Kwento Ni Toto: Hello Stranger

Monday, March 29, 2021

Hello Stranger The Movie, Reviews and Bits

From series to a movie, this web series led the netizens to take on a different flavor of a love story.

During the quarantine period, people became so worrisome and restless because of the uncertainties. With this, people tried to find this to do to get them busy, and binge-watching is one of them. That is why watching movies or series online became a thing, and one series that benefited from that is Hello Stranger.

Same Recipe But a Different Flavor

I have read and watched several love stories already and for someone who has been opened to understanding that there are more than two genders, every love story is different. 'Hello Stranger' is not your usual BL series, there is this sweet and romantic side without showing much of being a BL. It's more of a thing that it is a love story regardless of gender.

The same recipe of a love story but pinched with a different flavor of being a BL and a close to the real-life-like story, where most of the viewers will relate themselves.

What's interesting about the movie is that the series has laid the grounds already. A good foundation to start. The creators jumped out of the series to bring a sweet romantic story for the movie.

The Extraordinary Ingredients

Just like in your usual adobo dish, you may find that in every region there's a specialty in cooking adobo, though Pinoys use the same ingredients, there is still a play of flavor. Some like it sweet, while some like it is a bit saucy, and others like it to be plain. For the movie 'Hello Stranger,' creators delivered an intriguing flavor of love, romance, and bitter-sweet experience to make it even noticeable.

The actors, Tony Labrusca and JC Alcantara, who are both straight by the way, did manage to bring characters who somehow have been to that situation. It's not easy but they somehow able to manifest what is expected by the viewers.

Other than the characters, one of the flavors that hit the palate of the viewers is the plot of the story. With our situation today, we, the viewers always look for something different and relatable. Being locked down and quarantined in our houses is quite a story.

The Totality

The movie is a giddy story of romance out of an unusual situation. It has captured the hearts of its audience and manages to grasp that feeling until the end, most especially the last part of the movie which everyone expects whether will happen or not.

Movie : HELLO STRANGER THE MOVIE
Producers : Black Sheep
Genre : Romance Comedy

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Thursday, January 28, 2021

updates

More of the Story with ‘Hello Stranger: The Movie’ this Valentine’s season 2021

Toto 11:28:00 PM

Coming from its huge success as digital BL (Boys’ Love) series in 2020, ‘Hello Stranger,’ top billed by Tony Labrusca and JC Alcantara, returns this February 12, 2021 as a full-length feature film.

Produced by ABS-CBN Films - Black Sheep, ‘Hello Stranger: The Movie’ is the first ever BL movie to be offered on a Valentine season by the Philippines’ biggest motion picture company.

In the film—this time helmed by Dwein Ruedas Baltazar--Xavier (Tony Labrusca) and Mico (JC Alcantara) or ‘XavMi’ take the virtual kilig into the real world, through a writing camp.

While they, along with extra push from their enabling friends, navigate their young and innocent love in a romantic beach resort, new characters will threaten their relationship with crazy shenanigans and quirky stunts.

Will this leave a dent in their love story or will ‘XavMi’ finally take this all the way to their happy ending?

It should be noted that the eight-part digital series, which serves as the start of Xavier and Mico’s love story, ran from June 24 to August 19 last year, garnering over a million views each episode released on Black Sheep’s official Facebook page (@BlackSheepABSCBN) and YouTube channel (/black_sheepph). Making it the most-watched Filipino BL series.

‘Hello Stranger: The Movie’ also marks the reunion project of Baltazar with Black Sheep following the award-winning 2018 film ‘Oda Sa Wala’. In the same year, she also wrote the screenplay of the hit movie, ‘Exes Baggage’, and in 2019, she co-wrote ‘Open’.

Still part of ‘Hello Stranger: The Movie’ are Vivoree, Gillian Vicencio, Patrick Quiroz and Miguel Almendras. Joining them in the film are Jin Macapagal, Jae Miranda and Markus Paterson.

Come and join the old gang, along with exciting new characters, as they celebrate youth and all forms of love this Valentine's season.

‘Hello Stranger: The Movie’ streams worldwide via the following platforms: KTX.ph, iWant TFC, and TFC IPTV, Sky Cable pay-per-view, and Cignal pay-per-view. Distributed by Cinexpress, tickets are available at an early bird price of Php150.00 from January 20 to February 11, and Php200.00 on February 12 onwards.

A digital premiere night, meanwhile, will be held on February 11 at KTX.ph. Tickets for this event are available at Php200.00.