When Sony entered the videogame industry for keeps in 1994-95 with their PlayStation system, that was the beginning of their meteoric rise and establishment as one of the major pillars of console gaming. At present, Sony’s main console platform is the beefy PlayStation 4, which they introduced to the gaming world in 2013-14. Capable of…
The new international-scale reality talent competition “The World’s Best” has already run three of its ten episodes on CBS, and thus far it’s been a solid performer. That perhaps can be laid at the feet of the program’s eclectic host of contestants from every corner of the world. For the Philippines, they even have double…
This is the last week before the 91st Academy Awards, which will take place in the Dolby Theater as planned despite every controversy and problem that has beset it since the year before. No host will tie the whole program together, with celebrities seeing the job as too much hassle or increasingly irrelevant. Controversies such…
When a filmmaker has a movie project he wants to realize, but a variety of issues keep putting actual production of it on hold for upwards of a decade, nobody would probably blame them if they gave up on it. Not James Cameron, though. Ever since he was introduced to a Japanese manga by fellow…
While general fans of the superhero genre, particularly of Marvel characters, are more aware of the movie versions seen in Marvel Studios’ MCU franchise, more dedicated followers would have gone and actually bought, in print or digital format, the medium that tells the original take on Earth’s mightiest heroes: Marvel Comics. Even as the Cinematic…
“Rehabilitation” has been a significant ecological watchword in the Philippines these days, as the government flexed its political muscles in spurring communities, with the help of volunteer organizations, to begin cleanup efforts of the country’s environment, particularly in tourist destinations and major cities. Nobody can forget the titanic rehab operation for Boracay last year that…
Last week, the 12 mysteriously covered and concealed contestants of Fox’s hilariously fun new reality singing competition “The Masked Singer” was finally whittled down to half. That one saw the exit of veteran talk show host Ricki Lake, who was costumed as “Raven” for the show. This week is the last regular showdown episode of…
Over the past month, South Korean electronics giant Samsung must have been in the middle of their meticulous planning for a big bonanza this February when they planned to introduce their latest smartphone on the Galaxy S line, arguably the most prominent Android phone to match up against the iOS-using Apple iPhone. Whatever their plans…
Like the multimedia juggernaut that it is, Disney is going in guns blazing on movies this 2019. For its subsidiaries Marvel Studios and Lucasfilm they have quite the selection of anticipated pictures like three MCU installments for the former and “Star Wars: Episode IX” for the latter. But Disney’s own production studios are not slouching,…
Late last year saw the conclusion of the intensive rehabilitation initiative to clean up the resort island of Boracay, although actual restorative work there is still ongoing and is not expected to be completed for a few more years. Meanwhile, in the wake of that massive cleanup drive, government and other parties in the National…
Hollywood actor Eddie Murphy is easily remembered as one of the biggest comedians in recent times. But before he was identified with family-friendly fare like voicing Donkey in Dreamworks’ “Shrek” film series, he dealt in more adult-leaning humor as part of “Saturday Night Live” during the eighties, and also starred in films of the same…
Way back at the start of February, the Philippines played host to an unexpected visit from H’hen Niê, Miss Vietnam in the recently held Miss Universe beauty pageant in Thailand last December. We certainly remember that because our own candidate, Catriona Gray, won and became the fourth Filipina to carry that major beauty title, and…
