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26 PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY November 16 - 30, 2018 Creed ll (PG) *** Punch Up! By Alan Samuel Nostalgia finds its way into the ring with the feel-good Creed ll. Taking a page out of the Rocky playbook much of the team behind the first Creed runaway success returns for more high-level drama. Brought to British Columbian Cineplex screens by Warner Brothers films this inspiring story will reel people in. Forget about any rope the dope tricks here. Maligned boxer Adonis Creed has more than his work cut out for him. Michael B. Jordan displays lots of gusto as the famed boxer seems to be at a crossroads in his young life. Now involved with a loving woman the pair face many challenges. When a name from the past decides to make a challenge, it spells lots of confusion, consternation and complete chaos. Cinematic sports fans by now know the story of Rocky. Acting legend Sylvester Stallone (Rambo) again offers all that wise Yoda sage like advice to a young man facing his own demons and the prospects of doing battle with the son of one of The Italian Stallion’s most memorable opponents. Talk about a demon seed. Russian import Ivan Drago could spell fear in any opponent’s eyes. That was then and this is now as Adonis learns the hard way when the demon seed of the Russian crusader decides to go after the American champ. Fire runs deep in the ice-cold veins of Viktor Drako. Menacing best describes the determined fists of fury belonging to Florian Munteau. Excellent choreographed fights in the ring put you front and Centre with blow by blow exchanges sure to leave you fatigued. Great words of Wisdom from the lips of Sly Stallone and characters you care about give Creed ll a winning decision. Hands down! Jennylyn Mercado gets second Star Cinema film with paired with Richard Gutierrez and JM de Guzman GMA-7 actress Jennylyn Mer- cado will work again with ABS-CBN via a Star Cinema film in 2019. Titled Heart of Mine, this is Jennylyn’s second movie with Star Cinema. She previously did the 2016 film Just The 3 of Us, where she was paired with John Lloyd Cruz. This time, Jennylyn will have former Kapuso Richard Gutierrez and Kapamilya actor JM de Guz- man as her leading men. ABS-CBN’s upcoming proj- ects were revealed during the #FamilyIsLove trade event of the Kapamilya Network held yesterday, November 27, at the Philippine In- ternational Convention Center. Even though Richard is a for- mer Kapuso, this is his first time to have Jennylyn as his leading lady. Jennylyn and Richard previ- ously worked with each other in Let The Love Begin. In this 2005 movie, Richard was paired with Angel Locsin. Back then, Jenny- lyn was paired with perennial on- screen partner Mark Herras. Heart of Mine is the first mov- ie featuring the tandem of Jenny- lyn and JM. Jennylyn was supposed to be the partner of JM in the 2015 Metro Manila Film Festival entry Walang Forever. However, JM was replaced by Jericho Rosales. No other details were an- nounced about the movie Heart of Mine. O T H E R Test No. 1: ART & CULTURE 1. What’s the only piece of artwork that bears the signature of the great artist Michelangelo? a. David b. Pieta 2. Louis Braille, creator of the Braille system of writing for the blind, was himself blind. a. True b. False 3. What country created the ‘eukonkanto,’ a fun contest where males race through an obstacle track while carrying their wives – with the fastest couple winning the equivalent of the wife’s weight in beer? a. Uganda b. Finland c. Brazil d. Tonga 4. The women of the Padaung or Kayan Lahwl tribe of Myanmar are renowned for wearing what on their seemingly elongated necks as a sign of cultural identity and beauty? Brass coils a. b. Stone chokers c. Bone chains d. Elephant tusks 5. What fictional dog was born on daisy Hill Puppy Farm? a. Mr. Peabody b. Pluto c. Courage d. Snoopy 6. What’s the colorful nickname of the sultan Ahmed Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey? What absurdist play has only five characters seen on stage, a 7. single set, and a little character who never shows up? Aptly, what popular 20th-century author is buried in Tarzana, 8. California? Often performed at sports events, what ancestral war cry and 9. dance has words that translate in to English as, “Here stands the Hairy Man who can bring back the Sun so it will shine on us again! Rise now! Rise now!”? Whose painting of Dutch engraver Jaco De Gheryn III has been 10. stolen a record 4 times? CONT NEXT PAGE WWW.PHILIPPINEASIANNEWSTODAY.COM ANSWERS NEXT PAGE