Q & A WITH DIREK BOBBY BONIFACIO (DIRECTOR OF THE FILM "HOSPICIO")....

BOBBY: a promising film director

ROBERT: Are u pursuing the film making career for good? Because in your first film Hospicio, you showed a lot of promise.

BOBBY: Thank you po for appreciating my work in Hospicio. Yes, film making will always be a career that I would be pursuing. I make narrative commercials in Guam, and continuously, I keep working on coming up with stories that I would like to see on the big screen as feature films.  It has always been my passion to tell stories and it makes me happy to be able to share them with an audience. Hindi lahat, makaka-appreciate sa mga gawa ko, pero I find it fulfilling that each of the stories I share would have their own audience na makakasakay dito at ma-a-appreciate ang timpla nito.

ROBERT: How did it all start, we mean, your passion for film making?

BOBBY: My dad and eldest sister had a knack for writing and they were the ones who inspired me to write stories of my own. Nung bata ako, ginawan ako ng dad ko ng isang  homemade projector gawa sa karton, pocket mirror, binocular lens at flashlight. Mag-drawing daw ako at bumuo ng kuwento.

Nakahaligan ko rin ang mga palabas gaya ng Are You Afraid of The Dark, kung saan nagkekuwentuhan ang iba’t-ibang bida ng mga horror stories. From there, I formed my own storytelling group in the neighborhood kung saan salit-salit kaming nagshe-sharing ng sarili naming imbentong mga ghost story.

May luma rin kaming video camera na pinaglaruan naming magkakapatid para gumawa ng maiikling skit. Eventually, nahilig na rin ako sa pagsusulat ng script.  High school ako nung binili ko ang mga screenplay ng Bata Bata Paano ka Ginawa, at Laro sa Baga, pati na ang scriptwriting manual ni Sir Ricky Lee na Trip to Quiapo. Dun ako unang natutong magsulat ng screenplay. High school pa lang ako, gusto ko nang makita sa pelikula ang mga naiisip kong kuwento kaya’t tinuloy ko nang kumuha ng AB COMMUNICATIONS sa Ateneo. Swerte naman at naging professors ko sina Sir Ricky Lee, Direk Marilou Diaz-Abaya at Direk Quark Henares. Sila, kasama ng mga kaklase ko, ang nag-inspire sa akin na ituloy lang ang hilig sa pagbuo ng mga kwentong pampelikula.

Eventually, nakapagtrabaho din ako sa Star Cinema, and everyone there played a big part on keeping my spark for the craft.

ROBERT: Horror films ba talaga ang genre mo?

BOBBY: Hilig kong takutin ang sarili ko. Hilig kong mag-isip ng mga What If, at kadalasan, natatakot din ako sa mga naiisip kong What If, kung kaya naisasapapel ko rin agad. My college film that I did together with Dan Villegas (Bulong sa Kawalan), na nagbigay sa amin ng Dean’s Award for the Arts sa Ateneo, ay isang psychological horror film. Ang first feature film ko rin 10 years ago, yug NUMBALIKDIWA, horror-romance-drama naman. HOSPICIO is a campy-horror flick, horror din ang ALIBANGBANG, a Filipino short film I wrote and co-produced in Guam. So nalilinya talaga ako sa horror. I guess I like building worlds and setups na out of the ordinary.

On the other hand, gusto ko rin umiyak at magpaiyak, tumawa at magpatawa, kiligin at magpakilig sa pelikula. Sa Guam, kung saan nagtatrabaho din ako as a TV commercial director, mga heartwarming na kuwento ang binubuo ko at doon ako kilala ng mga tao doon. So given a chance na makagawa ako ng isang heartwarming movie as a feature film, yun din ang gusto kong masunggaban.

bobby: changing batteries

bobby with MM gigante and kurt kendrick: his great actors in the film "Hospicio"

bobby with kurt and MM gigante in a CNN Philippines TV guesting more than a couple of months back, to promote their film "Hospicio"

direk bobby and kurt: the director and the actor

ROBERT: How would you describe yourself as a film maker?

BOBBY: I’m a collaborative filmmaker. Nakikinig ako sa ideas at talino ng bawat isa sa team, and I could say that I’m usually very patient. Para sa akin, story comes first. At the same time, I love organic ideas na nangyayari on set. I like to look at my surroundings on set, and see kung ano pa ang pwedeng gamitin, para makadagdag sa kuwento. Also, I like to sprinkle some humor in my stories. Sometimes they could get silly, pero ganun naman kasi ako bilang tao rin.

ROBERT: In your last film Hospicio, one of your actors there, by the name of Kurt Kendrick, was so good. What can you say about this actor named Kurt?

BOBBY: I’m very happy to have worked with Kurt. Binuksan niya ang sarili niya para sa role, at nagkarga siya ng mga emotion from some of his life experiences which he openly shared to me as his director. Bago pa lang si Kurt, but he has a lot of potential and could go a long way kung tulot-tuloyin niya ang pagseseryoso sa craft niya. He’s very professional on set at very receptive sa lahat ng feedback na binibigay sa kanya.

ROBERT: Will you be having a follow-up movie after Hospicio? Can you tell us more about your upcoming film projects?

BOBBY: May upcoming movie po ako with a mainstream film company, which yet has to be finalized, but it would be a very unique rom-com-drama, with an unusual millieu. Tinatapos na namin ang script ngayon, and will be shooting soon. Kapag finalized na po, maikekuwento ko na po sa inyo.

direk bobby with two female "scarers"

direk bobby: sexy?

ROBERT: Can you say that the indie film industry is doing good nowadays?

BOBBY: It’s a great time to be a filmmaker nowadays, sa dami ng indie films na napo-produce. Ang dami na ring platform na pwedeng mag-distribute ng pelikula. Sana lang ay dumating ang araw na kahit indie film, kaya na ring makipagsabayan sa budget, dahil same workers na rin naman ng industriya ang mga gumagalaw dito.  Hindi na rin mura gumawa ng indie film ngayon, kaya makakatulong talaga kung may marketing support para naman mas malaki ang maging distribution ng mga ito, para mas mapanood din ng karamihan.

ROBERT: Would you love to go Mainstream someday as a film maker?

BOBBY: Yes, definitely.

ROBERT: Who's your idol as a film maker? We mean, film directors here and abroad that greatly influenced you.

BOBBY: Sa local scene, si Direk Chito Rono po na magpalipat-lipat man ng genre, ang gaganda ng mga pelikula. Si Direk Wenn De Ramas na non-apologetic sa kanyang atake ng pelikula at huling-huli ang taste ng masa. Si Direk Joey Reyes in the way he tells very relatable domestic stories.

Sa foreign directors, gustong gusto ko si Guillermo del Toro, Hideo Nakata, Zhang Yimou at Spielberg. Kung may influence sila sa akin, ewan ko lang. Haha.

ROBERT:  Last question: Whom among our actors and actresses today that are popular and on top of their edges that you would love to direct someday?

BOBBY: Ever since, dream ko po maktrabaho si Judy Ann Santos. Kaibigan ko rin si Dingdong Dantes, at matagal ko na siyang gustong makatrabaho as an actor, pero wala pa namang tamang project. Sa mga mas bata po, si Bela Padilla, si Kiray Celis, at si Carlo Aquino.

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THE FILM

SWORDSHINES10 BLOG SITE'S SEXIEST MALE CELEBRITIES FOR 2018!!!

IN MORE THAN A MONTH, THE YEAR 2018 IS ABOUT TO END. AND SWORDSHINES10 BLOG SITE DOESN'T WANT TO BE LEFT BEHIND WITH ITS OWN LIST OF 2018's SEXIEST MALE CELEBRITIES. THIS PHENOMENON HAPPENS YEARLY AT THIS BLOG SITE. AND THIS YEAR, IT'S QUITE A HUGE BUNCH OF DIFFERENT CHOICES, TASTES AND GESTURES.

UNFORTUNATELY, SWORDSHINES10's CHOICES THIS YEAR CAME MOSTLY FROM THE ENTERTAINMENT SCENE, AS MALE CELEBRITIES FROM OTHER FIELDS (LIKE SPORTS, POLITICS, ET.AL.) DID NOT EXCEL IN APPEALING WAYS.

THUS, THIS LIST OF MALE CELEBS CAME MOSTLY FROM THE MOVIE SCENE, TV, THEATER AND OTHER ARTISTIC FIELDS ON THE PERFORMING ARTS.

SURPRISINGLY, A HANDFUL OF MATURE ACTORS PENETRATED THE LIST, WITH A MIXTURE OF RAW ONES AND OF COURSE, FRESH BIRDS OF YOUTH....

ASKED UPON THE CRITERIA OF JUDGING AND THE JURY THAT COMPOSED IN SELECTING THE CHOICES? THE ANSWER IS: "ONE".

THESE ARE PERSONAL CHOICES OF BLOGGER ROBERT. BUT THERE WILL BE AN EXPLANATION BELOW THE PHOTOGRAPH OF EACH MALE CELEB- AS WHY THEY WERE CHOSEN.

WE ARE PUTTING-UP THIS LIST FOR VISUAL PURPOSES AS THE NUMBER ONE REASON, AND AN EXPRESSION OF OUR "TASTES AND PREFERENCES".

GO AND CHERISH....


SWORDSHINES10 BLOG SITE's SEXIEST MALE CELEBRITIES FOR 2018!!!!!!!!


(special note: blogger robert would like to thank the real owners of the pictures below and above as Googled upon the Net. Credits goes to the OWNERS. Thank you.)*

AND NUMBER ONE ON THE LIST IS:

TONY LABRUSCA!!!

With a rapper-kind of image, clean-cut, neat and handsome, his eye stares could melt you down. Tall, dashing, fresh, igniting.... TONY LABRUSCA definitely is NUMBER ONE on our LIST.



2.) KURT KENDRICK

Blogger Robert saw him in person at the Opening Night of Cinema One Originals 2018 film festival. He was so dashing, dignified in manners and respectable in moves. But the blogger was too shy to approach him. In the film "Hospicio" (directed by Bobby Bonifacio, Jr.), he projected so much angst, depth and charisma on screen. Watch out for this guy.



3.) CHRISTIAN BABLES

Those Google pictures that showed him naked and inside a gay bar dancing, definitely made him land as the THIRD GUY on this list. We guessed, those were pictures in a TV stint that had him perform as a Callboy. His smiles were sincere, and his Pinocchio-like nose, definitely, is what makes him so HANDSOME.



4.) DAVID EZRA

Seeing him in a bed scene, LIVE and in action and naked from the waist-up in the musical play "BINONDO: The Musical", with a very delicate but flawless skin- coupled in with those delicious baby fats which are not muscular in nature and a FINALE hug that's so redeeming- made theater actor DAVID EZRA the FOURTH GUY on this list.


5.) LANCE RAYMUNDO

Being consistently-included on this list for five years now, singer-actor Lance Raymundo deserves to be the NUMBER FIVE guy. His perfectly-toned muscular body, and eyes that seemed to be like that of Jesus Christ's- oh, my, his number one fan Beni Saunders could always go on hysterics.



6.) DIEGO LOYZAGA

He is young, devilish in appeal and looks, the typical Moreno guy with those rugged look in his eyes- and yes, he's always willing to bare in those TV teleseryes that featured him in great characterizations. Properly groomed and packaged by ABS-CBN channel 2, we just hope this young handsome man could fully recover soon from the wounds of his personal family life.




7.) McCOY DE LEON

Did we finally spelled his name right this time? Watching him once in a while in the hit TV series "Ang Probinsyano" and almost everyday in Showtime is such a DELIGHT. Tall, fair and nice- his enigmatic sex appeal extends farther than the 'Shangrila' horizon.


8.) ALJUR ABRENICA

It's the first time that actor Aljur Abrenica landed on this list. But definitely, he fully deserve to be on this list this time. His aura exudes that TOTAL MANLINESS-kind-of-look. He could be the DADDY that you ever wanted. Forever.


9.) JOEM BASCON

Warm, reassuring, kind, gentle, accepting, loving.... and most of all, embracing. From far afar, he could look at you with concern and love. His heart is so pure. His looks? It could KILL.


10.) JUDE MATTHEW SEVILLA

Not yet totally belonging to the mainstream "thing" of showbiz world, this young theater actor now penetrating the indie film scene is one artistic flavor in the eyes of so many artistic individuals. He was chosen by many respectable theater and film directors to star and lead in their art works, but somehow, DESTINY prevents Jude from being "commercialized". Now a University of the Philippines Theater Arts student, only God could definitely see in TOTALITY the perfection of this young man's personality.


11.) ALBIE CASINO

Look where he is now, Miss "A.E." This young man who seemed to be so stupid before is fast gaining lots of admirers due to his sexy body and appealing ways. He steals scenes with Jake Cuenca and the rest of the Bastards in the hit TV series "Los Bastardos".



12.) DERRICK MONASTERIO

Maybe he must wake up and switch channels? Hehehehe. Joke. If properly groomed by channel 7, this sexy young guy could be their number one 'asset'.



13.) JM DE GUZMAN

Unassuming, sexy in his own ways, transforming and so beautiful. A clean soul with pure intentions, a knight in shining armor, an angel in full disguise. That's the perfection of one guy named JM.



14.) ALVIN LORENZ ANSON

Didn't we mention above that mature actors will be penetrating this list? And yes, handsome character and mature actor Alvin Anson definitely is so. With his Spanish-Italian looks, a beard that's seemingly naughty, and a kind of magnificent acting talent that provokes your innermost senses- Mr. Anson is indeed one hell of a SEXY guy.



15.) RICHARD QUAN

There's something within this mature actor named Richard Quan. His slender body, perhaps? Or his Moreno skin? Maybe, his powerful eyes, too? And his lips that tends to kiss you all over? Haha. Nope. With actor Richard, it's not the "Physical" thing that outlasts- but the kindness inside his HEART.



16.) COCO MARTIN

Need we say more? Coco Martin, like actor Lance Raymundo, is consistent among this list of sexiest male celebrities yearly. He never fails. He maintained his good physical looks and charm as years went by. His action scenes in the hit TV series "Ang Probinsyano" are to die for.



17.) RK BAGATSING

 How lucky could RK be to land on the 19th position this year on this sexy list of ours. We guess, it's RK's third inclusion on this hit list and again we say, he surely deserves to be here. For always.



18.) NEIL COLETA

Boyish, natural, candid, sweet and loving. That's NEIL for you. How we love him in the film "Pang-MMK". He definitely could act. Take a second look at him for long- he's really that SEXY.



19.) MATTEO GUIDICELLI

There are guys who gains more appeal when linked with a female celebrity, it's like their manliness gets added upon. But there are others that looses sex appeal, on the other hand, when they took-in a girlfriend. In Matteo's case, it's on the first. The more he gained sex appeal being linked with Ms. Sarah Geronimo.



20.) CARLO AQUINO

We bumped, stumbled and landed upon him inside a Greenhills restaurant. We had a chance to take a very close look on his face- UP CLOSE. And we never got a good sleep right after that.



21.) ROBBIE DOMINGO

His being so nice to one blogger as he hosted the Opening Night of Cinema One Originals 2018 in a Gateway Cinema made him look so appealing for us. He joked around with this blogger, entertained him and chatted with him briefly. As we watched him host those night time TV shows on channel 2-, we found out soon that his sex appeal was so OUTSTANDING.



22.) JHONG HILARIO

He's not that handsome. His looks are so ordinary- like that of a "Tambay sa Kanto"-look. But that made him separate from the rest. Because sexiness does not really depend on handsome looks and clean-cut ways all the time. It's on the way he carries himself. And definitely, Jhong Hilario knows to deal with that.



23.) RAYVER CRUZ

Rayver Cruz is the only RIGHT thing that GMA channel 7 ever did? To steal him away from channel 2 was a daring move. But watching him on the afternoon soap "Karibal Ko Ang Asawa Ko" was just PERFECT. He's indeed too sexy for the male part/lead!!!



24.) CHRISTIAN TY

A gymnast in real life since he was a kid, this young Associate Producer and actor, has a sexy attitude. That, of winning back your HEART.



25.) JON LUCAS

A great dancer, Jon's moves are sophisticated and classy. He could be a young man still, but he's got an appeal that's so mature and 'protecting'.



26.) AARON VILLAFLOR

Aaron's appeal is now transforming to that of a MATURE MAN. He used to have a "kiddie appeal", but his aura magnified now like that of a real BIG DADDY.



AND LAST BUT NOT THE LEAST ON THIS LIST IS:

27.) JOHN REMEL FLOTILDES


John is an aspiring indie film actor, and has appeared in some prestigious theater groups. He soon became popular with young and fresh film makers, appearing mostly in student films, short films and the likes. One blogger held an acting workshop once with this handsome young man, and the sexiness was seen inside of him because of his 'juiciness' as a talented young man. His Bombay features looks good on him, too.


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SO THERE. SWORDSHINES10 BLOG SITE's SEXIEST MALE CELEBRITIES OF 2018!!! AGAIN, WE REPEAT, THEY ARE OUR PERSONAL CHOICES- P-E-R-S-O-N-A-L. WHICH MEANS, NO ONE HAS THE RIGHT OR CONTEST THESE CHOICES. THANK YOU. ENJOY THESE HUGE BUNCH OF HANDSOME MEN!!!!


rs>*(as compiled by robert silverio).