[Theatre Show Review] Watching ‘Chicago’ has shown me how much it has shaped our culture today
Chicago is one of those musicals that people say you have to watch (then again, there are things that so many people say you need [Click to read more.]
[Movie Review] 22+ years later, ‘Infernal Affairs <<无间道>> is still the peak of Hong Kong cinema
It’s been over 22 years since Infernal Affairs came out on the silver screen, but I’ve never watched it for a multitude of reasons. Firstly, [Click to read more.]
[Theatre Show Review] ‘Drunk Shakespeare’ is a stirring (and inebriated) love letter to the Bard
Drunk Shakespeare – the entire concept is in the title of the show. Granted, it’s not the entire cast that gets drunk (it wouldn’t be [Click to read more.]
[Theatre Show Review] ‘Hadestown’ on Broadway reignited my love for Greek mythology
I first saw the snaking queues for Hadestown in late 2019 and I was intrigued. I couldn’t quite get tickets to watch Hadestown that year, [Click to read more.]
[Movie Review] ‘Mufasa: The Lion King’ masters both masculinity and femininity for leonine supremacy
The biggest punishment that Mufasa (Aaron Pierre) gets as a young lion is this – that he has to hang around the women. If you’ve [Click to read more.]
[Movie Review] ‘The War of the Rohirrim’ is like the One Ring – seemingly humble in appearance, staggeringly epic in nature
I was as skeptical of the trailer as you may have been when I first saw it. Would it be able to evoke The Lord [Click to read more.]
[Movie Review] Just like real life, ‘Moana 2’ explores how you can have a mid-life calling
The first Moana explored what it’s like to have an unexplained calling, and to fulfil that destiny. For most creative types (actually anyone, really) that’s [Click to read more.]
[Theatre Show Review] Finally, a realistic depiction of Singapore’s family units in ‘Hard Mode’, a play about Gen Alpha
It was, what appeared to me, a light-hearted play about the youths of today and the challenges they face. A relaxing performance to watch – [Click to read more.]
[Theatre Show Review] ‘Aladdin’ on Broadway energised me so much I bought two new magic lamps
The live-action version of Aladdin holds a special place in my heart – it came at a time of transition and identity for me. And [Click to read more.]
[TV Show Review] Are you geeky? You’ll love the hard sci-fi of ‘3 Body Problem’ and the plot twists
I didn’t read up about 3 Body Problem (neither the Wikipedia page, nor reviews) before watching it – I caught it after being badgered about [Click to read more.]