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Rating: ★★★ Category: Other ABS-CBN gave a fitting tribute to the King of Comedy aired last Sunday, August 3. Taped live in the Meralco Theater on July 31, all the guests sang live (thank heavens for that!). It was a breath of fresh air seeing all the celebrities paying tribute to Dolphy sing live (German Moreno, hear! hear! I think this is the proper way to give tribute to a celebrity). The boring part of the show was the cast of "Goin' Bulilit". At first, it was nice to see a bunch of talented kids singing, dancing and acting out episodes from the past tv shows of Dolphy. But alas, the spiels were terrible, bordering to corny. Cuteness can only last for a couple of minutes but to extend it beyond that, it would be tiresome. The most disappointing part was when Willy Revillame went on stage, showcasing his insensitivity. I just found it totally terrible of Revillame to coax and dare Dolphy to do some dance moves with him. Dolphy even told him that he...

Rating: ★★★ Category: Movies Genre: Action & Adventure Two hours and a half of telling a story seemed too long. Violence, although implied, would be too much for kids to watch. A parent even told me that some kids were crying while watching the movie, clearly terrified. Makes me wonder why the movie was locally rated PG instead of PG13. "The Dark Knight" continues where "Batman Begins" left off. This time, it seems that Lt. Gordon (Gary Oldman) and District Attorney Harvey Dent (Aaron Eckhart) is winning their crusade against crime until a new player comes into town, wreaking violence-- The Joker (Heath Ledger). Let me see... You have to tell the story of the following characters: Harvey Dent becoming Two-Face, Joker, Lt. Gordon's transition to Commissioner, the resolution of Rachel Dawes and Bruce Wayne's relationship, Lucius Fox' integrity, Joker's plan within a plan, hmmm... I am sure I am missing something here. And all of thes...

Rating: ★★★★ Category: Movies Genre: Other I never thought I'd enjoy "Mamma Mia! The Movie" so much that I have to see it three times with Ruel, my best friend. I even told my father to see it (and he and my uncle watched it, too! And they liked it!) Yes, I admit it, I saw it three times and I bought the soundtrack and will buy the dvd once it's out in the market. The movie tells about Sophie (Amanda Seyfried) and her quest to find her father on the eve of her wedding, without really thinking of the repercussions it will bring to her mother Donna (Meryl Streep). The music of ABBA was used ingeniously as a device to tell the story. While other movies tried the same route by incorporating existing pop music in telling the story, (thereby making it a movie musical, examples are "Moulin Rouge" and "Across the Universe"), "Mamma Mia!" proves to be a much better execution than the others. The movie was fun all throughout. The...