Evo & Grace: The WanderLusts

Direk Erik Matti and John Lloyd Cruz. This is going to be really short. Films like Honor Thy Father don't need hoity-toity praises. If only we can force every Filipino to watch this, maybe there could be a brighter future. Maybe that's an exaggeration. Honor Thy Father is Erik Matti's latest thriller, following the triumph of On the Job.  So a quick synopsis. Edgar (John Lloyd Cruz) and Kaye (Meryll Soriano) is involved in a pyramid scheme scam organized by Kaye's father. The father got killed. So the fraud victims, which are mostly members of a religious group where Edgar's family are members, hunt down Kaye. A couple even kidnapped the couples daughter, threatened to do more harm if they don't bring back their money. Frustrated, Edgar and Kaye seek the help of the leader of their shady church, where their murdered father donated a million pesos. But this step failed.  Time is running out so Edgar took the bull the horns. Joined by his miner si...

The Horse and his Boy. It is so far the best Filipino adaptation of a book made into play, the Horse and his boy by Trumpets productions surpass all my expectations in terms of reason why I go to theater. I must admit that acting, production value and its story is the strength of this Narnia classics that debut in Philippine Theater last November  5, 2015 at Meralco Theater. It’s the story of an orphan boy name Shasta and a talking horse Bree, they journey together towards freedom, in the north called Narnia. Along the way they met Noblewoman, Aravis and her talking mare, Hwin. And they both travel altogether. But their fate is somehow plotted with the beloved characters of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe, the grown-ups Susan, Edmund and Lucy who now reigns as monarch of Narnia. And of course who could forget Aslan, the great and big lion. Luna Grino-Inocian is the playwright for this C.S Lewis well love classic, while Jaime Del Mundo magnificently direc...

I entered an unusual space. With nothing but a bed and a 24 inch square TV on the center, a seemingly decorated bathroom and scourged fridge on both corners, the seemingly door entering a seemingly room, and table and chairs place horizontally against each other. I entered somebody else's apartment, transported to an era where there is a deliberate separation of the young generation from a post -hippie-youth; transported to a place where the liberals are powerful and the rich and wayward kids in the neighborhood hide their damnest insecurities through running away from home. The people I usually called the “audience” were awkwardly seated on the floor, occupying the space provided for them, anticipating what will become of this play, anticipating their expectations of the characters they will see or plainly intrigued by this non-plot play from award winning playwright Kenneth Lonnergan. And then the invisible curtain opens, there enters a some 19- year- old k...

Of course I didn’t say no when I got invited by a friend to watch the Diana King and All 4 One concert, held last Oct 28, 2015 at the Newport Performing Arts Theater of Resort World at Pasay City. These two are one my many icons of 90’s that I really wish to see on stage. Diana open the show, you will feel the mood of her beat and all out belting that reflect how excited she is, Diana is not new to Manila, she’s here 5 years ago, she’s turning 45 now and she’s still the Diana King we saw on those old videos, still can make you dance to your feet through her reggae fusion music. On her spiels, Diana shared a lot of stories to the almost full audience on a Wednesday night, one of it is the song “Treat Her Like a Lady” that she allowed Celine Dion to revive it, she declare that she love Celine and appreciate it her version, while the song “Love yourself” according to King is written for her sister, that later on it became personal to her to the point that she did ask herself th...

Be the first to experience the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus and the big changes that come along with Apple’s latest iteration of their most coveted device!  Line up for the event on November 5, 11:00 pm and get treats from our partners Krispy Kreme, Scout’s Honor, The Beef by Hole in the Wall, and Edsa Beverage Design Group. When the clock strikes midnight on November 6, ardent Apple-holics and tech enthusiasts can finally get their hands on Apple’s best iPhone yet! Guests who will purchase a unit (or units) at the event will be given store credits worth PhP 1000 so they can deck out their new iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus with the swankiest accessories.

Everytime Halloween comes, Horror house in different theme parks and malls are the most common attraction, from scary monsters and characters, creepy sounds and outrageous costumes and make ups are all for grab to make you scream at the top your lungs. But Bahay Trese is different from them, it is a Horror House but with a lot of twist and turn that really more exciting than ever. It is the latest attraction of World of Fun at the Sta.Lucia Mall in Cainta, Rizal. It open last Oct 23, 2015 and will last until January 17, 2016. Bahay Trese is a collective effort of World Fun, Lightbulb Moments Entertainment in partnership with Philippine Educational Theater Association (PETA), in introducing immersive theater experience. During the press presentation last Oct 27, 2015 at Bahay Trese itself on the 4 th Floor of Sta.Lucia Mall, PETA Artistic Director Maribel Legarda explain to us the whole idea of Bahay Trese that really have historical background, they want to create an intera...

Two days before the much awaited Blogapalooza, my tummy hurt, indeed LBM or Diarrhea takes place and it really pain me every time CR calls, I think I ate something which I can’t recall that trigger the revolution in my stomach.  I take some loperamide medicine but the fuss still continue, somehow it improve on the second day, Yet LBM still there every after meal. I am giving myself until third day, if it still continues I will definitely visit a doctor, but that third day is Blogapalooza, my one most anticipated event as Blogger here in Manila, so I declare to myself that I go to the events first and next is the Doctor. So I went booth to booth at this year’s Blogapalooza, I try avoiding eating due to the violent reaction my tummy makes at One Esplanade, until I pass to this most busiest booth at the event, the Fruit Tea by Sosro, I did sign up and get my free bottle, when the usher ask me what flavor I want, I choose Guava, coz I remember way back in my province my mom ...