The idea is tantalizing. Imagine being able to architect your dream, bring others into your dream or trespass into others’ dreams, and if you wish to retain certain fond memories of the past, lock them up inside your head and visit them as often as you like. On the surface, “Inception” appears to be a movie with an [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Fantasy & Sci-fi'
Inception – Into Subconscious and Dream Whereby Logic Supposes To Dissolve
July 18th, 2010 6 Comments
Tags: Christopher Nolan · Cillian Murphy · Ellen Page · Joseph Gordon-Levitt · Ken Watanabe · Leonardo DiCaprio · Marion Cotillard · Michael Caine · Tom Hardy
The Twilight Saga: Eclipse – So Far So Good
July 8th, 2010 No Comments
OK. I promise I am not going to poke fun at the Twilight Saga like before. Looking at the record breaking ticket sales, I think the fanatic fans have gone beyond caring about what the critics say and have dived straight into yet another episode of this bizarre love triangle of a vampire, a werewolf, [...]
Tags: Dakota Fanning · Kristen Stewart · Robert Pattinson · Taylor Lautner · Twilight Saga
Iron Man 2 Bled My Ears
May 8th, 2010 11 Comments
Normally, I love watching movies at Cathay’s cinemas. Unfortunately, the Digital 4K version at Cinelesiure bled my ears. I found it hard to enjoy the movie when the volume is so high. The low frequency vibration was impressive though. My entire body shook as Iron Man and the pursuing enemies fly low underneath the highway. That [...]
Tags: Don Cheadle · Gwyneth Paltrow · Robert Downey Jr. · Samuel L. Jackson · Scarlett Johansson
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, [...]
Tags: Anne Hathaway · Helena Bonham Carter · johnny depp · Mia Wasikowska · Tim Burton
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 [...]
Tags: 20世紀少年 · 20th Century Boys · Japanese Film
Celebrated Christmas Eve With Avatar, An Impromptu Dinner Party, And A Midnight Mass
December 25th, 2009 7 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 [...]
Tags: James Cameron · World of Warcraft
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 [...]
Tags: Chinese Film · Wuxia
The Twilight Saga: New Moon – The Non-Fans Won’t Get It
December 5th, 2009 10 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 [...]
Tags: Kristen Stewart · Robert Pattinson · Taylor Lautner · Twilight Saga
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 [...]
Tags: Neill Blomkamp · Sharlto Copley
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. [...]
Tags: Channing Tatum · Dennis Quaid · Lee Byung-hun · Rachel Nichols · Sienna Miller
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