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Girlfriend for Hire: An overzealous romcom

13 Saturday Feb 2016

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Andre Paras, comedy, film review, Girlfriend for Hire, Jose Javier Reyes, Movie, Movie review, romance, romcom, Vanessa de Leon, viva films, Wattpad, Yassi Pressman

By Heinrich Domingo

Eugene Domingo, in the critically-acclaimed Babae sa Septic Tank (2011), enumerates three types of acting, ‘elevator’ – low to high range intensity of acting, ‘TV Patrol’ – over the top acting, and as is acting. There, she showed how performance varies depending on the character portrayed. Girlfriend for Hire employs TV Patrol acting and stops at that. At the center are Andre Paras and Yassi Pressman who unnecessarily gave too much in an apparent effort to win the crowd. Whispers became shouts, smirks became grins, and giggles became laughter. The message of the film (if there is any), was lost by the overzealous main characters flashed on the big screen.

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My Bebe Love (#KiligPaMore): Basking in AlDub’s glory

30 Wednesday Dec 2015

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#KiligPaMore, AiAi delas Alas, Alden Richards, AlDub, Arlene Muhlach, Jose Javier Reyes, Jose Manalo, Maine Mendoza, My Bebe Love, Valeen Montenegro, Vic Sotto, Wally Bayola, Yaya Dub

By Heinrich Domingo

My Bebe love is for those who crave for anything about Maine Mendoza and Alden Richards. It is a story of love, its difficulties, and its complications. Also, it is a story of how a pair of budding love team is exploited by media, by commercial brands, and by Vic Sotto. For Aldub fans, it is a revelry of kilig, a celebration for their idols’ debut in the cinema industry. While for movie enthusiasts, it is a painful movie experience of becoming a first-hand witness to modern day capitalization. 

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