October 18, 2010

Enchanted Kingdom opens EKstreme Tower Ride!

to mark the Crystal Anniversary of the world-class Philippine theme park, Enchanted Kingdom has finally opened the EK EKstreme Tower Ride! a 150-feet tall attraction located in Midway Boardwalk.

Enchanted Kingdom Executives Mario and Cynthia Mamon is joined by Laguna bureaucrats Governor George Ejercito and Maita Ejercito, Mayor of Pagsanjan, to formally open the EKstreme Tower Ride.


get the excitement rising as you elevate 150-feet off the ground, seeing a lot of the Sta.Rosa land in Laguna. then as you reach Eldar the Wizard's hat that sits on top of the tower, hold your breath to a sudden fall. watch the video here:


the ride is visible from the South Luzon Expressway as you pass by Sta. Rosa. almost like the Space Needle but Eldar's Wizard hat sits on top of it. 12 people can sit roundabout the tower and are secured with shoulder shields that lock in when pulled down. additional belt strap in front of you so that the shoulder shields are really secured. reach for Eldar's hat high above as the tower glows at night.

i have tried it and it is hair-raising! the speed of the drop down the tower is about 75km/h which is relatively fast. it feels like you are suspended in mid-air with nothing to protect you. you will surely come back for more! the entrance to EKstreme Tower Ride is sold separately at Php 100 from the admission.

also in line with the 15th Anniversary of EK is the display of fireworks for the Asia Sky Wizardry competition. Asian countries compete for the best pyro display in the skies of Enchanted Kingdom. this has started on October 2 2010 and will have the finals next week already on October 23. see this rare attraction at Space Port area. last night, 2 competitors enthralled everyone with the lights and colors of the fireworks synch-ed in the Enchanted Kingdom theme song:


visit Enchanted Kingdom because the magic still continues for more years.

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October 14, 2010

NetSuite localizes program for Philippine users

NetSuite has become the leading software for business solutions and now it has made a localized version of the program for easy usage for all Filipino businesses. A consolidated program for business functions can now be accessed through the internet. All you need is a PC and an internet connection and you can now track records of your business in NetSuite.com/NetSuitePH.

NetSuite simplifies the business data access in one program from a hairball setting. hairballs create errors and delays in transactions. Also, you can track Finance and Accounting management tab of your account to monitor all transaction cycles. ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) and CRM (Customer Relations Management) data can also be accessed in NetSuite so you don't have to spend a lot of money in hiring consultants and people.

Software issues were raised in the press conference held at the Manila Peninsula Hotel on October 14, 2010. According to NetSuite President and CEO, Zach Nelson, the software is guaranteed safe from hacks and viruses after its long study. the software is customized for Philippine business setting. Multinational companies like Jollibee and ICF@FEU has been using it for years and has minimized expenses and they have set their goals faster than ever. Cost for operations and IT expenses have been minimized by up to 75%. The NetSuite is tested for its efficiency and speed without worrying on the data.

ICF@FEU has used NetSuite in their academic and administrative tasks. People from the administration can look out for the operational tasks and also students can check on their grades wherever they are. The NetSuite program is also mobile and can be accessed even on iPhone browsers, all you need is an internet connection.

Business cloud computing in NetSuite Philippines has no issues with the BIR regulations. all transactions are designed with the BIR transaction assignments that will not confuse with other money cycles and tax management. With a special feature inside the NetSuite, you can process your ITR forms and print it straight from your PC when you need it for BIR requirements.

Aside from the data for your business inside the NetSuite page, you can also insert other RSS feeds so you can get an update in the news, weather conditions, etc. Graphic presentations can also be understood in the NetSuite so you can track the growth of your business from time to time.

Since some Philippines go international, language barriers is not an issue with NetSuite. Like social networking sites, NetSuite has a translation function that changes the language them from international English to the native tongue. So if you have colleagues in Japan, Singapore, Malaysia or China, they can also monitor your business.

Try out NetSuite program. This is also can be used by SMEs. They can have a comprehensive list of data to check on the operations like warehousing, supply management, in-house transactions and deliveries. Customer service is also manageable with the NetSuite program. Globalization is at hand with NetSuite.

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LIFE AS WE KNOW IT movie review

how would two wrong blind date victims end up getting it right? being drawn closer together by a baby? and they have no idea that after they cursed each other, they became one?

that is how we know it, or LIFE AS WE KNOW IT. the newest romantic comedy from Warner Bros. starring Katherine Heigl (Holly) and Josh Duhamel (Messer), the unlikely couple set up by their best friends. but due to an unfortunate event, they are left with a child, Sophie.

Sophie is the cutest thing. as well as you see her grow. from how she was pacified, how to make jokes to adults, and how she learns to walk. having a kid might be hard but as long as you know that she/he loves you, your stress is no match.

as a very prompt lady with expectations, Holly might be wrong with Messer. it wasn't true that first impressions last. you just have to learn to see the positive in a person and you will love your life again. stress free, rewarding and you will see your purpose to that person.

Messer could teach you how to swiftly get in the zone with girls. and that's how he captured Holly's attention. and anybody could be a father figure. a kid always know your weak spot. with a job that requires much attention, Messer always know his priorities -- to take care of Sophie and give her the best that she needs.

generally, Holly and Messer make a cute couple. at least they know how to deal with their differences and they learned how to see the good in each other. a lesson that we should all notice and apply in our lives.

opening across the Philippines on Oct. 20, “Life as We Know It” is distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company.

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HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS sneak peek

Warner Bros.' “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” the seventh and final adventure in the Harry Potter film series, is a much-anticipated motion picture event to be told in two full-length parts.

Part 1 begins as Harry, Ron and Hermione set out on their perilous mission to track down and destroy the secret to Voldemort’s immortality and destruction—the Horcruxes. On their own, without the guidance of their professors or the protection of Professor Dumbledore, the three friends must now rely on one another more than ever. But there are Dark Forces in their midst that threaten to tear them apart.

Meanwhile, the wizarding world has become a dangerous place for all enemies of the Dark Lord. The long-feared war has begun and Voldemort’s Death Eaters seize control of the Ministry of Magic and even Hogwarts, terrorizing and arresting anyone who might oppose them. But the one prize they still seek is the one most valuable to Voldemort: Harry Potter. The Chosen One has become the hunted one as the Death Eaters search for Harry with orders to bring him to Voldemort…alive.

Harry’s only hope is to find the Horcruxes before Voldemort finds him. But as he searches for clues, he uncovers an old and almost forgotten tale—the legend of the Deathly Hallows. And if the legend turns out to be true, it could give Voldemort the ultimate power he seeks.

Little does Harry know that his future has already been decided by his past when, on that fateful day, he became “the Boy Who Lived.” No longer just a boy, Harry Potter is drawing ever closer to the task for which he has been preparing since the day he first stepped into Hogwarts: the ultimate battle with Voldemort.

“Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows” is directed by David Yates, who also helmed the blockbusters “Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix” and “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince.” David Heyman, the producer of all of the Harry Potter films, again produced the film, together with David Barron, and J.K. Rowling. Screenwriter Steve Kloves adapted the screenplay, based on the book by Rowling. Lionel Wigram is the executive producer.

Heading the cast, Daniel Radcliffe, Rupert Grint and Emma Watson reprise their roles as Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger.

The film’s ensemble cast also includes Helena Bonham Carter, Robbie Coltrane, Tom Felton, Ralph Fiennes, Michael Gambon, Brendan Gleeson, Richard Griffiths, John Hurt, Jason Isaacs, Bill Nighy, Alan Rickman, Fiona Shaw, Timothy Spall, Imelda Staunton, David Thewlis, Julie Walters and Bonnie Wright.
Distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1” will be released worldwide starting November 18, 2010, and “Part 2” starting July 15, 2011.

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October 13, 2010

it's NORTON VS DE NIRO in STONE

Overture Films' gripping dark drama "Stone," may not be an easy story for some audiences , but the nuanced tale was a draw for acting heavyweights Robert De Niro and Edward Norton.

"I always liked the script," De Niro said of "Stone," which deals with hypocrisy and guilt, and is set in the rapidly decaying environs of post-recession Detroit. "I thought the whole thing had an interesting tone and feel about it," the Oscar winner explained.

De Niro plays Jack Mabry, a prison parole officer just days from retirement who has to deal with the manipulative Gerald "Stone" Creeson as one of his final assignments.

Played menacingly by Norton with cornrows and a hard stare, Stone is not above using his sexy wife Lucetta -- model-actress Milla Jovovich in a shift from her "Resident Evil" action films -- as the bait to force Jack to recommend an early release.

However, the line between criminal and upstanding citizen blur as Stone undergoes a spiritual transformation, while Jack's encounters with Lucetta pressure his already decaying marriage and force him to compromise his own principles.

None of the characters are easy to sympathize. "I think that most of the films that I've really been affected by in my life have been the ones that really left me with a lot of questions in my head, a lot to think about," Norton said.

Norton admitted that moviegoers looking for the characters to redeem themselves at the end of the film may come away disappointed, but he said the film's strength lies in its ambiguity and unanswered questions.

"I see a lot of really crappy movies that are making sure you understand that redemption took place and they just put me to sleep," he said. "Everything doesn't get redeemed in life, and I don't think that's the only thing that makes a movie have an impact."

The pairing of De Niro and Norton, considered among the greats of their respective acting generations, reunites the co-stars of the 2001 heist flick "The Score."

But Norton said it took some convincing to get him to sign on. "At first the script was a little bit elusive for me. I didn't really get it," until director John Curran won him over, he said. "But I definitely thought it was great to work with somebody a second time. (De Niro) has a very particular way of working."

De Niro -- known for immersing himself completely in roles, such as when he gained 60 pounds to play boxer Jake La Motta in "Raging Bull" -- will often go off script in the middle of a scene to get a more authentic response from his co-stars.

"He really makes you earn scenes. He can be very resistant to doing things that just are following scripts. If you don't earn the response, he kind of won't give it to you," Norton said. "It's very bracing, actually.”

(“Stone” will be shown soon exclusively at Ayala Malls Cinemas – Trinoma, Glorietta 4 & Greenbelt 3.)

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EASY A speaks of teen life

On the heels of a little white lie about losing her virginity, clean-cut high schooler Olive finds that her new-found bad-girl rap has an upside: she is finally getting noticed. Olive decides to exploit her "easy" reputation and use the school rumor mill to advance her social and financial standing. But life starts to spin hilariously out of control, in Columbia Pictures' teen comedy “Easy A.”

The film stars Emma Stone (recently cast as Gwen Stacy in the “Spider-Man” 2012 reboot) as Olive, Penn Badgley (TV’s “Gossip Girl”), Amanda Bynes (“What a Girl Wants”), Cam Gigandet (“Twilight”) and Aly Michalka (TV’s “Hellcats”).

The world of “Easy A” first arose out of a concept screenwriter Bert Royal had to fuse a timeless work of literature with a contemporary milieu. Royal chose Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter” -- about the public ordeal a 17th century Boston woman named Hester Prynne goes through over an act of adultery -- as the classic source. “I never intended it to be a strict adaptation of the book,” says Royal, “but to use thematic elements as an inspiration.”

“The major theme of the piece,” continues the writer, “is about puritanical values versus being yourself. Olive is an extremely liberal person and feels like people should be true to themselves, but unfortunately she’s growing up in a society that condemns people for stepping out of the norm. Her goal is to loosen up the town a little bit, which she does, but not in the way she intended.”

Producer Zanne Devine says, “Using `The Scarlet Letter' as source material, and his understanding of the deeper themes, Bert wrote a screenplay that was wonderfully suited to modern day high school, and demonstrates in a funny and meaningful way that these themes are as relevant today as they have been for centuries.”

“Although the story takes place in high school, it goes way beyond that,” says director Will Gluck. “It’s really about morality, how rumors get started, and about the importance people attach to how they are perceived by others. It very quickly leaves high school and becomes a story about the entire town. It’s also a very funny movie with some very touching emotionally dramatic moments. It’s far from being just a high school movie.”

Gluck also responded to the female-centric nature of the screenplay. “It was great to see a script that’s written from the girl’s point of view,” adds Gluck. “Most films are about the lengths that the guys go through to get the girl. This is about a girl that doesn’t want to be ‘gotten,’ but still wants a boyfriend.”

For Gluck, the fact that this was a movie about the hot-button topic of sex, but with no actual sex scenes, made the experience uniquely fun. “In a weird way, it’s kind of conservative,” admits Gluck. “The lesson of this story is to wait, but sometimes you’ve got to take a crazy path to get to that answer. It’s interesting how sexuality in America has become about what people think about it, and less about the actual act. This movie gets rid of the act, as there is no act whatsoever, and is about how people talk about it, and how you feel about yourself if you’re perceived in that way.”

“The morality of this movie is actually a morality I think would be great for my eleven year-old daughter to understand,” says Devine, “which is a girl’s empowerment about making decisions about her sexual behavior, and her choices about how her level of intimacy she’s comfortable with in her life. Olive spends a lot of the movie reacting to what other people are projecting on her, not what really happened, and that morality is well within a PG-13 (US) mindset, because the moral of the story and the ultimate lesson of the movie is one I think that any parent of a young girl or boy would want them to take away.”

Opening soon across the Philippines, “Easy A” is distributed by Columbia Pictures, local office of Sony Pictures Releasing International. Visit http://www.columbiapictures.com.ph for trailers, exclusive content and free downloads. Like us at www.Facebook.com/ColumbiaPicturesPH and join our fan contests.

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October 12, 2010

director's interview for UNSTOPPABLE

Action maestro Tony Scott presents his fifth film with Denzel Washington in the runaway train thriller “Unstoppable,” inspired by true events. Denzel describes the director as the hardest working person on set, while his co-star Chris Pine calls him “the magic movie elf”, a tightly wound ball of appropriately unstoppable energy.

Here, the British auteur explains the method behind his madness, and how his work was inspired by his mother.

Q: What is it about the theme of man versus machine that you found inspiring?

A: Because my last movie was The Taking of Pelham 123, everyone thinks I’ve got this love affair with trains. Actually, it’s two different stories and this one is more like Jaws; we even call the train “The Beast”. The movie starts at 50 miles an hour and ends up at 150.

Q: Why did you want to tackle another movie set on a train so soon after Pelham?

A: I read the script three years ago and I loved it. Other people said to me, ‘Why are you doing another train movie?’ I said I don’t see it that way, it’s a totally different beast. This thing is very different from anything I’ve done before and it has this tremendous momentum in terms of the story.

Q: This is the fifth time you’ve chosen to share that journey with Denzel Washington. Why him?

A: He’s a major talent. With every movie I’ve done with him we’ve always managed to tap into a different aspect of his personality, so it’s never Denzel. He can internalize something and give very little on the outside and still communicate everything. Two of my heroes are Gene Hackman and Denzel Washington and they both have that same thing. They do a lot of homework and they sit it all back, but they still communicate.

Q: You deliberately avoided doing a lot of CGI work on the film – why is that?

A: I take pride in the fact that I shot everything for real. I sound like an old fart, but I’m not. I just think one of my major strengths is being able to put people in the seat of a racecar or a cockpit or a train. This film has weight and energy and danger. We shot the whole thing at 50, 60, 80 miles an hour. We did a 360-degree track around the train at 80 miles an hour.

Q: Did you get any pressure to use CGI?

A: When my mom was still alive she used to say there’s something ‘funny’ about that scene—when it didn’t quite work. It was always the CGI. Plus there’s something about the weight of those engines and the noise and the power and the scale that is really hard to reproduce with CGI.

Q: Were you inspired by any other, great American runaway train movies?

A: I love Runaway Train, the movie with John Voight and Eric Roberts. We pay homage to it at the end.

Opening November 10 in the Philippines, “Unstoppable” is a 20th Century Fox film to be distributed by Warner Bros.

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