My Candidate

• Derek Ramsay as Cong. Sonny Suarez
• Iza Calzado as Cong. Vera Sanchez
• Shaina Magdayao as Billie Pono

Ivy league graduate and political scion Congressman Sonny Suarez has all that it takes to become a Senator - except for the one thing that gets you elected: charisma. Determined to improve his lackluster showing at the polls, Sonny's team hires Billie Pono, a smart and sassy life coach. With Billie at the helm of his "personality make over", Sonny learns to be more authentic. And he also finds himself falling for his coach. The battle with many twists and turns, specially due to the sudden emergence of Vera Sanchez, Sonny's ex, who has declared her candidacy for the Senate. Will Sonny emerge victorious?
Year: 2016

English Only, Please

• Derek Ramsay as Julian Parker
• Jennylyn Mercado as Tere Madlansacay

Julian Parker comes to Manila from New York with one goal: to perfectly dicate a Filipino translation of his angry letter to his half-Pinay ex-girlfriend Megan with the help of the perky Filipino-English tutor he hired online. Tere Madlansacay is a top-notch Filipino-English tutor. She is strict and feisty and takes pride in teaching English and/or Filipino to more than 142 Americans, Fil-Ams, Koreans since 2006. Taking the perfect light romantic-comedic tone of popular Asian movies, with feisty leading ladies who are funny, charming and lovable English Only, Please is a simple love story about how love knows no bounds.
Year: 2014

Ex with Benefits

• Derek Ramsay as Dr. Adam Castrence
• Coleen Garcia as Ariska Aragon

Arkisha is the woman who will do everything just to make her ex-boyfriend, Adam Jacob, stay in her life. But after that breakup, there's something they can't get enough of - benefits.
Year: 2015

A Secret Affair

• Anne Curtis as Rafaela 'Rafi' Delgado
• Derek Ramsay as Anton
• Andi Eigenmann as Sam Montinola 

A Secret Affair revolves on the lives of happy couple Rafi Delgado and Anton. On the eve of her wedding with her parner to be, Anton, fashion stylist Rafi backs out and seeks solitude in the U.S. unknowingly to others the true reasons why she left. Anton is left into the seduction of Sam Montinola, a free spirited young woman  who had a one night encounter with Anton moments previously before Anton and Rafi became a couple. Just as Sam thinks Anton and Sam's relationship gets truly serious, Rafi returns and just as Anton and Rafi are ready to give there love a fresh start. Sam cannot totally give up. But when Rafi truly finds out the truth behind this secret affair how far will Rafi fight for the man she lost once? And how will Anton make things right?
Year: 2012

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.✯