Finding Forrester was on HBO yesterday after lunch and despite having to check the server every 15 minutes or so, I managed to see most of the movie. I’ve seen it before and loved every minute of it. And because I already knew how the story would end, I watched more leisurely, focusing on the ... (more)
Who’s heard of Henry Enfield?
Posted on October 7, 2008 · 13 Comments
We have BBC in our Dream satellite subscription but I have never seen the “Harry and Paul” show. In fact, I’ve never heard of Henry Enfield until today and only because the show has the become the subject of an official protest by the Philippine government. The scene, first broadcast on 26 September, was part ... (more)
Discovery, not the channel
Posted on September 25, 2008 · 13 Comments
Remember that commercial where Mike Mikee Cojuangco says that Dream service is “Anytime, anywhere”? It was never true. Even with the recent system upgrade, Dream satellite broadcast is still interrupted when it gets cloudy. Considering the amount of clouds and rains we’ve been getting during the past couple of days, it means when there’s a ... (more)
Another iconic woman
Posted on September 22, 2008 · 2 Comments
That’s Christine Keeler in the photo. If you haven’t heard of her before, modern history credits (or discredits) her for bringing down the Conservative government of British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan in 1963. A woman brought down a government? It’s a matter of perspective, of course. Keeler had an affair with John Profumo, the British ... (more)
Entertain me
Posted on September 16, 2008 · 40 Comments
You’d think that with dozens of cable channels to choose from, one would never run of television entertainment. You’d think that with the number of movies that premiere each week, there will at least be one winner that will be remembered, talked about, dissected and debated over coffee, wine or beer. “Hellboy 2″ put me ... (more)
A breather: Iron Man and The Andromeda Strain
Posted on May 16, 2008 · 14 Comments
Finally, we got to see Iron Man. Loved it! Not only because I am a huge Robert Downey Jr. fan but because the feeling that I was going to puke which prevailed during the first 15 minutes or so of the movie did not last long enough to allow prejudice to build. See, when the ... (more)
One war, two stories
Posted on May 14, 2008 · 5 Comments
So you’re tired of my rants about PLDT DSL. So am I. If anything good came out of my very limited time online for the past so many days, it’s the fact that I was able to catch up on my reading. I finally found the time to read Anthony Capella’s The Wedding Officer sent ... (more)
Must see: ‘Awake’
Posted on April 21, 2008 · 5 Comments
First, you have to read about anesthesia awareness because that is where the story revolves around. ‘Awake’, starring Hayden Christensen, Jessica Alba and Terrence Howard, opens with a doctor (Howard) thinking about the patient that he lost. The patient is 22-year-old Wall Street wiz kid Clay (Christensen) who had been in line for a compatible ... (more)
Two films I’d recommend
Posted on March 1, 2008 · 9 Comments
Weeks after I started my book list and movie list, I neglected them. I was trying to update both, realized how many books I’ve bought and movies I’ve seen that I hadn’t added to the lists. Too many, in fact, that I can’t recall all of them right now. There are two films, however, that ... (more)
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