My Rocking Cradle

Literally 1 second. I got a glimpse of Firstborn on TV in the Jessica Soho GMA show, May 5, 2012 episode. This picture was taken during Maui Taylor’s first shooting day in South Korea for the movie “The Taste of Money” which is officially in competition in the 2012 Cannes Film Festival. I have the same [...]

“The Taste of Money” had its preview last night which was exclusively attended and watched by the movie’s production staff and actors. Fellow mommy, Zel Kim, was able to attend on behalf of her daughter who plays my Firstborn’s “nuna” in the movie. She shared her movie ticket picture and I could only look at [...]

The line-up of movies for the 2012 Cannes Film Festival had been announced. South Korea’s The Taste of Money directed by Im Sang Soo is officially in competition.   Casts include Kim Kang-woo, Kim Hyo-jin, Baek Yoon-sik and Yoon Yeo-joong. Filipina actress Maui Taylor portrays the important role of Eva, the Filipina nanny hired by the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]