So it’s CONFIRMED! Mary Jean Lastimosa or better known as MJ will be participating in the upcoming Binibining Pilipinas pageant. As I mentioned previously, this would be MJ’s third attempt to clinch a Binibini crown after snatching second runner-up during the 2011 edition and a semifinalist placement in 2012. I’m hoping that this time, MJ will be able to maintain the momentum leading up to the big night.
too premature but I can’t help it. via MJ Lastimosa’s FB
I’m no expert when it comes to beauty pageants but having watched the years that she initially joined, I’d like to advise her not to over-think when it comes to answering questions from the judges. She should be more relax and more confident because I know that she can really do it! And this time, I’m hoping that the stars and the whole universe will aligned in her favor!
Last night’s episode was pretty interesting with the remaining 14 girls vying for the title of the most bad@ss model in the house LOL. For their challenge, they were to form three groups with three girls each leaving Nicole and Sneha group-less so they formed a two-girl group instead. The groups are to take “selfies” of themselves and the winner of that challenge was the beautiful Pooja who shared her reward to… Katarina! They went to an helicopter ride, sightseeing the beautiful Malaysian scenery.
Shortly after that, the girls are to pose in Malaysian traditional clothing in Batu Caves ( a limestone hill that has a series of caves and cave temples situated in Gombak district in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.)
During the shoot, each girl just had 15 frames to work with. Jodilly, Janice, Nicole and Sneha impressed the photographer while Pooja, Katja and Natalie did okay. Bona was not showing versatility disappointing everyone in the shoot and the rest are just hanging there.
Prior to the panel, the girls are having some issues with each other esp Nicole over Janice whose being a brat in my opinion. Wow! I feel like watching an episode of the American version with this episode! LOL. Tia’s being all so bitchy with Katja. At panel, they hated Bona’s picture. Too bland IMO. I also didn’t like Tia’s pose. She’s not a model, TBH and the judges doesn’t like it as well. #served
Anyways, here are the pictures from last night episode. Don’t mind my critique, that’s just me. >_<
Bona
This is beyond lifeless. I thought she’d be great over the run of the show but this is pretty boring.
Janice
I do not like her at all. This photo isn’t very good to begin with. She look one dimensional in my opinion.
Jihye
I feel that the dress is too much for her. She’s drowning in this shot.
Jodilly
Biases aside, I think my homegirl’s killing it! The hidden hand was a bit distracting but overall, I’d say that this is a really great shot!
Josephine
I love Josephine’s bone structure. She can do better than this and I’m putting this shot in the upper tier.
Katarina
The ever-so feisty Katja! I totally love her personality but I feel that she’s not bringing it! She’s without question the prettiest in the house but “pretty” can only get you further.
Marie
I feel that she’s being safe but girl has got it!
Natalie
I liked it. I’m just worried that she looks really short which doesn’t help her at all since she’s only 5’7.”
I’m surprised by Nicole. She’s giving me a supermodel aura. I love the position of her legs as well as her face!!! Lovely!
Poojaa (Challenge Winner)
I love this shot. I thought it’s very elegant. Not digging her look but her posture’s quite nice.
Sheena
Now, this is fierce baby!! Go Sheena!
Sneha
She overdid it so there. It didn’t work at all.
Thao
I love Thao! I love how she photographs and her face is just to die for! It’s very interesting!
Tia
I’m not really digging it! Tia’s not a model, I’m sorry.
Call Out Order
FCO – Nicole
Jodilly
Sheena
Thao
Natalie
Katarina
Sneha
Janice
Josephine
Poojaa
Jihye
Marie
BOTTOM TWO: Bona and Tia
Eliminated: Bona
I booked a room for two as early as November since most of the Inns that I’ve contacted are fully booked already because of the bonfire festival and naturally, December’s a peak season in Sagada. I was able to booked at Rocky Valley Inn. I was asked to deposit half of the rate for three days (it’s 250/pax/day.) The inn is located near the Sagada Weaving and is in front of a gas station. It was a good 8 minute walk from/to the center.
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the rock formation fronting our veranda
The place was very clean of course. I thought Alex, the guy who assisted us was very professional. The room given to us was at the second floor with a veranda which I loved by the way because it’s fronting a big beautiful rock formation and it was naturally, freaking cold.
They have WiFi connection at the ground floor and they also served food. The food was good and reasonably priced. Our only critique is the lack of hospitality from the other girl who’s manning the place who keeps sneering on us. She was probably in a bad mood that weekend. Overall, our stay was rather okay because the rooms are clean as well as the shared rest rooms. Just good food and clean room. *wink*
This film is about a bullied boy who befriends a new girl in his neighborhood. She encourages him to fight back to his bullies and he discovered that she’s no ordinary girl – she’s a young vampire lusting for blood and is looking for a new companion.
This film was actually one of my must-watch films on my list. I love Chloe Moretz playing the young vampire, Abby. I thought she’s fantastic as the young and lonely vampire. You can feel her sadness and that vicious persona in her eyes.
The boy, Kodi Smit-McPhee was as good delivering a superb performance, which is rather a reminiscent of his performance in The Road.
I love that the film is not predictable and went more violent in comparison to the original Swedish version. There is such a subtlety in the film that lures you into watching its entirety. It’s a great remake that can stand on its own without the merit of the first one. My rating for this film is 9/10 for giving me the creeps that I’m expecting from it.
On DVD
Director: Matt Reeves
Based On: Let The Right One In by John Ajvide Lindqvist
This riches to rags film is a re-imagining of Jane Austen’s Sense And Sensibility. Siblings Norah and Mary were orphaned by their father and are left with almost nothing but their belongings. Their estranged stepbrother bought their house and they had no other choice but to live with their Aunt in a Mexican Town at East Los Angeles.
There, they needed to adjust with their new lifestyle, learn their culture and discover a whole lot more about love and family.
I actually enjoyed watching this film. There isn’t much about the acting especially with Camilla Belle (I hated the nonchalant approach)
via wikipedia
but she was balanced out by Nicholas D’Agosto. It was just a feel good film that will leave you smiling right after watching it.
I was thinking when was the last time I enjoyed an animated film? I remember watching Rango and enjoying its depth. I remember from last year some of the best ones, How To Train Your Dragon and Toy Story 3.
Rio on the other hand wasn’t a big disappointment at all. I’m not a big fan of the film but it has its moment. Blue is a domesticated Spix’ Macau –last of the “male” of his kind was flown to Rio, Brazil to mate with the only remaining female Spix’ Macau named Jewel to save their species. Blue fell inlove with the stubborn Jewel who wanted to escape into the wilderness. The only problem that he’s got is that he doesn’t know how to fly. Both birds were abducted along with others by a group of smugglers and their adventure started from there.
The whole Rio vibe was very very cool to begin with but it does present a not so positive thing about the country. The graphics are less than impressive but the lines are very cool with the birds Nico and Pedro (voiced by Jamie Foxx and Will.I.Am respectively) stealing the scenes from the main protagonist.
I especially love the parade part and the bulldog. I think that was the best part of the film. Other than that, the film failed to deliver from its promising trailer.
Oh, the soundtrack was really good by the way which maybe the saving grace of the film.
I’ll give it a 5/10 rating.
Director: Carlos Saldanha
Starring: Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, George Lopez, Will.I.Am, Jamie Foxx
I was able to catch the advance screening of HOP last night in Glorietta 4 Cinema 3 with my friend Doms courtesy of Pinoy Exchange where I wrote a review of the film. Here’s what I thought of it –this review was first posted on the official PEx Movie Review thread.
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The film focuses on E.B.–son of the Easter Bunny–who dreams of becoming a drummer instead of taking over his father’s job, and Fred, a happy go lucky human who accidentally injures E.B. and eventually helps him overcome the evil plan of the Easter chick Carlos to destroy Easter.
This film does not really require a great deal of dissection. We could easily relate with E.B’s character, someone who dreams big but is caught in an inevitable obligation; while Fred is someone who’s always yearning for something else in life without actually having any clue on what that is.
I thought the whole film was a bit slow, though it is highly entertaining especially to the kids who truly enjoy the antics of the very cute E.B. as well as the chicks’ characters. It is incomparable to Toy Story or Shrek or even the most recent film Rango, but it has the elements of a good film.
Its trailer alone is fun to watch but after watching the whole film, you’ll see that the story lacks depth. But hey! Who needs depth if you can just laugh along with the kids in the cinema?
I’m giving it a 7.5/10 rating.
Director: Chris Meledandri
Starring: James Marsden, Russell Brand, Kaley Cuoco, Hank Azaria, Gary Cole, Elizabeth Perkins, Hugh Laurie, David Hasselhoff
Watching this film is like watching an episode of TV series’ Roswell meets DarkAngel. John was from planet Lorien along with his guardian and is being hunted down by the Mogadorians who are killing the remaining nine “special Loriens” in chronological order. They’ve already killed Number 1, 2 and 3 and John’s next. Now, he needs to change his identity (for the nth time) and try not to be killed.
I was quite impressed by the film’s premise but thought that the acting of its actors are very weak specially Dianna Agron’s character who played John / Number 4’ s love interest. It was a bit Glee-ish and disconnected. Alex Pettyfer playing the title role was very enigmatic on screen but needs more depth. There are unnecessary and prolonged scenes that I find distracting. I love that they showed Number Six, though, and I’m hoping that the producers aren’t going to kill her for the upcoming ‘I Am Number…” franchise (well, the books are good!)
It is not technically good but it was a very enjoyable film because it has the story to keep you curious and wait for the next one. For this alone, I’ll be giving the film a 6.5/10 ratings.
Director: D.J Caruso
On DVD
Starring: Alex Pettyfer, Dianna Agron, Timothy Olyphant, Callan McAullife
-paddylast,
This filmis about a super pill that will maximize the capacity of your brain and turn you into a super Einstein. Eddie Mora (Bradly Cooper) is a writer in New York who cannot seem to focus on starting his book, was dumped by his girlfriend Lindy (Abbie Cornish) and is in chaos with his life in general until he bumped into his ex-wife’s brother who recommended him the NZT-48 pill that supposedly access 100% of the brain than the normal 20% human capacity. Suddenly, Eddie was able to finish his book and yearns for more pill supply that lead to many events, which endangered both Eddie and his again, girlfriend Lindy.
The most negative thing I could say about this film was its draggy feel about it. It’s a bit long but it was nevertheless enjoyable to watch. The scene when Eddie’s girlfriend took some pill to escape her chaser was a bit Matrix-ish and Robert De Niro being there isn’t even impressive at all. It’s like his part was not necessary at all.
Overall, I did enjoy the film. Nothing’s real new about it. ‘just an -OK acting from Cooper and the rest are just bleh –
I’ll give this a 7.5/10 rating.
Director: Neil Burger
Starring: Bradly Cooper, Robert De Niro, Abbie Cornish
I’ve been dying to watch this film since I saw it’s funny trailer last year and I’m so glad that this Johnny Depp led animated film didn’t disappoint.
Rango was initially an unnamed chameleon who’s got no friends but some toys and a dead cricket. He got stranded in a Nevada dessert where he met the female lizard named Beans who took him to the Dirt Town populated by desert animals .
Here, Rango presented himself as a tough drifter who killed several “drifters” with one bullet and eventually killing the feared hawk accidentally who tried to prey him earlier in the film. Because of this, the town mayor appoints him to be the town’s sheriff.
Meanwhile, the water reserved of the town is dangerously low and had been robbed mysteriously. Rango stepped up to find the robbers and came to a conclusion that it could be the mayor who’s actually behind the robbery recalling the mayor’s words that whoever controls the water, controls everything. With this, he devices a plan to confront the mayor but was confronted by the rattlesnake through the sly mayor’s command and made him admit all his lies. Rango was asked to leave the town but came back after realizing that he needs to help the town’s inhabitants.
I totally love this film, the music and the graphics are impeccable. Rango is such an adorable chameleon, watching him reminds me of Colin Firth in A Single Man for some reasons. The whole thing about the “water” issue was the main focal point of the film; though I find it a bit prolonged (not draggy) , it was still good, I mean the scenes were perfectly narrowed into a cohesive yet dynamic collection of dialogues, music and animation.
The social relevance of it was subtly presented in such a way that you can laugh about it but it’d also make you think deeper on what the “issue” is about. Is it about Oil? Money? Naturally, whoever control these stuff controls everything. It has this powerful message that politically slap everyone’s consciousness that YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.
So there, this film is not only for kids and kids alike but for everyone who’s looking for a good laugh and some good insights about life, friendship and corny as it may sound, the society.
I’d give this a 9.5 ratings.
Eastwood Mall, Cinema 6
March 11, 2011
P180.00
Director: Gore Verbinski
Starring: Johnny Depp, Isla Fisher, Abigail Breslin, Alfred Molina, Bill Nighy, Harry Dean Stanton, Ray Winstone, Timothy Olyphant
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Overall, our stay was rather okay because the rooms are clean as well as the shared rest rooms. Just good food and clean room. *wink*
