Life is like a box of ... donuts?

Hmmmm....Interesting

2011-01-30T23:17:00.000+08:00

I was watching a Bloomberg show featuring Facebook's Mark Zuckerburg and decided to Google "Mark Zuckerberg is a "... this is what came up:Uploaded with ImageShack.usAnd that's from Google's recommendations based on other people's searches... not mine.

Movie: Dayo

2009-01-02T18:28:00.001+08:00

Studios: Cutting Edge Productions Release: December 25, 2008 Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy MTRCB Rating: GP Websites: http://www.dayomovie.com/http://dayomovie.multiply.com/ My Rating: Overall Grade: B Story: B Acting B- Direction: B- Visuals: B This is probably the only movie in the Metro Manila Film Fest this year that I wanted to see. There are other good movies

Ballet Manila Production: Tatlong Kuwento ni Lola Basyang

2008-12-28T15:15:00.000+08:00

December 27, 2008This show is meant to be enjoyed by children as well as adults. Lola Basyang uses the device of a grandmother telling stories to her grandchildren in order to present three fairy tales. Despite the use of Filipino in relating the stories, the tales being told are not necessary of Philippine origin. One tale is derived from Chinese legends, another starts looking like a

Movie: Twilight

2008-11-30T18:58:00.001+08:00

Studios: Summit Entertainment, LLC Release: November 21, 2008 Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller, Adaptation and Teen MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some violence and a scene of sensuality. Website: http://www.twilightthemovie.com/My Yahoo! Movies Rating: Overall Grade: C+ Story: C Acting C+ Direction: B- Visuals: C+ Basically a teen drama movie I did not read the books. You'd think I

Movie: Bolt

2008-11-27T09:49:00.001+08:00

Studios: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Release: November 21, 2008 Genre: Action/Adventure, Comedy and Animation MPAA Rating: PG for some mild action and peril. Website: http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/bolt/My Yahoo! Movies Rating: Overall Grade: B Story: B+ Acting B Direction: B Visuals: B Refreshing - despite being another dog movie Bolt is endearing. Rhino the

Movie: Madgascar: Escape 2 Africa

2008-11-21T18:59:00.001+08:00

Studios: DreamWorks Animation Release: November 7, 2008 Genre: Action/Adventure, Comedy, Animation and Sequel MPAA Rating: PG for some mild crude humor. Website: My Yahoo! Movies Rating: Overall Grade: B Story: B Acting B Direction: B Visuals: B Decent Sequel I had fun watching the first movie, and I found this movie funny as well. The penguins were hilarious as usual, the

Movie: Max Payne

2008-10-24T19:58:00.001+08:00

Studios: 20th Century Fox Release: October 17, 2008 Genre: Action/Adventure and Adaptation MPAA Rating: PG-13 for violence including intense shooting sequences, drug content, some sexuality and brief strong language. Website: http://www.maxpaynethemovie.com/My Yahoo! Movies Rating: Overall Grade: B- Story: C Acting B- Direction: B- Visuals: B-B- Story needs development As

Movie: High School Musical 3: Senior Year

2008-10-24T19:24:00.001+08:00

Studios: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Release: October 24, 2008 Genre: Musical/Performing Arts MPAA Rating: G Website: http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/highschoolmusical3/My Yahoo! Movies Rating: Overall Grade: C+ Story: C Acting C+ Direction: B- Visuals: B- The first HSM was better This movie is bigger than the first High School Musical because it had a bigger budget

Movie: Tropic Thunder

2008-10-17T22:48:00.001+08:00

Studios: DreamWorks Release: August 13, 2008 Genre: Comedy MPAA Rating: R for pervasive language including sexual references, violent content and drug material. Website: http://www.tropicthunder.com/My Yahoo! Movies Rating: Overall Grade: B- Story: C Acting B- Direction: B- Visuals: B- The Movie that poked fun at everybody This movie poked fun at everything Hollywood -

Movie: Eagle Eye

2008-10-03T21:53:00.001+08:00

Studios: DreamWorks Release: September 26, 2008 Genre: Drama and Thriller MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of action and violence, and for language. Website: http://www.eagleeyemovie.com/My Yahoo! Movies Rating: Overall Grade: B- Story: C+ Acting B- Direction: B- Visuals: B Too much like other movies Terminator's Skynet has as sister with a Grudge and creates an Enemy of

Movie: Hellboy II: The Golden Army

2008-09-21T19:44:00.001+08:00

Studios: Universal Pictures Release: July 11, 2008 Genre: Action/Adventure, Suspense/Horror, Thriller, Adaptation and Sequel MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sequences of sci-fi action and violence, and some language. Website: http://www.hellboymovie.com/My Yahoo! Movies Rating: Overall Grade: B- Story: B- Acting B- Direction: B- Visuals: B+ Better than the first one Del Toro delivers a

Movie: Wall-E

2008-08-23T23:58:00.000+08:00

Studios: Pixar Animation Studios/Walt Disney Feature Animation Release: June 27, 2008 Genre: Animation, Comedy MPAA Rating: G Websites: http://www.pixar.com/featurefilms/walle/http://www.disney.co.uk/DisneyMovies/Walle/My Yahoo! Movies Rating: Overall Grade: B+ Story: B Acting B Direction: B+ Visuals: A A true family movie Take an Asimov-inspired tale of a robot left alone on a

Movie: Star Wars: The Clone Wars

2008-08-23T19:35:00.001+08:00

Production Co.: Lucasfilm Animation, Lucasfilm, Ltd. Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution Release: August 15, 2008 Genre: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction/Fantasy and Animation MPAA Rating: PG for sci-fi action violence throughout, brief language and momentary smoking.My Yahoo! Movies Rating: Overall Grade: C Story: C Acting C Direction: C Visuals: B Only a Star Wars

Heroes Season 3... the Villains are coming

2008-08-18T18:22:00.001+08:00

Welcome to Level 5... where evil resides. Just so no one forgets, the 3rd season of NBC's Heroes will start in September in the U.S., and the producers are building up the hype. On the TV show's site are the previews/trailers and the webisodes (that no one in the Philippines could watch, by the way), the cast have been in ComicCon 2008, and anyone who's in Hana/Samantha's list started getting

Movie: The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor

2008-07-29T19:59:00.002+08:00

Studio: Universal Pictures Release: August 1, 2008 Genre: Action/Adventure and Sequel MPAA Rating: PG-13 for adventure action and violence.My Rating: Overall Grade: B- Story: B- Acting B- Direction: B- Visuals: B Missing Weisz, and other things as well I did enjoy this movie, although I found it a bit disappointing compared to the expectations I had upon entering the cinema. To

Movie: The Dark Knight

2008-07-21T23:59:00.000+08:00

Studios: Warner Bros. Pictures Release: July 18, 2008 Genre: Action/Adventure, Crime/Gangster, Adaptation and Sequel MPAA Rating: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and some menace.My Yahoo! Movies Rating: Overall Grade: B+ Story: B Acting B+ Direction: B Visuals: A Compared to recent superhero movies from Hollywood, this movie has got to be the most frightening. Many scenes

Movie: Mamma Mia!

2008-07-16T23:59:00.000+08:00

Studio: Universal Pictures Release: July 18, 2008 Genre: Musical/Performing Arts and Adaptation MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some sex-related commentsMy Yahoo! Movies Rating: Overall Grade: B- Story: B- Acting B- Direction: B- Visuals: B When I heard that the musical based on ABBA songs was going to be a movie, I was excited. Which means I waited a long time for this movie to come out.

Gossip and gossip blogs

2008-07-14T00:38:00.000+08:00

Was looking up the RSS feeds of some gossip blogs and saw something interesting. Someone supposedly hacked into Miley Cyrus' e-mail account and got hold of the pictures she sent to Nick Jonas (I'm supposing it's from the "sent" folder). Perez Hilton has posted two of the pictures on his site ... one of them with Miley wearing a shirt and taking a shower. It's the wet t-shirt look she's aiming

Will Poulter is Eustace Scrubb

2008-07-06T21:22:00.005+08:00

After Prince Caspian, Will Moseley will be saying goodbye to appearing in the Chronicles of Narnia movies. Another Will is going to be in the cast, though. Will Poulter is playing Eustace Clarence Scrubb in the next Narnia movie. Eustace is Edmund and Lucy Pevensie's cousin. He is introduced in the Voyage of the Dawn Treader, and becomes a main character in the succeeding Narnian

Movie: Get Smart

2008-07-05T23:59:00.001+08:00

Studio: Warner Bros. Pictures Release: June 20, 2008 Genre: Comedy, Thriller and Adaptation MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some rude humor, action violence and language.My Yahoo! Movies Rating: Overall Grade: B Story: B- Acting B Direction: B Visuals: B Toned Down Fun Steve Carell does a good job of playing his characters straight faced in comedies. This movie is no exception, and it gives

Movie: Hancock

2008-07-05T23:00:00.000+08:00

Studios: Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group Release: July 2, 2008 Genre: Action/Adventure, Comedy, Drama and Romance MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some intense sequences of sci-fi action and violence and language.My Yahoo! Movies Rating: Overall Grade: B Story: B Acting B Direction: B Visuals: B- When I first heard that Will Smith was making a movie about a superhero with personality

Movie: Wanted

2008-07-02T23:59:00.000+08:00

Studio: Universal Pictures Release: June 27, 2008 Genre: Action/Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Thriller, Crime/Gangster and Adaptation MPAA Rating: R for strong bloody violence throughout, pervasive language and some sexuality.My Yahoo! Movies Rating: Overall Grade: B- Story: C+ Acting B Direction: B- Visuals: B+ Wesley lives a boring life. And the first few minutes of

Rediscovering the kids of Narnia

2008-06-25T19:32:00.000+08:00

Typhoon Frank's decision to change course and unload buckets of rain over Laguna threw out my plans to do 2 weeks' worth of laundry last weekend. I spent most of Saturday surfing the net. Considering that I only had a cold and a few clean clothes left to wear for the rest of the week, I had it better than those who lost their lives/property/loved ones to the storm. My cold got worse on Sunday

Movie: Kung Fu Panda

2008-06-17T23:59:00.001+08:00

Studio: DreamWorks Animation Release: June 6, 2008 Genre: Animation MPAA Rating: PG for sequences of martial arts actionMy Yahoo! Movies Rating: Overall Grade: B Story: B Acting B Direction: B Visuals: A-This movie lived up to the hype that Dreamworks built up to market it.It is funny and had me laughing from beginning til end. Despite having Jack Black playing the lead character

Viva La Vida

2008-06-15T23:59:00.000+08:00

Just heard this song today ... looked it up out of curiousity after noticing how fast it jumped onto Billboard's Top Ten so fast. Ha! Loved it the first time I heard it. The tune is catchy and the lyrics are interesting. It does sound like one of those music that came out of the 80s Britmania ... I just haven't figured out yet which 80s song sounds like this one. Viva la Vida - Coldplay Viva

Movie: The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian

2008-06-06T19:59:00.001+08:00

Studio: Walt Disney Pictures Release: May 16, 2008 Genre: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction/Fantasy and Adaptation MPAA Rating: PG for epic battle action and violence.My Yahoo! Movies Rating: Overall Grade: B Story: B- Acting B Direction: B Visuals: B The director of this movie must be in love with battle scenes. They're probably the best portions of the movie. Story development

TV Series: Chuck

2008-06-05T23:59:00.001+08:00

Network: NBC First Run: September 24, 2007 Genre: Comedy, Action/Adventure Time Slot: Philippines' C/S Channel:Mondays 8:00PMThursdays 10:30PMAXN (Asia)Mondays 9:00PM Chuck is a nerdy computer whiz kicked out of Stanford due to alleged cheating, no thanks to his so-called best friend Bryce. He also lost his girlfriend to Bryce and hasn't been in a relationship since. As far as he knows,

Kung Fu Fighting Music Videos

2008-05-30T01:01:00.001+08:00

I was sitting in front of the TV the other night when this video got my attention: It's Sam Concepcion's cover of Kung Fu Fighting, the theme song of the animated movie Kung Fu Panda. Dreamworks is doing a Disney here in having regional artists record their own versions of music from the movie. The other Asian to do a cover of the same song is a Korean - Rain Jung Ji Hoon: Rain's version is a

Movie: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

2008-05-23T23:59:00.000+08:00

Studios: Paramount Pictures Release: May 22, 2008 Genre: Action/Adventure and Sequel MPAA Rating: PG-13 for adventure violence and scary images.My Yahoo! Movies Rating: Overall Grade: B- Story: C+ Acting: B Direction: B Visuals: B How do you explain 20 years?It's been that long since the last movie: real time and plot wise. And a fifth of the movie is devoted to explaining what

American Idol Finals

2008-05-22T19:51:00.000+08:00

When it comes to reality shows that are also singing contests, I preferred the shortlived Rockstar series to American Idol ... simply because I liked the songs they sing on Rockstar compared to song selections in Idol (there are exceptions). The American Idol finals though is always worth watching. What with the numerous guest stars and every contestant for the season coming back for production

Movie: Iron Man

2008-05-07T19:36:00.001+08:00

Studio: Paramount Pictures Release: May 2, 2008 Genre: Action/Adventure, Science Fiction/Fantasy and Adaptation MPAA Rating: PG-13 for some intense sequences of sci-fi action and violence, and brief suggestive content.My Yahoo! Movies Rating: Overall Grade: B Story: B Acting B Direction: B Visuals: B Credit the movies "Chances Are" and "Heart and Souls" for making me love Robert

Movie: Forbidden Kingdom

2008-04-30T19:46:00.002+08:00

Studios: Lionsgate, The Weinstein Company Release: April 18, 2008 Genre: Action/Adventure and Science Fiction/Fantasy MPAA Rating: PG-13 for for sequences of martial arts action and some violenceMy Yahoo! Movies Rating: Overall Grade: B- Story: C+ Acting B- Direction: B Visuals: B I've loved Jackie Chan as far back as the 80s when I would see his movies on TV during the afternoon

Movie: The Other Boleyn Girl

2008-04-14T01:41:00.002+08:00

Studios: Columbia TriStar Motion Picture Group Release: February 29, 2008 Genre: Drama and Adaptation MPAA Rating: PG-13 for mature thematic elements, sexual content and some violent images.My Yahoo! Movies Rating: Overall Grade: B- Story: C+ Acting B Direction: B Visuals: B- The acting here, and the direction, was good, not great, but good. The costumes were nice, but admittedly

All things "car"

2008-04-08T06:59:00.000+08:00

Adrian Pasdar posted a new video on Youtube: looks liked Milo Ventimiglia got stuck in the trunk on the drive to San Francisco Bay: What Milo was saying in the car? "Get me out".Ofcourse, this could just be something they did for kicks... as most of the videos Adrian has posted before.Lucas Grabeel speaks out on safe driving, especially if you are a teen: If you can't drive a car but

Movie: 10,000 B.C.

2008-03-28T19:59:00.001+08:00

Studios: Warner Bros. Pictures Release: March 7, 2008 Genre: Action/Adventure and Drama MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sequences of intense action and violence.My Yahoo! Movies Rating: Overall Grade: B- Story: C+ Acting B- Direction: B- Visuals: B First off, I only saw the trailer and reviews after I watched the movie, so I did not know what to expect when I bought the ticket. I just

The Gorrell - Montano Quarrel

2008-03-18T23:38:00.008+08:00

An officemate was reading the Inquirer the other day where there was an article about this issue. He told me it would be interesting to look up Brian Gorrell's blog: http://delfindjmontano.blogspot.com/Apparently, this blog shot to internet stardom shortly after it opened two weeks ago. Since it took me months to find out about the Malu Fernandez incident, it's no wonder I haven't heard about

TV Series: Psych

2008-03-17T23:39:00.005+08:00

Network:USAFirst Run:July 7, 2006 - PresentGenre:Drama, ComedyTime Slot:Philippine's C/S Channel, Thursdays 8:00 PMRemington Steele was a fake investigator although his partner was not. The owner of Blue Moon Detective Agency (Moonlighting) was a former fashion model with zero training at being a detective. Psych runs along a similar vein, the twist being Shawn Spencer is a fake psychic with

Hiro's Blog Entries 2006-2007

2008-03-16T06:55:00.032+08:00

Just in case NBC decides to delete the blogs with Season 3 coming along, am posting a copy here. These are too good to not read. I'll probably move this entry to my geocities or angelfire websites if I ever get in the mood to tinker with them (I usually am not... which is why my websites have been stagnant for 5 years or more). This wiki entry discusses Hiro's blog in detail: http://

TV Series: Heroes

2008-03-15T10:49:00.023+08:00

Network:NBCFirst Run:September 25, 2006 - PresentGenre:Adventure/Drama/Fantasy/Sci-FiTime Slot:Philippine TV's C/S Channel: Mondays, 9:00 PMThe makers of this show made a good decision to preview this series in a comic convention. Which is why the buzz was very strong even before it aired. Well written episodes increased the buzz that made people in other parts of the world, like the

TV Series: Criminal Minds

2008-03-13T02:58:00.011+08:00

Network:CBSFirst Run:September 22, 2005 - PresentGenre:Crime/Drama/Mystery/Thriller Time Slot:Philippines' Ch. 23 - Fridays, 9:30 PMSome people are addicted to crime series like CSI. Unfortunately, I'm only fond of watching the use of forensic science in solving crimes when we're talking of real cases like the shows on Fox's Crime channel. I somehow don't dig the addition of drama that Bones

Movie: Vantage Point

2008-02-25T23:35:00.000+08:00

Studio:Columbia TriStar Motion Picture GroupRelease:February 22, 2008 Genre:Drama and ThrillerMPAA Rating:PG-13 for sequences of intense violence and action, some disturbing images and brief strong language.My Yahoo! Movies Rating:Overall Grade:B-Story:C+ActingBDirection:B-Visuals:B-Tracking a story from different points of view is a good idea for a thriller. However, part of what makes a good

Movie: Jumper

2008-02-25T23:08:00.001+08:00

Studios:Regency Enterprises, 20th Century FoxRelease:February 14, 2008Genre:Action/Adventure, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Adaptation and TeenMPAA Rating:PG-13 for sequences of intense action violence, some language and brief sexuality.My Yahoo! Movies Rating:Overall Grade:C+Story:C+ActingB-Direction:B-Visuals:C+The idea of Jumpers is intriguing. Too bad the movie didn't optimize the potential of the

Website: Philippine National Bank

2008-02-12T22:52:00.002+08:00

A sneak peek at the new look of our company website which was launched yesterday, Feb. 11.I have at least 3 changes to make on the Treasury pages, but they didn't make the cut-off date.

Zelle: Akala Mo Lang

2008-02-11T04:32:00.000+08:00

"ang OFFICIAL VALENTINE’S SONG para sa 2008" according to Ian (Lauron) ... if you're breaking up with someone that is. I may have misinterpreted the lyrics, so correct me if I'm wrong.Lyrics: Akala Mo LangPagyakap sa'yo ng mainit,at pagkapit ng mahigpit.Pagsama sa'yong mga gimikat pag-amin ng aking pag-ibig.RefrainMasaya sayo'ng piling at sa'yongpag-ibig.ChorusPero di kita mahal, akala mo

Hey There, Hubbard

2008-01-25T22:53:00.000+08:00

L. Ron Hubbard, founder of the Church of Scientology (CoS), died January 24, 1986.An odd way to commemorate this death anniversary is an all out attack on the organization by a group calling itself Anonymous.And it all boils down to CoS using its legal muscle to remove the leaked videos of Tom Cruise on YouTube where he talks about being a Scientologist. Lots of people took offense, and war was

Bits and Pieces

2008-01-20T21:30:00.000+08:00

MilkA movie about California's first openly gay elected politician, Harvey Milk (picture on the left), is in the works. Milk will be directed by Gus Van Sant and will star Sean Penn (picture on the right) in the title role. Reportedly playing Daniel Nicoletta is Lucas Grabeel. Ah... so now you know why I'm writing about this movie.To know more about Harvey Milk, read Time's profile on the man:

Novel: The Third Secret

2008-01-20T14:03:00.000+08:00

Author:Steve BerryGenre:Suspense, ThrillerPublisher:Ballantine BooksYear Published:May 17, 2005Berry may have started writing this novel in 2000, when Pope John Paul II revealed the third secret of Fatima and a number of Catholics began questioning if everything was revealed. After all, after hints from Sis. Lucia and then Cardinal Ratzinger of the apocalyptic theme of the third secret, people

Novel: The Romanov Prophecy

2008-01-20T12:55:00.000+08:00

Author:Steve BerryGenre:Suspense, Action & AdventurePublisher:Ballantine BooksYear Published:Aug. 31, 2004Taking the cue from Dan Brown, Steve Berry writes novels using themes that have been circulating in urban legends or among conspiracy theorists.In The Romanov Prophecy, Steve Berry decided to tackle the question of whether some royal Romanov had survived the massacre in Yekaterinburg on July

Amazing Race Asia and Blog Pet Peeves

2008-01-14T03:08:00.000+08:00

Watched the replay of Amazing Race Asia - again. Started watching it around 3 weeks ago. I usually don't watch Amazing Race but an officemate kept referring to it and my friend Sam asked me on the phone why the hell didn't I ask an autograph when I had my picture taken with Marc Nelson during the ICAP Charity Day. Needless to say, their interest in the show made me curious enough to watch an

Discovering the Malu Fernandez Incident

2008-01-12T02:06:00.000+08:00

I was Googling for some other topic yesterday and among the results was a load of blog posts reacting to a certain lifestyle article by a Malu Fernandez. Ha! I had no idea that last June to August of 2007, a lot of Filipino bloggers AROUND the world have banded together against this woman because the said article was condescending to Overseas Filipino Workers. Click the images below to view the

Movie: National Treasure: Book of Secrets

2008-01-11T23:59:00.000+08:00

Studio:Walt Disney PicturesRelease:December 21, 2007Genre:Action/Adventure, Thriller and SequelMPAA Rating:PG for some violence and action.My Yahoo! Movies Rating:Overall Grade:B-Story:C+ActingB-Direction:BVisuals:B-The protagonists and antagonists race to find a fabled Native American city of gold by following a set of clues. This time, even mom is along for the ride.Now, although the characters

Regarding Beauregard

2008-01-09T05:56:00.000+08:00

When HSM2 actor Lucas Grabeel said he has set up his own company 14341 to make the movies he likes, he wasn't joking. Apparently, he started his first project, Beauregard, in the last half of December 2007. I think he directs this movie and maybe he does a little cameo. I'm guessing it's got something to do with a family and a dog.This shot reminds me of the social bunny NPC in Sims 2. I so

Today's Dose of Randomness

2008-01-07T09:43:00.000+08:00

Ricky Carandang's recent blog post discusses his thoughts on the recent Iowa caucus. It's a nice read ... especially his observations on discrimination in USA.The Metro Manila filmfest is finally over, which means that movies released in the US during the filmfest time will finally be shown in local cinemas. Looking forward to seeing National Treasure. I know the plot/story will be as silly

Random Updates

2008-01-04T21:49:00.000+08:00

Writers' strike = off time for actors.Jay Leno got some flak for resuming his talk show using his own scripts ... the issue is that Leno is a member of the writers' guild and therefore shouldn't be writing. Doesn't matter if he's writing for his own show. Rules are rules.Matthew Gubler and friends made use of their spare time digging up footage and finally posted a new "unauthorized documentary"

Trying to get through Steve Berry's Romanov Prophecy

2008-01-02T02:13:00.000+08:00

Steve Berry's Romanov Prophecy isn't much of a page turner. Have had it since Christmas and I haven't even read half of it. If I really found it interesting, I would have finished it in 2 days... that includes having 3 full meals a day, having bathroom breaks and getting enough sleep.It isn't exactly like Dan Brown's Da Vinci Code or Angels and Demons, and thank God for that!Funny thing. Jeng

Replay: UAAP Cheerdance Competition

2007-12-30T09:40:00.000+08:00

Channel 23 was replaying the 2007 UAAP Cheerdance Competition yesterday. I never got to watch it when it was live, and now I missed half of it. That's why I looked them up in YouTube:In case you don't know, UP was champion, UST was 1st runner-up, and FEU was 2nd runner-up. UP's music was predominantly rock, and they employed hard moves in SYNCHRONIZATION. UST was lively to watch and looked

Prince Caspian Trailer

2007-12-19T01:25:00.000+08:00

I saw this trailer shown on cable TV days ago, but some may not be aware that it's already available.Presenting the preview of the movie Chronicles of Narnia: Prince CaspianFor any fan of the first movie, and especially for fans of both the movies and the books they're based on (like me), this is undoubtedly a much-awaited sequel (My mind was actually going "wheee!!" when I first saw this trailer

Movie: Golden Compass

2007-12-09T23:29:00.000+08:00

Studio:New Line CinemaRelease:December 7, 2007Genre:Action/Adventure, Drama, Science Fiction/Fantasy and AdaptationMPAA Rating:PG-13 for sequences of fantasy violenceI loved the novel, which is why I had to see this movie. Like most adaptations, a lot of stuff from the novel was cut out. They are little things that probably wouldn't matter in the movie, but in the novel they emphasized the

Movie: Enchanted

2007-12-07T23:58:00.000+08:00

Studio:Walt Disney PicturesRelease:November 21, 2007Genre:Action/Adventure, Comedy, Kids/Family, Musical/Performing Arts, Science Fiction/Fantasy and AnimationMPAA Rating:PG for some scary images and mild innuendo.In my opinion, this movie is something to take note of because of the following reasons:It deals with animated characters becoming "real" ... which is different from movies that pulled

Adrian Pasdar's Videos on YouTube

2007-11-30T13:11:00.000+08:00

It's only Friday now, and C/S replays Heroes on Saturdays at 7PM. More than 24 hours to go. I don't usually watch the Heroes replays on Saturdays, but I wasn't able to watch Heroes this Monday because I was in Hong Kong. Which is why I'm looking forward to tomorrow.To fill the gap and my "withdrawal symptom", it's a good thing I discovered that Adrian Pasdar's hobby is filming his castmates

Waiting for "The Echo"

2007-11-30T11:54:00.001+08:00

Not really a fan of horror movies. But when a Filipino movie gets picked up to be remade in the US, and they decide to retain the Filipino director as well as the beautiful Iza Calzado, I take notice.Been following up the progress of the movie through Yam Laranas' blog: http://yamlaranas.blogspot.com/They're done with principal photography and editing. Now they're moving on to the

A New Video from Zelle

2007-11-30T09:52:00.000+08:00

Opened my YouTube account after about a week of not visiting it. Saw from my subscription box that Zelle has a new video:Once again, nice music - even if their song's subject matter tends to be "not my type". I think I wrote that to Ian when he started promoting this band (coincidentally, I decided to create an account on YouTube because Ian was promoting the "Sabihin" video via YouTube).Happy

Lucas Grabeel in Oreska movie

2007-10-31T00:07:00.000+08:00

The guys over at Lucas Grabeel's official site did some rehauling and one thing caught my eye: his latest listed feature film is called Oreskaband.Googled "Oreskaband": there's a Japanese ska band with that name.Hmmm... Lucas once hinted at wanting to go to JapanGoogled "Oreska Lucas" and got this actor's website instead:http://www.brandondean.net/news.htm Says there that Lucas plays a character

Zac Efron in Lucas Grabeel's Music Video

2007-10-30T01:42:00.000+08:00

Well, the full music video for Lucas Grabeel's You Got It was just posted, but it's not on Itunes. They uploaded it to Payloadz.com. This is the link: http://payloadz.com/go?id=360265It's cheaper than Itunes by $0.49.Here's an extra clip from Michael's YouTube account...Zac Efron making an appearance:Reminds me of their Popstar "rap":--------edit 02-Nov-2007----------Had a peek at the You Got

The Kids of Widney High

2007-10-29T09:21:00.000+08:00

Watched "The Ringer" on cable last night. Ended up being a fan of a band called Kids of Widney High.They're actually a bunch of special education kids in LA who have released several CDs. If you read their website, it all started out as a music/songwriting class which happened to produce really good music that the school decided to hire a band and record the songs using the kids themselves for

Movies on Cable: The Ringer

2007-10-28T23:46:00.000+08:00

Studios:Fox Searchlight PicturesRelease:December 23, 2005Genre:ComedyMPAA Rating:PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, drug references.I must really like this movie enough to even write a review in Yahoo!:Surprisingly delightful by jingfrey Oct 28, 2007 Overall Grade: B-Story: D+ Acting: B Direction: B- Visuals: B- Saw this on cable last night. This movie has a bad premise - a lame excuse to plant a

Lucas Grabeel's "You Got It"

2007-10-26T00:17:00.000+08:00

Was checking on my YouTube account 2 days ago when I saw this under my subscriptons box:I couldn't believe Lucas and his gang are actually releasing a video to "You Got It". When I first heard the audio only version of the song, I found it funny that all you could hear is "you got it". The song's really not great, but it tends to get stuck in your head till you catch yourself humming it.I think

Movie: Stardust

2007-10-11T23:59:00.001+08:00

Studio:Paramount PicturesRelease:August 10, 2007Genre:Action/Adventure, Comedy, Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy and AdaptationMPAA Rating:PG-13 for some fantasy violence and risque humor.My Yahoo! Movies Rating:Overall Grade:B+Story:BActingBDirection:BVisuals:AThe movie flows like a sing-song reading of a familiar fairy tale. I say familiar because there are many character-types and elements

Breaking Benjamin

2007-10-08T22:31:00.000+08:00

Music Video: Breaking Benjamin - BreathBeen looking up the YouTube sites of music labels and after surfing through Sony/BMG and Atlantic records this weekend, I'm now moving through the videos in hollywoodrecords. The latest posts are mostly by Disney artists (current or ex): Aly and AJ, Corbin Bleu, Hillary Duff, Vanessa Hudgens and the group that first caught my attention when they sang the

Serious karaoke guy

2007-10-06T03:30:00.000+08:00

I mentioned in my Orangeade blog that EA has jumped on the social networking wagon with The Sims Onstage site. I also mentioned that my favorite area there is the karaoke section. The guy in the video below just made me realize how serious some of the members are when it comes to the karaoke. With his earphones and mike, it's like he's in a sound studio. Ha ha ha! He's made quite a number of

"Living with Lucas"?

2007-10-04T22:40:00.002+08:00

Just saw this blog entry from the "Lucas Grabeel Official Music MySpace" site:October 4, 2007 - Thursday "Living With Lucas" Febuary 25th 2008! Current mood: happy Hey everyone!This is Lucas. I just wanted to let everyone know that I'm so glad that I have fans like you guys. You mean the world to me, if I didn't have you guys, I wouldn't be here now. Thank you so much.I just wanted to clear

Simon and Ryan

2007-10-04T22:11:00.000+08:00

JustJared.com is your typical paparazzo site ... full of stolen shots of celebrities. Thought of visiting the site today and found this tickler:Simon Cowell and Ryan Seacrest of American Idol hanging out in a Miami pool. This is the link to the article, which has more pictures: http://justjared.buzznet.com/2007/10/03/ryan-seacrest-simon-cowell-shirtless/

Cocktales

2007-10-04T21:10:00.000+08:00

A supplement to my reading the news is Victor Agustin's "Cocktales" blog. I find it easier to go straight to his blog than find his article in a newspaper site. His column is where one may find some rumors in the business circle that won't see print as news stories.Having been axed by Inquirer, I do notice that he has a particular interest in reporting anything "bad" about that newspaper. He's

Ricky Carandang's Blog

2007-10-04T20:59:00.000+08:00

ANC News reporter Ricky Carandang keeps a blog. If you watch the news as much as I do (apart from news feeds from Reuters and Bloomberg, we've one TV tuned in to ANC and one tuned in to CNN), there's nothing new to read there really. What amuses me are the comments. Take this excerpt from a comment by TDC on Ricky's post on "Abalos Takes One for the Team":One by one, they are falling by the

Gotta Go My Own Way

2007-09-30T23:42:00.000+08:00

I've watched High School Musical 2 three times now. This time though, I try to tap out the melody of some songs on the piano ... had luck with the chorus parts only.One song I'd really like to be able to play is "Gotta Go My Own Way". Really love the piano work on that one (and I think there's a guitar in there too). Probably will be on the look-out for a lyric sheet with chords. Why not

Hey There Delilah

2007-09-29T06:11:00.000+08:00

Feel like playing this song ... it's been raining all night and we've got cloudy skies this morning. The guitar play echoes my mood today.Plain White Ts: Hey There Delilah music videoThis single is from their album Every Second Counts on Hollywood Records.

Still Ok: Zac and Vanessa

2007-09-29T05:15:00.000+08:00

After rumors of a break up caused by the stress of the Vanessa Hudgens nude picture scandal, HSM's famous couple have been seen and photographed together this week (now I believe Kai, hehehe!):http://justjared.buzznet.com/2007/09/27/zanessa-truly-outrageousWhich makes this song more appropriate for the Zanessa ship, don't you think?:This is the music video for Vanessa Hudgens' "Say Ok REMIX",

Crazy but Incredible

2007-09-28T05:46:00.000+08:00

Crazy But Incredible, Brian Josef's carrier single, and also the title of his debut album released under Sony BMG Music Entertainment.Words and music of all 12 songs in the album are by Brian.I like ;-)-------His Friendster account: http://profiles.friendster.com/3391201

He said She said

2007-09-27T00:15:00.000+08:00

Ashley Tisdale's latest video on YouTube.She plays my favorite character on the High School Musical TV-movies: Sharpay Evans. I love the fact that she's way too nice compared to the Sharpay character.And below is Lucas Grabeel's take on the "He Said She Said" routine (he plays her brother Ryan in the movies):Laughed really hard when Lucas asked: "I was wondering though, did you name each hip 'He

Frozen Life : An actual movie

2007-09-25T00:35:00.000+08:00

Was looking up Yam Laranas' blog - the director of "Sigaw" and its American remake "The Echo", which has a link to "Grudge" screenwriter Stephen Susco's blog, which in turn has a link to a movie website that has this byline: What links them are the frozen sperm and loneliness.This is the link to the movie's website: Frozen LifeIt's actually some sort of drama. If you click "story", it's even

Commercials unfit for regular TV

2007-09-23T12:04:00.000+08:00

Alicia Silverstone bares all for PETA:Dunno why they pulled it out of regular TV (Houston?) when it's actually done in good taste. Some music videos are more suggestive compared to this.Sean Combs/P. Diddly/Sean John has a series of commercials for his Unforgiveable fragrance. His official YouTube channel is currently featuring this commercial:However, I think the version that sparked

Zelle the Band on the radio

2007-09-21T18:17:00.000+08:00

I've been hearing "Sabihin" sung by the Zelle band on the radio for about a week now. That must be good news to Ian, whose company, Talentfolio, manages them. I think they launched the band last June. The song is from their album, "Search for Warmth".In case you haven't noticed, clicking the Song title brings you to the music video on YouTube.------Added on 22-Sep/2007:Was browsing record

Blogging about Lucas

2007-09-20T06:09:00.000+08:00

I have to admit I enjoy High School Musical. I almost didn't see it ... simply because I hated being told by a huge disney marketing campaign to watch it. anyway ... I caught it the second time it was shown and understood why kids love it.Which is why I watched the sequel the first time it was shown in Asia.I love the Evans twins. I love them both in High School Musical, and love Ashley's

TV Movie: High School Musical 2

2007-09-15T23:59:00.000+08:00

Distributor:Walt Disney PicturesRelease:August 17, 2007Genre:Musical, Drama, ComedyMPAA Rating:Not RatedMy Yahoo! Movies Rating:Overall Grade:B-Story:C+ActingBDirection:BVisuals:B-The East High Wildcats looked forward to summer fun but got drama instead.Troy and Gabriella's relationship gets the romance/drama treatment in this movie, with Troy acting a bigger jerk than he was in the first movie.

TV Movie: High School Musical

2007-09-15T23:26:00.002+08:00

Production Cos.:Salty Pictures/Walt DisneyRelease:January 20, 2006Genre:Drama, Musical & Performing Arts, ComedyMPAA Rating:GMy Yahoo! Movies Rating:Overall Grade:B-Story:C+ActingB-Direction:BVisuals:B-I didn't watch this movie during the first few months it was shown on Disney channel, which is why I couldn't understand its popularity. When I finally decided to watch it, I found it very

Fall Out Boy

2007-09-05T01:13:00.000+08:00

About two weeks ago, Rey mentioned that his son Tryke had asked him to buy a ticket for the September 21 concert of Fall Out Boy (FOB) at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City. In fact, Tryke had been dropping hints about Fall Out Boy ever since he made the first request. Back then, Rey was not inclined to pay for such a ticket.With Tryke's birthday coming up, Rey decided to finally give in and

Linking YouTube videos to Multiply

2007-09-03T22:57:00.000+08:00

Dennis told me yesterday he could not play the videos on my Multiply site. Checked it last night and apparently, the feature that linked my YouTube account to Multiply did not work. Removed all those videos in Multiply and decided to re-post the videos link by link. This time it worked. Did not post the videos made before 2007 though. Figured if someone wants to see them all, they might as

Criminal Minds

2007-08-22T19:58:00.000+08:00

I just realized that Kirsten, who plays Penelope Garcia in the TV show Criminal Minds, had updated her blog last July 31 (Link on the right side of this blog).'Sniff!' Reading it reminded me that Mandy Patinkin has left the show.His character, Jason Gideon, wasn't really my favorite, (I like watching Morgan and Reid annoy each other), but Gideon has been essential to the chemistry of the cast.

Sector Seven at Second Life

2007-08-22T15:59:00.000+08:00

I know it's been over a month since Transformers the movie was released. I have just decided to try recreating the Sector Seven headquarters in Sims 2, which means I have to go back to http://www.sectorseven.org/ (password is "deceptibot") to get the building's supposed schematics.Hours later, when I've cut and pasted the images in a Powerpoint document (it's easy to manipulate images there than

Movie: The Simpsons

2007-07-28T23:59:00.000+08:00

Studios:20th Century Fox AnimationRelease:July 27, 2007Genre:Comedy, Animation and AdaptationMPAA Rating:PG-13 for irreverent humor throughout.My Yahoo! Movies Rating:Overall Grade:B-Story:C-ActingB-Direction:B-Visuals:B-This movie is just like one of those Simpsons TV specials ... only this time, they brought it to the big screen instead of just showing it on TV.There were a lot of gags but this

Movie: Ratatouille

2007-07-28T23:39:00.001+08:00

Studio:Walt Disney PicturesRelease:June 29, 2007Genre:Action/Adventure, Comedy, Kids/Family and AnimationMPAA Rating:GMy Yahoo! Movies Rating:Overall Grade:A-Story:BActingA-Direction:A-Visuals:AI've heard some adults say this is too much of a kids movie. They probably thought this was like Shrek where kids laugh at the slapstick while parents laugh at the double meanings in the dialogue.This is a

Harry Potter Series, Book 7Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

2007-07-27T23:39:00.004+08:00

Author:J. K. RowlingGenre:Wizards/ FictionPublisher:ScholasticYear Published:2007Dumbledore is dead, and war has come to Hogwarts. Harry realizes that survival hinges not only on finding all the horcruxes, but also in finding the deathly hallows.Although Harry would rather face the danger alone, his friends are determined to stand by him. For this he would eventually be thankful, for

DVD Movie: The Producers

2007-07-15T23:06:00.001+08:00

Studio:Universal PicturesRelease:December 16, 2005Genre:ComedyMPAA Rating:PG-13 for sexual humor and references.My Yahoo! Movies Rating:Overall Grade:B+Story:BActingB+Direction:BVisuals:AI bought the DVD since watching this movie is the closest I'll ever get to watching the hit musical.The story, although it has a good premise, isn't that outstanding. The characters are hilarious. Since I already

DVD Movie: Love Actually

2007-07-14T22:44:00.001+08:00

Studio:Universal PicturesRelease:November 7, 2003Genre:Comedy and RomanceMPAA Rating:R for sexuality, nudity and language.My Yahoo! Movies Rating:Overall Grade:BStory:B+ActingBDirection:BVisuals:B-If you think about it, this movie is a small term paper on the different kinds of "love" one could find around us.There is puppy love, love between parent and child (doesn't matter if it's a foster

Technorati

2007-07-14T07:47:00.000+08:00

Added this blog to Technorati today.

Movie: Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

2007-07-13T23:58:00.000+08:00

Studios:Warner Bros. Pictures, Inc.Release:July 11, 2007Genre:Action/Adventure, Kids/Family, Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Adaptation and SequelMPAA Rating:PG-13 for sequences of fantasy violence and frightening images.All Harry Potter movies look pretty. However, as Rowling's books kept getting thicker and the movies should not be more than 2.5 hours if they want to keep the attention of

Movie: Transformers

2007-06-29T23:10:00.000+08:00

Studios:DreamWorks SKG, Paramount PicturesRelease:July 3, 2007 Genre:MPAA Rating:PG-13 for intense sequences of sci-fi action violence, brief sexual humor and languageI loved the Transformers cartoon series when I was a kid. After a few seasons though, the storyline has taken so many turns and the characters have become so unrecognizeable that I have lost interest altogether. I am happy,

Criminal Minds: KIRSTEN'S BLOG

2007-06-27T03:53:00.000+08:00

Kirsten Vangsness plays Penelope Garcia on the TV series Criminal Minds. Since Garcia's the computer geek in this show about the FBI-BAU, CBS has decided to give her a page on the website.Kirsten's blog started February 2007, and shows some insights on the personalities of the actors playing the main characters.Kirsten was a comedic actress who had appeared in numerous theater productions

Matthew Gray Gubler: The Unauthorized Documentary

2007-06-24T15:16:00.000+08:00

Matthew Gray Gubler, who plays Dr. Spencer Reid in the show "Criminal Minds", had a lot of time doing nothing in between takes that he and friends were able to make these clips and uploaded them to YouTube.It's fun to watch:Here's a link to the first video of the series: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2Ll4LAoeZEIf you want more, then look up the username andyswan.

Movie: Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer

2007-06-20T23:12:00.001+08:00

Studio:20th Century FoxRelease:June 15, 2007Genre:Action/Adventure, Comedy, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Adaptation and SequelMPAA Rating:PG for sequences of action violence, some mild language and innuendo.My Yahoo! Movies Rating:Overall Grade:BStory:B-ActingBDirection:BVisuals:A-It was the Silver Surfer that made me want to watch this film. He is one cool, menacing threat to the Fantastic Four's