Time for six, three, I can only manage three. Dune: Part 2 (2024), we saw on opening night and just like the first part, it made me feel like climbing up to the rooftop of the highest building and shout: “THIS IS CINEMA!” Denis Villeneuve has once again rewritten how epic sci-fi can be and […]
Read more "Quickies: Dune: Part 2, Exhuma, OMG 2"There is a discussion Choo and I will always have when certain songs come up on the iPod in my car. These particular songs will trigger vivid memories which had been seared into the deep recesses of our consciousness. We will start to talk about the concerts we had graced and sometimes we would go […]
Read more "Concert (3 Mar 2024): Taylor Swift"Time for 6 and this is just a selection from a lot more I have seen since I last posted. On the eve of Chinese New Year, I screened a horror double-bill at home without consulting Choo. Half an hour into Saw X (2023), Choo uttered: “Why are we watching horror tonight.” I replied her […]
Read more "Quickies: Saw X, Talk To Me, The Holdovers, Table For Six 2, Marry My Husband, 1923"Time for 6 quick ones… Argylle (2024) is about a reclusive author who writes espionage novels about a secret agent and a global spy syndicate realizes the plot of the new book she’s writing starts to mirror real-world events, in real time. The action comedy is helmed by Mathew Vaughn whose movies don’t colour within […]
Read more "Quickies: Argylle, Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, The Mourning Forest, A Shop of Killers, True Detective: Night Country, Mr and Mrs Smith"Death’s Game is a recommendation by a total stranger who reads what I post. With nothing really compelling to watch, I told Choo about Death’s Game and we give ep1 a shot. We are now at ep6 and will be done tonight. I am already counting down the minutes till Choo is back this evening. […]
Read more "Prime: Death’s Game (2023)"Time for six… We saw Old Fox (2022) at Vivo City. All through the 45-minute journey back, Choo and I had a spirited discourse about the movie. I live for these moments. Interestingly, I wouldn’t say it’s a deep movie and it actually encompasses the simple idea of temptation, but the entire package is utterly […]
Read more "Quickies: Old Fox, Cream Soda & Milk, Hand Rolled Cigarette, The Brothers Sun, The Trial, Home For Rent"Abang Adik means “elder brother younger sibling” in Malay. The two brothers depicted in the movie are not even related by blood but underscore their symbiotic relationship in ways that can put real brothers to shame. The movie takes a long, hard look at a pair of undocumented orphans and the disenfranchised in Pudu, Kuala […]
Read more "Abang Adik (富都青年) (2024)"Time for six and I will start with a funny story… I have always wanted to see Flash Gordon (1980) mainly because Queen wrote the music for it. A few months ago I chanced upon the blu-ray and I just clicked “buy”. I have hundreds of un-watched blu-rays and this one was just lying in […]
Read more "Quickies: Flesh Gordon, Anatomy of a Fall, Saltburn, Fitzcarraldo, Patio of Illusion, Postman Fights Back"On the eve of the New Year, I asked my niece to give me the lowdown on some dramas on my watch list, Designated Survivor (Korean), Welcome to Samdal-ri and My Demon and whether I should dive into any of them. She gave me the quick Cliff-notes versions of all of them and instead pointed […]
Read more "TV Series: Light the Night (华灯初上) (2021-2022)"Every year I like to do a write-up on music, movies and TV shows that I enjoyed in the year. It has become a ritual and it’s a ritual that I like. Choo always tells me not to bother because nobody cares. She might be right but this has evolved to become a personal ritual […]
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