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26 February 2010


February 26, 2010

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“MISS YOU LIKE CRAZY” – graded ‘B’

Director:     Cathy Garcia - Molina

Actors:        John Lloyd Cruz and Bea Alonzo

Production:  ABS-CBN Film Productions

Synopsis:    The film features destiny, fate and love at its finest. Two (2) individuals with seemingly predestined lives suddenly find their paths crossing on a ferry boat ride that will change the course of their journeys forever.

Everything is falling into place for Alan Alvarez. With an impending high ranking promotion and four years of a stable relationship with his dream girl, Daphne Recto, he is at the cusp of getting everything he’s always wanted.

Mia Samonte is getting tired of her forlorn life. She is back in Manila for the holidays after working hard for two years as a front desk officer in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. With the hopes of getting the chance to finally have a break, her family gets into another crisis that leaves her hopeless and fated.

 


February 16, 2010:

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“BAKAL BOYS”graded ‘A’

Director:     Ralston Jover

Actors:       Gina Pareño, Meljun Ginto, Ketchup Eusebio, Simon Ibarra and Joe

                  Gruta

Production: Apogee Productions, Inc.

Synopsis:    It is a ‘cinema verite’ style film filled with snapshots of young children jumping into the ocean to collect junk in the slums of Baseco, Philippines. These children, known as ‘The Bakal Boys,’ frequently get hurt and suffer from skin irritation and they also lose their hearing ability and sometimes their lives. The ‘bakal boys,’ nine-year-old Utoy and 12-year-old Bungal, are close friends almost like brothers. Despite other people’s concern, they keep picking up junk in the sea and selling it. One day, after gathering and selling a vast amount of junk, Bungal disappears and Utoy starts looking for him. But Utoy cannot find Bungal.

Director Ralston Jover maximizes the realistic portrayal of boys from the slums by starring real children metal divers and approaching the story in documentary style.

 

 
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