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Dystopian flick 'Civil War' dethrones 'Godzilla x Kong' at North American box office

By Agence France-Presse | April 17, 2024 - 5:21pm

"Civil War," the hard-hitting film that imagines a dystopian near-future in the United States, topped the North American box...

Movies

An ASEAN law gathering in Phuket

By Mike Toledo | December 17, 2019 - 12:00am

It is no secret that the known British author Alex Garland wrote his 1996 opus The Beach while living in El Nido in the Philippines....

Newsmakers

The imitation game

By Scott R. Garceau | July 28, 2015 - 10:00am

While we all wait patiently for Ridley Scott to serve up his long-promised sequel to 1982’s Blade Runner, consider a...

For Men

The book that taught Alfred Vargas how to be a real man

By Girlie Rodis | June 15, 2014 - 12:00am

Alfred Vargas is one of the most talented and accomplished actors of his generation and has appeared in a consistent string of hit mainstream movies and top-rated TV series. Alfred took a brief hiatus from the entertainment...

Sunday Lifestyle

‘Lonely Planet’ cites Palawan, adobo

By Donnabelle L. Gatdula | November 1, 2013 - 12:00am

Palawan has once again been recognized as one of the world’s best travel destinations, this time by the largest global...

Headlines

F. Sionil Jose headlines language & lit confab

September 8, 2013 - 12:00am

National Artist Francisco Sionil Jose will keynote the National Conference on Language and Literature, set on Sept. 10 to 12,  from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., at the SMX Convention Center, Mall of Asia Complex,...

Sunday Lifestyle

El Nido The El Dorado of Philippine Beaches

By Stacy Danika Alcantara | August 11, 2013 - 12:00am

Those who believe that Boracay’s White Beach is the best piece of bone-white beach in the Philippines have never laid their eyes on El Nido.  Bounded by jagged limestone cliffs and hanging gardens of lush...

Freeman Cebu Lifestyle

What the critics are saying about Dredd

September 17, 2012 - 12:00am

The future America is an irradiated wasteland. On its East Coast, running from Boston to Washington D.C., lies Mega City One — a vast, violent metropolis where criminals rule the chaotic streets.

Entertainment

America as wasteland

September 10, 2012 - 12:00am

Dredd 3D depicts the future America as a wasteland. On its East Coast, running from Boston to Washington DC, lies Mega City One — a vast, violent metropolis where criminals rule the chaotic streets.

Entertainment

Moondogs barking in the tropical sunshine

By Jessica Zafra | September 26, 2011 - 12:00am

There aren’t many novels by foreign authors set in the Philippines.

Arts and Culture