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Chito Roño's Boy Golden, the third of actor-turned-politician Jeorge "E.R. Ejercito" Estregan's yearly vanity projects, is a surprisingly offbeat actioner. A fictionalized take on the life of 1960's gang leader Arturo Porcuna, the film transforms Manila into a stage where upscale criminals dance to Elvis Presley's hits while gunning down rivals. The city, reeking of the country's infatuation with anything and everything American, has streets lined with the popping neon signs of various diners, hotels, and burlesque clubs that hide the stench of many opium dens, gambling halls, and bordellos that serve as cash cows for the metropolis' many gangs. Estregan's Arturo Porcuna is sleek and sophisticated. Although driven to bloodlust by the need to avenge the rape and murder of his sister, he does...

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A lot has already been said and written about the historical inaccuracies of Mark Meily's El Presidente, how the glamour project dastardly re-portrayed historical figures to suit enlarged egos and their enlarged pockets. Andres Bonifacio (played with a notable lack of charm by Cesar Montano), the founder of the Philippine revolution who was tragically killed by his fellow men, is depicted as a severely sore loser. Antonio Luna (played, complete with gritting teeth, by Christopher de Leon), a top-ranking general of the revolutionary government who was murdered, is shown to be cruel, despotic and deserving of his embarrassing death as a matter of narrative logic. Emilio Aguinaldo (played with uncharacteristic and unbelievable nobility by Jorge Estregan), the titular president, reaps all the rewards of Meily's...

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Tonight's the Britney Spears episode of "Glee!" so all of us who were teenagers in the late 90's can feel nostalgic and fuzzy, or something. I'll confess that I find more than a few of Ms.Spears's singles to be pretty damn catchy, and "...Baby One More Time" is a spectacular pop song. And whatever else you can say about the woman (and there's a lot, and most of it has already been said somewhere at some point in time) she's put out six albums since 1999 and with all the shit she's gone through on a very public stage, she has yet to hit 30. She's a remarkable person, in every sense of that word. Of course, I also understand that tonight's episode will be focusing on everyone's favorite Cheerio, Brittany, which will either be awesome or render the character completely irritating. Here's Tuesday night's TV:

8:00pm: "30 for 30" on Espn...