Photo Flash: Props to Filipino Theater Actors in THE BOURNE LEGACY!
by Oliver Oliveros - Aug 15, 2012
THE BOURNE LEGACY, the fourth installment of the multi-billion dollar spy movie franchise, which topped the weekend box office in North America just last weekend, has found a bona fide action star in Jeremy Renner; a sweltering, bustling action sequence location in Manila whose climactic chase scenes on foot, in car, and on motorcycle add "visceral kick to the chaos," according to Wired Magazine; and a slew of talented Philippine-based theater, film, and television actors - John Arcilla, Madelaine Nicolas, Ruby Ruiz, Anne Garcia, Lou Veloso, and Adrian Talinga, among others - that share brief yet considerably memorable scenes with Renner and the film's leading lady, Rachel Weisz.
New Voice Company Holds Another V-Day Fundraiser, 3/31
by Oliver Oliveros - Mar 27, 2012
New Voice Company, whose founder, Monique Wilson ('My Name Is Rachel Corrie,' 'The Good Body'), is one of the most provocative voices in Philippine contemporary theater, brings back THE VAGINA MONOLOGUES, Eve Ensler's Obie Award-winning play, and V-Day 2012, a global movement that raises money for community organizations fighting violence against women, at Music Museum, Greenhills Shopping Center on Saturday, March 31 at 8 p.m.