BOY by Shireen Seno

November 14 (Monday)

12pm SA ILALIM NG TULAY by Earl Bontuyan

2pm ANATOMIYA NG KORUPSIYON by Dennis Marasigan

4pm MY PARANORMAL ROMANCE by Victor Villanueva

6pm DI INGON 'NATO by Brandon Relucio and Ivan Zaldarriaga

8pm CARTAS DE LA SOLEDAD by Teng Mangansakan

10pm SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION FROM LILIA CUNTAPAY by Antoinette H. Jadaone

November 15 (Tuesday)

12pm MGA ANINO SA TANGHALING TAPAT by Ivy Universe Baldoza

2pm SA KANTO NG ULAP AT LUPA by Mes De Guzman

4pm BIG BOY by Shireen Seno

7pm SA ILALIM NG TULAY by Earl Bontuyan

9pm BEST PICTURE WINNER

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Colombiana: Movie Review

After seeing the trailer of this movie, I told myself, I've got to see this movie. I braced myself because one afternoon, after finally having the chance to watch it, I was breathless. I remember liking her in her graceful film debut in the 2000 movie, Center Stage. And then almost a decade later she was starring in the mega hit, Avatar. Now she was turning to a film focused on revenge and violence, two of my favorite movie-going themes.

The plot is basically about a little girl in Bogota sitting patiently in the kitchen of her home as her parents are being murdered in the house by a rival gang. She escapes and provides the US government, via a puke delivery system, with evidence on this gang that her father gave her just before he was killed. This buys her passage to the United States where she joins her Colombian uncle (played by New Zealander Cliff Curtis) after evading her US government escort. Yes, this little girl, on her own, eludes a trained government agent in a strange country, finds her way to Chicago from Miami by bus and then is able to navigate the Chicago subway system, all this without knowing, as far as I know, any English. Anyway, she’s then all grown up and determined to bring her parent’s killer, Don Luis, to justice by killing him. He very conveniently, by the way, was moved to the Chicago area by the CIA for reasons never made clear. She kills the guy, of course, like 99 minutes later and then the movie ends as if they wanted to make the viewers anticipate that they're doing a part 2. 

The little girl, wanting to be “a killer” is straight from Besson’s The Professional with Natalie Portman. Then there are the Bourne Identity rip-off scenes. You might remember this films while watching this movie. 

Although a lot of people have been criticizing this movie simply because they think it is giving a bad image to the country itself and to the citizens, it is clear that referring to Colombians in the United States has become shorthand for drug cartels, violence, crime and gangs. This, unfortunately, has become major marketing and plot shorthand in a whole lot of movies and television shows over the years. 

I love the film, I think Zoe is savvy and perfect for the role. Although I am envisioning Halle Berry on this role as well. I recommend for you to watch it.