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Tuesday, February 11, 2020

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Repost: Korean Film, 'Parasite,' Is Best Picture in Academy Awards

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The 2020 Academy Awards have wrapped at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles.

South Korea’s “Parasite” was the big winner of the night, picking up several key awards, including picture, director, original screenplay and international film. It’s the first foreign-language film in Oscars history to claim the top prize.

Joaquin Phoenix and Renée Zellweger won the top acting awards for “Joker” and “Judy,” respectively. Brad Pitt earned an Oscar for his supporting performance in “Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood,” while Laura Dern was awarded the supporting actress trophy for “Marriage Story.”

The complete list of winners and nominees is below:

PICTURE:
WINNER: “Parasite”
“Ford v Ferrari”
“The Irishman”
“Jojo Rabbit”
“Joker”
“Little Women”
“Marriage Story”
“1917"
“Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood”

ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE:
WINNER: Renée Zellweger, “Judy”
Cynthia Erivo, “Harriet”
Scarlett Johansson, “Marriage Story”
Saoirse Ronan, “Little Women”
Charlize Theron, “Bombshell”

ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE:
WINNER: Joaquin Phoenix, “Joker”
Antonio Banderas, “Pain and Glory”
Leonardo DiCaprio, “Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood”
Adam Driver, “Marriage Story”
Jonathan Pryce, “The Two Popes”

DIRECTOR:
WINNER: Bong Joon Ho, “Parasite”
Martin Scorsese, “The Irishman”
Todd Phillips, “Joker”
Sam Mendes, “1917"
Quentin Tarantino, “Once Upon a Time ... in Hollywood”

ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
WINNER: Laura Dern, “Marriage Story”
Kathy Bates, “Richard Jewell”
Scarlett Johansson, “Jojo Rabbit”
Florence Pugh, “Little Women”
Margot Robbie, “Bombshell”

ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE:
WINNER: Brad Pitt, “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood”
Tom Hanks, “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood”
Anthony Hopkins, “The Two Popes”
Al Pacino, “The Irishman”
Joe Pesci, “The Irishman”

ANIMATED FEATURE:
WINNER: “Toy Story 4"
“How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World”
“I Lost My Body”
“Klaus”
“Missing Link”

ANIMATED SHORT:
WINNER: “Hair Love”
“Dcera”
“Kitbull”
“Memorable”
“Sister”

ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY:
WINNER: Bong Joon Ho and Han Jin Won, “Parasite”
Rian Johnson, “Knives Out”
Noah Baumbach, “Marriage Story”
Sam Mendes & Krysty Wilson-Cairns, “1917"
Quentin Tarantino, “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood”

ADAPTED SCREENPLAY:
WINNER: Taika Waititi, “Jojo Rabbit”
Steven Zaillian, “The Irishman”
Todd Phillips and Scott Silver, “Joker”
Greta Gerwig, “Little Women”
Anthony McCarten, “The Two Popes”

PRODUCTION DESIGN:
WINNER: Barbara Ling (production design) and Nancy Haigh (set design), “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood”
Bob Shaw (production design) and Regina Graves (set design), “The Irishman”
Ra Vincent (production design) and Nora Sopková (set design), “Jojo Rabbit”
Dennis Gassner (production design) and Lee Sandales (set design), “1917"
Lee Ha Jun (production design) and Cho Won Woo (set design), “Parasite”

LIVE-ACTION SHORT:
WINNER: “The Neighbors’ Window”
“Brotherhood”
“Nefta Football Club”
“Saria”
“A Sister”

COSTUME DESIGN:
WINNER: Jacqueline Durran, “Little Women”
Sandy Powell and Christopher Peterson, “The Irishman”
Mayes C. Rubeo, “Jojo Rabbit”
Mark Bridges, “Joker”
Arianne Phillips,"Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood”

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE:
WINNER: “American Factory”
“The Cave”
“The Edge of Democracy”
“For Sama”
“Honeyland”

DOCUMENTARY SHORT:
WINNER: “Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl)”
“In the Absence”
“Life Overtakes Me”
“St. Louis Superman”
“Walk Run Cha-Cha”

SOUND MIXING:
WINNER: Mark Taylor and Stuart Wilson, “1917"
Gary Rydstrom, Tom Johnson and Mark Ulano, “Ad Astra”
Paul Massey, David Giammarco and Steven A. Morrow, “Ford v Ferrari”
Tom Ozanich, Dean Zupancic and Tod Maitland, “Joker”
Michael Minkler, Christian P. Minkler and Mark Ulano, “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood”

SOUND EDITING:
WINNER: Donald Sylvester, “Ford v Ferrari”
Alan Robert Murray, “Joker”
Oliver Tarney and Rachael Tate, “1917"
Wylie Stateman, “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood”
Matthew Wood and David Acord, “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”

CINEMATOGRAPHY:
WINNER: Roger Deakins, “1917"
Rodrigo Prieto, “The Irishman”
Lawrence Sher, “Joker”
Jarin Blaschke, “The Lighthouse”
Robert Richardson, “Once Upon a Time … in Hollywood”

FILM EDITING:
WINNER: Michael McCusker and Andrew Buckland, “Ford v Ferrari”
Thelma Schoonmaker, “The Irishman”
Tom Eagles, “Jojo Rabbit”
Jeff Groth, “Joker”
Yang Jinmo, “Parasite”

VISUAL EFFECTS:
WINNER: “1917"
“Avengers: Endgame”
“The Irishman”
“The Lion King”
“Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”

MAKEUP AND HAIRSTYLING:
WINNER: Kazu Hiro, Anne Morgan and Vivian Baker, “Bombshell”
Nicki Ledermann and Kay Georgiou, “Joker”
Jeremy Woodhead, “Judy”
Paul Gooch, Arjen Tuiten and David White, “Maleficent: Mistress of Evil”
Naomi Donne, Tristan Versluis and Rebecca Cole, “1917"

INTERNATIONAL FILM:
WINNER: “Parasite”
“Corpus Christi”
“Honeyland”
“Les Misérables”
“Pain and Glory”

ORIGINAL SCORE:
WINNER: Hildur Guðnadóttir, “Joker”
Alexandre Desplat, “Little Women”
Randy Newman, “Marriage Story”
Thomas Newman, “1917"
John Williams, “Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker”

ORIGINAL SONG:
WINNER: "(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again” from “Rocketman”
“I Can’t Let You Throw Yourself Away” from “Toy Story 4"
“I’m Standing With You” from “Breakthrough”
“Into the Unknown” from “Frozen 2"
“Stand Up” from “Harriet”

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Monday, February 10, 2020

Negotiated Relationship

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Relationships in the industry are hard to maintain, especially if pressure comes from fans and non-fans. These days, celebrities have to think many times if they should reveal their relationship given that anyone can express his/her opinion, even if such is not needed. For example, fans often threaten if they do not like the chosen partner of their idol. Only a few would express support and many would even extend threats to family members of the disliked partner.

On the one hand, couples breakup because of such pressure. On the other hand, other showbiz couples breakup for convenience, that is, they realize that being officially together can stifle their career growth. Thus, separation is the only solution they could see to ensure their careers.

When Male Celebrity (MC) was presented a rare opportunity, he already anticipated the reaction of his fan groups and he was right. Even if he would hurt his fans with the project, he opted to see the financial advantage it would give him. After consulting An Advisor (AA), MC realized that cutting-off ties with Female Celebrity (FC) was the only logical decision that could boost his career. Allegedly, AA sees FC as a deadweight in the career of MC and he blames her for the spiraling of MC’s career. MC’s gigs lessened with the presence of FC. His major project was even placed in jeopardy because of FC.

MC opened the idea of breaking-up with FC and presented to her the potential publicity that could be generated. Regardless of the negativity, they will still be in the consciousness of fans and social media. As the cliché goes, good or bad, it is still publicity. MC reminded FC that they needed to stay relevant. Furthermore, MC promised FC that they would still hang-out together and be friends. They would only release themselves from the label of being in a relationship.

At the beginning, FC was uncomfortable with the new setup and MC said that if FC felt awkward, they could officially breakup and be totally free of any personal commitment for each other. FC has fallen too deep for MC and agreed with the proposed setup. However, she expressed her desire that the ‘breakup’ will not be long, as she has invested so much in their relationship.

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Movie Review: Block Z

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Movie Review by Atty. Ferdinand S. Topacio

BLOCK Z (2020, ABS-CBN Films)

Starring: Julia Barretto, Joshua Garcia, Maris Racal, McCoy De Leon, Ian Veneracion, Myrtle Sarrosa, Yves Flores

Written by: Mixkaela Villalon

Directed by: Mikhail Red

BLOCK ZZZZZ…

Everything with Block Z was mostly done right: gorgeous cast, excellent acting, engaging cinematography, snappy editing, tight pacing, competent direction. To be sure, the writing was spotty, but not that much. So why did all these ingredients result in a sum much lesser than its parts?

This movie’s misfortune is that it dwells on a subject that has been worked to death in cinema: zombies. Just recently, the South Korean made Train To Busan (2016) made waves both here and abroad, and quickly became the gold standard for Asian zombie movie. Then there were several seasons of the acclaimed HBO series The Walking Dead. Not to be forgotten is Brad Pitt’s 2013 World War Z, the title of which Block Z is an unabashed rip-off. In the face of all those, plus dozens of others during the last decade, what novelty could Block Z provide?

The plot is easy to follow. Julia Barretto plays Princess Joy, or PJ, a senior medical student emotionally estranged from her father Mario (Ian Veneracion), a band member, whom she blames for not being present when her mother suffers a fatal stroke. The movie begins with PJ being brought by Mario to medical school. There, we are introduced to the rest of the main cast: Erika (Maris Racal), her best friend; Lucas (Joshua Garcia), a school jock and PJ’s persistent suitor; Myles (McCoy de Leon) who has a secret love for Erika; Gelo (Yves Flores), the well-to-do school council president; Vanessa (Myrtle Sarrosa), Gelo’s socmed-savvy vice-president; and Bebeth (Dimples Romana), the university’s conscientious security guard.

The action then shifts to the university hospital, where the PJ, Lucas, Erika and Myles are residents. An unknown woman (Ina Raymundo) is rushed in with an animal bite, while her small child pleads for help. The four try to stabilize her condition, but she flatlines nonetheless. Brought to the morgue, the corpse springs back to life, biting a male nurse. From then on, the contagion spreads throughout the campus. Locked in by a military-enforced quarantine, the friends – with the help of the feisty Bebeth and Mario (who coincidentally brings a victim he had bumped with his car to the same hospital) – use all their skills to try to survive the night and  make it in time to a rescue set for five o’clock the next morning.

As I have said, the young cast acquit themselves very well. Julia Barretto delivers as usual, and looks achingly pretty when she, later in the film, transforms into a Lara Croft-type zombie exterminator. Maris is a delight to watch, extremely photogenic and with acting abilities beyond her age. Joshua and McCoy are charming as the besotted young men going to great lengths to protect the objects of their affection. Special mention must be made of Myrtle Sarrosa, who made the most of a supporting role playing a student leader who disregards her own safety to help the many. Only Yves, as Gelo, a self-absorbed elitist concerned only with saving his own skin in the face of the impending annihilation of thousands, failed to make a mark in the acting department. 

Unfortunately, the movie had nothing new to offer as far as the zombie genre is concerned. All it could do for the audience was to take every trope and attempt to combine them in a new way. The attempt, however, fails in the main, due to the highly predictable script. Plot twists could be seen coming two or three scenes away. Even the placement of the jump scares could be foreseen a few seconds before they finally appear, thus robbing them of their power to scare. The social commentaries that the director shoehorned into the plot line also didn’t help the plot development, succeeding only in muddling what was supposed to be a lean and simple story arc. 

There were also noticeable plot holes. For instance, the movie finished without the origin of the viral epidemic having been sufficiently explained. Neither was the sudden disappearance of the military, who had done a horrifically efficient job earlier in the movie of mowing down every person that moved, zombie or not. And the viewer was largely kept wondering by what reason some were immune to the (for lack of a better term) zombie virus. But on the whole, had the screenwriting been imbued with more zing and freshness, these flaws could have been overlooked.

The result is a movie that suffered in comparison to the others in its class: it was not new enough, or suspenseful enough, or gory enough, to distinguish itself, so much so that halfway through, most of those in the audience were turned into zombies: catatonic, bleary-eyed and sleepy. A bad case of Block Zzzzzz….

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