Blog Posts: March 2010
Landing Rights
What took place during the final 192 hours of Ninoy Aquino’s life? A lot of flying, apparently—and a turbulent airborne adventure across six cities.
To be screened in cinemas nationwide on August 21 (the 26th anniversary of Aquino’s assassination), The Last Journey of Ninoy features never-before-seen footage of lost television interviews, courtroom hearings, military tribunals, and phone conversations, as well as revealing excerpts from the exiled senator’s private diaries and personal letters.
Between her chemotherapy treatments in 2008, former president Cory Aquino also faced the cameras and candidly narrated the most gut-wrenching period of her husband’s life.
Three years in the making, this landmark documentary from Unitel Productions fills in the blank pages that history forgot to write.
The official trailer:
Exclusive screencaps and photographs from the movie:
Grab a copy of Rogue’s August 2009 issue for more exclusive photos, behind-the-scenes coverage, and interviews with the creators of The Last Journey of Ninoy.
Movie Posters Re-imagined
If these movies were released today, this is probably what their posters would look like.
Turner Classics Movies recently released a campaign for their Summer programming. Great idea to drum up interest in movies that have either been forgotten or have never even been heard of by this generation. Here’s some of the best ones:
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
The Letter (1940)
Jailhouse Rock (1957)
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner? (1967)
High Society (1956)
For more posters, head over to Rope of Silicon
After looking around for more of these types of posters, I stumbled upon a flickr account that had posters from an exhibit called “Now Showing: Movie Posters Re-imagined” held in London. Here were some of my favorites:
Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds (1963)
The Lost Boys (1987)
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988)
Suspiria (1977)
Blow-Up (1966)
A Clockwork Orange (1971)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
For more of these series by various artists, click here
Lastly, here’s some prints from Mondo
The Goonies (1985)
Total Recall (1990)
The Royal Tenenbaums (2001)
We’d love to see your own re-imagined posters! Send your versions of classic movie posters to and we’ll put them up on this blog!
Chip Kidd’s Favorite Covers
Graphic designer Chip Kidd puts together a slideshow of his favorite book covers for Newsweek. It’s always good to see an artist admiring the works of his colleagues.
When you’re done with that, check out this other great feature on Chip Kidd, this time through video (courtesy of Dwell.com).
Behind the Scenes: Marian Rivera
I don’t usually name by Behind the Scene entries, but…
MISS UNDERSTOOD
During the planning stages of this shoot I must admit that I was slightly unsure as to what to expect from this rising megawatt star. While she is undoubtedly one of the biggest celebrities in the local entertainment industry, there was also talk of her reported “attitude.”
But based on the Rogue team’s experience with her I can honestly say that there was no truth to this rumor. She arrived on time, she was friendly and easy to talk to, and once she was all dolled up and ready to go, the poses and good angles kept on coming.
Bren Sales is the mastermind behind Marian’s fantastic wavy raven hair. I swear, those locks were stars in their own right. Regular Rogue fixture Solenn Heussaff provided her services once again as make-up artist.
Healthy refreshments care of Del Monte Fit N’ Right.
Rogue contributing editor, Vanni de Sequera, and Marian in talk show mode. The lush floral arrangements seen in this room and throughout the cover shoot were beautifully conceptualized and styled by Djuna Rocha and Monica Deakin of Scarlet Begonia.
Marian is an absolute goddess. It was from this layout that we got our ethereal cover shot.
The GMA star was in such a light and jolly mood the whole time, constantly cracking jokes but in the blink of an eye—once the camera was in place—she was poised and perfect.
Marian and photgrapher Mark Nicdao review some of the shots.
Marian Rivera is in tip-top shape. Is there any question as to why she’s the next Darna?
I’m Ready for My Close-up, Mr. Nicdao ...
Marian was an absolute professional throughout the entire shoot. This girl really knew what she was doing, and looking absolutely stunning the entire time. Easily one of the more satisfying and seamless shoots we’ve ever had.
They say never judge a book by its cover (and similarly a celebrity by the rumor mill), but in this case I think the cover is pretty spot on.
Check out Marian Rivera’s amazing photos and read more on Marian Rivera’s celestial superstardom and how she deals with celebrity in this month’s issue of Rogue.
WALL-E End Credits
WALL-E never really grew on me. It had great visuals, as do all Pixar films, but I wasn’t totally sold. Funnily enough, I would say one of it’s saving grace for me was the end credits. I remember getting up to leave, and then slowly sitting back down in my chair admiring the end credits.
How awesome then when I found the site Art of the Title Sequence. They interviewed the brilliant minds behind WALL-E’s end credits, Jim Capobianco and Alex Woo.
Jim Capobianco’s end credits to Andrew Stanton’s “WALL·E” are essential; they are the actual ending of the film, a perfect and fantastically optimistic conclusion to a grand, if imperfect idea. Humanity’s past and future evolution viewed through unspooling schools of art. Frame after frame sinks in as you smile self-consciously. It isn’t supposed to be this good but there it is. This is art in its own right.
If you have time, check out the other features on that site as well. One of my favorite title sequence would have to be Catch Me If You Can. Beautiful art, perfect scoring.
