After last night’s Jason Mraz concert, I wanna watch Train’s concert in December. From the band that give you the hits like Hey Soul Sister and Marry Me, and other notable hits, Im sure that this will be another excellent concert. Not to be miss.
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Special Acoustic Evening with Jason Mraz
It was a good night last night as I watch the special acoustic concert of Jason Mraz and his buddy Toca Rivera at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. The whole coliseum is jampacked, and was full up to the roof. An affirmation, indeed, that Mr A-Z has huge legion of fans here. This is actually a four-city Asian trip and Manila is his first in the itinerary. He will perform tomorrow (Nov 1) in Taipei, then Thailand and Bali, Indonesia.
The energy is really awesome, and the roar and thunder inside makes you deaf. And once he starts going to the stage, and plays his guitar, damn, the audience can’t stop joining him singing! Especially to his famous songs like The Remedy, You and I Both, Lucky and I’m Yours.
He looks like a travelling shaman donning a PEACE shirt, and a bandana. Which is true to his acoustic theme concert, which is more appropriate in a beach setting while the audience is holding an ice cold beer and cocktails.
Now, I am syncing all his songs in my iPod. Hangover.
*from imogen_ph
Theories on The Dark Knight Rises trailer!
And since Nolan, Bale, and Warner Bros. are adamant that the Dark Knight series will end with this film, you have to wonder: Could this be the first superhero movie with a genuinely unhappy ending? Could Christopher Nolan’s Batman die? Or at least be very badly injured? More analysis from Darren Franich of EW.com.
The Bourne Legacy will be partly shot in Manila
According to Briccio Santos, head of the Film Development Council of the Philippines, the new Bourne film, The Bourne Legacy, will be shot partly in Manila. It was said around 40% of the film will feature Manila.
It will star Jeremy Renner (of The Hurt Locker fame) and Rachel Weisz. This will be written and directed by Tony Gilroy.
This will be the Philippines biggest feature in a Hollywood film since Apocalypse Now.
The story is based on the 4th book from Robert Ludlum.
Steve McQueen biopic.
Jeremy Renner will play Steve McQueen in a biopic film. I heard that one of his wife is a Filipina, from the beautiful clan of the Salvadors (Maja’s auntie if I am not mistaken).
What now local Pinoy film industry?
The Philippine Daily Inquirer made a good analysis on the essence of MMFF in the present times in its issue yesterday on January 02, 2011.In part, it said:
“The MMFF was created at a time when, even as the Filipino film industry was still one of the most vibrant in the world, there was the ever-present fear of Hollywood imports swamping local theaters. The festival was designed as a breathing space for homegrown cinema to catch up with the foreign juggernaut. It had none of the gloss and hype of Hollywood; so, to level the playing field—for a few days, at least, and by way of a government-mandated policy of exclusivity and protectionism—the MMFF freed local movies from having to compete with imports on those blatantly commercial terms.
It’s fair enough, then, to ask the local film industry: What has it given the state—the public whose taxes bankroll its annual extravaganza—in return? If the MMFF was meant to showcase the best that local film artists could come up with, how has it happened that the crop of entries year in and year out now have come down mostly to a sorry crop of tired, unfunny sequels, rehashes, retreads and regurgitations that, strangely, do manage—always—to make it to the final cut?
In the bargain between the state rearranging policy to help the local film industry, and the industry churning out better movies in return, the increasingly irrelevant MMFF makes it clear which side has come up monumentally short.”
Mark Salling (Glee’s Puck) is in Boracay.
Mark Salling spent his Christmas break in Boracay (Philippines). He is seen here enjoying a drink at Juice Bar.
Could Charice referred him to visit our country? More pics from Spot.PH.
Lisbeth Salander personified
Rooney Mara will personify the new literary character, Lisbeth Salander in the big screen after she is cast to play the lead in the Hollywood adaptation of the Millenium trilogy.
Daniel Craig is Mikael Blomkvist
Daniel Craig is officially cast as Mikael Blomkvist in the Hollywood adaptation of the trilogy books: “The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo,” “The Girl Who Played With Fire” and “The Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest.”
Who will be cast as Lisbeth Salander? Natalie Portman has already denied the rumor that she is being offered the role.
Ellen Page as Lisbeth Salander?
While reading blogs about Inception reviews, I came across a news that Ellen Page is being considered for the Hollywood version of The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo. This is based on the Millenium Trilogy book of Stieg Larsson. Other actress being considered are Natalie Portman and Carey Mulligan.
But among the three, Ellen Page closely fit the description. She can look a little Asian, which Lisbeth is in the book. I don’t know how she will look with tattoos, but I trust the director for that. I read the three books, and it was enjoyable—something that can be done into a movie (although there really is a movie version in Sweden now). With Hollywood producers doing a remake, the action-packed sequences in the book will look awesome on screen.
Can’t wait.
