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Alice In Wonderland

March 9th, 2010 2 Comments

3D or not 3D?  I say 3D, and go for the experience.  Pleasantly surprised I was, the overall 3D effect seems to have better clarity than Avatar.  I wonder why.
It must have been a long time since I last read the book “Alice In Wonderland”.  All I remember were the rabbit hole, the potions, the [...]

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20th Century Boys 3 – A Closure, Finally!

February 11th, 2010 No Comments

It’s a no-brainer.  If you have already followed the Japanese movie adaption of the manga series, you wouldn’t wish to miss the last installment of the trilogy.  If you have not heard of “20th Century Boys”, I doubt if this 156 minutes film would make much sense to you.
I was struggling to like the first installment [...]

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Celebrated Christmas Eve With Avatar, An Impromptu Dinner Party, And A Midnight Mass

December 25th, 2009 5 Comments

A Merry Christmas to my readers.  ¡Feliz Navidad!
While we were queuing to enter the AMK Hub car park, out of nowhere, Cynthia asked what do people really mean when they say Merry Christmas to one another.  Good question.  I wonder how many of us genuinely ponder upon the good news of the birth of a savior [...]

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The Storm Warriors – Huh? What The …

December 19th, 2009 6 Comments

For the record, I am a huge fan of the Wuxia genre.  I am also a fan of the original Chinese comic book series “Fung Wan”.  OK, where shall I begin with this second installment?  Part one is my casual thoughts, which fans of the movie may disagree.  Part two is my deeper albeit random [...]

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The Twilight Saga: New Moon – The Non-Fans Won’t Get It

December 5th, 2009 9 Comments

The question, I think, is why “New Moon” can get away with the disjointed subplots and cheesy dialogues and yet able to make tons of girls in the theatre we visited swooning all the way from opening to the end credits – literally so.  Some guys would play along and ’swooned’ ahead of the girls causing [...]

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District 9 – Got Me Thinking

August 26th, 2009 7 Comments

In Singapore, District 9 is a prime location.  In Johannesburg, it is an asylum for the aliens.  For the aliens?!  I swear I had no idea what “District 9” is about.  I thought it has something to do with “District 13”.  I thought it was a reference to non-citizen, like some countries do.  At the [...]

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G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra – Loved It Or Hated It?

August 12th, 2009 4 Comments

Ah ha!  I so didn’t choose this movie to watch.  Apparently, the ban is still on.  Because I chose that Thai film that nobody seems to enjoy watching.  OK, I shall leave the decision making process to the rest of the Movie Review Squad.  We all know that the critics have beaten this one bad.  [...]

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20th Century Boys 2 – This Trilogy Is Growing On Me

July 15th, 2009 2 Comments

October 2008, the Movie Review Squad has watched the first installment of this trilogy, of this perhaps the most expensive Japanese film ever made.  I wonder why there is a 6 months delay before part 2 arrives in [a tiny theater in] Singapore (compare to a 2 months gap for part 1).  And I look forward [...]

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Blood The Last Vampire – My Beloved Sassy Girl Turns Into A Demon Slayer

June 6th, 2009 12 Comments

What more could I ask for?  My favorite Korean actress Jun Ji-hyun from my favorite movie “My Sassy Girl” is going to the heroine killing off waves after waves of demons slash vampires slash unholy creatures and save the … OK, I don’t quite know what she is saving for.  It’s Jun Ji-hyun.  Who cares about the [...]

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Terminator Salvation

June 4th, 2009 6 Comments

Let’s get the fundamental right: in the world of human versus machine, Terminator franchise lies somewhere between the extremes of Robocop and The Matrix.  We guys love to watch Robocop with our girlfriends at our basements because with such a boring storyline, making out seems like the next best thing to do (it’s an open secret [...]

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