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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2017 Isah V. Red, Editor / Nickie Wang, Issue Editor isahred@gmail.com

6 DATE MOVIES

FOR THE MILLENIALS VALENTINE season is upon us once more, and with the flowers, the love letters, and the chocolate also come the movies that tell tales of different romances. Today, we are listing down six romantic movies, a mix of foreign and local, that shape the romantic fantasies of today’s millenials.

DELICIOUS TREAT. Maja Salvador flanked by Joseph Marco (left) and Vin Abrenica (right) in a photo shoot for the sexy afternoon drama, "Wildflower."

By Nickie Wang

T LEAST in a television series called Wildflower.

Carrying the tagline, “Revenge has never been this wild,” the sexy drama that debuts tomorrow is about a scorned woman who wants to take revenge. In a three-minute trailer uploaded on ABS-CBN Entertainment YouTube channel last week, Maja is described as a sultry young woman who is out to avenge the death of her biological parents. The clip starts with scenes from her family’s past in a province ruled by a powerful clan. The next scenes take viewers to her father (Christian Vasquez) suspiciously dying of heart attack and then her mom (Sunshine Cruz) being abused. She’s able to escape the wrath of the abusers then finds herself in the home of good Samaritan (Priscilla Meirelles), who adopts her and raises her like her own. The last 30 seconds of the trailer shows Maja’s character (now all grown up) meeting her family’s old nemesis and the young men (Joseph Marco and Vin Abrenica) who would continue to rule the province where she grew up. Another sneak peak

released in November shows Maja entering a huge door leading to a dark hall dragging a long hammer behind her back. Installed inside the dimly lit hall is a sculpture of their province’s former leader. Maja comes faces to face with the bust, she releases her anger on it and smashes it with the hammer. The trailer ended with a close-up shot of Maja’s face, which looks like she has finally started her evil plan. The preview already gives people the idea on what kind of woman Maja is going to portray – she is seductive, beautiful and yet full of mystery. The 28-year-old actress admits that the character is a complete opposite of her cheerful personality in real life that is why she considers the television project as one of the most challenging assignments she’s done so far. The series also showcases an overflowing machismo with Joseph Marco and Vin Abrenica, including RK Bagatsing, showing off their chiseled physique, almost all the time possible – while in the rain, in the bedroom, in the outdoors, you name it. This prompted fans to ask the actress if she would show the same kind of boldness, too. “You will either just hate or love my character. That’s for sure. But showing some skin, let’s just give it to the boys. I have three leading men who will fight for your attention,” she said in a recent interview.

ELLA CRUZ AND LIZA SOBERANO’S VIRAL DANCE COVERS

Viral babe Ella Cruz and teen star Julian Trono

FANS are going crazy over Ella Cruz showing off sexy moves dancing to Bruno Mars’ “Versace on the Floor,” and with Liza Soberano dancing to the tunes of “Juicy Wiggle” and “Juju on the Beat.” Ella’s video featuring Kapuso teen star Julian Trono has amassed 1.5 million views on YouTube in matter of days. Although the reaction of the people who saw the video was somewhat mixed, a reasonable number of viewers likened the video to Ella’s another dance cover that reached almost 10 million

views to date. Meanwhile, Liza and her onscreen partner Enrique Gil have just made another dance challenge quite a hit among netizens. The trending video shows Liza dancing with a male dancer at the beginning of the clip. A few seconds later, Enrique replaced the male dancer to dance with Liza before they were joined a group of dancers. The video, according to their fans, shows how versatile Liza and Quen are. And we couldn’t agree more.

Liza and Quen always have something for their fans

One More Chance Hailed as the most unforgettable “Hugot” Tagalog romantic movie of all time, the plot revolves around lovers Popoy (John Lloyd Cruz) and Basha (Bea Alonzo), who find themselves drifting apart. In the process, they learn that pain and failure are sometimes integral to growing up and making a relationship work. Popularizing the three-month rule and “hugot” lines, this film has defined the millennials’ view on love and heartbreak. My Amnesia Girl Despite having a title that can make you want to gouge your eyes out, the movie is a simple, yet wonderful story. It is well acted, well directed, with Cathy GarciaMolina at the helm. Released in 2010, the film features Apollo (John Lloyd Cruz…yes, he is the king of Tagalog romance), who endures all sorts of challenges to help Irene (Toni Gonzaga) regain her memory. It has, of course, a relatively simple plot, revolving around the aforementioned Glen and Irene’s romance – memories are erased, old romances rekindled, and funny bones are tickled. That Thing Called Tadhana Starring Angelica Panganiban and JM de Guzman, it is a simple indie movie, with a simple premise. It asks, like a Whitney Houston song prominently featured in the movie, “Where do broken hearts go?” The plot is so simple, yet it succeeds in eliciting emotions hiding deep within us. There are no exaggerated movie moments, no evil villains, only the heartache of lost love, and the wonderful, heartracing “kilig” of a newly blooming romance. A Walk to Remember This isn’t your typical love story because when it comes down to it, the love is only part of the whole scheme. This film is every millennials favorite. It is a story of a high-school rebel and bad boy Landon Carter (Shane West) who falls in love with fragile yet fearless Jamie Sullivan (Mandy Moore). It’s the ultimate romantic movie that makes millennials believe that true love can change a person for the better. Talk about #RelationshipGoals. 500 Days of Summer The movie is popular among young lovers amid not being a true love story. It talks about a young man, Tom (Joseph GordonLevitt), meeting Summer (Zooey Deschanel), and instantly falling in love with her. But unfortunately, no matter how hard Tom tries, Summer can’t simply love him back. Why is it a hit? A lot of young people have attested that they’ve been in the same situation many times over. The Fault in Our Stars It’s a story of two teenagers falling in love. Simple plot? No. Scene to scene, this movie just manages to suck us into this beautiful world of Hazel Grace Lancaster and Augustus Waters played by Shailene Woodley and Ansel Elgort, respectively. The two teen agers make us believe that love is indeed painful and at the same time can be the most beautiful thing that can happen to any person.