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 [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Fantasy & Sci-fi'
20th Century Boys 2 – This Trilogy Is Growing On Me
July 15th, 2009 2 Comments
Tags: 20世紀少年 · 20th Century Boys · Airi Taira
Blood The Last Vampire – My Beloved Sassy Girl Turns Into A Demon Slayer
June 6th, 2009 13 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 [...]
Tags: Gianna Jun · Jun Ji-hyun
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 [...]
Tags: Christian Bale · Sam Worthington
Star Trek – Looking Through the Eyes of a Non-Trekkie
May 13th, 2009 4 Comments
Here is one dark secret of mine: I was once imprisoned by a few brainwashed Trekkies insisted that I should watch and internalize the visual messages of Captain Kirk and his pointy ears companion. Every evening, I was seated in front of the TV watching one of the 6 Star Trek films in random order. [...]
Tags: Chris Pine · Star Trek · Zachary Quinto
Watchmen – Oh I Like
March 15th, 2009 3 Comments
I should feel blessed that I have yet to unwrap the comic book “Watchmen” I bought years ago. As strongly recommended by our friend TK, I bought that comic book; and since he is keen to watch the movie – though I have heard split reviews on this film – we went ahead with it. [...]
Tags: Alan Moore · Dave Gibbons · Zack Snyder
K-20: Legend of the Mask – A Japanese Batman?
March 6th, 2009 2 Comments
It’s Takeshi so Cynthia has got to watch it. So I have got to accompany her. And I had no idea what to expect. Besides, I reckon since my parents are going to be in town this week, my sister is getting Singaporely married this weekend (for her wedding tour, click here), I’d better catch [...]
Tags: Takeshi Kaneshiro
We Celebrated Christmas Eve the Twilight Way
December 25th, 2008 16 Comments
Wow. How Kristen Stewart has grown up from the 12 years old Panic Room diabetes into one fine young actress who is in love with … a vampire. Twilight watched like a mix of my favorite TV series Buffy and Felicity. Add that with the cool rock numbers by Linkin Park, Muse, Paramore, and more [...]
Tags: Kristen Stewart · Robert Pattinson · Twilight Saga
The Day the Earth Stood Still Was the Day We Returned from Our Bandung Trip
December 18th, 2008 2 Comments
This morning, minutes before we checked out of the hotel from Jakarta and to catch a plane back to Singapore, two of our Movie Review Squad members were busy booking our movie tickets via the free wi-fi network provided at the hotel lobby while the third one was on the 10th floor busy catching up with [...]
Tags: Jennifer Connelly · Keanu Reeves
20th Century Boys (20世紀少年) – So It Was Movie Before Manga For Me
October 16th, 2008 11 Comments
Rarely our Movie Review Squad has such a long deliberation on which movie to watch. And we settled for “Twentieth Century Boys” after a 3-way split between Rocknrolla, the Bunny, and this Japanese one last week. I asked TK to give me an executive summary on what this show is about. It’s originated from a manga, [...]
Tags: 20世紀少年 · 20th Century Boys · Naoki Urasawa · Yukihiko Tsutsumi
Hellboy 2: The Golden Army – It is 4,900+1 Against 4+1!
July 13th, 2008 8 Comments
Absurd as it sounds, I have high anticipation on Hellboy II because of Pan’s Labyrinth and the rather hot Selma Blair. Why do I think that Hellboy’s girlfriend is sexy? I have no idea. Perhaps because of some of the past movies she made. When I read that in this sequel, it is Hellboy and [...]
Tags: Guillermo del Toro · Ron Perlman · Selma Blair