‘Scenes from a Marriage’: Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain revisit a Bergman...
Given its cinematic pedigree, the casting of Oscar Isaac and Jessica Chastain in director Hagai Levi’s modern retelling of “Scenes from a Marriage” instantly stands to reason. After all, if you can’t...
View ArticleJoaquin Pedro Valdes joins cast of splashy new sci-fi musical ‘Vanara’
Hot on the heels of his West End debut in the 2021 revival of “Heathers: The Musical” at the Theatre Royal Haymarket, homegrown Filipino thespian Joaquin Pedro Valdes continues to book one coveted role...
View ArticleHow The Happy Fits’ ‘sunny-side up’ musicality turns dark themes and ‘hissy...
The dynamic trio of The Happy Fits, composed of Filipino-American Calvin Langman (lead vocals and electric cello), Ross Monteith (guitar and vocals) and Luke Gray Davis (drums and vocals), may have...
View Article4th Tingin Asean fest seeks remedies for pandemic woes and ‘dis-ease’
After taking a break in 2020, the Tingin Asean Film Festival returns with the launch of its fourth edition today by way of a virtual cinematic feast that celebrates Southeast Asian cinema’s creativity...
View ArticleJeremy Wade on the ‘weirdest’ creature he had crossed paths with
We saw world-renowned angler and freshwater detective Jeremy Wade catch a 200 kilogram stingray in Thailand, a stabbing catfish in Argentina, an 8-foot sheatfish in Spain and a 36kg arapaima in India,...
View Article‘Gensan Punch’ and ‘Resbak’: One-two punch from prolific Brillante Ma Mendoza
(First of two parts) The pandemic continues to wreak havoc on the entertainment scene, leaving thousands of performers and production people jobless and idle. But this month alone, Cannes-winning...
View Article‘Gensan Punch’ and ‘Resbak’: One-two punch from prolific Brillante Ma Mendoza...
Aside from their riveting tales of a boxer struggling to realize his dream despite disability or a petty thief completing a task under duress, director Brillante Ma Mendoza’s Busan fest entry “Gensan...
View ArticleReady to go back to the cinema? Here is the CEAP protocol for moviegoing
There was as much excitement and trepidation when we got word from Warner Bros. Philippines that director Denis Villeneuve’s much-buzzed-about big-screen adaptation of Frank Herbert’s seminal sci-fi...
View ArticleHow covering Simba in ‘The Lion King’ musical ‘completes the circle’ for Joaquin
Homegrown Filipino thespian Joaquin Pedro Valdes makes hopscotching from one coveted theater production to another seem easy. After his stint in “Fanny and Stella” and in the West End hit “Heathers:...
View ArticleKorean superstars Gianna Jun and Ju Ji-hoon scale K-drama heights in ‘Jirisan’
We couldn’t resist seeing the irony of cutting short our recent trip to Mt. Apo, the highest mountain in the Philippines, to watch a screener of the first episode of iQiyi’s “Jirisan,” about park...
View ArticleBGYO and BINI seizing the P-pop spotlight on MTV Asia
First of two parts Even we couldn’t hide our excitement. After all, it’s the stuff that every Bloom or ACEs member’s dreams are made of: Meeting not just one, but two Pinoy idol groups—each as talented...
View ArticleBGYO and BINI seizing the P-pop spotlight on MTV Asia (Conclusion)
Our recent chat with the charming gals and guys of BGYO and BINI was an opportunity not only to find out what makes the sibling P-pop groups tick and click, but also to get to know their members...
View ArticleRyan Reynolds on who would win in a 3-way fight with Gal Gadot and Dwayne...
Even Ryan Reynolds knew that getting him to team up with Gal Gadot and Dwayne Johnson was a high-wire act that their slick and stylish Netflix film “Red Notice,” which premieres on Friday, has managed...
View ArticleSaweetie on her music, being a woman in hip-hop and her Filipino roots
If pop music has Bruno Mars and Olivia Rodrigo, hip-hop has its own Fil-Am wunderkind—and her name is Saweetie. The sexy, sultry and lovely rapper has been making her scorching presence felt in...
View ArticleDwayne Johnson, Gal Gadot and Rawson Marshall Thurber on the crowd-pleasing...
While we enjoyed watching “Red Notice” as much as we loved our interview with Ryan Reynolds and the separate press con with his costars Dwayne Johnson and Gal Gadot, we also had as much fun in our...
View Article‘The Fabulous Filipino Brothers’ is a dream come true for Fil-Am...
His splashy role in Steven Spielberg’s grown-up Peter Pan tale “Hook” may have started the ball rolling for versatile Fil-Am actor Dante Basco — after all, you can’t appear in one of the legendary...
View ArticleVanessa Hudgens on bringing ‘Tick, Tick…Boom!’ to the screen and why she...
If we go by the rave reviews the stage-to-screen musical “Tick, Tick…Boom!” is generating, debuting feature-film director Lin-Manuel Miranda, lead actor Andrew Garfield and his costars Alexandra Shipp...
View ArticleThe future is ‘Limitless’ for Julie Anne San Jose
When we watched “Breathe,” the first leg of Julie Anne San Jose’s “Limitless” musical trilogy, two months ago, we didn’t expect to get swept off our feet by its unique concept and the lengths it was...
View ArticleYassi Pressman on grieving: You appreciate the high times when you experience...
Her kind smile and inscrutable countenance give little away, but Yassi Pressman’s eyes say them all. She may have lost a loved one (her dad) even before she turned 25 last year and endured other...
View ArticleHow Saweetie handled wardrobe ‘accident’
Hip-hop’s scorching-hot new sweetheart Saweetie may look like she’s perpetually ready and always rarin’ to strike a pose. But the 28-year-old Filipino American rapper, who just bested fellow Fil-Am...
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