On the same day we were supposed to meet with our friend on his birthday to watch this film, I was reading “Superfreakonomics” in the morning. In this new chapter, it says we often complain about how the old days are better, but more often so it is not the case. After the film, I thought: What [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Foreign'
Bodyguards And Assassins – One Shouldn’t Be Missed This Year, To Me
December 23rd, 2009 8 Comments
Tags: Chinese Film
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
Don’t Look Back (Ne Te Retourne Pas) – An Ending Worths The Wait
December 15th, 2009 7 Comments
An European film staring Sophie Marceau and Monica Bullucci? No way I am going to miss it. At the opening of the movie, TK and Cynthia simultaneously from my right and left asked if “Don’t Look Back” is a horror show. Uh-oh. One tiny detail I have not researched, prior to the booking of the tickets. As [...]
Tags: Monica Bellucci · Sophie Marceau
My Girlfriend Is An Agent – So Very Hilarious!
November 7th, 2009 5 Comments
Once in a while, there are movies that are so beyond expectation that you thought: Wow, I am so glad that I’ve picked it. Maybe my week has been somewhat humdrum, maybe there are just too many sad news of old wive poisoning old husband, young teen stabbing his young girlfriend to death, or the [...]
Tags: Ji-Hwan Kang · Korean Film · Yeong-Nam Jang
Amalfi (Amarufi) – Japanese Diplomacy Is A Long Process
October 24th, 2009 No Comments
When I was young, I often read Japanese novels of the detective and thriller genre. In Chinese of course. There is this Oriental exoticism that is different from the similar stories of the West. The twists and turns, the ambiance, the backdrops, and the attention to details like an art - all in a pace that is [...]
Tags: Erika Toda · Japanese Film · Sarah Brightman · Yuji Oda · Yuki Amami
Darah – Made In Indonesia
October 21st, 2009 12 Comments
Last Monday was significant in a few ways. I have decided to be a vegetarian if the circumstances allow. Something like a social meat eater. Let’s see how long it will last. F1 has one more race to go but the driver and constructor’s champion titles have already been concluded. Cynthia was out-of-town and with [...]
Tags: Indonesian Film
Tokyo Sonata – On Starting Over
October 12th, 2009 No Comments
Whether or not you would like “Tokyo Sonata” depends on (a) how much you like the picture house type of movie, (b) how curious are you on the modern Japanese culture, and (c) how much you can relate to the story. Ironically, I could not persuade my Japanese friend whom we met for a dinner [...]
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Inglourious Basterds – Can A Film End The War?
September 21st, 2009 8 Comments
The script of “Inglourious Basterds” took Quentin Tarantino more than a decade to complete. It shows. Of his films I have watched, I am much intrigued by the quality of the story development of “Inglourious Besterds”. It watched like reading a masterpiece story. Divided into 5 chapters, the Nazi hunts the Jews, the American ‘commandos’ [...]
Tags: Brad Pitt · Christoph Waltz · Daniel Brühl · Diane Kruger · Eli Roth · Mélanie Laurent · Michael Fassbender · Quentin Tarantino · Til Schweiger
Coco Before Chanel – Those Deep Black Eyes That Say More Than Words
August 29th, 2009 3 Comments
I knew I shouldn’t trust The Straits Times’s review, especially one written by Ong Sor Fern. She is still writing reviews for our local paper, after all these years. Amazing (in a not so good way). I haven’t read her review prior to watching the movie. Cynthia did and has decided to give “Coco Before [...]
Tags: Audrey Tautou
Threads of Destiny – OK, I Wonder What Part 2 Would Be Like
July 18th, 2009 No Comments
So I had a movie ‘date’ with a … guy. Because Cynthia has an social gathering with other girls and she doesn’t like to watch sappy Japanese movies. Sure, give me some of those tragic tears. I mean that’s what you would expect when you watch a Japanese teenage romance, especially one that is from [...]
Tags: Junpei Mizobata · Nao Minamisawa