The country’s leading soap opera villainess is so effective at her job that people can’t stand her in real life! Isabel Reyes (Rhian Ramos), famed actress and soap star, is reviled in the public. And this is largely due to her ability to make audiences believe that she is ruthless and mean.
But after an old man saves her life, Isabel finds herself unable to bring her role to life. In an attempt to save ratings, her network advises her to take a leave and find her mojo.
Through research and conversations with former kontrabidas, Isabel finds Bella Flores - the meanest of them all. And what she learns is that for her to get her mean streak back, Isabel must find the person who has hurt her the most in her past. So she must go back to her childhood town and find a boy named Chris Bernal (Aljur Abrenica).
Chris is still living in the town Isabel left when she was a child. He is a struggling employee and gardener, who works for the resort that his aunt manages. Chris is a pushover, and a people-pleaser. In his bid not to step into conflicts, he often finds himself trapped in difficult situations, including one that involves two women he does not love.
Even Joyce (Bea Binene), Chris’ younger sister, asks him to stand up for himself. But the only person he can try to control is her - wanting her to stay away from relationships until she graduates from college. And this includes staying away from Poy (Jake Vargas), another resort employee.
So what happens when Isabel, in her need to regain her kontrabida spirit, comes barging back into his life? Will her need to hurt him as much as she remembers he hurt her backfire? Will her attempts to ruin him change when she realizes that she might still have feelings for him?
And will the Kontrabida Girl finally find her Leading Man?
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One of the biggest Filipino movie to hit Philippines this year is the remake of the 1980 Joey Gosiengfiao’s Temptation Island film. To be released this 6th of July, Temptation Island is a sexy comedy movie about 9 survivors of a shipwreck trapped in an island without food, clothes and most importantly water.The film focuses on four young ladies from different social backgrounds and each for their own various reasons, enlists in the fictional “Miss Manila Sunshine Supermodel Search”.
The first of which is Virginia P. (Heart), a college student who entered the contest in order to earn independence from her family.Next is spoiled, rich socialite, Serafina F. (Lovi), whose every whim is attended to by her maid Maria (Rufa Mae), learned of the contest when fliers dropped from a helicopter interrupts her sunbathing at the family pool and out of sheer vanity decided to sign up. Thirdly, Pura K. (Solenn), while planning her 18th birthday party, when she and her mother argue over the budget, since her once rich family cannot afford the grand debut, Pura K. is forced to settle for a much simpler party. But during their argument, Bambi falls on her birthday cake; when sees the pageant’s TV spot, her frustrations over her current situation inspires her to join. Rounding up the group is Christina G. (Marian) a con-artist who plans to rig the contest by using her and her boyfriend’s sexuality to influence the judges into voting for her.
The ladies later became the finalists for the competition. En route to the evening gown competition, the ship they boarded catches fire, and the passengers scramble to evacuate. The four women, Maria, Joshua (the gay pageant coordinator played by John Lapuz) and his boyfriend (Mikael Daez), Umberto (one of the ship’s waiters played by Tom) and Alfredo (played by Aljur) land on a desert island.
The story revolves around the life of Sandy, a culinary student whose real passion in life is illustrating. Sandy grew up watching her mother (played by Rosanna Roces) pine after her father (Ricky Davao) who decided to separate from their family when she was still a little girl. Jaded by love, Sandy vowed to never let anyone hurt her heart like that again and she ends up continually turning down every guy who tries to court her, thus earning her the moniker, “Cactus Heart.” That is until she meets the hardworking Carlo who applies for a job at her mom’s catering business as a waiter. Sparks immediately fly but Sandy tries to continually resist feeling anything for Carlo, who is also a singer in a band trying to make ends meet despite his father’s penchant for betting on horse races.
Xian Lim comes into the story as the dashing Bene, Sandy’s boss at the production company she applies for in order to pursue her dream of continuing her passion for illustrating. Will Sandy end up falling for Carlo or Bene? You’ll have to watch My Cactus Heart to find out. But guaranteed, there are enough kilig scenes here that will make it worth your while. Fans of the Maja-Matteo love team will definitely get their dose of their favorite couple.
After playing a supporting role in the Sarah Geronimo-Gerald Anderson starrer Catch Me I’m Falling, Matteo proves to be a revelation as he convincingly plays a blue-collar worker who will do anything to keep their family home from being repossessed so he could protect the memory of his deceased mother.
Lead stars of My Cactus Heart Maja, Matteo, and Xian prove here they can be versatile when it comes to acting, whether it be in comic, romantic or dramatic scenes. Expect funny cameo appearances by Kapamilya stars Karylle, JM De Guzman and Pinoy Big Brother season 1 alumni Franzen Fajardo. My Cactus Heart also stars Bettina Carlos, Ramon Christopher, Joy Viado, Lemuel Pelayo, and Pinky Amador. My Cactus Heart is directed by Enrico Santos for Star Cinema and Skylight films.
The film opened with positive reviews and breaking box office records in the Philippines. It holds the title as the second highest grossing Filipino film of all time having a gross of P278 million. The film was also screened in select cities internationally.
The film revolves on a man's journey on becoming a successful working husband whose perfect marriage becomes complicated when he commits into an adulterous affair that changes his life.
Despite its adult themes about cheating, It was graded an "A" by the Cinema Evaluation Board of the Philippines. The board found big lessons about the movie itself. The movie was given an R-13 rating by the Movies and Television Classification Board of the Philippines.
Kara (Barbie Forteza), George (Bea Binene), and Enzo (Elmo Magalona) are 3 best friends who have been constantly been bullied at school and nicknamed the Imba Trio. On the night of the school dance Enzo gets carried out of the dance by Maximo (Derick Monasterio) and his crew because he accidentally bumped into Chloe (Lexi Fernandez) while dancing. And while Kara and George try to help him they also get dumped in the trash along with Enzo and are helped by Christian (Alden Richards) and Diego (Kristofer Martin). After the prom the 3 decide to make a list to do that help them be popular so they won't get bullied and pranked anymore by the date of the prom, and they make the list a dare.
The next day at school Enzo learns that he has to retake a class again. And after trying to go to the bathroom but is stopped by the janitor who is still cleaning the bathroom. So Enzo decides to use the women's restroom hoping no one will notice. But he bumps into the new teacher, Maddie (Sam Pinto), and develops a crush on her. Meanwhile, George and her best friend Jepoy (Jake Vargas) is back in town. And Kara is at a comic convention where she helps Robin (Joshua Dionisio) when his backpack gets snatched, and unknowingly sells him the #1 issue of Metal Man online. Later that night, Enzo helps Maddie get her car out of a tight parking space and locks himself out of his car. Kara later becomes friends with Robin online without knowing his true identity. George later hangs out with Jepoy who sings his new song for her and starts to think he has a crush on her and she starts to develop a crush on him.
The list of UPCAT passers is up and it says ‘Alex Reyes’ passed. This good news makes a boy and a girl jump. The host of the anime costume play announces that ‘Alex Reyes’ wins the grand prize for the night. From the stairs, a girl and a boy rush to claim the prize. There are two ‘Alex Reyes’; this spells disaster.
Alex Boy (Gerald Anderson) returns to the Philippines from Singapore with his mom, Tessa (Chin Chin Gutierrez). His father’s job in a multinational company brought them to live in many parts of the world and he really never had something he can call home. He can’t seem to focus on anything; he easily starts a hobby but never really finishes it. With the news of his parents breaking-up, Alex Boy has to do everything to achieve what he has always wanted; to live in one place as a family together.
Alex Girl (Kim Chiu) has set goals for herself and her family. She has to pass UP and get a job later to help her crumbling family. The inn-restaurant her family owns isn’t doing well and it doesn’t help that her parents, Jonathan (Albert Martinez) and Vangie (Lotlot de Leon), are always fighting. She has no time for anything but to find ways to earn. Perhaps, money would bring the peace in her family that she has always wanted.
Alex Boy finds in Alex Girl the perfect partner for a tandem cycling competition he wants to join. In desperate need of funding for her studies, the prize of fifty thousand pesos convinces Alex Girl to team up with her annoying namesake. But everything Alex Girl has is talent; she lacks the proper techniques needed to win. As Alex Boy teaches her the techniques she needs, he learns from this driven girl the virtue of responsibility. In turn, Alex Boy makes Alex Girl see what she misses in her life; having fun.
Two young hearts find company and comfort in each other. As they decide to nurture their young love, fate challenges them to leap over the greatest challenge their love story would ever face; the story of their own families’ past.
Desperadas projects the lives of four half sisters (they have four different fathers) of different temperaments, personalities and circumstances. Lawyer Stephanie (Iza Calzado) is sort of conservative and considered inhibited by her sisters. Though married to Richard (TJ Trinidad), a doctor of several years, she is still childless. Fashionable Isabella (Ruffa Gutierrez), a single mother to small daughter Alexis, has a penchant for expensive things and lives beyond her means so she resorts to issuing checks that bounce. Sexy Patricia (Rufa Mae Quinto), married to Dave (Wendell Ramos) is a self proclaimed “sexologist” who gives questionable advice on sex. The youngest Courtney (Marian Rivera), an underwear designer, lives a liberated lifestyle. She is to marry the popular basketball star Patrick (Will Devaughn). Since all live within the plush family compound, the sisters know what each is up to. Stephanie tries to arouse her busy husband’s interest but to no avail. With no success as a lawyer and unfulfilled in her marriage, frustrated Stephanie falls for the charms of James (Ryan Eigenmann), a lawyer who takes an interest in her. Where will this relationship lead to? On the other hand, Isabella gets a marriage proposal from her longtime lover, Vito (Jay-R) but she refuses in spite of Vito’s gestures of paying her financial obligations. She gets arrested for her bouncing checks. Can she win the court case and stay out of jail? Domineering, insensitive Patricia flaunts her supposed “knowledge” of sex. This leads her gay husband to seek a male mate and come out of the closet. Can Patricia save her marriage? Courtney’s boy friend Patrick becomes a born- again Christian and refuses to sleep with her before their wedding. Wild and sexual, Courtney is angry and has second thoughts of marrying him.
Desperadas (All they need is love) will touch the audience in a light but endearing way as they relate to the situations and lives of the characters. A must-see movie for everyone who believes that in this world, all they really need is...LOVE.
Once again, the countrys biggest film-producing company once again achieves a casting coup with the combination of Kristine Hermosa, Sam Milby and Toni Gonzaga in a film about love and changes. Sam Milby stars as Maki, a nice, courteous, well-bred educated culinary chef. He has all the qualities of an ideal man except that he is overweight. Penchant for food is his constant mindset. Cooking his element, and eating, his pastime!
Now meet the two women that affect his life: Nina, the young socialite-columnist who is Makis forever crush. To Nina, Maki becomes the secret admirer, showering her with food, flowers, gifts. On the other side of the fence is Aira, the ever-vibrant fitness instructor. To Aira Maki becomes a knight-in-distress, she motivates him to lose the weight he wants to lose in order to win Nina over.
What happens next is a journey of finding one's self, of discovering the best in each of us, and the unveiling of true love that goes beyond the looks and weight!
HOLLYWOOD -- Vertigo Entertainment will produce thriller "The Echo," a remake of Filipino title "Sigaw." Helmer-director Yam Laranas will reprise his role behind the camera and shoot from an English-language screenplay by Eric Bernt ("The Hitcher"). Lensing begins in March in Gotham.
Story involves an ex-con who becomes trapped in a cursed apartment when he tries to intervene in an abusive situation with the neighbors.
Pic will be produced by Vertigo's Roy Lee and Doug Davison with Shintaro Shimosawa and Tyler Mitchell. The $5 million budget is fully financed by Robert Hoff, a leading venture capitalist with Crosspoint Venture Partners, who puts up coin through his new company RightOff Entertainment. Hoff and Bernt both take exec producer credits.
"We love the Stanley Kubrick style that Yam Laranas achieved on such a small budget and with almost no special effects," Mitchell said. "'Sigaw' is a really tight, contained psychological thriller. We want to give him a bigger stage on which to perform."
Original pic was made in the Tagalog language on a budget of $300,000. It preemed in the Metro Manila Festival and screened at the Fantasporto fest in Portugal and last year's Screamfest in L.A.
Vertigo acquired the rights from Regal Entertainment. Vertigo previously was behind successful remakes including "The Ring" and "The Grudge." Company recently ruled the U.S. box office when "The Departed" and "Grudge 2" topped the charts.
Laida Magtalas is a modern-day Belle who works hard to provide for her family while hoping that someday she will meet her prince charming and that they will live happily ever after together. That would-be prince charming is none other than "Miggy", the youngest member of the Montenegro clan — a well established family in the business world. Moony Laida's desire to finally meet Miggy leads her to apply as an Editorial Assistant at his newly launched men’s magazine, "Bachelor". In spite of the fact that a relationship with Miggy may prove to be a long shot, Laida revels working in such close proximity with the man of her dreams.
The film opens with Laida starting out her day for a job interview with Flippage, owned and manage by her crush Miguel " Miggy " Montenegro. a son of a wealthy and prominent business family ( later revealed in the sequel that the family mains business is in the airline and trade industry). Unbeknownst to her, on the day of her interview, Miggy was having a heated meeting with his creative team on the issue of the Bachelor, Flippage’s mens magazine. Miggy’s mean demeanor and undermining of both his friend and editors cause a walkout of half of the team. In the middle of the chaos laida was hired of the spot after she presented Miggy with coffee left by an attendant who also walked out after being screamed at. The coffee will be a symbolic part throughout the film as Laida would often put post it messages on the coffee cups that she serves Miggy.
By some stroke of luck, Laida lands the job. Overwhelmed by being in the presence of her long–time crush and by her recently acquired career, Laida remains blinded to the fact that the Miggy of her dreams is very different from the real one. In reality, he is an unapologetic, hothead who always thinks he's in the right and obsesses about nothing making his magazine number one. Everyone is scared of him with the exception of the love-stuck Laida, who adamantly defends him. Imperceptively, she caters to his every whim, even sending her in his absence on a date with his girlfriend, breaking her heart a little. Her colleagues question her unrelenting devotion to such a monster and when Laida continues to proves her loyalty to Miggy, gossip regarding her feelings for the boss starts to circulate. However the moment was short lived, as the next day after Laida made a suggestion in regards to an article content that Miggy should put for the magazine, Miggy publicly humiliates her and her knowledge of sex and questioned her virtue (virginity) in front of the staff by making her say the word “ Sex”. Miggy was later embarrassed himself after he realized that it was Laida who made the last minute call and effort to find a printing press to do a rush job on their magazines overhaul. After being chastised by the despotic Miggy, Laida’s finally opens her eyes and sees him for the tyrant he truly is.
The confrontation with Laida was a rude awakening for Miggy as well and he realizes why people are so put-off by him. Miggy then tries with much difficulty on his part of “apologize” in his own way to Laida. First by ordering pizza for the team and serving a slice himself to her. Which Laida ignores. Laida, now disenchanted with Miggy was called in by her officemates to go to Miggy’s condo to deliver the article drafts for approval much to her dismay. As well it was her mothers birthday. However upon arriving in Miggy’s apartment, she found Miggy high with fever with very little food or necessities in his apartment, with no househelp or family to care for him. Laida took care of Miggy, missing her own mothers birthday. Miggy woke up during a break in fever and saw the exhausted Laida next to him patting his back as a mother would to a sick child. This prompted Miggy to realize his feelings to Laida igniting a change in him and wishing Laida to be more closer to him as well as being more friendly with the rest of his team. The productivity and atmosphere of the company thus also changed in a positive note. Miggy also became comfortable enough to tell laida the truth behind his past, that he was an illegitimate child of his father later adopted to the main family after his mothers death. Thus his strong desire to prove himself to his father and brother. For the first time in his life, Miggy garners the gumption to apologize and this new-found humility opens up a whole new world of “firsts” for Miggy. With Laida's help, Miggy slowly learns to be more of a team player and the true value of loyalty.
It has been six months since Laida Magtalas won the heart of her prince charming Miggy Montenegro and it has been nothing but good. Laida got promoted from executive assistant to account executive, while Miggy has been doing well as he is being mentored by his older brother Art Montenegro. Laida had gotten an offer from her aunt in Canada where she is being given a good recommendation in order for her to work there.
Miggy's father vouched for his promotion as general manager of the family's industrial laundry business in Laguna but this also prompted a few hesitations from Art. The promotion proved difficult for the couple's relationship as time was very constraint and the relationship suffers from the pressures of being apart. This is only aggravated by Macoy, who Miggy is jealous of, as they become close once again. Macoy is Laida's long time friend who she had a fall-out with when Macoy did not keep his promise to her by going to the same college.Things went further haywire when Miggy had to fix a few issues in the plant when he accepted orders from his brother Art's ex-girlfriend, Christina. Her company's demand volume was too much for their man-power thus making some workers unhappy which lead to a labour strike. His father stepped in and help resolve the issue but Miggy had to set expectations to the clients affected by the strike. Those business meetings that preceded prompted Miggy to almost miss a wedding that Laida and him would go to. He got there late and saw Laida crying with Macoy beside her, emotions clashed between the two and they decided to cool-off for the time being.
The industrial laundry business soon was working in optimum efficiency which made his brother trust him more, to the point of having him take over the family telecom stake in China. In the Montenegro group of companies annual general meeting, Laida saw Miggy for the first time after the argument, laida simply said "Good Morning Sir", then left the venue right away. At the actual meeting, Miggy was announced as the officer in charge of the telecoms business.
Macoy talked sense to Laida to go back and pursue Miggy. She met Miggy in the garden where she said she still loved him, Miggy suggested that it will be a more challenging time for them, but he also said he loved her. The two share a ten-second kiss which Laida times.
This is KC Concepcion's much anticipated first movie. This also marks the first time that actors from two rival networks have been allowed to team-up for a film. Richard Gutierrez is GMA 7's biggest male star while KC Concepcion is an exclusive contract artist of Star Cinema, ABS-CBN 2's film production company. “For the First Time” follows the lives of a couple from two very different worlds. Seth (Richard Gutierrez) is a rich, impulsive playboy who runs away from serious relationships and doesn’t give much thought to the women he goes out with, and Sophia (KC Concepcion), a prude, ambitious girl who feels responsible for the tragedy she once encountered, and with a scar to constantly remind her about this unfortunate experience.
When the two accidentally meet in Santorini, their differences did not stop them from spending one unforgettable summer together—that is until Seth runs away again, scared of the very unusual feeling that is happening within him.
Seth soon realizes his mistake and comes back to Manila to try his best to regain Pia’s affection. Conflicts in land ownership and businesses of their parents are now parts of a wall that is growing in between them.
Jenny (KC Concepcion) is an unpretentious mall promodizer searching for true love. A hopeless romantic, her quest leads her to Benjie (Richard Gutierrez), a cargo pilot who offers her the love she truly yearns. An unlikely romance begins when she hitches a ride with Benjie to attend a wedding in Palawan. On board, they openly show their dislike for each other but when the aircraft crashes in an unknown island, the two turn to each other for comfort and eventually absolve their differences.
Mae (Kim Chiu) has always been in love with her best friend, Bogs (Gerald Anderson). Bogs, on the other hand, is madly in love with his girlfriend, Anna (Melissa Ricks). Mae is a very good best friend, but this doesn’t make her a very good prospective girlfriend for Bogs. Bogs never saw Mae in a romantic light. She goes through college witnessing her best friend’s relationship blossom, and she has no choice but to keep loving Bogs in silence.
Paolo “Powie” Barredo (Gerald Anderson) is out to prove to the world that he is not just a son out of wedlock, but that he can succeed in life independently. Though he started out roughly, he soon picked up pace and climbed the ladder of success. But as things started falling into place, other important things in his life had to take a backseat as he experienced the thrill of finally achieving his goal.
Agnes Garcia (Kim Chiu) has always longed for the time when her family will finally be complete again. At the young age of 6, her parents left the country to work abroad – her mother was a medical technician in America, while her father worked as an engineer in Riyadh. Despite the distance, Agnes held tight to the inevitability that she will reunite with her parents once again when she passes the nursing exam and applies to work in the States.
The moment these two saw each other at the café, they couldn’t take their eyes off each other. Their attraction was apparent and it seemed that destiny brought them together. As they got to know the other better, they found solace and comfort in each other’s company. But the security they found in each other soon started to shake when their different life paths take them to different directions. Despite the love they both still have for each other, one must choose to decide when to let go, even if the other is still holding on.
In the academe, Nicolas “Nico” Veneracion Borromeo is a highly-esteemed History of Architecture professor who is on his way to becoming the next Vice Dean of the Department. He knows that achieving this would finally make his mother proud of him and forgive him for indirectly causing his father’s death.
And yet, when he meets an unconventional girl named Sandra “Sasa” Sanchez, his world turns upside down. He never thought that he could fall in love with someone who works as a promo-girl and is obviously unacceptable in his life.
STORY: Ronaldo Valdez role is the father. He has two children from his first marriage, Maricel Soriano, who’s separated from Gabby Concepcion, and Jericho Rosales, who’s married toLovi Poe, a singer who gave up her career for love and later rebels against her controlling husband. Maricel and Gabby have a daughter, Eula Caballero, who hates her mom. Gabby is about to marry a younger woman, Carla Abellana, then he meets Maricel again and their romance is rekindled. Ronaldo’s second wife is Agot Isidroand their only daughter is Solenn Heussaff. Solenn is already tired and bored with her boyfriend, Paulo Avelino, and gets attracted to a hunky gym instructor, Dennis Trillo. The trouble is she doesn’t know that Dennis is the kept boy of her mom, Agot. So they get to share the same man. Yayo Aguila plays a rich matron who was also Dennis’ lover when he was still working as a macho dancer and gigolo. Also in the cast are Joem Bascon and Nadine Samonte as TV stars working in Maricel’s network. There will be a big devastating earthquake in the movie and the conflicts in the story will all come out because of that.”
The story revolves around Marco (Dantes) and Divina (Calzado) and the strange attraction that begins when they first speak with each other.
Marco is a photographer covering a harvest festival in Lake Tabon. While on a photo shoot, a mysterious old woman is hit by a van while trying to save his life. He visits the woman and is drawn to her granddaughter Lianne (Karylle). Marco and Lianne start developing a relationship. But the recent events cause Marco to be withdrawn. He is haunted by a deep feeling of loneliness. For these reasons, Lianne can not seem to get close to this enigmatic man.
His yearning leads him to a telephone conversation with Divina (Iza Calzado), the daughter of an haciendero. She too has suffered an emotional loss and is feeling empty. They find solace from their sadness in each other. Together they fill the emptiness they have always known all their lives.
Unbeknownst to them, they are living in the same provincial house but are separated by time. Divina lives in the past (1957) and Marco in the present (2006).
They set a time and place to meet in Lake Tabon but due to the time warp, do not meet. After two failed attempts, Marco discovers the truth that Divina lives in the past. Marco is able to convince Divina of this truth and they accept their fate.
However, Divina faces a great challenge as she is betrothed by her parents to a violent man in order to save their family fortune. Marco enourages Divina to run away and flee to Manila. He also makes her promise to meet him on March 29, 2006. Divina agrees and she tells him that she will wait for 49 years to fulfill her promise.
In a sleepy lakeside town, time curves for two people to meet and part. In the end, all that is left are their Moments of Love.
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