Everything About Her Trailer Impressions: 2016 Film Vilma Santos and Angel Locsin Film About Cancer and Absentee Mothers

Everything About Her is a 2016 drama film by Star Cinema under the direction of Joyce Bernal which stars Vilma Santos, Angel Locsin, and Xian Lim slated for a January 27, 2016 theatrical release. Let's check out what this mix of comedy, romance, and drama has to offer.


Everything About Her
Plot / Synopsis

"Everything About Her" highlights the importance of family during hard times, and how these obstacles bring forth understanding and forgiveness. Directed by Bb. Joyce Bernal, it follows the story of a successful businesswoman named Vivian (Vilma Santos), who learned that she is suffering from stage 3 cancer. She then hires a private nurse, Jaica (Angel Locsin), to take care of her. But she's bound to play a bigger role in Vivian's life as she becomes the bridge between the mother and her son Albert (Xian Lim), who have felt neglected all his life. How will the three change and be changed by their circumstances?

Watch Everything About Her Official trailer here:





Everything About HerOfficial Trailer Impression
Everything About Her Film Trailer Review


What can be said about the Everything about HHer official movie trailer? I can say that this film feels familiar but I just can't pinpoint how exactly? Maybe it is with the familiarity to Vilma Santos or Angel Locsin; or maybe a cancer patient suddenly turning a new leaf after knowing that she has only a few weeks to live. It is probably the latter. Vilma Santos tries to pull off an over-the-top over-privilege high-society career woman but, it rather than be taken seriously it seems like she is like a caricature of the real thing; a cartoon baddie that is aching to be reform by our super heroine, Darna... I mean Angel. Now that I mentioned it, both these actress have played the role of Darna in some point of their careers: Vilma Santos played Darna in film reiteration of Mars Ravelo's character with Darna and the Giants (1973), Lipad Darna Lipad (1973), Darna Vs. the Planetwoman (1975), and Darna at Ding (1980); while Angel Locsin played the titular role in the GMA Network's 2005 'fantaserye', Darna.


Going back, the familiarity of the premise of someone who is initially vile at first but eventually change in the course of the film has been done in most films; it's called character development. Obviously there is no other route for Vilma but to soften up her comical villainy and you have a similarly comical nurse for that in the form of Angel Locsin who falls in love with the neglected son of Vilma. This is where the next familiar trope comes the condescending monster in-law like theme which eventually warms up to the daughter in law through a series of events that would bring them closer and in this film, it is the indefinite fatality of Vilma. One can already give two possible outcomes for this, the miraculous good ending or not. Still Angel and xian would end up together. I could be wrong, but this is just a 'wild' guess. But it could very well be something worthwhile especially as you have a top-billed actress (Vilma Santos) playing an unconventional role. That is probably worth seeing.


How about you guys? What do you think of this comical version of a bitchy CEO of a neglectful mother played by Vilma Santos? This film has been out in theaters, have you already seen the film? what are your general reviews about it? Share your thoughts and opinion about the Everything About Her official movie trailer or the movie itself in the comments section below:

The Healing (2012) Movie Review

The Healing is a 2012 supernatural horror film from ABS-CBN Productions, Inc. (Star Cinema) directed by Chito Roño starring Vilma Santos, Vilma Santos, Kim Chiu, Janice de Belen, Pokwang, Robert Arevalo, and Martin del Rosario. Check out Pinoy Movie Blogger's spoiler-free movie review of The Healing

The Healing
Synopsis

A news about the miraculous works of a faith healer spread like wildfire attracting the attention of people suffering from various illnesses coming from all walks of life. All of a sudden, the faith healer stopped her "healing" sessions, but was forced by a group of patients. But at the same time, disturbing and mysterious incidents start to unleash. Will the secret behind the faith healing's deadly curse finally be revealed or will it finally consume each victim?

The Healing Movie Review
The Healing (2012) Film Review

Being a fan of anything horror, once saw that The Healing was now in theaters I didn't have second thoughts and immediately bought a ticket. Thanks to The Healing film trailer, I can say the film piqued my interest. So did the film met my expectation? Will it meet yours?

I gave my initial impressions and predicted what The Healing's story might possibly be, but sadly it wasn't that close enough. The curse that befell each of the unfortunate patients who insisted of still being healed amidst the healer's "unstable" condition is not related to her recharging of her powers as I mentionded in my trailer impressions but something a lot more sinister... and I will end it at that. This is a spoiler-free movie review of the Healing anyways. When this plot point is revealed however, it is only a matter of time before you start patching up the pieces. You might have a glimpse of the ending already. Luckily The Healing movie trailer didn't spoil this opportunity to discover this plot point which have been some of my complaints in most Filipino film trailers and synopsis as of the recent.

The cast delivers a believable performance in The Healing. For a horror film, it sure has some good humor on it. The humor usually comes from Seth's (Vilma Santos) father Mang Odong (Robert Arevalo). But never forget that this is a horror film, you when you least expect it the film delivers this sucker punch jump scare. The Healing has a good number of jump scares which you can either love or hate. I personally prefer the more psychological and creeping form of scare when it comes to horror films. Don't get me wrong, The Healing has these creepy elements as well. The scares in the Healing are okay which have been generally enhanced by CG-effects. The effects of these malignant entities that haunts the patients are pretty impressive which is quite surprising actually. It made me remember how much I like other Asian horror films. It is far from perfection though. There are still some moments when the CGI-effects fail. This ranges from the unbelievable to the laughable. I believe that amidst having supernatural elements, a horror film should still be grounded to some basic logic and rules of reality. For those who are planning to see it, try to watch out for scenes that primarily focus on Alma (Pokwang) and Kakay (Abby Bautista). This maybe because they are working with a child, but I believe the visual effects department is at fault for not being able to portray a more realistic gore and special effects, and then there is that moment with Pokwang which think is a flaw in logic. Normal people don't just go that way. The film also has some weird thing about colors. Can you spot them all?

As for the ending (don't worry spoiler-free remember?) it is relatively okay. It doesn't have that stupid and irritating twist ending ala Segunda Mano. The Healing gave a good ending for a supernatural horror film. I just don't think that the last part was necessary.

The Verdict for The Healing (2012) Film

Star Cinema's The Healing is a good horror film which has some pretty suspenseful and creepy moments. The incorporation of CG-effects has mostly done wonders to enhance the creepy moments in this 2012 horror film, with a some few missed ones in some of its CGI-heavy moments.

The Healing is worth the time, money, and effort. The film is more of a suspense than a horror in the latter part of the film which is not bad which doesn't diminish how the story progressed. Pinoy Movie Blogger gives The Healing (2012) an 8 out of 10 (4/10) film review rating.

The Healing Trailer Impressions: Faith Healing at the Expense of One's Life?

The Healing is a 2012 horror film under the direction of Chito Roño starring Vilma Santos, Kim Chiu, Daria Ramirez, Janice de Belen, Pokwang, Mark Gil, Cris Villanueva, Ces Quesada, Carmi Martin, and Joel Torre. The Healing is slated for a July 25 nationwide theatrical release and is under Star Cinema Productions. Let's check out what is this latest horror film starring the "star for all seasons" Vilma Santos.

The Healing
Plot / Synopsis

A news about the miraculous works of a faith healer spread like wildfire attracting the attention of people suffering from various illness coming from all walks of life. All of the sudden, the faith healer stops her "healing" sessions but was forced by a group of patients.



What powers governs this miraculous healer? What price are these patients and their family are willing to take just to be healed?

Watch The Healing Official trailer here:



The Healing Official Trailer Impression
The Healing Film Trailer Review

The well-known horror film director Chito Roño is back with a collaboration with Star Cinema Productions and the Star for All Seasons Vilma Santos with the Healing. This time Star Cinema plays with the idea and puts the horror in the alternative "spiritual" form of medical treatment called faith healing. It seems like there is more to this faith healing than meets the eye as fatalities pile up one after the other.

The main plot is pretty standard in Philippine horror movies. A person or group of people shouldn't have done one act but still managed to go through it and then they suffer the consequences which seems to be the case with The Healing. A faith healer who once provided healing to the sick suddenly stops at what she is doing. To whether it is time to "recharge" her mystic powers of healing or she just decided to stop using this questionable power is probably the "curse" that befell those unfortunate people including the Batangas governor slash milk endorser (well her outfit reminds me of her milk commercials). How can this curse be lifted? Can they escape it? How will the film creep and spook the hell out of us? These are some of the questions raised by this trailer. There is no doubt that Mayor Vi will definitely deliver a top-notched performance in this film but more than that, the scares should be genuine and interesting. The scene where a woman's neck stretched to look at Vilma is a bit creepy. That scene from the trailer which reminds me of Japanese horror films I've seen in the past, and that is good. But we'll see what Star Cinema has in store for us with The Healing.

How about you guys, what can you say about the healing? What do you think about Roño using faith healing as a theme for his latest horror film? Share your thoughts about The Healing movie trailer in the comments section below.

Check out Pinoy Movie Blogger's The Healing movie review.