Handhell
MOVIE REVIEW
Salvage
Directed by Sherad Anthony Sanchez
By Noel Vera
Sherad Anthony Sanchez’s Salvage (2015) takes its title from the common Filipino slang word for summary execution,...
M:I6 shoot halted as Cruise breaks ankle in stunt
LOS ANGELES – Mission: Impossible 6 has halted filming after Tom Cruise broke his ankle in a botched stunt, the director confirmed Wednesday, while...
Children of the mist
MOVIE REVIEW
Hamog
Directed by Ralston Jover
By Noel Vera
Ralston Jover’s Hamog (Haze, 2015) starts appropriately enough with just that: a thick cloud hovering low over humid...
The history of objects is what is important
THE PICKERS know what they’re doing: they go to America’s back roads and pick through junk in the hopes of finding treasure. The television...
Birdshot: inspired by a true story
MIKHAIL RED was only 23 when he and his film crew shot his second full-length feature Birdshot (his first was Rekorder) over 23 days...
Elvis’s jumpsuit tops $1.5-M memorabilia auction
FORTY YEARS ago, Elvis Presley left the building – permanently. The original rock-and-roll superstar died Aug. 16, 1977, of a myocardial infarction, but his...
Craig confirms he’s back as 007… one last time
NEW YORK – Daniel Craig, the British actor who famously complained he’d rather slash his wrists than play James Bond a fifth time, has...
RIP. LOL
YOUR ESTRANGED FATHER, Hesus, has died, and your mother asks you and your siblings (including the family dog Hudas) to go on a road...
Indian police arrest four after Game of Thrones leak
NEW DELHI – Indian police have arrested four people on suspicion of leaking an unaired episode of HBO’s hit series Game of Thrones, police...
A nationwide indie film fest
From Aug. 16-22, no Hollywood or foreign films will be screened in cinemas nationwide to make way for the Pista ng Pelikulang Pilipino, organized...
Focusing on Davao’s indigenous faces
By Carmencita A. Carillo, Correspondent
DAVAO CITY – The 32nd Kadayawan celebration kicked off at the Magsaysay Park on Monday, Aug. 14, with a new...
10 canned wines taste-tested so you don’t have to
By Joel Stein, Bloomberg
THE wine-in-a-can revolution began its ascent in 2004 when film director, hotelier, and wine maker Francis Ford Coppola introduced Sofia Blanc...