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Watch Jasmine Lee as Wandeuk’s Mom in North America

Here’s a good bit of news about the movie Wandeugi with the English title “Punch”. The movie will be shown in selected theaters in North America starting this Friday, December 2. As I have previously written about the movie’s VIP Premiere, Filipina Jasmine Lee is one of the main casts of the movie starring as [...]

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Maui Taylor in a Korean Film “The Taste of Money”

Maui Taylor is scheduled to arrive today here in Seoul to start shooting for a Korean film “The Taste of Money” under the direction of Mr. Im Sang-soo.
She will be playing the role of a Filipina, hired as a nanny by a powerful Korean family. She is a smart woman with a graduate degree but [...]

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Talking with Im Sang-soo

I didn’t know I was talking to Im Sang-soo, a Korean film-maker last week. 
After a talk with him, I asked a lady who was I talking to and she smiled and said “You were talking to Im Sang-soo. He is a popular film-maker here in Korea. His films were shown in festivals abroad like Cannes and [...]

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Jasmine Lee in Wandeugi

It was fun attending the VIP premiere night of the movie Wandeugi starring Yoo Ah-In as the rebellious Wandeuk and Kim Yoon-seuk as the eccentric teacher. Filipina Jasmine Lee is in the movie playing a very essential part as the mother of Wandeuk.
The movie is a screenplay adaptation of the best-selling book with the same title.  In the [...]

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Wandeugi VIP Premiere Night

I just called Jaz yesterday to tell her about some good news and told her that I can’t watch the regular premiere of her movie since hubby was leaving for a business trip this morning. She immediately offered a VIP Premiere ticket for me! Don’t you just love a star like that? hehehe.
She has her [...]

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2011 Korean Film Festival in the Philippines

Make time for the 2011 Korean Film Festival in the Philippines. It will start this Monday, September 19, with “Secret Reunion” as the featured film for its premier night at the Cinema 6 of the Mall of Asia (MOA) at 730pm. What’s special about this movie? Ms. Jasmine Lee, the most successful Filipino migrant who [...]

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Busong: A Filipino Film at the Cinema Digital Seoul Film Festival

The 5th Cinema Digital Seoul Film Festival is currently running at the CGV Apgujeong located at the 3rd Floor, Joyang Building 565-3 Shinsa-dong, Gangnam-gu, Seoul. It started last August 1 and will end on August 23, 2011.
A Filipino film is included in this film festival. “Busong (Palawan Fate)” is directed by Auraeus Solito, the same [...]

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Sharing the Love for Kung Fu Panda

This isn’t the prettiest Panda stuff toy that you’ll ever see. In fact, it needs some sewing up.

But my two boys are sharing their love for this panda. And it has a story to tell.
The very first movie my Firstborn watched in a movie house was Kung Fu Panda (the first one). Weeks after, our [...]

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Movie Date: Ice Age 3

Little Dynamo and I had a movie date last Friday.
I know how he loves dinosaurs. His dinosaur toys are everywhere in the house. They even accompany him on the dining table. So, when I checked on the movies last week and saw that Ice Age 3: the Dawn of the Dinosaurs was showing, we just [...]

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“And I Love You So” movie teaser

I came across this movie teaser just now.

I love how Bea Alonzo delivers her lines in this teaser. I am looking forward to watching the movie. Betch, are you reading? Hehehe.
I think the girl has honed her acting skills. She was good to start with, just a little bit over-acting in her earlier movies at times. [...]

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