Archive for June, 2008

SineBuano recommends “The Debut”

Saturday, June 14th, 2008
The DebutThe Debut An award-winning English language film for the whole family, "the Debut" revolves around Ben Mercado (Dante Basco), a talented high school senior who has rejected his Filipino heritage. The long-simmering feud between Ben and his immigrant father Roland (Tirso Cruz III) threatens to boil over ...

Asian Spotlight: Jerry Yan

Friday, June 13th, 2008

Birthplace: Taiwan
Birthday: January 1, 1977
Occupation: Mandarin Pop Singer and actor
Record Label: Sony Music Entertainment
Associated Acts JVKV/F4

Born Liao Yangzhen, this former fashion model reached the hearts of Asia and the world with his breakthrough lead role of Dao Ming Su in the Taiwanese [...]

Filipino Cinema: Essentials of a Pinoy Action Film

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

1) The Hero is either ends of the spectrum, a trigger-happy lawman who is guided by his own rugged sense of righteousness or a man forced to a life of crime and vigilantism due to revenge. Either way, the Pinoy action hero is a man.
2) The Villain is either a leader of a drug syndicate [...]

Filipino Cinema: The Comedy Film Formula (circa late 80’s to early 90’s)

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

1) The male lead/hero must be promdi, innocent and naive, trying his luck out in the big city.
2) There he will encounter a posse made of either naughty relatives or strangers that will teach him street smarts.
3) In his quest to better himself, he will encounter a beautiful young woman, virtueous and kind, really too good [...]

Balaod o Prinsipyo?

Tuesday, June 10th, 2008

Adunay usa ka nailang tawo nga tigmugna og mga pasundayag sa puting tabil nga mi-ingon:
Gikinahanglan nga ang gitas-on sa mga salida adunay kalambigitan sa pag-antos sa pantog sa manan-away.
Bisan tuod ang maong panultihon nga daw bugal-bugal paminawon, aduna kini’y gamay nga kamatuoran. Kay mao man kini ang gipamatbat ni Alfred Hitchcock sa dugay na [...]

On Acting: Stanislavski’s ‘System’

Monday, June 9th, 2008

All the world’s a stage, And all the men and women merely players” - Shakespeare.

For any skill, there are those of us who appear to be born masters with one or two skills while the rest have to be studied, learned to acquire mastery. The same could be said of acting. There are those who [...]