OK. Yet another Gosling movie. This one is good. Much darker than I have expected. It is an artistic movie that captivates. In this movie, Gosling drives cars and works in a garage. He seldom talks. In fact, a good chunk of the movie contains no dialogues. As an audience, in most part, I would [...]
Entries Tagged as 'My Opinion'
Drive – Memorable Story, Great Soundtrack
November 12th, 2011 No Comments
Tags: Carey Mulligan · Ryan Gosling
The Ides of March – Politics, And More Politics
November 12th, 2011 No Comments
When we told our friends that we have watched “The Ides of March” on November fifth, the most common response would be, “The what?”. Ides! Then we added, “That Clooney show”. Or I think we should have said, “That Gosling show”. Gosling is involved in quite a few films these days. He must be one [...]
Tags: Evan Rachel Wood · George Clooney · Ryan Gosling
The Wind-up Bird Chronicle By Haruki Murakami – So Unreal, So Mesmerizing
November 6th, 2011 4 Comments
The paperback version of “The Wind-up Bird Chronicle” is more than 600 pages long. It sat inside my bookshelf for a long time because I was not sure if I have the patience to digest such a mightily thick book (to me that is). I brought it along anyway for my trip to Hong Kong. I [...]
Tags: Haruki Murakami
Thrall: Twilight Of The Aspects By Christie Golden – Powerful, And Moving
October 24th, 2011 No Comments
After I have finished reading Thrall in Hong Kong, I said to Cynthia, “Drop everything you are reading now and start to read this!” It is that good. Rewind to the day when we were at the airport. On several occasions, I struggled if I shall read another book written by Christie Golden. Price is [...]
Tags: Christie Golden · Thrall · World of Warcraft
My Favorite Quotes From “Aleph” By Paulo Coelho
October 22nd, 2011 2 Comments
I enjoy reading Paulo Coelho’s novels. They are always inspirational. Or simply put – food for the soul. To be frank, I enjoy reading some of his earlier works better than his recent ones. Hence my expectation for “Aleph” was not that high. This book surprises me on several fronts. First, it is quite a [...]
Tags: Paulo Coelho
Friends With Benefits – Mila Is Adorable
October 16th, 2011 No Comments
I don’t think it has anything to do with aging (I hope). It was a pretty hectic week at work. In some instances, you can almost measure how overloaded one is by observing the number of mistakes one begins to make. I read the showtime of 17:30 as 7.30pm, which was obviously wrong. Saturday traffic [...]
Tags: Justin Timberlake · Mila Kunis
Apple Of My Eye – A Taiwanese Movie, A Nostalgic One For Me
October 10th, 2011 No Comments
How many of us end up spending the rest of our lives with our school day sweethearts? Do you remember the time when love was so awkward, so childish? We kept on reading and sending the signals wrongly, but yet our puppy love affair appeared to be at the center of our universe, all that [...]
Tags: omy.sg · Taiwanese Film
Ayumi Hamasaki Rock’n'Roll Circus Tour Final 7Days Special – Simply Amazing
October 1st, 2011 2 Comments
The barrier of our imagination is often defined by our experience. If you have not seen a Japanese concert by Ayumi Hamasaki before, it is hard to describe what you have missed. Let me say, it is mind blowing. Cynthia does not know her music. But she has thoroughly enjoyed watching the music recording. She [...]
Tags: Ayumi Hamasaki
Tatsumi Directed By Eric Khoo
September 11th, 2011 2 Comments
For some strange reasons, my public life as you can see here is so full of movies these days. I can assure you that my passion lies in a sea of ocean, including tracking that lost penguin on a daily basis. Poor Happy Feet. We have not heard from him since September 8. Fairy tales [...]
Tags: Eric Khoo
The Hanged Man (Spanish Title: El Juego Del Ahorcado)
September 11th, 2011 No Comments
As we left the Shaw Lido cinema after the omy.com movie premiere event, I have spotted a huge poster that I could not take my eyes away from. It is a Spanish movie. What a coincidence. In our last Spanish class, our replacement teacher Gloria was asking us if there are Spanish movies playing in [...]
Tags: Álvaro Cervantes · Clara Lago · Spanish Film