A Little Bit of Heaven

• Kate Hudson as Marley Corbett
• Gael Garcia Bernal as Julian Goldstein

Marley Corbett, a carefree woman with a promising career, great friends, and witty sense of humor, learns that she has terminal cancer. She is told the news by Dr. Goldstein, a successful doctor with a hardened exterior, who is deeply impressed and affected by the way Marley accepts the news of her fate with humor and dignity. From there, Marley and Julian find themselves falling in love, and doing their best to make the most of the time they have left.

Year: 2011

No Other Woman

• Anne Curtis as Kara Zalderiaga
• Derek Ramsay as Ram Escaler
• Cristine Reyes as Charmaine Escaler

Kara Zalderiaga, a young, beautiful, beautiful carefree socialite who can and will get whatever she wants. She has had many boyfriends but has continuously been emotionally-detached to love. To Kara, life s all fun and in love, no strings attached. But deep in her core, she has been longing not just to be desired and admired but likewise appreciated and truly loved. Ram Escaler, a charming, dedicated furniture salesman husband driven by his ambition to prove himself to the world. To Ram, being a good husband that can provide the best life to his family is a lifelong goal. He is obsessed with the idea of living out of the shadows of his father-in-law and away from the image of his estranged father. Charmaine Escaler, the beautiful perfect wife, calculating, prim and proper to a fault. She is concerned with image and takes her role as an ideal wife to heart. To Charmaine, she will let nothing and no one ruin the “perfection” she has created for her family. How will these three lives change? How can the once carefree mistress become clingy to the only man who believed and appreciated her and destroy both her family’s name and the family of the one she loves? How can an ideal husband be overcome by passion and commit the biggest mistake of his life? How can the perfect wife save her marriage and not become an appalling and monstrous version of herself? Amidst these tensions, scandals, confrontations, and their emotions, the three would eventually learn a lesson that will change their lives forever.

(September 29, 2011)

I watched this with my dad. Luckily, he joined me. Haha! So No Other Woman is definitely a must watch movie. Anne-Derek-Cristine in one movie, what more would you ask for?

The story was set up very nicely. Perfect plot, I guess. It did not try to add some twist with regards to the storytelling and just presented the story directly. We know for a fact that in any other Star Cinema film, the lead characters always have a problem with any of the member of the family, for this movie, it was Ram’s father and even a bit with Kara’s, which served as the B plot back story on why the characters act in such manner. Fortunately, it worked here since the small plots served as real back stories that did not sound forced nor unnatural. What I like about the film is that no one claims to be a saint. Everyone knows what they’re doing and that they’re just taking advantage of the situation given to them. They admit their faults, but what I don’t get is how they all become in good terms in the end? That’s not realistic as it is right? Anyway, so back to this the location of the film does look too posh and costly, and it gave the director and the cinematographer some opportunities for very nice shots, which they took advantage.

Of course, people are gonna be raving about the lines. The audience is really receptive every time Ms. Carmi Martin throws her lines. The whole crowd is going crazy. Additionally, it’s the understated hints that both Anne and Cristine give to each other that will end up in all local movie confrontation lists. That catfight would be the highlight of the movie. Haha, I’m kidding! In relation to that, the real star of the show is the cast. Derek Ramsey was physically and emotionally fit to play the role of Ram. Cristine Reyes was a bit hammy in her supposedly “shining moments” and the audience isn’t sympathizing with her instead laugh at her. But she played the role good enough that it didn’t ruin the movie experience. Ultimately, it was the Anne Curtis movie. Everything about her screams the role she’s playing. This is an all time best performance from her, and I doubt she’ll be able to top this. I know she will and always will in the future. That’s who she is, that’s how she is.

Love,

- D.✯

A Cinderella Story: Once Upon a Song

• Lucy Hale as Katie Gibbs
• Freddie Stroma as Luke Morgan
• Megan Park as Beverly Van Ravensway
• Missi Pyle as Gail Van Ravensway

Cyrano De Bergerac meets Cinderella. Over-worked, harried and terrified of being put back in foster care, 17 year old Katie does her stepmother and step-siblings' bidding without complaining. Vocally gifted, Katie feels particularly upset when forced to lay down singing tracks so that her untalented stepsister, Bev Van Ravensway, can hopefully win a recording contract from Massive Records - who's company President, Harvey Morgan, is scouting for new spectacular talent at a talent showcase for the Performing Arts Department at a prestigious private school.

Year: 2011

Love Happens

• Aaron Eckhart as Burke
• Jennifer Aniston as Eloise

Burke is a motivational speaker whose book about dealing with grief is a best seller. His wife died in a car accident three years ago. He's in Seattle to lead a week-long workshop on healing and to negotiate a major multi-media deal. But something's amiss: he's a closet drinker, he won't ride elevators, his moods swing, he's estranged from his wife's father, and he's very much alone. In a hotel hallway, he bumps into a woman arranging flowers, tries to chat with her, and gets the brush-off. She's Eloise, a local florist who's just broken up with a boyfriend. He's persistent and they eventually go to dinner - it goes badly. What's blocking Burke? Can the physician heal himself.

Year: 2009

He's Just Not That Into You

• Ben Affleck as Neil
• Jennifer Aniston as Beth
• Drew Barrymore as Mary
• Jennifer Connelly as Janine
• Kevin Connolly as Connor
• Bradley Cooper as Ben
• Ginnifer Goodwin as Gigi
• Scarlett Johansson as Anna
• Justin Long as Alex

The needy Gigi Haim is a young woman seeking her prince charming somewhere amongst her unsuccessful dates. After dating estate agent Conor Barry, Gigi anxiously expects to receive a phone call from him. However Conor never calls her. Gigi decides to go to the bar where he frequents to see him, but she meets his friend Alex who works there. They become friends and Alex helps Gigi to interpret the subtle signs given out by her dates.

Year: 2009

The Break-Up

• Vince Vaughn as Gary Grobowski
• Jennifer Aniston as Brooke Meyers

In Chicago, the art dealer Brooke Meyers feels not appreciated and neglected by her immature boyfriend Gary Grobowski, who is partner of his two brothers in a tourism business, and decides to break-up with him to make Gary misses her. Gary misunderstands her true intention, both follows the wrong advices of family members and friends, beginning a war of sexes with no winner.

Year: 2006

Spread

• Ashton Kutcher as Nikki
• Margarita Levieva as Heather
• Sebastian Stan as Harry

In Los Angeles, Nikki is homeless, car-less and closing in on 30, but he's amoral, good-looking, and adept in the sack, moving from one wealthy woman of 35 or 40 to another, a kept boy-toy. His newest gig, with Samantha, an attorney whose house overlooks L.A., is sweet, although it's unclear how long she'll put up with him. Then Nikki meets Heather, a waitress. Is the player being played, or might this be love? What will Nikki discover?

Year: 2009

The Last Kiss

• Zach Braff as Michael
• Jacinda Barrett as Jenna
• Casey Affleck as Chris
• Rachel Bilson as Kim

Michael and Jenna, having been a couple for three years, want to get married and start a family. These plans seem to be well on their way when Jenna announces that she's pregnant. But Michael is worried that his life and his youth will over for good. At a wedding of a friend, he meets a free-spirited college co-ed, Kim, who opens his eyes and leads him on a dangerous path away from Jenna. Meanwhile, none of the relationships of the people surrounding Michael and Jenna are happy and stable. Michael's friend Izzy is unwilling to let go of his childhood sweetheart Arianna; Kenny is a handsome stud who fears commitment to his latest conquest Danielle; and Chris is a co-worker who is dominated by his neurotic and overbearing wife over raising their newborn son. Even Jenna's parents, Stephen and Anna, are experiencing problems in their long-suffering marriage.

Year: 2006

Get Over It

• Kirsten Dunst as Kelly Woods
• Ben Foster as Berke Landers

When Berke Landers, a popular high school basketball star, gets dumped by his life-long girlfriend, Allison, he soon begins to lose it. But with the help of his best friend Felix's sister Kelly, he follows his ex into the school's spring musical. Thus endues a love triangle loosely based upon Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream", where Berke is only to find himself getting over Allison and beginning to fall for Kelly.

Year: 2001

Contagion

• Laurence Fishburne as Dr. Ellis Cheever
• Marion Cotillard as Dr. Leonora Orantes
• Matt Damon as Mitch Emhoff
• Jude Law as Alan Krumwiede
• Kate Winslet as Dr. Erin Mears
• Gwyneth Paltrow as Beth Emhoff

Soon after her return from a business trip to Hong Kong, Beth Emhoff dies from what is a flu or some other type of infection. Her young son dies a few days later. Her husband Mitch however seems immune. Thus begins the spread of a deadly infection. For doctors and administrators at the U.S. Center for Disease Control, several days pass before anyone realizes the extent or gravity of this new infection. They must first identify the type of virus in question and then find a means of combating it, a process that will likely take several months. As the contagion spreads to millions of people worldwide, societal order begins to break down as people panic.

(September 24, 2011)

Saw it earlier today (September 24, 2011), I think this movie is well created from writers, scripts, plots, sets down to casting, everything was perfect but there are some parts that I want to skip because its kinda annoying and pretty boring. Still I’m recommending this movie to everyone. ”Don’t talk to anyone. Don’t touch anyone.“An action-thriller centered on the threat posed by a deadly disease and an international team of doctors contracted by the CDC to deal with the outbreak. When one thinks of the most nightmarish scenarios that can happen to mankind, whether it’s terrorism, earthquake, hurricane or what have you, a pandemic is the most scary of all. It’s unpredictable and deadly and before you know it, everyone you care about is dead and society collapses as an end result to the deadly outbreak.What Contagion does is present to the audience how shockingly real this could happen in real life and it’s plausibility is what really gets to you the most. It’s a situation that almost immediately fills you with dread and hopelessness as countless lives are lost by the deadly biological onslaught of one of the dark aspects of nature. A tale of man versus nature, Contagion is packed with thrilling suspense, character dynamics (though admittedly a bit thin) and an intelligent and well-written plot. What really got to me is how real this movie makes an outbreak of a deadly disease so convincing and compelling. It portrays both the good and sadly true, dark aspects of human nature as some are in competition for the spotlight of being the first to attempt to rid the disease, while some only want it for taking care of loved ones in places few and far between. Despite being an action thriller, it felt like an independent film with an art house/quasi mainstream feel. Very unique that this film took that approach while also giving it oodles of substance on which to think and reflect on the various issues that are presented. It gives enough, but also lets the audience figure out things on there on without being beaten over the head with information that viewers already know well about. It’s smartly directed and well-written and has a plot that’s so real that you can literally feel it. There are other films that have story elements about diseases, but this one takes the cake out of them all that will have you thinking for a long time after the credits roll.

Love,

- D.✯

After Sex

• Jane Seymour as Janet
• Natalie Marston as Kristy
• Mila Kunis as Nikki
• Zoe Saldana as Kat
• John Witherspoon as Gene

Sex is a background to examine intimacy and vulnerability. Looks at the complexity of modern day relationships told through eight separate couples. Through dialogue and compromising situations, the film takes us from the beginning of a relationship to the aftermath of one, and examines every stage in between seeing humor within the drama, heartache and confusion of it all.

Year: 2007

Just Married

• Ashton Kutcher as Tom Leezak
• Brittany Murphy as Sarah McNerney

Can a new marriage survive meddling friends, disapproving families, and some of the worst accommodations in Europe? That's the question posed in this broad comedy. Tom Leezak is a regular guy who likes sports and beer and tries to make ends meet working as a nighttime radio traffic reporter. Sarah McNerney is a beautiful young woman from a wealthy and privileged family who is trying to make a name for herself as a writer. Tom and Sarah have seemingly nothing in common, but that doesn't stop them from falling in love. Sarah's family doesn't much care for Tom's boorish ways, and Tom's buddies think Sarah is too highbrow for him, but, if anything, this makes the couple all the more determined to be together, and they decide to get married and head off to Italy for a month-long honeymoon despite the pleas of those closest to them. However, even after the knot is tied, Sarah's former beau, Peter Prentiss, is dead set upon breaking up the happy couple, though as it turns out, a seemingly endless stream of bad luck and post-marital jitters may do the job for him. Just Married was written by Sam Harper, who claims to have loosely based the script on his own experiences on an ill-starred European honeymoon with his wife; fortunately, the couple's marriage survived the experience.

Year: 2003

How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days

• Kate Hudson as Andie Anderson
• Matthew McConaughey as Ben Barry

Benjamin Barry is an advertising executive competing with two female co-workers for a major campaign for a diamond merchant. He cuts a deal with his competitors that the account is his if he can make a woman of their choice fall in love with him in 10 days. In comes Andie Anderson who, in turn, is writing a story on how to lose a guy in 10 days as a bet with her boss to be allowed to write more substantial stories. With a hidden agenda in each camp, will either party be able to complete their mission?

Year: 2003

Beauty & the Briefcase

• Hilary Duff as Lane Daniels
• Michael McMillian as Tom Reinhart
• Matt Dallas as Seth
• Chris Carmack as Liam

Lane is looking for her "magic man". A man who has all of the attributes that are on her checklist. In the meantime she finally hears her calling when a job opportunity presents itself in the form of Cosmo magazine. After failing to impress the editor they head out of the office when they begin talking men. There Lane has the idea to combine dating and work place. After causing a blackout at her job interview she lands the job in an office to begin her undercover work. After dating several co-workers she happens to spill her drink on a "magic man candidate" Liam. However her boss isn't impress by the direction she tries to take her story and tries to get her to stop dating Liam.

Year: 2010

Kick-Ass

• Aaron Johnson as Dave Lizewski / Kick-Ass
• Christopher Mintz-Plasse as Chris D'Amico / Red Mist
• Chloe Moretz as MindyMacready / Hit Girl
• Mark Strong as Frank D'Amico
• Nicolas Cage as Damon Macready / Big Daddy

Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan with a few friends and who lives alone with his father. His life is not very difficult and his personal trials not that overwhelming. However, one day he makes the simple decision to become a super-hero even though he has no powers or training.

Year: 2010

Across the Universe

• Evan Rachel Wood as Lucy Carrigan
• Jim Sturgess as Jude

Across The Universe is a fictional love story set in the 1960s amid the turbulent years of anti-war protest, the struggle for free speech and civil rights, mind exploration and rock and roll. At once gritty, whimsical and highly theatrical, the story moves from high schools and universities in Massachusetts, Princeton and Ohio to the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the Detroit riots, Vietnam and the dockyards of Liverpool. A combination of live action and animation, the film is paired with many songs by THE BEATLES that defined the time.

Year: 2007

Along Came Polly

• Ben Stiller as Rueben Feffer
• Jennifer Aniston as Polly Prince

Reuben Feffer thinks he's found the love of his life but on his honeymoon he discovers her cheating on him with a scuba instructor. Reuben travels back home to get his life on track. On a night out with best pal, Sandy Lyle, Reuben discovers an old school friend, Polly Prince. Reuben feels a connection straight away, and tries constantly to get her to like him. But it's not going to be easy for Reuben, especially when he spends his days calculating risks, and when someone unexpected turns up.

Year: 2004

Click

• Adam Sandler as Michael Newman
• Kate Beckinsale as Donna Newman

The architect Michael Newman has a typical middle-class family with his lovely and gorgeous wife Donna and their son Ben and daughter Samantha, and a constant visit of his parents. However, Michael is workaholic and under stress, trying to satisfy his boss with overwork and get a partnership in his company, giving priority to his work and neglecting the family issues. When the tired Michael goes to a department store to buy an universal remote control, he rests on a bed and he meets the weird salesman Morty that offers him a remote control capable of controlling his own universe. Michael uses too much and loses the control of the device, having his own life controlled by the remote control. Then Michael sees the worthwhile parts of his personal life he missed while working, and in the end of his life he lately concludes that the family comes first.

Year: 2006

A Lot Like Love

• Amanda Peet as Emily Friehl
• Ashton Kutcher as Oliver Martin

On a flight from Los Angeles to New York, Oliver and Emily make a connection, only to decide that they are poorly suited to be together. Over the next seven years, however, they are reunited time and time again, they go from being acquaintances to close friends to ... lovers?

Year: 2005

50 First Dates

• Adam Sandler as Henry Roth
• Drew Barrymore as Lucy Whitmore

Henry Roth lives in a Hawaiian paradise with the company of endless women with no strings attached. This is until he meets Lucy Whitmore. Both Henry and Lucy enjoy the company of each other and feels the start of a serious relationship occurring. Approaching Lucy the next day, Henry is confused when Lucy fails to recognise him. This is the moment Henry discovers that Lucy actually suffers from short term memory loss and can't remember each individual day. Henry won't let this stop him and is prepared to make her fall in love with him all over again, each and every day.

Year: 2004

The Nanny Diaries

• Scarlett Johansson as Annie Braddock
• Laura Linney as Mrs. X / Alexandra
• Nicholas Art as Grayer
• Chris Evans as Harvard Hottie / Hayden

After graduating from Montclair State, New Jersey Girl Annie can't make up her mind about what to do with her life. After saving a little boy from being run over in the park, she is quickly employed as a nanny for a rich Upper East Side couple. Mr X is occupied with his business, Mrs X loves shopping and none of them really likes to spend time with their little boy Grayer. Annie quickly learns that she has more than her hands full with taking care of him. Her busy schedule doesn't give her much spare time. Mrs X fired her last nanny because she was dating and that gives Annie problems when Harvard Hottie who lives in the same building asks her out on a date.

Year: 2007

In Good Company

• Dennis Quaid as Dan Foreman
• Topher Grace as Carter Duryea
• Scarlett Johansson as Alex Foreman

Dan Foreman is headed for a shakeup. He is demoted from head of ad sales for a major magazine when the company he works for is acquired in a corporate takeover. His new boss, Carter Duryea, is half his age--a business school prodigy who preaches corporate synergy. While Dan develops clients through handshake deals and relationships, Carter cross-promotes the magazine with the cell phone division and Krispity Krunch, an indeterminate snack food under the same corporate umbrella. Both men are going through turmoil at home. Dan has two daughters, Alex, age 18, and Jana, age 16, and is shocked when his wife tells him she's pregnant with a new child. Carter, in the meanwhile, is dumped by his wife of seven months just as he gets his promotion. Dan and Carter's uneasy friendship is thrown into jeopardy when Carter falls for, and begins an affair with, Dan's daughter Alex.

Year: 2004

The Rebound

• Catherine Zeta-Jones as Sandy
• Justin Bartha as Aram Finklestein

Sandy, upon discovering her husband's infidelity while watching her son's birthday video, leaves the suburbs and moves into the city. She gets an apartment that's above a coffee house where she befriends one of the workers, Aram, a guy whose wife only married him so she could get a green card. Aram's family thinks he's wasting his life and education by working in the coffee house. Soon after moving into the apartment, Sandy hires Aram to be her nanny while she takes on work for the first time since her children where born. It isn't long when Aram and Sandy find they get along wonderfully and start to date. But the question is: is their relationship real or is it, in fact, just a rebound for both of them?

Year: 2009

Just Friends

• Ryan Reynolds as Chris Brander
• Amy Smart as Jamie Palamino

Chris Brander has always been friends with Jamie Palamino, but now decides it is time to take his relationship to the next step. The problem is, is that Jamie still wants to be 'Just Friends'. When he runs away and moves to L.A., he becomes a attractive music manager, who everyone wants. When his jet crashes, when flying to Paris with his newest singing sensation, Samantha James, he ends up back home. To his surprise, he encounters Jamie again, and sets out to be more than 'Just Friends' this time.

Year: 2005

She's Out Of My League

• Jay Baruchel as Kirk
• Alice Eve as Molly

Kirk is an average Joe who works as a TSA agent at the Pittsburgh airport with his friends. The status quo of his fairly monotonous life ends when he meets Molly, a smart, kind and gorgeous blonde. Because she's way out of his league (she's a hard 10 and he is but a 5), Kirk knows there's no way on earth she's ever going to fall for him. Or is there...?

Year: 2010

Fright Night

• Anton Yelchin as Charley Brewster
• Colin Farrell as Jerry Dandrige

A remake of the 1985 original, teenager Charley Brewster guesses that his new neighbor Jerry Dandrige is a vampire responsible for a string of recent deaths. When no one he knows believes him, he enlists Peter Vincent, a self proclaimed vampire killer and Las Vegas magician, to help him take down Jerry.

(September 12, 2011)

Senior Charley Brewster finally has it all-he’s running with the popular crowd and dating the hottest girl in high school. In fact, he’s so cool he’s even dissing his best friend Ed. But trouble arrives when an intriguing stranger Jerry moves in next door. He seems like a great guy at first, but there’s something not quite right-and everyone, including Charley’s mom, doesn’t notice. After witnessing some very unusual activity, Charley comes to an unmistakable conclusion: Jerry is a vampire preying on his neighborhood. Unable to convince anyone that he’s telling the truth, Charley has to find a way to get rid of the monster himself in this revamp of the comedy-horror classic.

Yesterday (September 12, 2011), @PatSantiago_ and I watched Fright Night. I think this movie was dope. This one isn’t just a Vampire movie that’s sooo overrated, its about the new breed Vampire-Werewolf fictional character called the Hybrid. Colin Farrell made his role as a hybrid convincing and he is way hotter than Charley the kid, for me Penn would be better. Hahaha anyway that’s just my opinion. I liked the movie because its not that freaky. It was cute and funny especially Peter Vincent. I kinda like him, his role everything. Hahaha weird but true. I hate Ed and his chubby cheeks. He made me laugh when he was turned. He can’t be a good hybrid he’s such a weird loser trying to be like Jerry but he can’t. That’s all. Thanks!

Love,

- D.✯

Dinner For Schmucks

• Steve Carell as Barry
• Paul Rudd as Tim

Tim is a rising executive who "succeeds" in finding the perfect guest, IRS employee Barry, for his boss's monthly event, a so-called "dinner for idiots," which offers certain advantages to the exec who shows up with the biggest buffoon.

Year: 2010