“Miss You Like Crazy” to hit screens in 8 U.S. cities

March 14, 2010 - PRLog -- Hot on the heels of a record-setting box-office triumph in the Philippines, Star Cinema’s Miss You Like Crazy - starring the country’s number one love team, John Lloyd Cruz and Bea Alonzo - will embark on its U.S. theatrical run in San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles-Cerritos, Las Vegas, Honolulu, Seattle, Jersey City and Chicago.

Box Office Mojo’s tally for March 3-7, 2010 shows than in just two weeks, Miss You Like Crazy has grossed over P114 million, the first Philippine movie to surpass the P100 million bracket for this year.

This success means new feathers in the caps of John Lloyd and the film’s director Cathy Garcia-Molina who, together with Sarah Geronimo, scored huge with You Changed My Life – the top-grossing Tagalog language film in the Philippines in 2009 - and Bea whose And I Love You So was the Filipino box-office champion here in the U.S. among all films screened last year by ABS-CBN International’s Starry Starry Store.  Since 2007, John Lloyd hasn’t starred in a film that grossed less than P100 million – a continuing phenomenal winning streak.

Starry Starry Store held last week special advanced screenings of Miss You Like Crazy in Los Angeles-Glendale and Honolulu.  U.S.-based Philippine Star correspondent Raymond Lo (brother of top entertainment columnist Ricky Lo) had this to say: “John Lloyd and Bea are amazing. They have grown as actors and Bea is now a mature and confident performer. But applause, applause for JLC! He is undoubtedly the best actor of his generation. Cathy Garcia has fashioned a commendable romantic drama. Her restrained direction was able to pull the movie away from becoming unintentionally melodramatic.”

In Miss You Like Crazy, John Lloyd plays the role of Allan, a man on top of his game professionally and enjoying a stable relationship with his dream girl, Daphne (played by rising star Maricar Reyes).  Bea breathes life to the character of Mia, a Filipina front desk officer working in Kuala Lumpur who is looking for a change in what seems to be a forlorn life.  Two individuals with seemingly predestined lives suddenly find their paths crossing on a ferry boat ride that will change the course of their journeys forever.

Without giving away the plot as Miss You Like Crazy will keep you guessing till the end of the film, there are two scenes that are resonating highly among moviegoers who have seen it.  In one scene where Allan was separated from Mia and seemed lost in the midst of the throng of shoppers in busy Divisoria market district, Mia said a quotable when they found each other: “Bakit ka ba nagpa-panic? Kahit nga hindi mo ako hinahanap nagkikita pa rin tayo? (Why are you panicking? We always run into each other even if you’re not looking for me.)  When Allan bumps into Mia in Malaysia even when she was trying to avoid him, it was his turn to deliver a memorable line: “I can’t take away the pain that I’ve caused you. But if you just let me, I will spend the rest of my life making it up to you.”

“We’re very pleased with the feedback that we got from viewers at the special advanced screenings,” said Kerwin Du, ABS-CBN International’s Head of Theatricals. “The John Lloyd-Bea love team is alive and kicking overseas and with true quality movies like Miss You Like Crazy, it’s a cinematic tandem that promises more years of excellent entertainment.”

Catch Miss You Like Crazy in the following cities:

From March 19-25, 2010:

SAN FRANCISCO
UA Stonestown Twin
501 Buckingham Way
San Francisco, CA 94132

SAN DIEGO
UA Horton Plaza
475 Horton Plaza
San Diego, CA 92101

LOS ANGELES-CERRITOS
Cerritos Stadium Cinema
12761 Towne Center Drive
Cerritos, CA 90701

LAS VEGAS
Regal Village Square Stadium
9400 W. Sahara Ave.
Las Vegas, NV 89058

HONOLULU
Regal Dole Cannery Stadium 18
735 Iwilei Road #B
Honolulu, HI 96817

JERSEY CITY
AMC Loews Newport Center
30 Mall Drive West
Jersey City, NJ 07310

From April 2-8, 2010:
CHICAGO
The Pickwick Theatre 1
5 South Prospect Ave.
Park Ridge, IL 60068

For more information, please visit www.abs-cbnglobalmovies.com or call 1.800.227.9676.
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ABS-CBN International was created more than 15 years ago to be of service to all Filipinos. With the launch of The Filipino Channel (TFC), the company became the first and most successful Filipino broadcaster in the U.S. The company offers telecommunication, retail, theatricals, money remittance and cargo services, online audio and video streaming, IPTV content along with philanthropic support for Filipinos and the communities they now call home. Based in Redwood City, Calif., ABS-CBN International is the largest Filipino entertainment and broadcasting company in the U.S. For more information, visit www.abs-cbnglobal.com.