Paul Newman is dead. He is 83 years old. Really, how time flies. I still remember watching Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid when I was in the elementary school. I immediately related to the clever Butch Cassidy character rather than to the faster (at the draw) and younger Sundance Kid character. This was the… Continue reading Goodbye, Mr. PAUL NEWMAN
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What The Bleep Do We Know?
This is from my QUANTUM CINEMA column in Mr. & Ms. Magazine, May - June 2008 issue: ============================================================== I have just finished watching for the nth time the documentary What The Bleep Do We Know? Enthusiasts of the documentary The Secret, which has since been made into a book, should watch this one as it… Continue reading What The Bleep Do We Know?
MANNY PACQUIAO MEETS DESTINY
SPORTS ANALYSIS by dJAY ABBAS The PACMAN's Renezvous with Destiny This Sunday morning June 29, 2008 (Manila Time), Manny Pacquiao of Mindanao, Philippines finally met his destiny – to be the first Asian to win championships in FOUR categories – flyweight, super bantamweight, junior lightweight (super featherweight) and lightweight. He thus joins the likes of… Continue reading MANNY PACQUIAO MEETS DESTINY
ERAGON and THE FOUNTAIN – Film Reviews
Below is an article Of Dragons, Magic, Immortality, and Special Effects from my magazine column, QUANTUM CINEMA in M. & Ms. Magazine, March 2007 Two fantasy films are making the rounds of the world’s movie houses this year – Eragon and The Fountain. One is about mythical beasts in a mythical land which looks… Continue reading ERAGON and THE FOUNTAIN – Film Reviews
Deconstructing Da Vinci Code during Lent
When I was a kid, all TV programs and movies in the Philippine were all related to the story of Jesus Christ or the Bible. Because of this, I saw The Ten Commandments, The Bible, Ben Hur, Samson and Delilah, David and Bathsheba, The Robe, and films like these more than ten times at least.… Continue reading Deconstructing Da Vinci Code during Lent
PACQUIAO TAKES BOXING CROWN FROM MARQUEZ
Filipino fighter Manny Pacquiao has been dreaming of the super featherweight crown for more than four years. In 2004, even though he floored Juan Manuel Marquez three times in the first round, the fight was declared a draw.For some reasons, he got to fight the world's best boxers, Marco Antonio Barreira and Erik Morales when… Continue reading PACQUIAO TAKES BOXING CROWN FROM MARQUEZ
Postprandial Musings, 2.0 