It is now anywhere from two to three weeks since the premiere of 20th Century Fox’s biopic of legendary rock band Queen and its front-man Freddie Mercury, titled after one of their iconic songs, “Bohemian Rhapsody”. Ample time has thus passed for the critic reviews to cement the movie, directed by Bryan Singer and Dexter…
For quite some time, a number of the most popular shows and programming on ABS-CBN and its affiliate channels have been available for watching online whether as live streams or on-demand content via the media giant’s very own over-the-top content platform. Launched back in 2010, in the advent of the then-new new mass media streaming…
A year and some two months after Amazon announced it to a flabbergasted North America, a decision has been made at last. Said decision was regarding the location of choice for a new corporate headquarters to house the ever growing organization of the online retailing giant, an HQ2 to its HQ1 in Seattle. Over 200…
For the better part of 2018, vacationers in the Philippines and tourists from overseas have had to do without the crowning jewel of all resort locations in the country: Boracay Island. For six months the resort destination was made over as crews cleaned up litter and algae in the water, dismantled some excessive business and…
When Microsoft launched its current personal computer operating system platform Windows 10 back in 2015, they started a new system of improving and updating the general OS performance and experience. Rather than wait until a new named version of Microsoft Windows to come a few years later, the company implemented a regular OS update regimen.…
The world of “Pokémon”, the long-running popular Nintendo videogame franchise that involved catching and battling with mostly-cute super-powered creatures, has always tickled the audience’s imagination. Being able to wander in an environment filled with Pokémon that could be made into travelling companions was an exciting prospect for children. This wonderment was sort of carried over…
If there is any prominent tangible reminder of the time when the Philippines and the United States, longtime allies for most of the 20th Century and beyond, had once been deadly hostile to one another, it would be the church bells of Balangiga, Samar. In 1901 they were rung in their parish church to signal…
One of the joys of the universe of Marvel Comics being interpreted in live-action, from films to TV series, is that as much as possible they tried to included little cameo appearances by a remarkably vibrant guy of a very advanced age who was a riot whenever he said something in his scenes. He was…
One significant question in the creation of a biographical motion picture, or biopic, is how much actual history can be put in without turning it into a straight documentary, and how many fictional elements can be mixed into the narrative for dramatic license before it becomes too much. When the subject of the biopic happens…
In California the most likely natural disasters to visit would be an earthquake or wildfires. This time of the year in particular is often the prime period when they break out. When they do, devastation of homes and communities, not to mention injury and loss of life, would surely follow. CNN reports that the two…
It could be said that two of the most significant pillars in Asian pop culture that has penetrated to a global scale, are Japan and South Korea. From Japanese manga and anime, to Korean smartphones and electronics, to their music industries, this tandem has got the world hooked. But underneath this cordial cooperation in entertainment…
In 2008 a new series debuted on AMC that was classified as both a “new western” and crime drama, called “Breaking Bad”, starring Bryan Cranston and Aaron Paul. Set in its shooting location of Albuquerque, New Mexico, the series chronicles the life of chemistry professor and lung cancer sufferer Walter White, who tried to raise…
