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Philippine Showbiz Today
February 8 - 21, 2019
Jan. 22-Feb.7, 2015
Nadine picks up
someone else’s trash
The Kid Who Would Be King (PG) ***
Regal Awakening!
On occasion I go into deep thought as to what parental rating I
should give a movie. Hardly ever do I pay much if any attention what the
local censor boards levy on films since often I regard these people as
simple government bureaucrats who are a bit on The Puritan side. Like
the famous Heart song, I prefer to go my own way. In my inner debate
as to what guidance I should give parents on the hit children’s flick The
Kid Who Would Be King I kept on wavering between giving it a G or a
PG. in my old age just to soothe any potential too sensitive adult nerves
I am giving this film a very tepid PG as there is a very menacing tree out
to snare a young boy intent on saving the free world from an ancient
demonic curse. By all means let your kids take in this rollicking old-
fashioned imaginative yarn steeped in history. You bet 20th Century Fox
got it right as followers at any Cinema and Landmark Theatre spanning
the breadth of British Columbia should openly be able to attest to.
Listen up. School is in session. How nice it is to be in Britain and
not to have to deal with the political Brexit shenanigans confronting/
conflicting an out of her depth Teresa May. Young Alex has bigger
fish to fry as he endures daily victimization at school - an unfortunate
dilemma facing all too many people today. Able to rise up to the
occasion is Alex Ashbourne Serkis Who elevates himself and all those
around him when he “accidentally” stumbles upon a sword in a stone.
Against this backdrop of history, angst and peer pressure all of us
come of age as one lost little boy locks horns with an evil menace from
the past in an all out effort to save his school , his country and the world.
Tall orders indeed but under the wistful direction of writer turned director
Joe Cornish (Attack the Block) we are off on a thrilling and Unbelievable
adventure in the best Harry Potter meets The Goonies tradition.
Well paced with nifty special effects and a theme of danger it’s a
marvel how the filmmakers here have come up with a new take on King
Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table complete with a magical
magician, swarms of fiery horse breathing behemoths, divided loyalty
among colleagues and one very put off witch. Mix it all together and
this is one rollickingly fun time at the movies. ●
Kapamilya actress Nadine
Lustre shared on Sunday that
she picked up someone’s trash
and asked the person to put
them in proper trash bins.
In her Instagram story, Na-
dine wrote that she was in a roll-
on-roll-off (RORO) vessel when
she caught someone throwing
garbage out their van’s window.
“On a RORO atm and I
caught someone throw paper
and plastic wrappers out their
vans window. I picked it up,
knocked on the door and asked
the driver to throw it properly in
a trash can. I don’t think I can
forgive myself if I just stood sti-
ll and let the trash go into the
ocean,” Nadine wrote.
Nadine added that “we
are part of everything” and
“everything that we do to harm
the earth will, eventually, come
back to us.”
She also encouraged her
followers to work together in
taking care of the environment
as they are fortunate to live in a
home that provides their needs.
“The universe has been so
good to us. We are so lucky to
have a home that has everything
we need. Let’s be grateful and
start taking care of it. Please,
please, please let’s all work to-
gether. We can do this! All we
need is a little bit of responsibi-
lity and a whole lot of love,” she
said.
A known beach lover, Nadi-
ne previously expressed interest
in advocating for the environ-
ment after she and boyfriend
James Reid vacationed in Siar-
gao last year and noticed the
growing garbage problem the-
re.
In an interview with ABS-
CBN, Nadine said, “I think it’s
time that we start taking care of
what we have now. Taking care
of the earth, taking care of na-
ture.”
The Philippines has be-
come the world’s third largest
source of plastic leaking into the
ocean. This was based on the
2015 report on plastic pollution
by Ocean Conservancy and Mc-
Kinsey Centre for Business and
Environment.●
- J.M. Severo, PS