Pardon my lateness in writing this. Given the recent turn of exciting events, I hope it is forgivable. One may ask: Why write this type of entries for every movie you watch? I am a Cancer and I am fond of collecting movie stubs. Until one day I realize that the printing on the movie [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Action & Thriller'
Right … So This Is Sherlock Holmes?
January 13th, 2010 6 Comments
Tags: Jude Law · Rachel McAdams · Robert Downey Jr.
Amalfi (Amarufi) – Japanese Diplomacy Is A Long Process
October 24th, 2009 No Comments
When I was young, I often read Japanese novels of the detective and thriller genre. In Chinese of course. There is this Oriental exoticism that is different from the similar stories of the West. The twists and turns, the ambiance, the backdrops, and the attention to details like an art - all in a pace that is [...]
Tags: Erika Toda · Japanese Film · Sarah Brightman · Yuji Oda · Yuki Amami
Horsemen – If Not for Zhang Ziyi …
April 30th, 2009 2 Comments
Sorry for my previous post that is kind of depressing and thanks for all your support. I am OK, still [trying to be] as positive as ever. So today has been a mad day at work. I’ve told everybody that we are moving office and yet, work requests, meeting requests, email requests aimed at my team from [...]
Tags: Zhang Ziyi
Taken – I Squeezed Cynthia’s Hand So Hard That It’s No Joke!
April 27th, 2009 2 Comments
I am a big fan of Liam Neeson – less so for that Star War film but more so for say “Schindler’s List” and “Michael Collins”. So naturally, I like “Taken”. Did you know that it is scripted by Luc Besson? “The Fifth Element” is my all time favorite. And surprise-surprise, “Taken” is directed by Pierre [...]
Tags: Liam Neeson · Luc Besson · Pierre Morel
Fast & Furious 4 – So Vin Diesel is Back
April 13th, 2009 2 Comments
I have no clue what the rest of the Movie Review Squad like about the Fast and the Furious franchise. To me, it is the fast cars and the hot babes. Again, what’s the story about? Who cares when the car scenes are that hot?
Though time and time again I have been saying that (1) [...]
Tags: Vin Diesel
Gran Torino – Ah, So It’s A Car
April 5th, 2009 No Comments
I am inspired. If I do get to 78, I wish to have Clint Eastwood’s energy, passion, and creativity (and success too!). It must have been quite a while since we’ve watched our last movie. Life has been hectic lately. When TK proposed to catch a movie this weekend, the Movie Review Squad unanimously picked “Gran [...]
Tags: Clint Eastwood
Prefer Casino Royale to Quantum of Solace – My Quantum of Mad Rush from 1450 to 1658
November 9th, 2008 12 Comments
I think I had my fair share of action packed excitement prior to the five o’clock movie “Quantum of Solace”. At 1450 (timestamp from one of my messages to M), I stepped into my Aston Martin (OK, more like a … whatever) with one hand on my Nokia phone doing last minute checking on my [...]
Tags: Daniel Craig · Olga Kurylenko
The Dark Knight – Being the Rare One Who Cannot Connect to the New Bat Franchise
July 22nd, 2008 25 Comments
Erm. Yawn? Zzzz.
OK. It is hard to write something knowing that over 90% of the population will disagree with. And if I am to continue my ‘review career’, I have some serious recalibration to do.
Cynthia loves ”The Dark Knight”; I had a headache watching it. So what happens? I will get to that in just a [...]
Tags: Aaron Eckhart · Heath Ledger
The Bank Job – Nothing Like My Job For Sure (LOL!)
July 12th, 2008 No Comments
OK. Bad joke. I can’t remember the exact dialogue. When I suggested to watch “The Bank Job” last week, my buddy TK was like, “Isn’t that your job? 9 to 5 is not enough and you have to watch it on big screen?”
Duh!
Cynthia couldn’t have put it better: Before “The Italian Job” and “Ocean 11″, there was [...]
Tags: Jason Statham · Saffron Burrows
The Incredible Hulk – Reload
June 18th, 2008 10 Comments
It’s been a crazy time at work these days so I wanted some solid entertainment. For the lack of choices, I proposed watching “The Incredible Hulk” to my Movie Review Squad and unanimously, both TK and Cynthia loved my choice because of Edward Norton.
Edward Norton as the Hulk?! What happens to my Hector of Troy?!
OK, I [...]
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