Matapos pag-usapan ang tungkol sa planong church wedding nina Mariel Rodriguez at Robin Padilla ay nahaharap naman ngayon si Mariel sa ilan pang kontrobersiya.

May mga balitang naglabasan na gusto na lamang ni Mariel na maging full-time housewife kay Robin Padilla at tinatamad na rin daw itong magtrabaho sa noon time show na Happy Yipee Yehey.

“Hindi naman ako tinatamad mag-work. No. Work is a blessing and hindi naman namin ginugusto na hindi na ako magtatrabaho. He knows that he is my priority kasi eh. Whenever he needs me I will be there for him. Siya pa rin ’yung number one priority ko,” paglilinaw ni Mariel.

Hindi rin nagpapaapekto ang TV host sa mga balita tungkol sa kinita ng pelikula nilang TUM: My Pledge of Love na pinaghirapan nilang mag-asawa.

“Actually, we don’t talk about those things. We are not affected by those things. Ang sa amin is the reaction of the people who watched it. So far we’re so blessed kasi napakaganda ng sinasabi ng mga nanood. Talagang abot-langit ang aming pasasalamat,” dagdag pa ni Mariel. Reports from JAMES C. CANTOS

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The 3pm ticket sales readouts at SM cinemas of Robin Padilla and Mariel Rodriguez’s Tum: My Pledge of Love, show very low viewer turnout:

Mega Mall, P8,000
North EDSA, P11,000
Mall of Asia, P14,000
Fairview, P14,000!

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The very expensive musical film “Emir” only managed to earn P1.9 million on its weekend debut.

Based from the box-office report of Box Office Mojo for the period of June 9 to 13, 2010, the Chito Roño film only grossed P1.9 million in 50 theaters nationwide. According to reports, the ambitious film project by the Film Development Council of the Philippines together with the Cultural Center of the Philippines and Viva Films costs more than P50 million to produce. By virtue of it’s opening weekend gross of P1.9 million, the groundbreaking film is an official box office flop.
On the other hand, Noy the Movie which is produced by CineMedia and distributed by Star Cinema raked-in a modest P9.9 million in two weeks of screening. Budget-wise, the Coco Martin-starrer has a lower production cost than Emir.

Meanwhile, Here Comes the Bride raked-in a total of P117.1 million in 5 weeks. It’s now the second top-grossing pinoy film of 2010 next to John Lloyd Cruz‘ Miss You Like Crazy.

Ruling RP box-office for the period of June 9 to 13 was Karate Kid with opening weekend gross of P44.18 million.

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Forbes compiled a list of stars who command a high salary but whose movies are box office flops. Comedian Will Ferrell leads the Top 10.

According to Forbes, Ferrell’s films in the last 12 months earn an average of $3.29 for every dollar he was paid. His last film “Land of the Lost” made $49,392,095.00 but the film’s production cost is $100 million making it a major flop for a big-budget summer event film.

Here are the year’s Top 10 “Flop” stars in Hollywood, if you must:

1. Will Ferrell – 1$:$3.29
2. Ewan McGregor – $1:$3.75
3. Billy Bob Thornthon – 1$:$4
4. Eddie Murphy – 1$:$4.43
5. Ice Cube – 1$:$4.47
6. Tom Cruise – $1:$7.18
7. Drew Barrymore – $1:$7.43
8. Leonardo DiCaprio – $1:$7.52
9. Samuel L. Jackson – $1:$7.59
10. Jim Carrey – $1:$8.62

In contrast, the year’s most bankable star is Shia LaBeouf. The Transformers star made an average of $160 for every dollar of his compensation.

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Here is the screencap from Box Office Mojo site (click to enlarge):

After speculations and guessing games, the American website boxofficemojo.com was able to give an idea on how the Regal Films horror movie “Tarot” fared at the box office.

In the September 9-13, 2009 report of Box Office Mojo, Eugene Domingo’s “Kimmy Dora” is soaring at no. 1 with a two-week gross of P50.58 million besting debuting Hollywood movies such as The Grudge 3 (#3), Gamer (#5), I Love You Beth Cooper (#6) and Management (#8).

The Marian Rivera and Dennis Trillo starrer is running in its 3rd week that time and it placed 16th in the list of 22 movies. Its reported total in Mega Manila is US$375,221.00 or P18,138.183.14. If we are to include provincial theaters, the film could have grossed an approximate P23 million nationwide which is still a box office flop.

AFTER the video release “The Echo,” a Hollywood remake of “Sigaw,” in the US, it would only be logical for director Yam Laranas to follow it up with another horror flick. After all, he has shown that he has the natural acumen for keeping people glued to their seats in anticipating what was to happen next.

“Patient X” showing this Halloween season is an aswang or local vampire story with chilling sequences, not brought about by special effects but purely by the talent of director Yam in building up the suspense. Richard Gutierrez is not only the lead star as a doctor, but producer as well with his own outfit in cooperation with Viva Films and GMA Films. The lovely Christine Reyes is the title holder.

Why do people love to be frightened? We don’t know. We just know that there are those who patronize scary movies then go home to sleep with all the lights on for fear that what they have just watched would trail them home. At Megamall when we watched, a group of four youngsters sitting in front of us had their cellphone lights open throughout the particularly scary scenes. They wanted to make sure no aswang would be sitting beside them.

At the risk of being a spoiler we’d like to share some observations good and bad. Richard’s many action encounters including shootouts with the aswangs and running around the hospital could have been aided by more appropriate makeup. The matinee idol looked too much like the matinee idol that he is, instead of a man in the grips of the unknown. He was much too clean, his hair much too well coiffed for the role. Christine was better deglamorized which aided in establishing the tension of the movie. The aswangs on the prowl growled too much, we couldn’t tell if they were ready to transform into wolves at any moment since they appeared at a loss of what to do. For such important major support roles, there are many veteran contrabidas in our ranks who might provide better interpretation and atmosphere.

We were also disappointed by the sparse crowd at the time we watched. Possibly moviegoers were saving their movie money for the visit to the cemetery. It could also be because, especially at the Megamall, large standees announcing the coming of Twilight’s New Moon could unwittingly have given vampire movie enthusiasts another alternative.

Speaking of Twilight, we couldn’t help thinking how it could have been even more bittersweet had director Yam extended the palpable attraction between Richard and Christine a few more minutes in the ending sequence. We are certain tears would fall. Everyone loves a story of impossible love, even in a horror movie.

Genre: Horror,Thriller
Director : Topell Lee
Starring: Robin Padilla, Katrina Halili, Rhian Ramos, Sunshine Dizon, Hero Angeles, Mark Bautista, Glydel Mercado, Iza Calzado, Simon Atkins


Romano and his men are ambushed in one military operation. Romano almost gets killed but wakes up after staying in coma for several days. His life will never be the same again. He resigns from the military and goes into seclusion in their Baguio ancestral house after realizing that he now has a supernatural gift.

Romano sees ghosts. But he sees ghost only around people who will soon encounter sudden, tragic deaths. And there is one constant apparition that caps his vision whenever he sees ghosts- that of a really tall and thin woman, horrid and menacing.

Romano’s blind sister, Isabel, seeks help from one of her and Romano’s childhood friends, Louella, now a medical doctor. Louella uses Isabel’s blindness as an excuse to bring Romano out of his seclusion. They travel from Baguio to Manila so Isabel can see a doctor.

An aspiring actress, Kristina, a widow, Lumen, and her son, Eric, travel with them to Manila along with Louella’s driver, Baste. The group avoids a tragic accident on the road but soon, the passengers begin dying, one by one, each through a violent death

Romano eventually figures out that the ghosts Romano sees are ghosts of the dead relatives of people who are about to die tragically. As Romano understands this and uses his gift to save people from their imminent gifts, the tall, thin woman becomes a relentless sight in his encounters.

Soon, Romano learns that the woman is the spirit of tragedy, a malevolent force that is responsible for many tragic deaths. When one is supposed to die from one tragedy and survives, the spirit will haunt the survivor until she eventually succeeds.

Romano, Louella, and Isabel now face the biggest fight of their lives. How to defeat the wrath of the evil spirit and survive the constant threat of death in their lives.



Very unexpected talaga na manonood ako ng movie na ito. I thought it was an indie film because of the title "Sundot" but it was just a joke by my friend. The real title is Sundo starring Robin Padilla, Sunshine Dizon, Rhian Ramos, Mark Bautista, and some others.

The movie is very predictable like any of the other asian horror films. It is also very similar to Final Destination movie with some Premonitions alike. I am not terrified a lot pero inaamin ko na nagulat ako sa mga scenes especially 'yung kay Robin.

Well, overall, I am not that satisfied with the movie like my groupmates' reactions. Huh!? I aslways watch kasi asian horror films and know what's original and what's not. This time, eventhough they say that this is the fruit of their creative team, I don't know if I will still believe in them.

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Dingdong Dantes and Marian Rivera were considered as the hottest loveteam when they made two hit TV series such as Marimar and Dyesebel, but as far as their movie 'One True Love' is concerned, their tandem is not really that hot as the movie finds it hard to enter the Top 10 Highest Grossing Films of 2008.

As of November 30, 2008, 'One True Love', which premiered in theaters last November 19, has a total gross earnings of 53.2 million pesos, which only ranks 11th highest grossing film of the year.

I expected a lot from this movie especially that their teleseryes were consistent in getting 40+ ratings, according to AGB Nielsen Media Research.

In February, Marian was paired to Richard Gutierrez in the Valentine movie 'My Bestfriend's Girlfriend' and it was a hit, currently #4 in the Philippine Box Office for 2008.

But, with the "not so favorable" box-office results of 'One True Love', it's safe to say that the success of 'My Bestfriend's Girlfriend' can be solely attributed to Richard, who also made another hit last August via 'For the First Time' with KC Concepcion.

Meanwhile, 'Scaregivers' which stars Jose Manalo and Wally Bayola had an amazing start, with a 5-day box-office gross of 13.9 million pesos.

PHILIPPINE BOX OFFICE FOR 2008
(Tagalog Movies only)
as of November 30, 2008
An EXCLUSIVE Compilation

1. A Very Special Love PHP 179,569,117
2. Caregiver PHP 139,536,302
3. For The First Time PHP 132,774,212
4. My Bestfriend's Girlfriend PHP 101,257,479
5. Dobol Trobol: Lets Get Redi 2 Rambol! PHP 90,507,251
6. When Love Begins... PHP 89,376,729
7. Mag-ingat Ka Sa... Kulam PHP PHP 85,469,574
8. My Only Ü PHP 78,399,615 (as of November 23, 2008)
9. My Big Love PHP 69,703,502
10. SupahPapalicious PHP 66,988,528
11. One True Love PHP 53,263,747 (as of November 30, 2008)
12. Manay Po 2: Overload PHP 30,405,258
13. My Monster Mom PHP 29,209,289
14. Ikaw pa rin, bongga ka boy! PHP 24,668,554
15. I.T.A.L.Y. (I Trust and Love You) PHP PHP 23,709,311
16. Scaregivers PHP 13,899,460 (as of November 30, 2008)
17. Urduja PHP 11,518,774
18. Ploning PHP 10,779,030
19. Loving You PHP 4,336,656
20. Torotot PHP 2,133,244
21. Ate PHP 1,877,603
22. Half Blood Samurai (under PHP 1,000,000)

Untrue Love
by Philbert Ortiz Dy

On paper, One True Love has a lot of things going for it. The premise is somewhat compelling, and the cast brings in a lot of talent. In practice, however, things don’t work out that way, as a few bad habits rear their ugly heads and leave the film decidedly subpar.

After one year of dating, Migs proposes to his girlfriend, Joy, and she happily accepts. When Migs tells the news to his family, his sister Ara then gives the news to Migs’ first love Bela, who lives in Canada. Bela returns to the country to give their love one last try, but Migs chooses Joy. The day after their wedding, Migs gets into a motorcycle accident. He wakes up with partial amnesia, unable to remember Joy and under the impression that he’s still with Bela. After getting him through physical therapy, Joy does everything she can to bring back his memory, but Migs continues to be drawn to Bela, leaving husband and wife to be strangers in their own home.

The story has a really great hook, but the script doesn’t really have the substance to back it up. While the script gets points for an attempt at emotional sophistication, it ultimately doesn’t go there, painting the characters in broad strokes that just don’t ring true. The character of Bela in particular lacks the consistency needed to let her plight really resonate. It doesn’t help that a lot of the situations in the script aren’t portrayed in a realistic light. It’s difficult enough to accept that a woman who left her boyfriend to go to Canada would suddenly go back to the country on a whim just to disrupt a wedding, but this is also a world where a woman takes a pregnancy test just because she sees one, and a woman won’t call her husband’s phone (or the phone of the person she suspects him to be with) when he goes missing. A myriad of plot holes keep the film from rising emotionally, as it feels like the choices of the characters were made just for the convenience of the filmmakers.

The film suffers from tone as well. Practically every scene in this film is undercut by a soaring score that really does nothing for the entire picture. It’s like they don’t trust their own material, leaning on the score to tell people how they’re supposed to feel. It’s terribly annoying, and it hampers the film from letting its action rise. When every scene feels the same, the movie suffers as a whole. There are a few technical hiccups as well. The color grading shifts from shot to shot, which is just a baffling mistake. Movies with a fraction of this film’s budget don’t make that mistake. The film gains a few points in the acting department, though they’re pretty hard won as well. There’s somewhat of a soap opera feel to the production, which affects the acting as well. It just doesn’t feel as good as it could be, had the actors been given room to find a more genuine place to start from. Marian Rivera turns in a pretty decent performace. Iza Calzado is still one of the finest actors on our shores, though her character has most definitely gotten in the way of her performance. Dingdong Dantes makes a pretty good leading man, even if he tends to fall back on the same three tricks to get his point across.

Honestly, I came into the theater ready to love One True Love. I was intrigued by the premise, and Iza Calzado is just about my favorite actress. But this film just betrayed me at every turn, with glaring technical deficiencies and absolutely baffling scripting choices. It’s frustrating, because it feels like the pieces were all there, but the filmmakers just didn’t care enough to put them all together, instead choosing to just take the most convenient path to a completed movie. That never produces anything good.

I.T.A.L.Y.
I Trust and Love You

Directed by Mark A. Reyes

Produced by Annette Gozon-Abrogar
Jose Mari Abacan

Written by Senedy Que

Starring Jolina Magdangal, Dennis Trillo and Rufa Mae Quinto

Distributed by GMA Films

Release date(s) August 6, 2008

Country Philippines Language Filipino, English

SYNOPSIS:

Destiny. Is it beyond our control? Or do we make our own? These questions and other musings about the past and the future set the tone as GMA Films sets sail with a sidesplitting comedy about life on the high seas.In the movie I.T.A.L.Y. (I Trust and Love You), six people are brought together on a seven-day cruise that will change their lives forever.

A hopeless romantic (Jolina Magdangal) searches for the right man for her, while dreaming of becoming a singer. Destiny "Des" Pinlac believes that Paolo Guzman (Dennis Trillo) fits the three signs that she has been asking for but she is surprised by what fate has in store for her.

A successful businessman named Paolo (Dennis) is searching for the truth about an Italian woman from his past. A series of letters will finally reveal what happened to his former girlfriend Sophia.

A senior housekeeper named Lovely Mercado (Eugene Domingo) finds out that it is never too late to find true love.

A young waiter called Nathan Reyes (Mark Herras) finds the woman of his dreams, but she is beyond his reach.

A young brat (Rhian Ramos) finds out that love does not have to be as complicated as her love-hate relationship with her mother. Phoebe Villaroso is celebrating her graduation by joining this cruise.

And a sexy lounge singer (Rufa Mae Quinto) searches for the perfect man who will keep his promises and who will never leave her. Stella Sembrano is known on the cruise ship Costa Magica as the materialistic diva of torch songs.

This comedy-romance-drama-musical will make you swoon, cry, laugh, and fall in love all over again. While it takes you to three continents around the world (Asia, Africa, and Europe), it is nevertheless an intimate film about searching for love, following your dreams, and making your own destiny. I.T.A.L.Y. (I Trust and Love You) is scheduled to open in cinemas nationwide on September 17.

This is the trailer of I.T.A.L.Y. courtesy by jeoffpaolo