[Movie Review] ‘The Curse of the Weeping Woman’ is delightfully horrific in all the right ways
If you’re a horror buff, you may have heard of La Llorona, the Mexican banshee who is the titular weeping woman of The Curse of [Click to read more.]
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[Movies] ‘Avengers: Endgame’ is a a beautiful capstone to one of the most ambitious and enjoyable shared movie universes
Hype, like the Infinity Gauntlet, is a double-edged sword. While it may drive demand for a movie so high that marketing is no longer needed, [Click to read more.]
[Movies] 2019’s ‘Hellboy’ is a bizarre mishmash of directorial decisions
11 years after the previous Hellboy film, we finally have a new one — which, predictably, is a reboot that invites comparisons with the 2004 [Click to read more.]
[Book Review] Just read the first 1/3 of ‘David & Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits and the Art of Battling Giants’
There’s a certain expectation when it comes to Malcolm Gladwell books – a riveting narrative, insights hidden in plain sight, and a takeaway that can [Click to read more.]
[Movie Review] ‘The Lady Improper (非分熟女)’ castrates its lust and replaces it with food
The Lady Improper is one of the best food films that you’ve never seen. Contrary to its title, there’s hardly anything improper about the main [Click to read more.]
[TV] New TV shows coming to Singapore this April: Game of Thrones S8, Lion Mums S3, The Flash S5, Secret, A Private Life and more
Every month, we’ll tell you about new comedies and dramas to hit terrestrial and cable channels, as well as streaming sites in Singapore. We’ll also [Click to read more.]
[Movie Review] ‘Shazam!’ is a surprisingly heartwarming and satisfying superhero film
In Shazam!, Billy Batson (Asher Angel) sniggers when asked to say Shazam so that he can transform into the eponymous superhero — and why wouldn’t [Click to read more.]
[Movie Review] You’ll believe an elephant can fly in ‘Dumbo’, but the humans are just phoning it in
The crux of every pet movie is the animal playing the “main character” — audiences must empathise with it, otherwise the entire movie falls apart. [Click to read more.]
[Movie Review] Thai rom-com ‘Friend Zone’ deserves to be ghosted
Movie titles don’t come any more on the nose than Friend Zone. The romantic comedy starts out with one of the characters being “friendzoned” by [Click to read more.]
[Movie Review] ‘Ghost Wife’ is an authentic supernatural love story
Far too many films bill themselves as “supernatural romances” without actually examining the “supernatural” aspect of the romance. If the romance isn’t any different from [Click to read more.]