Sid Lucero for Rosario... AND SOAPBOX

All I can say is... THANK YOU, C!THANK YOU! THANK YOU! You did well on your promise. I am ultra jealous of your glamourous job and celebrity friends.

Readers, please do not forget to support ROSARIO and C himself on Christmas day. For movie enthusiasts, watch it for the awesome cinematography (brought to you by C), for non movie enthusiasts, watch it for the costumes! I am personally watching it for Sid Lucero (who looks like C. Swear). Hahah!

Folks, Mr. Sid Lucero for Rosario and Soapbox...



He meant http://soapboxstate.blogspot.com/ by the way! Shet kilig!
ROSARIO coming this Christmas 2010.
A film by Alberto P. Martinez
Story by Manny V. Pangilinan
Starring Jennylyn Mercado, Yul Servo, Dennis Trillo, Isabel Oli and Sid Lucero with Philip Salvador, Eula Valdez and Dolphy

Rosario

The past few months have flown so quickly. I don’t even remember what my last entry was. It’s just that I’ve been really busy. I left for LA on April 28, 2010 to attend a film festival. I was supposed to just stay there for only 2 weeks but LA just had so much to offer that time. And I just couldn’t resist.

I came back 1st week of June. After changing my return flight 3 times, I finally decided that it was indeed time to come home. It was a dramatic moment in downtown LA, in front of the Wells Fargo building, I decided to come home for a project.

The project is a movie entitled ROSARIO, an official entry to the 2010 Metro Manila Film Festival with Albert Martinez as my director. It has been 2 years since we started on pre-production on this project. After offering it to different film outfits and to different actresses, ROSARIO is finally ready to be born.

We are on our 23rd shooting day. It has been quite a journey for us. From August 2008 when I first met with Direk Albert in Figaro Esguerra St. to August 2010 when we are nearly about to wrap. Shooting almost every other day since July, I barely had time to spend time with family and friends. But it has been a great experience for me. I’ve lost weight, I have gotten sick and almost had pneumonia. I barely sleep or get to exercise. But I am not complaining. I’m happy with my work.

The set is my playground.

ROSARIO coming this Christmas 2010.
A film by Alberto P. Martinez
Story by Manny V. Pangilinan
Starring Jennylyn Mercado, Yul Servo, Dennis Trillo, Isabel Oli and Sid Lucero with Philip Salvador, Eula Valdez and Dolphy

My name is C. Catch me if you can.

Pretty Woman

For days now I’ve been obsessing about “Pretty Woman.” I knew that it was a good movie, but seeing it again after stumbling upon the DVD made me realize that it was a GREAT movie. The last time I saw it was back in high school, and so I couldn’t really relate since I didn’t know anything about love and relationships. I also didn’t understand some of the dialogues. Dialogues like: “I don’t kiss on the mouth.” It just made me ask “Huh? Why?” back then. I just knew that it was a feel-good movie with a Cinderella story.

Seeing it again, now with a much broader understanding, made me fall in love the movie. How could I have watched it before without crying??? I now watch the movie everyday, and I cry every time! The plot is a no-brainer, I’m not a hooker, nor is my boyfriend like Richard Gere (though he claims that he will be someday), but this movie has got me crying buckets.

Here are some reasons why I am currently addicted to it:
1) I’m a sucker for “Langit ka, Lupa ako” and Pygmalion-themed movies.

2) Richard Gere circa 1990. Not too young, not too old. Just plain sexy.

3) The shopping. The part where the Beverly Hills salesladies ask her to leave makes me cry.

4) The actors. Julia Roberts and Richard Gere were the perfect choice! The chemistry! Makes me wish that they ended up together in real life. Haha.

5) THE SONG. “He Sleeps / Love Theme” by John Newton Howard. Damn that song. I think this is the main reason why I keep on watching the movie. I’ve searched everywhere for the piano version of the musical score that played throughout the movie, but all I end up with is the jazzy version. Apparently, the song was never publicly released. I took a clip from the movie (the part where they kiss for the first time), where the whole song was playing and converted it into an MP3 file, but I can hear the kissing sounds. It’s annoying. Anyone reading this, I AM DESPERATE.

Anyway, to all the fans out there, here are some trivias about the film.

Babe I Love You

Here's the thing. Sometimes I like Anne Curtis, sometimes I don't. And in this movie, I super did! I thought the movie would suck but it didn't! I loved it! The usual. Rich boy, poor girl. But I liked the twist! Watch eeet!

Not Life Imitating Art

Please watch out for the upcoming film of Star Cinema entitled “I’ll Be There”, starring KC Concepcion, Jerciho Rosales and Gabby Concepcion. This is being directed by master story-teller, Maryo J. delos Reyes.

Gabby and KC Concepcion

It was quite an experience seeing Gabby and KC act right before my eyes. The story is about the relationship of a daughter who comes home from the US to the province to get to know her estranged father who owns hectares and hectares of coprahan. It wasn’t really life imitating art but just a story that you should definitely watch out for.

With Direk Maryo

It is also interesting to mention that Gabby and KC seem very close on the set. Gabby refers to KC as his supplier of “greens” because she always brings salad for him on the set. It was a delight to be with these 2 genuinely nice people with no signs of diva attitude. Gabby is very approachable, charming and very funny. While KC is gorgeous, adorable and just amazingly down to earth.

With Cacai

I hope to be back on their set because I really had a great time working with Direk Maryo, KC and Gabby.

Catch me if you can.

CANNES 2010 OFFICIAL LINE UP UNVEILED

To all movie enthusiasts and filmmakers, here’s the Official Selection at the 63rd Cannes Film Festival (May 12-23) was unveiled at midday today in Paris at the traditional press conference. Here is the list of films in the line-up:



Official Selection



Competition


Another Year - Mike Leigh
Biutiful - Alejandro González Inárritu
Hors-la-loi - Rachid Bouchareb
La princesse de Montpensier - Bertrand Tavernier
Poetry - Lee Chang-dong
The housemaid - Im Sang-soo
Outrage - Takeshi Kitano
Copie conforme - Abbas Kiarostami
Tournée - Matthieu Amalric
Uncle Boonmee - Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Des hommes et des dieux - Xavier Beauvois -
La nostra vita - Daniele Luchetti
Un homme qui crie - Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
You: My Joy - Sergei Loznitsa
Utomlyonnye solntsem 2 - Nikita Mikhalkov
Fair Game - Doug Liman


Out of Competition

Robin des Bois - Ridley Scott
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger - Woody Allen
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps - Oliver Stone
Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps - Oliver Stone


Séance Spéciale

Nostalgia De La Luz - Patricio Guzman
Draquila - Sabina Guzzanti
Abel - Diego Luna
Inside Job - Charles Ferguson
Over Your Cities Grass Will Grow - Sophie Fiennes
Cineuropa.org

http://www.festival-cannes.com/en.html