Couple of weeks ago, my friendly boss dropped by my workplace – like he always does in an intraday manner to go through a checklist of 101 items with me – and he talked about “Made of Honour” instead. He even gave a two thumbs up on that movie. That was scary. Was I being Googled [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Romance'
If the Birthday Girl Wants Made of Honour, the Birthday Girl Gets Made of Honour
June 7th, 2008 11 Comments
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So This is Sex and the City (A Guy’s Perspective)
June 2nd, 2008 24 Comments
Believe me, a hundred and one plans have flown over my head on how not to get myself into “Sex and the City”. In a last-ditch attempt, I asked Cynthia in all feebleness, “Shall we check out the reviews on this movie just in case?” Her response was, “It’s Sex and the City.” Cool as a [...]
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Definitely Maybe – There Is A Girl Whom I Really Like!
April 14th, 2008 5 Comments
I often marvel at how Western film titles are being translated in Chinese for the Hong Kong market (which can be different from the China market). Take “Definitely Maybe” as an example. It is translated into “愛情三選一” that loosely means “Choose One from Three in the Name of Love”. OK, the Chinese title is a [...]
Tags: Isla Fisher
The Other Boleyn Girl – How Accurate I Wonder
April 7th, 2008 8 Comments
Knowing that I was about to recover from my flu, Cynthia tapped onto the Sunday morning paper and said, “I want to watch number 1, 2, and 3.” “What’s number 1?” I asked. She said something and I replied, “Huh? What boleh girl?” (‘Boleh’ in Malay means ‘can’, which ironically is not too far from [...]
Tags: Natalie Portman · Scarlett Johansson
27 Dresses – Girls Would Love This
January 26th, 2008 12 Comments
If you have just started dating a girl not for long, bringing her to watch “27 Dresses” would probably up your rating for a good few notches. She may even remember this chick flick as the movie for the both of you. So you better prepare to write down the date and place and what she wears for [...]
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Sugar And Spice – My Heart Bled A Hundred Times
November 21st, 2007 2 Comments
Life is fragile. One moment you are up in the sky, hopping from cloud to cloud. Everything looks bright. You love the caress of the wind on your face. Another moment, everything you stand onto crumble into pieces. What you believe in, what you live for … and you ask yourself: Who am I? What [...]
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No Reservations – Zeta-Jones Oh Zeta-Jones
September 12th, 2007 2 Comments
Dear friends. Sorry for the infrequent updates lately and infrequent visit to your sites. Life has been busy lately. Arrgghh! Good news, I have finally found time to watch “No Reservation” – quite possibly Catherine Zeta-Jones’s finest acting (not saying it is an Oscar wining performance). I have always enjoyed watching Catherine Zeta-Jones on screen. [...]
Tags: Aaron Eckhart · Catherine Zeta-Jones
Paprika and Who Slept With Her – A Mixed Review From Us
July 25th, 2007 5 Comments
After a rather disappointing outing to watch the Korean sex comedy “Who Slept With Her” last week, I tried to make amend and choose a better movie this time for the Movie Review Squad – the Japanese anime “Paprika”. Turns out that three of us have different opinions on these two movies. TK actually enjoyed [...]
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Music And Lyrics – You Won’t Be Inspired To Be A Songwriter, But …
April 2nd, 2007 2 Comments
My take is that you probably won’t get much out of it from a songwriting perspective. I certainly don’t compose songs like they do (though the recording bits are pretty authentic). However you will be in for a good laugh as the center character is played by Hugh Grant. I love the script especially – [...]
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The Painted Veil – Redemption And Unexpected Grace In An Unlikely Place
January 22nd, 2007 No Comments
Those who have read the book written by W. Somerset Maugham published in 1925 will immediately realise the differences between the movie adaptation and the original novel. The character development of the supposed to be shallow, poorly educated Kitty is very much compressed and the conclusion is missing from the adaptation. The novel portrays the [...]
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