Tocino
By Noel Vera
Video Review
Porco Rosso
Directed by Hayao Miyazaki
DVD
HAYAO MIYAZAKI’S Porco Rosso started out as a manga for a modeling magazine, was turned into a...
A flawed masterpiece
By Alexander O. Cuaycong
THERE’S SOMETHING to be said about StarCraft. This real-time strategy game was released by Blizzard in March 1998 to critical acclaim,...
Mountain men
Television
Sherpa
April 24, 9 p.m.
Discovery Channel
WHAT WAS SUPPOSED to be a simple documentary focusing on Sherpas -- a Tibetan ethnic group whose members are regarded...
Penny Dreadful drops the ghastliest twist of all: It suddenly ends.
10 reasons to binge-watch the literary horror series
The Binge
Jessica Zafra
FOR THREE SEASONS the fans of Showtime’s Victorian drama Penny Dreadful have reveled in its...
Bryan Adams goes retro with Get Up album
LOS ANGELES — It has been a long time coming.
Canadian singer-songwriter Bryan Adams says his new album, Get Up, is the ideal follow-up record...
Have time, will hike
By Michael Angelo S. Murillo
Book
Day Hikes and Nature Walks from Manila
By Gideon Lasco
“YOU NEED not go far to find beautiful places; many of them...
Double jeopardy
Television
Doctor Who Christmas Special
By Noel Vera
IT’S THE 13TH Doctor Who Christmas Special; it’s the 12th Doctor meets the 1st (or, as he prefers to...
House of Cards ‘watchathon’ before 4th season’s March 5 airing
TO PREPARE audiences for the upcoming fourth season of House of Cards on March 5, RTL CBS Asia Entertainment HD will air seasons 1...
Family plot
WITH all the horror films that popped out last year (and continue to emerge this year) few if any come close to being as bizarre as Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Killing of a Sacred Deer.
Is there such a thing as too much love?
By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman
HER DEBUT NOVEL asks a simple question: What could go wrong when something is motivated by good intentions? A...
Redefining sexy
By Nickky Faustine P. de Guzman
Book
Sexy at Any Age
By Nadine Tengco
Published by Century Tuna
142 pages
HEALTH GURU to the stars, Nadine Tengco, whips up healthy...
Small town on the big screen
DVD Review
Some Came Running
Directed by Vincente Minnelli
By Noel Vera
(Warning: plot twists and narrative discussed in detail)
Vincente Minnelli’s Some Came Running (adapted from the James...