Philippine Asian News Today Vol 19 No 16 | Page 28

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PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY August 16 - 31, 2017
By Alan Samuel
Bruce Lee: Birth of the Dragon (PG ) ***
Fists of Fury!
Truth or fiction? Perhaps the jury is still out upon the release of Bruce Lee:
Birth of the Dragon. Our tale concentrates on an epic (?) fight between Lee
and a mysterious challenger from (where else) The Far East. Just go with the
flow and enjoy the ebb and flow of this triumphant escapade from Touchwood
PR now entertaining folks at Scotiabank theatre, Metroplolis, Coquitlam and
Riverport Cinemas.
Chemistry and authenticity can make for a good film. Here we see a cocky
up and coming Lee simply hone his craft in San Francisco. Bringing just the
right degree of charm to this larger than life character is Philip Ng right down to
the last body blow (or drop kick). East meets west with a significant contribution
to a fight to the finish being a lost in love white boy and an Asian lovely kept
under wraps. These two may hold the key to Lee’s ultimate showdown with a
larger than life aging master martial artist sent to the city by the bay to cleanse
his soul.
Purists may enjoy this movie or not. I did. The action fight scenes are well
choreographed and the whole genesis outlining the purpose of Kung fu come
across as genuine. All in all this is an enjoyable entertaining movie sparked by
good performances
The Only Living Boy in New York (PG). ***
Love Lost!
PHILIPPINE EAGLE
Serious dramas come in many forms. Out to turn up the heat is Mongrel
Media with The Only Living Living Boy in New York. Check out this decidedly
different romantic escapade at the Fifth Avenue Cinemas.
Shades of Woody Allen dominate this vexing tale of a family living
the good life in New York . Former 007 Pierce Brosnan plays a dad to an
aloof young man wrestling with romantic problems. News of an affair with
a mystery woman further muddies the waters in this vexing two of illicit love
and lost opportunities.
Full of colourful characters and cultivated dialogue here’s one story that
tackles straying with panache and style. And with Kate Becinsale providing
suitable cover for independent women and the men who fall all over them
makes this story enticing and always unpredictable.
Monkeys are not the main diet of the monkey-eating eagle,
now known as the Philippine eagle. Its principal targets are
flying lemurs and flying squirrels; monkeys, being harder to
catch, make up only a small fraction of its menu. Philippine
eagles may live for 40 years, but their reproduction rate is
slow – they produce a single, white, fist-sized egg every two
years. Incidentally, the Philippine eagle, despite a wingspan
of over two meters, is not the world’s largest eagle. The
distinction belongs to the happy eagle of South America.
Ooops! The American bald eagle isn’t bald. Is head is
covered with snowy white feathers which, from a distance,
appears to be no feathers at all.
Q. How did the term ‘birdie’ become associated with golf?
A. The diminutive ‘birdie’, for little bird, appears to have
been picked in admiration of the creature’s superior skills
and graceful flight. The term isn’t of modern mint – since
the early 1920s ‘birdie’ has meant making a hole with one
stroke under par, while making it two strokes under par is
called an ‘eagle.’ In the first half of the 19th century bird was
slang for first-rate or excellent, a usage now largely obsolete
except among golfers.
WORD WATCH
Raptorial (rap tr’ee al): of or belonging to a group of birds
of prey with a strong notched beak and sharp talons, as an
eagle.
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