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A Very Special Love (2008)

Laida Magtalas (Sarah Geronimo) is a modern-day Belle who works hard to provide for her family while believing that someday she will meet her prince charming and they will live happily ever after together. That prince charming is none other than Miggy Montenegrro (John Lloyd Cruz), the youngest of the Montenegro clan --- a well-established family in the business world. Laida dreams of meeting Miggy every day and every night. These dreams led her to apply as an Editorial Assistant at Miggy's failing men's magazine.

As Laida and Miggy's fight to save the magazine become more intense, so is their fight to keep their intentions and emotions at bay. Will Laida and Miggy ever figure out the right combination to solve their problems in business and in their personal lives?

Or will their mismatching personalities, despite their common interest and goal keep them from ever figuring out their perfect pair?

The first episode, "One Love" stars John and Heart. Here, Jackie (Heart) is the campus queen, rich and beautiful and is liked by everyone except Che (John), who thinks that Jackie is just a shallow brat. After being forced to work together for school activities, Heart made it a personal goal for Che to like her.

Despite herself, she tries everything to please Che until she almost gives up hope. But with the presence of Jackie's Ate Glow, their personal belongings get mixed up. Because of this, both will discover the softer side of each other and their growing affections on the side, the two will eventually fall in love amidst the chaotic events that almost threatened their relationship.

"Two Hearts," the second episode, stars John Lloyd and Bea.

John Lloyd plays Enzo, a star soccer player at school who loves the attention that he gets. However, he takes many things for granted but changes when he gets a heart problem and doctors say that a only a transplant can save his life. Enzo gets a heart transplant after finding out that a guy who met an accident is a heart donor.

This guy is the ex-boyfriend of Bianca (Bea) who went to the States. Two years after the transplant, Enzo comes back to the Philippines and meets Bianca. She sees that Enzo and her ex-boyfriend are opposites but gives him a chance. After seeing the real Enzo, she appreciates him more and they slowly fall in love with each other but she still couldn't move on from her ex-boyfriend.

Until a near death experience for Enzo changes her heart completely.

In order to get with the girl of her dreams, an overweight chef hires a personal trainer to help him lose some weight. As they work together, they begin to feel genuine affection for each other. Two years later, the personal trainer returns from working abroad, and the chef is fit and a highly-sought bachelor. The chef has to make a choice: the girl of his dreams, or the girl who loved him from the start.

Eternity is an epic romance about a pair of star-crossed lovers Crisanto (Dindong Dantes) and Milagros (Iza Calzado) and how true love transcends different lifetimes. In the face of family hostilities and atrocities, the two continue to fight for their love until the bitter end. Cholo (Mark Herras) and Maegan (Jennelyn Mercado) are two different people with different backgrounds, finding each other as if by fate. It's as if they've known each other all their live! But the young lover's romance is thwarted by their respective families deep rooted dislike for each other.

Will story repeat itself?

Or will love finally conquer all the odds this time around?

Ever since they were kids, Marian (Kristine Hermosa), a simple lass in the Cordero hacienda, has been in love with Anton, the grandson of the hacienda’s patriarch. She has always believed that she an Anton would fulfill the legend that Don Alejandro, tells about hacienda. According to Anton’s grandfather, the sweetness of the mangoes relies on the kind of love that a Cordero couple manning the hacienda share. Proof of this would be the prosperity of the mango orchard when Alejandro’s beloved wife, Isabela, was still alive.

Ria and RJ share the perfect relationship until she didn't show up on their wedding. Years after, she decided to win him back. But the indecisive and boring RJ is now the most sought-after model in town. Will their love prevail over the pain they've caused each other? Cara never took a chance on falling in love because she believes that it will only break her heart. That was until she meets Roni but only to find out that he is the kind of man she's been trying to avoid.

Will she take the risk this time?

Louie, a tourist guide, meets April, a Korean girl who got lost in the city and is left with no choice but to pretend that she is a famous actress in her hometown only to survive. Will it be possible for two very different individuals find home in one another?

The essence of life lives in the heart... Sam and Louie meet aboard the Star Cruise. Despite being strangers and complete opposites, with Sam (Muhlach) being carefree and Louie (Hermosa) being obsessive-compulsive, they become unlikely acquaintances and eventually friends.

Both pained on carrying life's baggage before they took the cruise, Sam and Louise will never be the same persons again after. For once in Louie's rigid life, she is living the moment and Sam let his free spirit enjoy the ride. But once back to their usual lives, fear sets in. Louie is still healing from a traumatic love relationship, while Sam is still in denial that he fell in love. Fate brings them back together and this time, as if nothing can hold back what their hearts yearn for.

Together, they will tread the path of uncertainty and in the end prove to themselves that indeed, the true essence of living is loving.

Kailangan kita (2002)

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A love story of two people brought together by fate and circumstances.

A celebrity chef who comes home from New York to ask his girlfriend's hand in marriage from her Bicol-based family. It turns out that during his homecoming, he finds his girlfriend stuck in a pictorial in Europe.

He meets the girl's family and, soon, slowly falls for his girlfriend's sister who also happens to be an accomplished cook.

The brief homecoming amidst the frenzy of the wedding preparations becomes the turning point of his life and his girlfriend's sister.
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Barang (2006)

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Igna (Juliana Palermo) suffers a gruesome death in the hands of a devil worshipper Nana Ursula (Liza Lorena).
The thrilling movie is acted out by a fine group of seasoned and award-winning performers including Jay Manalo as Elmo, the anxious lover of Igna.

Isabelle as lumen, the mother of Elmo supported by Vangie Labalan and Cloyd Robinsons as the house caretakers of Igna.

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Jologs (2002)

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Cast
Diether Ocampo ... Mando
Patrick Garcia ... Dino
Vhong Navarro ... Kulas
Onemig Bondoc ... Trigger
Dominic Ochoa ... Iñigo
John Prats ... Ruben
Jodi Sta. Maria ... Faith
Julia Clarete ... Joan
Baron Geisler ... Cher
Michelle Bayle ... Shona
Assunta de Rossi ... Iza
Mat Ranillo III ... Mr. Morales
Jean Saburit ... Mrs. Morales
Bonggoy Manahan ... Mr. Chavez
Maribeth Bichara ... Mrs. Chavez

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Dubai (2005)

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THEIR DREAM BINDS THEM. THEIR HEARTS TEAR THEM APART. Raffy and Andrew were orphaned as kids and had only each other to depend on. Raffy has spent the last nine years of his life working in Dubai. His ultimate goal is to fulfill a lifelong dream: to eventually move to Canada with his younger brother, Andrew. The Alvarez brothers are finally united when Andrew goes to Dubai. In Dubai, Andrew meets Faye, one of Raffy's many girlfriends. They hit it off well despite of their age difference. She becomes his guide, comfort and lover. Seeing the two together Raffy realizes that he still loves Faye. When Andrew discovers that Raffy still loves Faye, conflict arises between the brothers, almost severing the ties that bind them. In the end, what they choose and achieve are not as planned. But their experiences in Dubai lead to new beginnings in their lives.

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Milan (2004)

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This story follows the journey of naive Lino (Pascual) as he searches for his missing wife in Italy.

He comes across Jenny (Barretto), an imposing figure in the Filipino community of migrant workers, whose dreams of grandeur have clouded her need for personal relationships.

In a desperate quest and game of survival, the two find refuge and affirmation in each other.

What started as a mentor-protege relationship, Lino and Jenny's partnership evolves beautifully into a self-consuming love affair. Until these two are put to a test.

Reality bites as the land changes everything.

In the end, it matters not for Lino that he find his wife for he has found himself.

And alas, it matters not for Jenny that she sacrifices for love, for she has learned to give, in order to live again.
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Dahil mahal na mahal kita (1998)

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Mela has a reputation of a bad girl in the campus and is going steady with Mr. Bad Boy.

She meets Mr. Perfect who does not care about her.

Challenged, she pursued Mr. Perfect who eventually learned to love her despite her reputation.

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Muling ibalik ang tamis ng pag-ibig (1998)

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Cast
Judy Ann Santos ... Milet
Wowie De Guzman ... Jay
Leo Martinez ... Lass
Dominic Ochoa ... Daniel
Chesca Garcia ... Cita (as Cheska Garcia)
Nikki Valdez ... Joyce
Mel Martinez ... Donita
Carlos Agassi ... Raul
Anita Linda ... Milet's Lola
Alicia Alonzo ... Milet's Mother
Pocholo Montes ... Daniel's Father
Tessie Villarama ... Daniel's Mother (as Tess Villarama)
Paolo Zobel ... Kuya Manuel
J.R. Herrera ... Kuya Noel
Gino Paul Guzman ... Kuya Arnold

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Kahit isang saglit (2000)

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Cast
Judy Ann Santos ... Annie

Piolo Pascual ... Michael
Leandro Muñoz ... Dexter
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Shamaine Buencamino
Julia Clarete ... Ginny
Mark Gil
Carmi Martin
Mandy Ochoa
Bernard Palanca
CJ Tolentino
Archie Ventosa (as Archie Ventoza)
Tracy Vergel ... Marla

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Anak (2000)

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The main character is a Filipina Overseas Contract Worker, one of the many residents of the archipelago who is forced to leave her family and take a higher paying job in a more prosperous Asian country. While she is working her employer refuses to let her take a vacation, nor does he deliver her mail to her. She is unaware, therefore, that her husband has died. When she finally returns to the Philippines she is met with resentment and hatred by her children. The movie studies how she overcomes these feelings and rebuilds the relationship with her family.

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