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10 Promises to My Dog - A Sweet Japanese Movie That Has Mass Appeal

June 27th, 2008 · 9 Comments · Drama, Foreign, Movie Reviews

Ask ten people who have or had dogs as their companions and you may hear ten unique, at times breathtaking stories.  Without giving out any spoilers, “10 Promises to My Dog” is not one of those typical Hollywood films that involve a dog that saves the world.  There is no adventure of that sort.  Instead, [...]

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Accuracy of Death, Sweet Rain, 死神の精度 - Whatever the Title is, It’s Takeshi Kaneshiro

May 19th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Drama, Foreign, Movie Reviews

OK.  I have to make this movie the final stop of my Asian Movie Marathon, take a break, and blog about something else.  This morning, I asked Cynthia who is not a big fan of Japanese movies, “Why pick this?”  Her answer was “Takeshi Kaneshiro” together with a isn’t-that-obvious look.
Isn’t that obvious that all the [...]

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Ayat-Ayat Cinta (Verses of Love) - More Than Just A Romance Drama

May 17th, 2008 · 21 Comments · Drama, Foreign, Movie Reviews

With close to a quarter of a billion population, you would have thought the filmmaker would pick a better looking Indonesian actor who is worthy of having four girls falling head over heels in love with and ends up marrying two.  Well, at least the filmmaker picks the right pair of drop dead gorgeous actresses [...]

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Dance of the Dragon = 1/2 Star?! What Are You Smoking? Shoot the Scriptwriter If You Must

May 10th, 2008 · 13 Comments · Drama, Movie Reviews

Com’on people.  Half-a-star and you buy that?  If someone is sending a DVD of this movie to me as a Christmas gift, I promise I will watch it before Easter (got to love that one critic I heard using cold turkey analogy though).  Putting “Dance of the Dragon” just half-a-star above Paris Hilton’s “Hottie and Nottie” is [...]

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The Other Boleyn Girl - How Accurate I Wonder

April 7th, 2008 · 6 Comments · Drama, Movie Reviews, Romance

Knowing that I was about to recover from my flu, Cynthia tapped onto the Sunday morning paper and said, “I want to watch number 1, 2, and 3.”  “What’s number 1?” I asked.  She said something and I replied, “Huh?  What boleh girl?” (‘Boleh’ in Malay means ‘can’, which ironically is not too far from [...]

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Sky Of Love (Koizora) - Starring Yui Aragaki (新垣結衣)

March 9th, 2008 · 26 Comments · Drama, Foreign, Movie Reviews

I can’t help but to draw similarities between my favourite Japanese star YUI and the 19 years old model turned actress turned singer Yui Aragaki that go slightly deeper than just a name resemblance and a birthday that is only 3 months apart. Both starred in a rather sad movie (“Midnight Sun” for YUI), both [...]

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There Will Be Blood - Daniel Day-Lewis

March 3rd, 2008 · 6 Comments · Drama, Movie Reviews

There will be a bunch of viewers leaving the theater feeling enchanted by the Oscar winning performance of the lead actor and mesmerized by the cinematography of the late 1800’s and early 1900’s America.  There will also be a bunch of viewers who find the film too long (160 minutes), the storyline too inconclusive, and [...]

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Juno - Comedy Drama Doesn’t Come Better Than This

February 25th, 2008 · 3 Comments · Comedy, Drama, Movie Reviews

Drama is my favorite genre.  This time, the talented young actress Ellen Page is not going to experiment with how to trap a pedophile and cut his balls like she did in “Hard Candy (2005)”.  Instead, her character, a 16-year old Juno, has become pregnant and decided to find the perfect couple to adopt her [...]

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Sweeney Todd - Yawn?

February 3rd, 2008 · 15 Comments · Drama, Movie Reviews

Why does the musical film adaptation “Sweeney Todd” receive such a positive review from so many sources?  I don’t know.  One thing I know though is that director Tim Burton loves to work with Johnny Depp and especially his wife Helena Bonham Carter time and time again.
Maybe it was the green tea or maybe it was [...]

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My Blueberry Nights - An Art House Type Of Movie By Wong Kar Wai

January 2nd, 2008 · 3 Comments · Drama, Movie Reviews

Before I even landed in Singapore, I have already messaged our Movie Review Squad member TK to book three tickets to watch “My Blueberry Nights”. It is rather unusual to have a Hong Kong director to write, direct, and produce an English film that is packed with big names such as Jude Law, Rachel Weisz, [...]

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