[Movie Review] ‘One Piece: Stampede’ thrills with every fan favourite character in it
When you have an anime series that has run as long as One Piece you’re bound to have a divided group of fans supporting different characters [Click to read more.]
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[Movie Review] ‘Warning: Do Not Play’ tries to be meta but ends up confusing
A film about a director who’s making a film may sound a tad indulgent, but that’s the basic premise of Warning: Do Not Play. Of course, [Click to read more.]
[Movies] Singapore and Malaysia cinema’s love affair with pontianaks
There’s no doubting the amount of love that Singapore and Malaysia have for the pontianak. The pontianak is said to arise when a woman dies [Click to read more.]
[Movie Review] Lengthy but fun, ‘Fast & Furious: Hobbs & Shaw’ manages to squeeze in an insane vehicular stunt
When a movie makes a Game of Thrones reference, you know that it’s got its pulse firmly on what the audience wants. Fast & Furious: [Click to read more.]
[Movie Review] ‘The Rookies (素人特工)’ does a little bit of everything – badly
There’s no doubting the amount of ambition that went into The Rookies (素人特工), which tries so hard to be this mega blockbuster action film by [Click to read more.]
[Movie Review] ‘Doraemon: Nobita’s Chronicle Of The Moon Exploration’ is adorable and full of cute references to other animes
While Doraemon: Nobita’s Chronicle Of The Moon Exploration isn’t the first movie where Doraemon and company have headed off into outer space, (2015’s Doraemon: Nobita’s Space [Click to read more.]
[Movie Review] ‘Ma’ hews so close to real life that it’s disturbing
Ma is one of those films that defy categorisation. While it’s billed as a psychological horror film, it feels more like a rather unnerving drama [Click to read more.]
[Movie Review] ‘The Lion King’ is an impressive feat of CGI but the voices are awkward
Ever since 2016’s live-action remake of The Jungle Book, it’s been clear that Disney has been honing their CGI technology to generate photorealistic animal characters [Click to read more.]
[Movie Review] ‘Crayon Shin-chan: Dangerous Honeymoon – The Lost Daddy’ takes a back to basics approach
The Crayon Shin-chan franchise started in 1990 and has been ongoing ever since — which begs the question: are there any new stories left to [Click to read more.]
[Movie Review] ‘Child’s Play’ is a brilliant, humorous, gory parable on the dangers of technology
Most horror movies are just that — an excuse for a crazed creature to hunt down hapless human victims in a Gothic and extremely dark [Click to read more.]