Category: News

  • Mocha & Thoughts On Beating Fake News

    It’s silly to assume Mocha Uson would adhere to journalistic principles simply because her readership doesn’t want that. As long as she provides what her 5M followers want she has no reason to change. Mocha is a cog in the wheel. To understand Mocha one has to study her followers. They are the extreme cynics.…

  • 7107 Rrrrrocked

    This is the text that started it all (background is Keidis et al doing their thing). A good friend texted me that on the evening of the 22nd explaining the original owner, another friend of ours, was unable to go, and instead of selling his two tickets opted to give it to him instead. It…

  • Roger Ebert hospitalized

    From the Chicago Tribune: Roger Ebert hospitalized after cancer-related surgery Pulitzer Prize-winning movie critic Roger Ebert was in serious but stable condition at Northwestern Memorial Hospital following emergency surgery related to an earlier cancer-related procedure. Ebert had surgery June 16 after a tumor from salivary cancer recurred, said his employer, WLS-Ch. 7 in information approved…

  • Sine Totoo’ back at SM

    Press Release: DUE to the unprecedented success of last year’s “Sine Totoo,” GMA Network is once again bringing the best of its news and public affairs programs to the big screen. Wanting only the best for its loyal viewers, the network now gears up for a bigger and more spectacular second year offering – the…

  • Cinema One @ 12 Filmfest Schedules

    Cinema One @ 12: Still Celebrating Filipino Movies at its Finest (Focus on Digital Movies) Celebrating 12 years as the leading cable movie channel, Cinema One pays tribute to the glorious past of Philippine movies and probes into the latest trend in the movie industry, Digital Filmmaking, with Classic Na, Orig Pa Anniversary movie event,…

  • Much Ado About Da Vinci (News: Manila vows to padlock theaters showing ‘Da Vinci Code’)

    From the Inquirer: THE Manila government on Monday threatened to padlock movie houses that continue to show the controversial “The Da Vinci Code” movie. As of Monday afternoon, some theaters in the city were still featuring the film, three days the Manila city council banned its showing in the Philippine capital. A council resolution which…