22-Feb.7,
December Jan.
8 - 21,
2015 2015
14 Philippine Showbiz Today
Trumbo (PG) *****
Paperback Writer!
Brilliant on all counts - And we’re not talking Creed/Rocky - sorry
all you boxing fans - is EOne Entertainment’s Trumbo. Biographical
treatments can be tricky at the best of times. Thankfully director Jay
Roach has the right heavenly alignment of the stars in This faithful
account of a sad time In American history. Take in the fun at the Fifth
AvenueCinemas and the International Village Cinemas.
Born to play the part of Dalton Trumbo was Bryan Cranston. Here
a lesson on morality and good conscience takes centre stage as one
writer with a different approach gets caught in a whirlwind of political
correctness gone astray. Right after World War 2 Mr. Trumbo and some
of his colleagues made the public sin of demanding fair treatment for
workers in the motion industry. Oh, and they let slip out that they were
Communists,
Following this sleight slip of the tongue - albeit it in a completely
public manner and in the glare of the national media and prying press
- the purge was on. Chilling was the treatment that these free speech
advocates received as the hate on built up egged on by some do-
gooders in Washington.
Compelling heavy-weight acting from the likes of Dame Helen
Mirren and John Goodman helps raise the bar considerably in This
Oscar bound film. Also terrific is Diane Lane as the ultimate stand by
your man wife.
Truthful, honest and impeccable acting turn Trumbo into a must
see movie with lots of heart and soul.•
Grace Poe disqualifi ed
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eso, noon palang ay ginawa na
namin when it was absolute-
ly in our countrol,” he added.
The SET voted 4-3 to junk
petitioner Rizalito David’s case
against Poe’s fitness to be a
senator due to a questioned citi-
zenship. Four senators, includ-
ing Aquino, voted for Poe while
the three other members of the
SET—all Supreme Court jus-
tices—voted for David’s petition.
But the Poe campaign suffered
a setback on Tuesday when the
Comelec Second Division disqual-
ified her over her failure to comply
with the Constitutional residency
requirement for the presidency.
Quimbo, however, said
that
allegations
that
LP
would be behind the cases
against Poe were unfounded.
“The Liberal Party coalition will
not allow itself to be party to any ac-
tivity involving the disqualification
of Secretary Mar’s opponents. Any
insinuation to the contrary is base-
less and malicious,” Quimbo said.
Sought for Binay’s com-
ment, former Cainta Mayor Mon
Ilagan, a spokesman for the Vice
President, said there would be no
comment on the issue from their
camp at this time.
“The issue is not about Sen.
Grace or foundlings. We should
all be bound to follow the law,”
said Parañaque City Rep. Gustavo
Tambunting of the opposition
United Nationalist Alliance, which
is fielding Binay as its presidential
bet.
“The integrity of the Consti-
tution should be protected at all
costs,” Tambunting added.
Poe’s camp on Tuesday said
that she would continue cam-
paigning for the presidency in
2016 despite the decision of the
Commission on Elections (Com-
elec) Second Division to cancel
her certificate of candidacy.
Palace calls for sobriety
Malacañang on Wednesday
appealed for sobriety and respect
for law among all concerned par-
ties following a decision of the
Commission on Elections’ (Com-
elec) Second Division to disqualify
Senator Grace Poe from the 2016
presidential race.
“We understand that Sena-
tor Poe’s legal counsel will pursue
and exhaust all remedies avail-
able to them, as is their right in
this process. We believe that so-
briety and respect for the law and
its processes are the best way for-
ward for all parties concerned,”
said presidential spokesperson
Edwin Lacierda.•
— NB/JST, GMA News