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Attention, fans of Robin Padilla. If you don’t know
yet, your idol has an indie film titled Blackout and it is now
showing in a few select theaters.
If you’re just about tired of
your Robin’s oftentimes overboard acting on the GMA 7 series Asian
Treasures, Blackout treats you to a toned down yet psychotic Robin
Padilla.
The lovely Iza Calzado is also in
this very engrossing psycho-thriller directed by 26-year-old Ato
Bautista whose previous film, Sa Aking Pag-gising sa Kinamulatan,
had won acting awards for young actors Carlo Aquino and Ketchup
Eusebio.
We hope that it’s not true
because we have received reports that Bautista has doubled his
confidence stance and has become arrogant. A lot of people swear
that he is not the Ato they knew when he was just starting. A lot of
his peers observe that when he talks to people now, he doesn’t
even care to look them straight in the eye. We hope young, promising
directors like Ato will never allow a few good reviews to get into
their heads this early.
Watch this movie,
help build a house
Aside from public consciousness,
films can also raise funds for very worthy causes. The Gawad Kalinga
film titled Paraiso will be showing soon after it has been screened
in many parts of the US where it has already earned about P200
million, mostly donations. But the film needs at least P100 million
more to sustain its community-development projects all over the
country, so it will release the film locally for fund-raising
purposes.
Paraiso is a trilogy. The first
episode topbills Maricel Soriano playing a mother who was able to
save two of her three children buried in a landslide in Liloan,
Leyte just a few years ago. Directed by scriptwriter Jun Lana, the
episode focused more on the drama of being a victim of a natural
disaster rather than on the profligate lives of illegal loggers. It
is very likely that many of the wealthy Leyteno families that
support GK today are the ones that lived off the trees that used to
thickly cover the mountains of Leyte. But, heck, pointing accusing
fingers is not the films concern.
The second episode is a trumped
up comedy about a pebble-eating little boy whimsically adopted by a
very wealthy family that supports GK. Oh, yes, there are rare cases
of pebble-eating people and the bizarre habit is listed as a disease
by medical authorities. The episode stars the unknown Paul Ken
Bustillo who has proven he is an effortless scene stealer. Even teen
actor Gian Bernabe is a natural in this hilarious episode directed
by the little known Joel Ruiz. The episode actually focuses on the
brothers and goes by the title Ang Kapatid Kong Si Elvis. Carmi
Martin and Michael V are also in the cast as the sweet eccentric
parents of the boys.
The third episode topbills losing
Senate candidate Cesar Montano and an uknown American actress.
Directed by Ricky Davao, who is a very close friend of Unitel’s
Tony Gloria, this one revolved around the World Trade Center tragedy
on Sept. 11, 2004 and is the only episode that thoroughly tackles
what Gawad Kalinga is all about.
The story is about a Filipino who
lost his American wife in that catastrophic day in new York City. In
his depression, he remembered that when he brought his wife to the
Philippines some years ago, she was so moved by the sight of poverty
in the country and by our ubiquitous child beggars. He read about
Gawad Kalinga, and eventually donated funds, and became a volunteer
fund-raiser for the group.
Sexbomb girl goes solo
Rochelle Pangilinan of Sexbomb
Girls may yet become known as the hip hop bombshell. Now going by
the name Roc, arguably the most popular member of this dance group
launched her solo hip-hop, rap and
Novelty album Roc-a-holic. Roc
took the center stage at Zirkoh bar in where she showcased her new
sound.
“I just want to clarify that I
am not leaving the group, as reported, “ she explains, adding,
“With this album, I hope people will give me the same support as
they did with our group.”
Roc collaborated with master
rapper Gloc 9 in the album who also produced some of the tracks.
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