Entertainment

Looking for thrills that you can enjoy with family and friends on Halloween? You don’t have to go far to get them, because there are thrills and treats aplenty at Richmonde Hotel Ortigas. 

Early this month, Sen. Grace Poe-Llamanzares urged public schools to hold screenings of historical films, such as the award-winning Bonifacio: Ang Unang Pangulo and the blockbuster Heneral Luna, for their students and initiate meaningful discussions on these biopics with them.

Review by Lindsey Bahr / The Associated Press Steven Spielberg’s Bridge of Spies, much like its misunderstood litigator, is a film that plays the long game. This complex Cold War drama, soaked in shadows, blues, grays and furrowed brows, is a slow burn that challenges the audience to trust where it’s going.

By Michelle Locke / The Associated Press Paris—Just around the corner is a typical Parisian rush-hour scene, with bumper-to-bumper cars honking their way down the Boulevard de Clichy, past garish shop fronts and the blazing red sails of the Moulin Rouge.

Power Mac Center, Apple’s premier partner in the Philippines, takes its customers on a new adventure as it partners with the country’s most prestigious travel-rewards program for the PAL (Philippine Airlines) Mabuhay Miles-Power Mac Center’s “Adventure Awaits.”

With the Philippines having 7,107 islands worth exploring, how can you run out of things to do and places to visit? You can customize your travel itinerary according to what you want to do. It can be a spontaneous food trip—trying out every dish, no matter how weird it may be—or one of the country’s many festivals. It can also …

Late last week, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (Ampas), the Los Angeles-based organization that hands out the Oscars, released to the media its list of films that will compete for the five slots in the foreign-language film category at the 88th Academy Awards. 

Review by Cristina Jaleru / The Associated Press Sophomore albums are notoriously tricky propositions, but Selena Gomez’s second solo venture, Revival (Interscope Records), breezes through to the finish line—the dance floor—with 11 nearly impeccable tracks that skip from the 1960s to the 1980s to right this minute. 

By Alvin I. Dacanay If you were given the chance to design your dream living space and decorate it with items from the top home-enhancement stores in one of Metro Manila’s most upscale malls, how would you do it? What would it look like? 

Halloween thrills and treats are big and plenty at Eastwood Richmonde Hotel this year, including specials—from shockingly good room deals to a spooky, yet enjoyable kiddie party—that children of all ages are sure to have a spine-tingling fun time with.