By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman
In a country that worships white flawless skin, the Philippines is a big runway for peacocking: show off your porcelain skin in skimpy garments and get admiration. Those with less than perfect skin are left hiding in the shadows.
The Binge
Jessica Zafra
FLASH-FORWARD is the new flashback. On every episode of Bloodline, we are reminded that the good son John Rayburn (Kyle Chandler) will dispose of the body of the bad son Danny Rayburn (Ben Mendelsohn) on a boat in the Florida Keys. Did John kill Danny? The very first words we hear on the show are: “Sometimes, you know something’s coming. You feel it in the air. In your gut… Something’s going to go terribly wrong.” The opening credit sequence says as much: clear blue skies over a sun-bleached beach giving way to dark clouds, thunder, lashing rain. Accompanied by a cover of a Metallica song. “Please don’t judge us,” says John. “We’re not bad people, but we did a bad thing.”
By Camille Anne M. Arcilla
Both tech geeks and the clueless will enjoy this gadget store that allows them to choose from curated items displayed from one to ten ranking.
By Noel Vera
Video
Heneral Luna
Directed by Jerrold Tarog
Jerrold Tarog’s Heneral Luna caps, if you like, the decades-plus quest of Filipino filmmakers to retell the Philippine Revolution and its direct aftermath, the Philippine-American War, in two distinct styles, from the more traditional Gone With the Wind-type epic storytelling (Marilou Diaz-Abaya’s Jose Rizal, Mark Meily’s El Presidente) to more eclectic independent efforts (Raymond Red’s extended poems Bayani [Hero] and Sakay; Tikoy Aguiluz’s cinema-verite Rizal sa Dapitan [Rizal in Dapitan]); Mike de Leon’s Magritte-ish essay film Bayaning Third World (Third World Hero); Mario O’Hara’s speculative fantasy Sisa, and Dreyer-like courtroom drama Ang Paglilitis ni Andres Bonifacio (The Trial of Andres Bonifacio).
THE BEST of Taiwanese technological products are once again front and center as the Taiwan Excellence campaign kicks off for a third year.
WASHINGTON — BuzzFeed has terminated an advertising deal with the Republican Party, saying presumptive presidential nominee Donald Trump is “hazardous to our health,” the digital news group said Monday.
By Vince Alvic Alexis F. Nonato, Reporter
Book Review
The Best of the Unforgettable Legal Stories
By Aida Sevilla Mendoza
2016, Anvil Publishing, Inc.
Do not be intimated by the title and genre. You don’t have to be a lawyer to understand — and enjoy — The Best of the Unforgettable Legal Stories, a compilation of real-life cases made more colorful by newspaper columnist Aida Sevilla Mendoza.
WASHINGTON — Troubled newspaper group Tribune Publishing was trying for a new image as it seeks to fend off a takeover bid and adapt to the digital era.
PORT MACQUARIE, AUSTRALIA — A sweet, sickly smell filled the air as Sherwood Robyn, a 12-year-old koala, was brought into a small examination room at Australia’s first hospital for the furry marsupials.
CHICAGO — Results of several clinical trials released on Sunday show the revolutionary potential of immunotherapy in treating advanced cases of hard to treat types of cancer, such as bladder and lung cancer.
By Michael Angelo S. Murillo, Reporter
A MULTI-DISCIPLINE GYM dedicated to strength, fitness and performance enhancement, Alpha Strength recently opened its doors to help people be an “alpha,” or better versions of themselves.
Ads & Ends
Nanette Franco-Diyco
An iconic brand — a heritage brand — Dari Creme, is now back on our TV screens after years and years. I do hope you catch this relaunch TV commercial produced for Magnolia, Inc. by advertising agency, Publicis Jimenez Basic.
