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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

Broken Embraces (Los Abrazos Rotos) – What A Way To Kick Start The EU Film Festival

May 7th, 2010 2 Comments

At the end of our last week’s blogger event, we were invited to attend the official opening event of the EU Film Festival. Later on, on the bulletin board of our Spanish language school, we found out that one could email the embassy to get oneself invited. I am surprised that we did not meet [...]

Tags: Pedro Almodóvar · Penélope Cruz · Spanish Film

Date Night – By And Large, Tastefully Hilarious

April 26th, 2010 No Comments

Cynthia and I have been stuck with each other for more than a decade. So suffice to say, we can relate to “Date Night” perhaps a little bit more than others. We are finding it hilarious, even down to the mundane daily routine. The little conversations or silly things that couples do when they are on their own. [...]

Tags: Steve Carell · Tina Fey

My Rainy Days – Got Me Thinking Of Starting Anew

April 16th, 2010 4 Comments

I enjoy watching Japanese movies. Mainly because they often touch onto my emotional core. Perhaps it is something to do with dramas. Something to do with the way Japanese craft the stories. If there is one thing that got me thinking late at night, long after finished watching “My Rainy Days” (天使の恋), that would be: [...]

Tags: Japanese Film · Nozomi Sasaki

[●REC]² – The Spanish Horror Continues, Not As Shocking As The First One

April 8th, 2010 No Comments

One of the many good reasons to keep a diary is that you can relive a fragment of your past emotion on any given day. Like today. Reading what I wrote after watching [●REC] gives me chill. I did not remember that the first episode was that scary. Comparatively speaking, the sequel is less scary, the [...]

Tags: Spanish Film

How To Train Your Dragon (3D) – So Darn Cute!

March 27th, 2010 No Comments

And so my obsession with the dragons continues. Knowing that we are having a road trip heading north the next day and when we are back, we will probably pick that Titan show to watch, we have got to catch this animation ths week. So we did. Again, in 3D. Seems like a trend these [...]

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Green Zone – Far Fetched Or Being Honest?

March 23rd, 2010 9 Comments

It is Matt Damon, again in uniform, not as a super soldier but as a Chief Warrant Officer looking for Weapons of Mass Destruction in Iraq. If the Americans and their allies could not find WMD after the Iraq War, could Matt Damon do the impossible? No! That is the bit on being honest. When [...]

Tags: Matt Damon

Up In The Air – What’s The Point?

March 13th, 2010 5 Comments

Being someone who had spent quite a good number of years traveling overseas for work, I can relate to the feeling of frequently going through the airport security, the ‘good’ life of living on travel expenses clocking in mileages and points, living on a suitcase for most part of the year, not having a home called home, [...]

Tags: Anna Kendrick · George Clooney · Vera Farmiga

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

Bright Star – For The Love Of Poems …

February 22nd, 2010 3 Comments

If you love art-house type of movies, especially on the topic of poetry, you may find the highly acclaimed “Bright Star” a movie worth checking out. A story based on the life of the poet John Keats and his romantic relationship with Fanny Brawne, set in the year 1818. The drama can be intense, and the words [...]