Star Powerhouse

My notes on I Love You To Death: 1. As soon as Janice de Belen showed up on screen as Kiray Celis' mother, all I could think of was the popular 80's catchphrase ("Oh my god! Ang anak ni Janice!!") that was used in the trailer of Regal Films' cult classic Tiyanak and spawned the flop sequel Anak ni Janice. Whether this was intentional or not, the movie's best moments involved the running joke of her character's brutal honesty towards her daughter's physical appearance. She was the type of mom that would scream "Wag mo nga akong ginugulat anak!" upon seeing Kiray's I-woke-up-like-this face or would recommend to fix her daughter's bridal look by covering her face with a veil.

"Ang wish ko, sana dumating na 'yung lalaking magmamahal sakin ng totoo."

My notes on Love Is Blind: 1. Could a hottie like Derek Ramsay actually fall in love with a nottie like Kiray Celis? If we were to believe this movie, the answer would be a definite no. Unless of course one used the power of gayuma, because a conventionally unattractive woman has no chance of being loved by her Prince Charming without any dark magic involved. That was the single joke here stretched for an hour and and forty minutes. 2. In this movie, Derek named Wade actually had a beautiful girlfriend in Maggie (Solenn Heussaff), an unrefined artist who gets a bit wild inside a club. She was so nasty that she actually wiped her wet armpits in public because well, nobody's perfect (except for Solenn of course, an actress so game that she would do any silly thing and still end up looking endearing). In one scene, he asked her to undergo crystal peeling because he was embarrassed to bring her in his high school reunion ("Kasi hindi pantay ang kulay mo"). Seriously?...