[Movie Review] ’12 Strong’ stirs unexpected emotions
With a title like “12 Strong”, you can expect that 12 key characters survive the events of the film. However, when there are literally 12 [Click to read more.]
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[Movie Review] Story, dialogue, drama — ‘The Post’ delivers despite being based on real-life events
Films based on high profile, relatively well-known “true stories” usually emphasise performance and pacing over plot. After all, it’s difficult to maintain tension when most [Click to read more.]
[Movies] “Satan’s Slaves” was as terrifying to shoot as it is to watch
Sometimes shooting a horror movie can be just as terrifying as watching it. During the filming of horror movie “Satan’s Slaves” (“Pengabdi Setan”), there were two [Click to read more.]
[Movie Review] ‘The Commuter’ is a little more exciting than it sounds
With a nondescript title and Liam Neeson as the star of the film, unspoken expectations have already been set about “The Commuter”. As you may [Click to read more.]
[Movie Commentary] ‘Namiya’ vs ‘The Miracles of the Namiya General Store’, which is the better movie?
In the span of just four months, we’ve seen two different film adaptations of the same novel — “Miracles of the Namiya General Store”. The Japanese adaptation, [Click to read more.]
[Movies] 6 Asian film stars who will make waves in Hollywood this 2018
The past few years have seen an increasing number of Asian stars making it big in Hollywood, with Singapore’s very own Chin Han having been [Click to read more.]
[Movie Review] ‘The Greatest Showman’ is a disappointing paint-by-numbers musical
Watch any musical number in “The Greatest Showman” by itself and you’ll find it magnificently executed. But how they are all strung together makes the [Click to read more.]
[Movies] 5 films you must catch this January
So little time, so many movies, you know the drill. I’m suggesting what you should catch this January, because our time on this Earth is [Click to read more.]
[Movie Review] ‘Marry Me, Dude’ will have you burst out laughing
It’s been a long time since a film had me laughing out loud in cinemas, but “Marry Me, Dude” does exactly that — despite the [Click to read more.]
[Movie Review] ‘Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” reminds us why Kevin Hart and Jack Black are so irritating
Why does “Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle” start in the most boring way possible? You can skip the first 25 minutes of the film, which [Click to read more.]