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Style Weekend: Shows, movies, and stage plays to get you in the mood for love

Whether on stage or on screen, these modern and classic love stories are must-sees this Valentine's Day weekend

Published Feb 13, 2025 04:05 am

Movies

Hello Love Again

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Hello Love Again (Photo from Star Cinema)


Synopis: Driven apart by COVID-19, two exes continue their lives on opposite sides of the world — until a surprise reunion offers them a second chance.

Hello Love Again is now streaming on Netflix.

My Fault London

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My Fault London (Photo from @amazonprimevideoza)


Synopsis: 18-year-old Noah moves from America to London, with her mother who’s recently fallen in love with William, a wealthy British businessman. Noah meets William’s son, bad-boy Nick, and soon discovers there is an attraction between them neither can avoid. As Noah spends the summer adjusting to her new life, her devastating past will catch up with her while falling in love for the first time.

My Fault London will be available for streaming on Prime Videos on Feb. 13.

The Notebook

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The Notebook

Synopsis: In the 1940s, teenage debutante Allie Hamilton and local boy Noah Calhoun spend one passionate, carefree summer together and fall deeply in love.

The Notebook is now streaming on Max.

You’ve Got Mail

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You’ve Got Mail

Synopsis: In the 1940s, teenaged debutante Allie Hamilton and local boy Noah Calhoun spend one passionate, carefree summer together and fall deeply in love.

You’ve Got Mail is now streaming on Max.

Melo Movie

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Melo Movie

A movie buff falls for an aspiring director, igniting a romance that fizzles out too soon. When their paths cross again, can love find its way back?

Melo Movie will be available for streaming on Netflix on Feb. 14.

Series

Newtopia

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Newtopia

Synopsis: Jae-yoon, a late military enlistee, and his girlfriend, Young-joo, break up over the phone over growing misunderstandings. But a zombie outbreak rocks the world. A national emergency is declared, a plane crashes in the city center, and Jae-yoon and his unit get trapped on top of a Seoul skyscraper. Young-joo risks the zombie-filled streets to find him. Can their love survive the apocalypse?

Newtopia is now streaming on Prime Videos.

Love Scout

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Love Scout

Synopsis: When workaholic CEO Kang Ji-yun hires a kind-hearted single father as her secretary, an unexpected bond grows within their professional relationship.

Love Scout is now streaming on Netflix.

Stage plays

Sintang Dalisay

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Sintang Dalisay

Synopsis: Areté and Tanghalang Ateneo proudly present Sintang Dalisay, one of Dr. Ricardo Abad’s best Shakespearean adaptations.

Set in an imagined Muslim community in Southern Philippines, Sintang Dalisay is an adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet—now named Rashiddin and Jamila, a pair of star-crossed lovers caught in a generations-long feud between their families, the Mustaphas and Kalimuddins.

The two lovers must navigate their secret love through the rough seas of hate and violence. This tale is told through the emotive, evocative, and sensual undulations of the Igal, a traditional dance of the Sama-Bajau people, and the enchanting neo-ethnic and gamelan music, weaving Shakespeare’s tragedy of fate with the Filipino sense of festive love and enduring hope.

Opening on Feb. 14, Sintang Dalisay runs for only nine shows:

  • Matinees (2 p.m.): Feb. 15, 16, 22, and 23
  • Evening Shows (7:30 p.m.): Feb. 14, 15, 21, 22, and 23

Niyebe: Isang Musikal

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Niyebe: Isang Musikal

Synopsis: Against the backdrop of Europe's harsh winter, Niyebe: Isang Musikal tells the tragic story of newlyweds Billy Sanchez and Nena Deconte, whose honeymoon turns into a nightmare. A small scrape on Nena's finger leads to death! Stranded in a foreign land, Billy grapples with solitude, grief, and despair, forced to confront profound questions about existence, purpose, and identity in the aftermath of his wife’s sudden death. All this while, he battles the relentless bureaucracy that ultimately denies him the chance to see his wife one last time.

Niyebe: Isang Musikal runs at the FEU Center for the Arts Studio on the following dates:

  • February: 12-13, 19-22, and 26-28
  • March: 1, 5-8, 12-15, 19-22, and 26-27

Ticket prices are P100 for the FEU community, P300 for student guests, P500 for regulars, and P700 for VIPs.

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