cinemanila

thanks to jem, i learned about the cinemanila festival in gateway and that "2 days in paris" was one of the films being screened. i'd read a lot of good reviews about it so i knew i was going to head on over to the mall to watch it. what i didn't count on was that i would be so into it that i ended up watching 4 of the 5 movies (the only one i didn't watch was reservoir dogs). at just P100 a pop, i think it was worth the 2 a day marathon. besides, i'll be leaving soon so it'll be a while before i watch a movie in a cinema again.

another bonus is that i found out that "waitress" is showing in gateway as well. i'd been wanting to watch it eversince i saw the trailer in the states. i didn't get my hopes up that it would come out here since it's an independent film and all. but lo and behold, there was its poster with a beaming keri russell (felicity) in her waitress outfit and tray.

in the movie russell plays jenna, a small-town waitress with a knack for baking amazing, one-of-a-kind pies. her secret is that she bakes pies using her emotions (kina like "like water for chocolate" no?). given her skills, she decides to join a pie-making contest, determined to win and use the prize-money to get out of an unhappy marriage.

the film also stars nathan fillion (firefly, serenity) and jeremy sisto (clueless, angel eyes).