OK. Yet another Gosling movie. This one is good. Much darker than I have expected. It is an artistic movie that captivates. In this movie, Gosling drives cars and works in a garage. He seldom talks. In fact, a good chunk of the movie contains no dialogues. As an audience, in most part, I would [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Action & Thriller'
Drive – Memorable Story, Great Soundtrack
November 12th, 2011 No Comments
Tags: Carey Mulligan · Ryan Gosling
The Hanged Man (Spanish Title: El Juego Del Ahorcado)
September 11th, 2011 No Comments
As we left the Shaw Lido cinema after the omy.com movie premiere event, I have spotted a huge poster that I could not take my eyes away from. It is a Spanish movie. What a coincidence. In our last Spanish class, our replacement teacher Gloria was asking us if there are Spanish movies playing in [...]
Tags: Álvaro Cervantes · Clara Lago · Spanish Film
Cowboys & Aliens – I Can So Visualize This In A Video Game Setting
August 21st, 2011 2 Comments
It is Daniel Craig once again covered in dirt and sweat working hard to do the impossible. The story of “Cowboys & Aliens” is set in 1873, the cowboy era. I was a bit concerned when I saw that Harrison Ford is part of the casting. In “Morning Glory“, he looks pretty old. OK. In [...]
Tags: Daniel Craig · Harrison Ford · Olivia Wilde
Wu Xia – Is Donnie Yen Enough to Save This Film?
July 26th, 2011 8 Comments
For the past one week, Cynthia has been nudging me to watch “Wu Xia”. Normally she is not into Chinese movie, so I was curious. Then I found out that Takeshi Kaneshiro is starring in the movie. I suppose her fascination to Takeshi is like mine to Shu Qi. I was still unmoved until she [...]
Tags: Chinese Film · Donnie Yen · Takeshi Kaneshiro · Tang Wei
Fast & Furious 5 – Very Entertaining!
May 5th, 2011 1 Comment
You know for sure when Vin Diesel and Paul Walker return for another Fast & Furious, it is going to be fantastic. This franchise collection would have been great had they appeared in every installment. They must have their reasons for not doing so. Omy.sg’s review invite could not have come in a better timing. [...]
Tags: Dwayne Johnson · Gal Gadot · Jordana Brewster · Paul Walker · Vin Diesel
The Lincoln Lawyer – Now, That Lawyer Has Style
April 16th, 2011 No Comments
I am usually not a big fan of crime movies that involves lawyers. I don’t even watch CSI on TV. Lately, or rather for the longest history in time, TK and Cynthia are pretty much in sync when it comes down to the choice of movie. So when they picked “The Lincoln Lawyer”, I tugged [...]
Tags: Marisa Tomei · Matthew McConaughey
A Better Tomorrow – Emotional, And Gripping!
January 4th, 2011 9 Comments
TK, our partner-in-crime in Movie Review Squad texted Cynthia when we were waiting to board our plane, on New Year’s day, back to Singapore. I was still on a Zen mode, cut off from any Internet access for more than a week. And so, after numerous text exchanges between TK and Cynthia discussing the logistics [...]
Tags: Korean Film
Let Me In – Quite Possibly The Greatest Vampire Love Story Of All
November 11th, 2010 5 Comments
“Let Me In” is not a typical vampire movie, quite possibly something you have not seen before. That is if you have not watched the original Swedish film “Let The Right One In (2008)”. We can debate if this is a horror film or more like a thriller later. For the film characters that are [...]
Tags: blogger event · Chloë Moretz · Kodi Smit-McPhee · omy.sg
Red – It Is A Fun Watch, And There Are Malkovich, Willis, And More
November 4th, 2010 1 Comment
The movie preview took place at Bugis Shaw. And it has been a while since we hang out in that area. Cynthia bumped onto her colleague while I to mine. Small world it is indeed. The story of “Red” evolves around a team of ex-CIA agents who are now being targeted by the CIA. The [...]
Tags: blogger event · Brian Cox · Bruce Willis · Helen Mirren · John Malkovich · Karl Urban · Mary-Louise Parker · Morgan Freeman · omy.sg
The Town – Glorified Bank Robbers
October 28th, 2010 No Comments
Time passes by so quickly! One week has passed. We watched “The Town” last weekend. And tomorrow is Friday. The beginning of yet another weekend. This week is a happy week. The haze has been lifted. However, in the mist of finally getting a breath of fresh air, let’s not forget that our neighbor has [...]
Tags: Ben Affleck · Jeremy Lee Renner · Rebecca Hall