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Here are some soundtracks that I love from movies. Yes, I pay attention to soundtracks, and there are other pretty songs out there too, but I just like these songs so much.  Once in my Life (Stevie Wonder), Shrek 4 - I heard this one in an ending song from Shrek 4 movie. At first, I kinda like it cause it was upbeat, catchy & you can tell by the melody that it was a classic song, I didn't know who the artist at that time. But the more I listened to it, the lyric & meaning of the song is beautiful, makes you warm all over. The song is about finding that special person you've been looking & dreaming for your whole life. A person who gives you bundle of happiness & joy. I love it to be my wedding song. Little Wonders (Rob Thomas), Meet the Robinsons - A song that tells you to move on. Everything that you've deal with the past or decisions made are over and gone. You have to live by the present moment. Our lives are made by small hours and little wond...

Cast: Logan Lerman ,   Emma Watson   and   Ezra Miller Director and Writer: Stephen Chbosky Genre: Drama/Romance Setting: 1991-1992 school year source I have plans long ago to read this book however I was busy hoarding other books. Hehe. Finally I watched this movie and I can’t even describe an adjective for this. The story is about a young lad Charlie. He is a freshman and describes his daily activities in school but he wrote it on a private diary. He’s having a hard time coping up with his other classmates and didn’t even have a single friend on the 1 st day. He is an introvert, reserve and quiet young boy. He was a smart kid though; he loves literature and has good taste on music. Charlie met two seniors Patrick and her step-sister Sam. Sam and Patrick were his best buddies during his freshman year. Charlie experienced his 1 st date, 1 st kiss and his 1 st experienced on drugs and drinking. He has a wonderful and supportive family. He enjoys g...

source Ever since I love musical movies but this is by far the great movie this year. Pitch Perfect plot is all about an all-girls a-capella group The Bellas at Barden University. They failed to win the finals so they forced to regroup and recruit some freshmen’s.  Beca played by Anna Kendrick, is one of their new recruit. She’s an aspiring DJ, she can create mashup songs very well, and that’s kinda awesome.  I can’t believe she can sing so well too. She was discovered by one of the members in the bathroom while she was singing Titanium by David Guetta.  However, something is wrong with the Bellas aca performance and    Beca's  great challenge is how to set them apart from other a-capella groups to finally win the finals. This is actually the greatest movie ever this year. It has an excellent arrangement of songs. The voices are powerful and not to mention this is a fun movie. I have big laughs while watching this especially the audition par...

“Fate be changed, look inside. Mend the bond torn by pride.” I love this movie so far however the plot is not that catchy and I must say just an ordinary story. The movie is really entertaining, the characters and their comical side. The accent of course is really cute. I can't wait to hear an Irish speaks in person, they have lovely accent. The movie soundtrack and the characters are perfectly combined. The most funny characters here for me is Merida's father and the cute little boys. I love Merida's locks so much haha! I can't have that kind of hair here in our country though, not suitable for a sunny weather.  source A princess, she is! But she doesn't act like one. Her lovely Mother (the Queen) wants her to act like a princess, to speak like a princess and think like a princess with poise and all. Merida is not just irritated but also annoyed and full of everything. She wants freedom, to do what she wanted but she can't because of rules. Anywa...

source I was also wondering why I chose that to be the title post. And the photo is a tree lol Currently reading the book Life of Pi and I think I'm on the climax of the story now. I am now on Part 2, the Pacific Ocean part where their ship sank. I wanted to quote this one from the book "I was not wounded in any part of my body, but I had never experienced such intense pain,such ripping of the nerves,such an ache of the heart." While reading this part I remember something, somewhere in my past is hunting me. Such a fleeting moment. I have felt that kind of feeling before but ripping of the nerves I must say is an overstatement. I felt of course such ache in my heart and the pain. I wasn't wounded any part of my body but inside YES! Its easy to forgive but forget nope, not in my lifetime I would never ever forget.  The scars will always be there no matter how much I tried to hide it. It wasn't easy at first but in the long run I realized and learned a...

Do you remember when you're still a kid? Running around the block, playing with friends, laughing and having a little adventure time with yourself or with a group of kids. Childhood is fun and exciting. Finally, I watched this movie and I was taken back and miss my childhood years. Bruno is a young explorer. He loves playing around and adventure. When his Father was promoted they must leave their home and moved out to other place. Bruno was devastated, he has good friends in the city and leaving means he won't see them for a long time. He can't do anything to change his parent's mind since he's only 8 years old. Bruno together with his family leaves the city. Bruno's father is an army and his mother is a plain housewife. Bruno has a sister named Gretel, though they're not that super close I can sense that Gretel loves his little brother. Bruno has no friend yet on their new home and Gretel of course won't play with him. One day when he go...

I’m in love with this animated movie. This is a movie from Studio Ghibli film. The feelings that I have everytime I watch SG films. I’m just a super fan of their films. The background, the town and the way they create the animation. Its surreal animation makes me very happy, super happy, happy inlove again.  I remember a song way back then I used to sing and I heard it on this movie. The movie was cute, charming and wonderful. A wonderful work of art and the song complements the sugary and cute scenes.  I don’t want to include the plot here since I just want to express how happy I am watching these kinds of movies. Haha! Let me include the director, the writer and the group behind this wonderful movie. They are doing a great job! I wanted to express my happiness and gratefulness on making another movie like this. I love the kilig feeling. I want to live in such a beautiful place. I just hope they’ll make movies such as these through the years and that only the magical es...

source Finally, I watched the movie The Bourne Legacy yesterday. I had fun watching the Manila scene. The motorcycle chasing scene was awesome.astig!! IMBA talaga. hehe. Anyway, I don't like the ending though, nabitin ako kasi eh. I wasn't expecting anything from the movie and it wasn't a prequel of the Bourne series movie. It was the other side of the story about the organization. If you didn't know the story of the Bourne Series, the Jason Bourne one then you can't understand this one. I would suggest you watch the Jason Bourne series first. Both characters portrayed well in the movie and I love Rachel's character in the movie. She was just an ordinary doctor and she doesn't know everything except that she was there to work for the Science. Then all of the sudden someone was trying to kill her, that's a shock, right? Hindi pa ata sya naka recover when one of her co-worker killed all the doctors except her then here comes the pretending ...

"The whole point of love is to put someone else's needs above your own"   Beth was unlucky when it comes to love. She’s a young hardworking New Yorker.  She feels hopeless after a terrible heartache. When she went to Rome to attend her sister’s wedding, she met the best man of the groom Nick. Well, they have a good start, obviously Nick was attracted to her and she felt the same. But when she saw Nick kissing with other woman, she realized she was stupid for flirting with him. So she went to the Fountain of Love, drunk and her impulse told her to pick up those coins in the fountain. The Fountain of Love is a fountain where people throw coins and wish for their true love to come. – That’s kinda cute. Hehe.  Anyway, when she’s back in New York, Nick was calling her, wanted to ask her out and some weird guys was stalking her, giving her gifts and flowers. It was said that in the legend if you take a coin out of the fountain the person who threw it wil...

PALM SUNDAY . It has been a year that I went to church alone with the similar event. This year, I'm unaccompanied again. Well, it’s not that bad to be alone sometimes.  Alone but not lonely or sad.  I decided to attend church on the evening instead in the morning. I usually woke up late in a Sunday morning. Good thing, my mama and my little brother went early for mass. They have a blessed palm branch when they got home. One reason why I decided to attend mass late is that I want to watch the movie Facing the Giants in the afternoon. It was a recommended movie and it has a good rating in IMDB. Facing the Giants is truly an inspiring movie. The situation in the movie was realistic; you can have the same problem like Coach Grant has. You are bombarded with a lot of problems in life that makes you want to give up.  He was having a bad year being a coach in the football team and the school board members want him out, worst thing is he discovered that he was sterile; he...

Courage isn't just about being brave. Courage is daring to do what is right in spite of the weakness of our flesh.   The Help source The Help is a one great movie I have seen so far this year. I didn’t expect it was that good. I love Emma Stone, no question about it.  This film was based on a bestselling book by Kathryn Stockett.  It was a story about black/white relationship in Mississippi and a story about civil rights and racism. I haven’t read the book which I am planning to do since I’m done reading Jane Austen’s Persuasion just on time.  Skeeter is one educated young woman, she has passion in writing, and she wanted to be a writer. One day she decided to write a book about the point of view of the help. The black maids are called Help. Anyway, you see I like her character here, she is one gutsy woman. I kind of loved her character. She knows exactly what she wanted and she directs here life towards it even if she might get failed. She would do...

Ever wonder why Quintilis? Well it's the Latin word of July, the 7th month of the year. Nahh I just have no idea what would be the title to this post so I decided to name it JULY in LATIN. haha! My first of July. I had super fun. It's Saturday and we had again our Health and Fitness. It was fun thinking that for the longest time, we have to make a paper plane!! - for our team building activity. "C an we pretend that paper planes, In the night sky like shooting stars, I could really use a wish right now (wish right now, wish right now) "  ♪   ♫   ♪  as my friend sheena sings it. hehe.   Anyway, I already forgot how to make one so Jessie here helped me out. haha! Actually, I made one with the help again from Karen but it wasn't a good one so Jessie makes some improvements. hehe. Oh no!! I forgot that paper plane thingy, all I remember is how to make a boat and a trash can out of paper, ba? Not bad after all. haha! ...

 I'm a Teacher. I'm a Singer. I'm a Writer. That's What I Am is a story about a Teacher, a Singer and a writer. Frankly, at first I never thought this movie was great.  I decided to watch this one since it has a 6.9 out of 10 ratings in IMDB.  The setting was in early 1960's where a young man named Andy still adjusting himself in the phase of puberty and his favorite English  teacher Mr. Simon a dedicated educator who shares valuable lessons to his students in the course of the movie.  On the other hand there’s a boy named Stanley who has a passion for singing; he’s a quiet young boy and one of the smart students in the campus.  Stanley labeled Big G in the campus which means Ginger since he has an orange hair and his ears are just too big for his head. He’s the target of bully and mockery in the campus. One day in Mr. Simon’s class Andy was paired to Big G for their final project. As much as possible Andy avoids conflict at school but he ...

Some things are true whether you believe 'em or not I know it's kinda late but I admit,  it was my first time to watch City of Angels. funny ba? Well, cliche "better late than never". Many men would say that they don't like chick flick, oh well it's understandable naman and  I know that most of the women doesn't like a tragic love story, hmmm..agree? As for me, well I admit that it breaks my heart  knowing that it's not a happy ending in which  I am looking forward to. But it’s not always a happy ending like the fairytale we always knew when we're kids.  City of Angels is a story about an angel who fell inlove with a human. Meg Ryan (Maggie) is a doctor while Nicholas Cage (Seth) is an angel.  We know so much that angels are guardians, the watcher over humanity. Now, Seth fell inlove with Maggie and he must choose between giving up his immortality to be with her or stay the same, guiding humans into the afterlife. Well, obviousl...

I am Number Four is a story about an extraordinary teen John Smith (Alex Pettyfer) is a fugitive on the run from ruthless enemies sent to destroy him. Changing his identity, moving from town to town with his guardian Henri (Olyphant). John is always the new kid with no ties to his past. In the small Ohio town he now calls home, John encounters unexpected, life-changing events-his first love (Agron), powerful new abilities and a connection to the others who share his incredible destiny. I hate to admit it but I'm really looking forward to this movie. This film is based on the New York Times best -selling book by Pittacus Lore. It was a book again haha! The plot is really catchy as well as the title - don't you  agree?. Anyway ,  I'm crossing my fingers that the DVD  will be out soon since I can't watch it in cinemas. How sad is that. 

 A comedy about taking it one step at a time Life as we know it, yes of course we know life, it has ups and downs, highs and lows and yeah that’s the way the cookie crumbles. Two unlike poles became an instant parent, Holly (Katherine Heigl) and Eric (Josh Duhamel) are not on the same wavelength, and yeah I mean they tried to date but it didn’t happen, it didn’t work out the way they expected it to be.  After their best friends died on a car accident they took responsibility of their 1 year old daughter Sophie – well actually they didn’t have a choice it was a will of guardianship which Sophie’s parents planned just in case.  Well the story goes like they live on the same house together, took good care of the baby, changing the diapers and some parenting stuffs. Actually, the ending is predictable – haha! But you know I like Katherine so much, she’s stunning really and Josh is a charmer.

Below are romantic movies for 2011. I’m busy updating some movies and I wanna share some interesting romance movies this year. I saw the previews and read the plot, actually previews are very attention-grabbing.  NO STRINGS ATTACHED Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher   stars No Strings Attached directed by Ivan Reitman.  Emma (Portman) and Adam (Kutcher) are longtime friends and decided to be FWBs, friends with benefits – in short sex friends, yay! Hmm, I think the two can’t handle the demands of a steady relationship. They try to keep their relationship physical yet no emotional attached to it. But they’ll realize soon that they need more than that. FROM PRADA TO NADA Two attractive latina sisters have been left flat broke after their father’s death due to heart attack.  From riches to rags, they have no choice but to move with their aunt who resides in LA. Neither of the two is entirely happy with their new environment – bo...

I'm making a brief review of the movie 127 hours - I know, I know it's a movie again . 127 hours is directed by Danny Boyle, the director of Slumdog Millionaire! - yes he is, and guessing or I dunno if this movie will be out in the cinemas soon here in Philippines, but you can have a copy of the movie if you have time to download it.   This is one of the amazing, terrifying, horrible, awful? - overstatement lang - hehe. I dunno actually I wasn't expecting that this movie is great. So funny I was moved to tears, I mean sobbing. I'm so emotional lang - haha! This movie will move you as in literally move you at your seat or worse got fainted whatsoever.  What else? hmmmm..I got easily affected to being "left alone" scenes, then something worst happened and it's a matter of life and death situations - I hate it, honestly.  This is just like the Cast Away movie, but terms of survival factor, the Cast Away is way more better than this one. I was blo...

Black Swan is a story about Nina who is very obsessed on her profession being a ballerina. She’s working hard to get the role of the Swan Queen from the story Swan Lake. The story of Swan Lake and the Black Swan has similarities. It’s a conflict between good against evil, the innocence of Nina (Portman) and her dark side. This thrill-drama movie is amazing in every aspect.   I love Natalie’s performance, she acts like an innocent child, a baby girl to her mom who is exact opposite to Lily (Mila Kunis), who’s very spontaneous and Nina’s rival.  When Nina chooses to be the Swan Queen, she plays both the character of the White and Black Swan. Her character as a White Swan does not troubled her, the problem is that her character as the Black Swan.  She’s seeking perfection, she wanted to be perfect. Okay I want to quote this one – it’s from the movie – “ Perfection is not just about control. It's also about letting go.”  She needs to let herself go but...

Ghajini GHAJINI  Release Date: December 25 2008 Cast: Aamir Khan as Sanjay Singhania Asin Thottumkal as Kalpana Jiah Khan as Sunita Pradeep Rawat as Ghajini Dharmatma Riyaz Khan as Inspector Arjun Running time: 183 minutes Genre: Action, Drama Okay, I would like to share this Hindi film GHAJINI. Ghajini is an action-thriller movie with a sweet but tragic romantic feature. Inspired by Christopher’s Nolan film Memento – I was so right, I knew it from the start it was just like the movie Memento, but I didn’t have the chance to watch Nolan’s Memento – I was just curious about Nolan that time and browsing to his IMDB profile when I saw the movie and I just read the plot.  The plot is just amazing! Though, I planned to download the movie but then Ghajini came earlier on my list – that was out of the blue.  Back to the story – Aamir as Sanjay is a very wealthy man; he is the chairman of a mobile phone company – Air voice. He suffers amne...