Why do I watch that many movies lately, I do not know. It may be the sign of work starting to get into me and watching movies seems like an easy way out for lack of a more creative way to spend my spare time. Perhaps what Michael Watkins wrote in his book “The First [...]
Entries from November 16th, 2007
“Beowulf” – Now, What Have They Done To The Epic Poem?
November 16th, 2007 2 Comments
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Hellgate London
November 14th, 2007 3 Comments
“London is in ruins and now Asia must respond”, so it says on the pamphlet. I do not hesitate (especially when Cynthia is out-of-town) and am ready for the challenges ahead. I arrive at Russel Square and the garden square is no longer what it used to be – now a piece of wasteland. From [...]
Lust, Caution – Nearly Met Expectation If Only The Story Made Sense
November 12th, 2007 3 Comments
If only I had my way to tweak the story slightly – very slightly perhaps towards the end – it would have been more satisfying to watch. Having said that, I think Ang Lee has done the Chinese proud. I was brought up watching countless Hong Kong movie productions and since young, I have always [...]
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The Witch Of Portobello – It’s Still A Paulo Coelho Fiction
November 11th, 2007 1 Comment
If you are new to Paulo Coelho – a Brazilian writer who has sold more than 85 millions books worldwide in 63 languages – I would certainly recommend “The Alchemist” and the trilogy “By the River Piedra I sat Down and Wept”, “Veronika Decides to Die”, and “The Devil and Miss Prym”. I think those [...]
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Lions For Lambs – Quite Possibly Leaving You With More Questions Than Answers
November 11th, 2007 3 Comments
I like watching split reviewed movies. You either get it or you don’t and I love to read how the two sides debate. “Lions For Lambs” is definitely not about another American war initiative (though that’s what the main storyline hinders upon) nor how three different stories gel perfectly together (it would have been had [...]
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Super Import Nights – Worth The S$10 For The Cars And Babes? You Decide!
November 9th, 2007 9 Comments
Super Import Nights at the Singapore Expo is nowhere near to the quality – both in terms of cars and babes – of the Singapore Motor Show. And I realized that the highlights of the events to me are actually free, right outside Hall 5. However, if you are interested in ways to modify and [...]
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Carrie Underwood’s Carnival Ride – Award Winning Albums Are Made Of This?
November 8th, 2007 2 Comments
To qualify the title of this review, I did not watch that particular season of American Idol when Carrie won the competition, nor her new album “Carnival Ride” has won any awards yet – which can just be an eventuality. I do like her debut pop country album “Some Hearts” and that has won her [...]
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Your Name Is Justine – Painfully Hard To Watch, Painfully Depressing
November 6th, 2007 6 Comments
I don’t know if that one intense and realistic rape scene of Monica Bellucci’s “Irreversible” is more painful to watch or the series of rape and violent scenes of “Your Name Justine” is instead. One thing for sure though, our Singapore’s Pleasure Factory is mild compare to that poor Poland girl who got sold into [...]
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Our 7th Anniversary For Better And For Worse
November 5th, 2007 18 Comments
How many 7 years do we have? Perhaps 10? The 1st 7-year we spend almost oblivious of what life is about. The 2nd 7-year we figure out what education means. The 3rd 7-year we study hard to get to the University we want and we fall in and out of a series of love relationships [...]
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Scarlett Thomas’s The End Of Mr. Y – A Sci-fi Real Life Journey You Won’t Forget
November 4th, 2007 6 Comments
At first, I was curious about the marketing tag line: If you knew this book was cursed, would you read it? That was the exact choice the main character Ariel has to make when she came across a rare book “The End of Mr. Y” by Thomas E. Lumas. Inside the story by Lumas – [...]
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