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PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY March 16 - 31, 2019
By Alan Samuel
Captain Marvel (PG) ****
Wonder Woman!
Oops. Fear not mighty Disney. Again, the brain trusts at Marvel
Studios have come up with a bonafide winner with Captain Marvel.
Whole not taking anything away from competing superhero Gal Gadot
in the ever-expanding DC Universe this new upstart from the brains
of Marvel is complete fun. See it kick butt at Cineplex Cinemas and
Landmark Theatres across B.C.
Women are important in oh so many levels. Despite making
up more than half the world’s population and with millions being kept
down and still underpaid by western standards compared to their male
counterparts on the big screen super hero dance card their uplifting my
time has come presence can’t be (and shouldn’t be) denied. How fitting
it is that Marvel releases their newest hero on International Woman’s
Day.
Beginning with a wonderful send off to Stan (The Man) Lee
without whom Marvel comics would have been just a pipe dream
Captain Marvel is a breath of fresh air and a completely new and fresh
stand-alone entry. Set in the future with lots of back and forth backstory
that drives the plot forward here we have two at odds future colonies
doing battle against one another.
Overtime an unlikely hero emerges. Now as a mature woman
Brie Larson is absolutely riveting as a fighter pilot coming to terms with
her upbringing as she plays the pivotal part of two warring clans vying
for global supremacy. Or something to that effect. Given considerable
back-up from the sly grinning of song siren Samuel Jackson (Pulp
Fiction) as mercurial Nick Fury and the tutoring of chameleon like
Jude Law (Alfie) as a supposed mentor on steroids blinded by rage
and ambition Captain Marvel Rocks. Full of seismic special effects,
gruesome slimy aliens a la MIB, bits of nostalgia fare and a kick ass
babe with a heart of gold and Captain Marvel turns out to be marvellous
fun that papa Stan would be rightly proud of.
TEST No. 4: GEORGRAPHY & TRAVEL
Matteo celebrates birthday
with family, girlfriend Sarah
Actor
Matteo
Guidicelli
celebrated his birthday with his
girlfriend Sarah Geronimo. The
actor turned 29 Tuesday, March
26.
On Instagram, photos and
videos from Guidicelli’s birthday
party were uploaded by their fans.
“Siyempre ‘yung pinakamahal
ko sa buhay, isa lang wala ng iba,
si Sarah -- thank you, thank you,”
Guidicelli said in his birthday
speech.
Aside from Guidicelli’s family
and friends, also spotted at his
party were celebrities Lea Salonga,
Miles Ocampo, Darren Espanto
and Kyle Echarri. (abs-cbn)
1. What tourist favorite is located at 3764 Elvis
Presley Boulevards in Memphis, Tennessee?
a. Elvis & Hollywood Legends Museum
b. Graceland Mansion
2. In Germany, driving naked is legal as your
car is considered “private space.”
a.
True
b.
False
3.
At 168 letters, the full ceremonial name of what Asian capital city
is the longest geographic place name in the world?
a.
Bangkok
b.
Pyongyang
c.
Phnom Penh
d.
Astana
4.
On a clear day, you can see both the Atlantic and Pacific oceans
atop Mount Irazu in what country?
Panama
a.
b.
Guatemala
c.
Honduras
d.
Costa Roca
5.
What 2008 travel and psychology book by Eric Weiner examines
why the citizens of certain places are as happy as they are?
Great Plains
a.
b.
The Geography of Bliss
c.
Vegabonding
d.
The Great Railway Bazaar
6.
In the phrase “RoRo ship,” what does “RoRo” mean?
7.
Landlocked between Spain and France, what is the largest country
that has no airport?
Lasting some 40 days, the world’s biggest annual human
8.
migration takes place around springtime in what country?
Home to around 800 rare species of flora and fauna, what island
9.
off the coast of Yemen has been described as “the most alien-looking
place on Earth”?
What do we call the natural landmark that Tibetans revere as
10.
Chomolungma or “Mother Goddess of the Earth?”
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