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Tuesday, April 4, 2017
Meet the Beautiful Twins of Model Kit Barraquias
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Movie Review: Northern Lights: A Journey to Love
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Main Cast: Piolo Pascual. Yen Santos, Raikko Mateo
Director: Dondon S. Santos
Released by: Regal Films, Spring Films and Star Cinema
MTRCB Rating: PG
Each family has a story to tell. “Northern Lights: A Journey to Love ” is a simple story about family relationships, of love, struggles and compassion.
Charlie Sr. (Piolo) lives a free-spirited, bachelor life as a Filipino immigrant in Alaska. His life takes a turn when he is suddenly charged to care for his estranged, young son from the Philippines, Charlie Jr (Raikko), whom he left after a major clash with the boy’s mother, Joyce (Maricar Reyes) when she was still pregnant with him.
Shot both in New Zealand and Alaska, the movie is a visual feast showcasing the snow mountains and the mystical and world famous Northern Lights. This is a plus as not any local movie gets to be shot in Alaska owing to the physical limitations present.
When Charlie Jr. arrives in Alaska, father and son bond and struggle to renew the lost years between them. Angel (Yen Santos) gets into the picture when she went to the country for her school training - and unbeknownst to her family - to look for her long-lost mother there, too.
The plot could have been leveled up ‘though for more depth and interest to the viewers. The physical make-up of the icy environment further adds to the coldness and weariness of the story as a whole. Some good conflict can be squeezed out even from the simplest of stories. Takes creativity and execution.
Yen Santos does better in comedy scenes with Piolo but is anemic in her drama scenes, specifically that of her cringe-worthy dramatic encounter with her mother (Glydel Mercado). It would have made a difference, too, had the director exhausted a bit to bring out more in Glydel who is known for her acting spunk.
Likewise with the adorable Raikko Mateo. Wonder why director Dondon failed to squeeze out the child’s acting mettle as he had shown when he was much younger and became television’s darling in “Honesto”.
For the most part, perhaps it was only Tirso Cruz and Sandy Andolong as Piolo’s parents who do not disappoint. They are your regular grandparents who act normally as loving and doting to Charlie Jr. every chance they get which overwhelms the heart without trying.
Piolo on the other hand is neither dull and convincing as a playboy Charlie. Fortunately at times, his to die for good looks alone can make up for the acting mediocrity that is not new to him. Worth some good mentions, too, are Jerald Napoles’s and K Brosa’s effortless performance as Piolo’s close friends.
On the technical side, the flawed editing is quite obvious, too. Character development is quite amiss, especially on romance between Charlie and Angel. There was no real courtship to speak of in the beginning to justify the seriousness of their tears that suddenly culminate in their bed scenes together.
And wait till you see the confusion in the final scene. It is supposed to be a major spectacle with the full video screen of the Northern Lights as backdrop to boot, but unfortunately again - acting, execution and editing.
Yet, despite the flaws, there is something to like in the movie - the fortitude of a family as a unit despite the distance and circumstances. It shows both the human vulnerability and strength of heart as displayed by the dying Joyce (Maricar Reyes) when she chose for the two Charlie’s in her life - both her precious one and the man she wronged – to live together for the rest of their lives.
Northern Lights: A Journey to Love is now showing in cinemas.
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Monday, April 3, 2017
She Ain't Kind Enough to Give a Fat Tip
Given that SP has devoted most of her adult life to showbiz, this time, she has decided to take it easy in her showbiz commitments, but a project of two would not hurt her pursuit of other interests. Thus, with more time for her other commitments, SP could not manage to go to places where people of her status should be seen. Hence, she took her staff to a Fast-rising Restaurant (FR) to treat them.
At FR, the staff was excited as well because SP is known to be generous when it comes to giving tips. Thus, the assigned servers were already teased that they would be receiving a huge amount of tip, and that they should, in turn, treat their co-workers to a round of drinks. SP was accorded the best service and served food that the staff made sure to be of the highest quality. The staff at FR was attentive and anticipated the needs of SP and her group. In short, SP was treated like a queen, which was the treatment she often received from the men in her life.
After SP and her entourage left, the waiters excitedly anticipated the huge tip. Thus, when they opened the bill folder, they were shocked and could not utter a word. The excitement turned to huge disappointment. They tried shaking the bill folder just to wake themselves from the feeling. Nope, that was it. SP and her entourage left a tip, which was only half of a hundred pesos. The two main servers were too insulted, as they had to divide the said amount between them.
While most people thought of rescuing SP from such incident and making crazy excuses, such as she might not have had enough cash then or she only had her credit card, FR could attest that such incident happened not once, but twice. FR treated SP like royalty, and still received the same amount of tip. Thus, the staff could no longer believe that SP was indeed generous to a fault. Despite her successful and lucrative endeavors, SP has transformed into a miser.
‘Experiences are savings which a miser puts aside. Wisdom is an inheritance which a wastrel cannot exhaust.’ - Karl Kraus
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