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Wednesday, 24 July 2019
Daily Tribune
SPOTLIGHT
Good stuff coming
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CELLULOID SURFER
Kathleen Llemit
ACROSS
1 Downy
5 “Forget” a letter
10 Ms. Fawcett
12 Loved madly
13 Mechanic’s
concern
14 Business class
15 Tableland
16 Strong alkali
18 Fr. holy woman
19 Matured, as fruit
23 Versatile vehicle
26 Morning moisture
27 Modicum
30 Dad
32 Set on fire
34 “— vincit amor”
35 Auto trim
36 Scruggs of
Marvel Studios’ president
Kevin Feige announced its
biggest and, perhaps, the
most-awaited project in the
next phase
When the beloved Tony Stark
died in Avengers: Endgame,
most Marvel fans were
devastated. Robert Downey
Jr. a.k.a Tony Stark/Iron Man carried
the entire Marvel Cinematic Universe
(MCU) for more than a decade since his
debut in 2008. He was a character that
was hard to let go of.
His demise made a lot of fans cry, no
doubt. As one of MCU’s viewers since
the first Iron Man movie in 2008, I was
not surprised by his departure. I knew
it was bound to happen because it had
been planned all along as part of MCU’s
phases. It was hard to see him go, but off
he and, and another beloved character,
Captain America, went.
Equal to the sadness is the
expectation of the transition to Phase 4
and Marvel spilled several good news
AND she keeps on portraying powerful women. Angelina Jolie will play Thena in “The Eternals,”
while Tom Hiddleston (middle) gets his own series. The beloved fanged hero, Blade, is reincarnated
in the person of Oscar winning actor Mahershala Ali.
NEA Crossword Puzzle
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bluegrass
37 Hive occupant
38 Indeed!
39 River mouth
42 — Wiedersehen
45 Classified section
46 Every
50 Played loud
53 Whiteboard need
55 Follows
56 Fishing boats
57 Spud
58 Room offerers
DOWN
1 All there
2 PTA and NEA
3 Monk
4 Beige
5 Ben & Jerry rival
6 — -eared bunny
7 Pupil’s place
8 Job for a body
shop
9 Razor feature
10 Not masc.
11 Volunteer
12 Nefertiti’s god
17 Evergreen tree
20 Paragons
21 One or the other
22 House part
23 Pilot’s sighting
24 Domesticated
25 Sight from
at the recent San Diego Comic-Con. As
I digested these revelations, I was torn
between happiness and questions.
Of course, I should start with the
goodies. Marvel Studios’ president
Kevin Feige announced its biggest and,
perhaps, the most-awaited project in the
next phase. Eternals is hitting the big
screen on 6 November 2020.
As a fan of ensemble movie more
than a hero’s origin story (save for, of
course, all three Iron Man movies), The
Eternals easily made me giggle just
thinking about a group of superhumans
in a movie. I should stop here lest I spoil
its premise. But the casting brings me
all sorts of giggly feelings with Angelina
Jolie and Salma Hayek in one squad.
They’re among the actresses I liked
since Lara Croft movies (with Angelina
in 2001 and 2003) and Fools Rush
In (Hayek’s movie with Matthew Perry).
Another happy moment is for Don
Lee who forms the Eternals squad as
Gilgamesh. In this part of the world, he
is known as Ma Dong-seok, the muscled
softie in Train to Busan and one of the
gods in the movie series Along With
The Gods.
It’s all been teasing and asking about
Natalie Portman since Thor: Dark
World. She was not in Ragnarok and
just a picture of hers as Jane Foster
was seen in Endgame. But on 5
November 2021, she gets to wield
Mjolnir as Mighty Thor in the Taika
Waititi flick, Thor: Love and
Thunder.
Among the surprises
(or not) is Black Widow’s
movie. Like, finally it’s
happening for ScarJo
(Scarlet Johansson) to
have her origin story on
the big screen by 1 May
2020. So we would hardly
miss the lone kick-ass
female in the “original”
Avenger’s squad. Best
of all, Rachel Weisz is
onboard this movie,
another woman I
have loved since The
Mummy movies were
shown in early 2000s.
Messina
28 Priam was its
king
SUDOKU
Doctor Strange
is coming back o n
7 May 2021 but this time
29 Crowning point
31 Bring on board
33 Drakes and
ganders
35 Came to an end
37 Future flower
40 Tiny amounts
41 Feel nostalgic
42 Be a party to
43 Longest arm
bone
44 Zippy
47 B — — baker
48 Average grades
49 Time divs.
51 Regret
52 At all times, to
Poe
54 Louis XIV, e.g.
Answer to previous puzzle
by Ramon Lorenzo
Write a numeral from 1 to 9 in each box so that each
appears only once in each row, column and 3 x 3 box.
Answer for yesterday’s puzzle
KEVIN Feige looks on as Taika Waititi passes on Mjolnir to Natalie Portman aka Jane Foster
with Chris Hemsworth aka Thor beside her.
his movie, Doctor Strange in
the Multiverse of Madness, is
connected to the Disney+
series WandaVision (yup, the
power couple, but more of this
later).
Among all these big
screen titles that I share
equal can’t-wait-moment
with Eternals is the
resurrection of Blade.
I was sold on Wesley
Snipes as Blade in late
1990s, which spawned three
movies, and I can’t wait to see
Mahershala Ali do his own
intepretation of the fanged hero.
To put icing on the cake, really,
is to have Snipes appear in this
flick, in whichever role, hopefully
a good one.
These are some of the big
screen releases in Phase 4.
Now, we go to the small
screen debuts of our favorite
Marvel heroes through Disney+,
an affiliate video-on demand
service set to premiere in the
United States in November.
As mentioned earlier, the next Doctor
Strange flick is connected to the
series WandaVision¸ starring who else
but the lovers Wanda Maximoff and
Jarvis-turned-Vision. And of course,
Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany will
reprise their roles in the original series
premiering in 2021.
Similarly getting their
small screen debuts are
the tandem of The Falcon
and The Winter Soldier in
2020; Hawkeye in 2021 and,
our dear Loki, also in 2021.
These are all undoubtedly
good news but I just can’t help but
wonder why Hawkeye, among all the
“original” Avengers, does not get a
big-screen solo movie.
These are all
undoubtedly good
news but I just
can’t help but
wonder why
Hawkeye, among
all the “original”
Avengers, does not
get a big-screen solo
movie.
It’s as if he was just
playing tag all along when,
in fact, his skills and his very
human nature, make him
even more remarkable than
his demi-god/semi-robot/
genetically altered friends.
No hate, I love all the other
Avengers, but I just feel that
Hawkeye got the shortest
end of the stick.
It’s a different case
for Loki, though. He’s like a drug that is
addicting that you just can’t get enough of.
He’s so full of complexities and character
that no matter how many times he’s
wreaked havoc in MCU, you’d still want
to see him star in his own show, which
all of us are getting in two years’ time.
All thanks in part to the actor, Tom
Hiddleston, who, like RDJ is to Tony Stark,
is perfectly Loki. No other actor could have
played the part perfectly than Tom.
So much for these goodies that I can’t
help but reconsider Disney+ when the
service will be made available in the
country, hopefully not later than late
this year.
“TRAIN to Busan” actor
Lee Dong-seuk is set to
play Gilgamesh in “The
Eternals.”
“MUSIC on the Rocks” is a show that is all about faith, hope and love.
Priest leads
concert
It will feature a mix of throwback, millennial
and inspirational music for the benefit of the
clergy of the Prelature of Batanes
On Saturday, 27 July, The Company, Randy Santiago, child
actor Alonso Muhlach, Lance Javier and the Oasis Band will
be led by radio-TV priest host Fr. Larry Faraon in a concert
dubbed, “Music on the Rocks.”
Wtih concept and direction by Marie Dawn Alaine Arambulo,
the musical event that will feature a mix of throwback,
millennial and inspirational music shall be for the benefit of
the clergy of the Prelature of Batanes.
Imagine the waves hitting the rock cliffs and shores of Batanes
Islands. Surely, “Music on the Rocks” will hit the hearts of the
audience, as they enjoy performances at the Music Museum in
Greenhills Shopping Center, San Juan City at 7 p.m.
“Music on the Rocks” is sponsored by Pagcor Philippines,
PLDT, Fil-Oil, CDO, Galleria Joaquin and Red Piano.
Tickets are priced at P1,500 and P1,000 and are available
online at Ticketworld (891-9999) or at the Music Museum (721-0635
or 721-6726).