Mark your calendars. George R.R. Martin and Peter Dinklage will appear at the Sydney Opera House for one night only in November. Visit www.sydneyoperahouse.com/gameofthrones.
And here is the Ridley Scott-Cormac McCarthy-Michael Fassbender-Penelope Cruz-Brad Pitt-Javier Bardem project, The Counsellor.
Here’s a concept: Vilma Santos playing a TV extra. EKSTRA, co-written and directed by Jeffrey Jeturian and starring Vilma Santos, will premiere at Cinemalaya on July 28, 6.15pm at the CCP. We already have our ticket! Get yours early.
Ekstra also stars Vince de Jesus, Marlon Rivera, Piolo Pascual, Marian Rivera, Pilar Pilapil, Cherie Gil, Eula Valdez, and practically everyone. We haven’t seen it, but—oddly enough—we’ve heard it, and it’s a scream. (We did the English translation based on the recorded dialogue.) Required viewing for everyone, especially those who want to be in show business. It looks easy. It’s not.
Stay tuned next week for our podcast with Jeffrey Jeturian. Post your questions for Jeffrey in Comments.
1. You’re a huge fan of Vilma Santos, and you had to preside over a movie in which she is oppressed by production assistants, assistant directors, producers, directors, and half the planet. How did you work up the nerve?
2. When you were a kid, did you have screaming fights with Nora Aunor fans? (Our yaya was a Noranian and we used to taunt her until she pulled our hair in the bath.)
3. You direct the wildly popular telenovela, Please Be Careful With My Heart. In the movie, Ate Vi is an extra on a telenovela. Is TV production really the way it’s portrayed in your movie?
Last week we spotted this in the window of a toy store:
The Death Star. In Legos. For just under Php40,000.
We hate the child who gets this for a present. That child will lose the pieces within days. Then again, the child who gets this Lego Death Star probably won’t get to play with it. He or she is merely the excuse for buying it. It’s for the parents ha ha. (That’s what kids are for.)
We put off watching Man of Steel while we wrestled with laziness, superhero movie fatigue, and various questions. Today we finally went to the cinema and got our answers.
1. Superman is perfect. Perfect is boring.
Solution: The filmmakers give him a very human problem: the fear of being regarded as a freak. Besides the usual existential questions.
2. Man of Steel is directed by Zack Snyder.
Pro: Snyder made 300, which was entertaining.
Con: Snyder made 300, which was stupid.
3. Man of Steel is produced by Christopher Nolan.
Pro: It probably won’t be garbage.
Con: It will be ponderous and take itself very, very seriously.
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Opens December 13.
It’s been 12 years since The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring opened in cinemas. Nine of us had arranged to watch the first screening on the first day. We remember the general intake of breath when Legolas first appeared— “Sino yan?” “Nicholas daw, Nicholas.” And sniggering at the people who cried when Gandalf fell with the Balrog. And still crying over Boromir even if we knew that was coming.
A Song of Ice and Fire is a direct descendant of The Lord of the Rings, with plenty of sex, moral dilemmas, and characters who are neither completely good nor completely evil.
We know exactly how Sherlock fans will react to the last image in the trailer: “Uuuyyyyyy Watson meets Holmes.”
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