Archive for December, 2010

More Roll, Less Rattle and No Shake please

Wednesday, December 29th, 2010

Regal Films’ Shake, Rattle, and Roll is an iconic franchise of contemporary Philippine cinema. Generations of Filipinos grew up familiar with the horror film anthology. I could still recall favorite segments in the past, particularly the first SSR 1984′s Fridyider and Manananggal but this was under Athena Productions then. I never looked forward to watching [...]

SineBuano@MMFF 2010, 12/26

Monday, December 27th, 2010

How did you spend  your Christmas holidays? Me, I spent it spending some money for a couple of tickets to the Metro Manila Film Festival 2010, simply because Philippine cinema needs our support and by the look of things, the industry needs all the help it can get. Just watched two films: Ang Tanging Ina [...]

Hinatagay, Christmas Charity-Concert this December 26

Thursday, December 23rd, 2010

Local bands from Lapu-Lapu City donate their talent and time for “Hinatagay” a post-Christmas concert-for-a-cause This musical and charity event is going to be held this December 26, from 6 pm – 2 am, at the park under the Marcelo B. Fernan bridge.

Two Questions

Wednesday, December 22nd, 2010

Q: What makes some directors consistently stand out; what makes someone a great director? A: Miles Davis answered these questions with an excellent analogy to music. “The difference between a fair musician and a good musician is that a good musician can play anything s/he thinks. The difference between a good musician and a great [...]

SineBuano Christmas Frolics, 12/18

Tuesday, December 21st, 2010

“The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other.” – William E. Vaughan, American author and columnist. The SineBuano family celebrated the spirit of Christmas last Saturday re-bonding with good friends in hope for great times in the coming year of 2011. The [...]

Diem’s Blog #4 Juice up with Spiritual Electricity

Friday, December 17th, 2010

Creativity is an experience–to my eye, a spiritual experience. It does not matter which way you think of it: creativity leading to spirituality or spirituality leading to creativity. In fact, I do not make a distinction between the two. –JULIA CAMERON, The Artist’s Way Spiritual Electricity, The Basic Principles. What the author, Miss Cameron, is [...]