[Movie Review] ‘Her Blue Sky’ connects with audiences despite artistic oddities
Should you watch this at weekday movie ticket prices? Yes. Should you watch this at weekend movie ticket prices? No. It may be a hoary [Click to read more.]
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[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] ‘I want to eat your pancreas’ has a brutally emotional twist
If you’ve ever watched any trashy romance film, you’ll be lured into thinking that I want to eat your pancreas is more of the same — just [Click to read more.]
[Movie Review] ’50 First Kisses’ is a mixed bag of funny moments and awkward situations
The central premise of 50 First Dates has been so popular that there have been three remakes of the film in different languages, with 50 [Click to read more.]
[Movie Review] Slapstick or emotional? ‘Brother of the Year’ is both
“Brother of the Year” is one of those films that defy categorisation because the story veers into wildly different emotional beats at times. While it [Click to read more.]
[Movie Review] Mark Lee, not the ramen, is the best thing in ‘Ramen Teh’
If you’re catching “Ramen Teh”, you can skip the first half hour, before Uncle Wee (Mark Lee) appears. In a film where virtually everyone takes [Click to read more.]
[Movie Review] There’s no doubting the sheer enthusiasm in ‘Jimami Tofu’
What is jimami tofu? It’s a type of Japanese peanut tofu. As you might expect, “Jimami Tofu” centres around Japanese food. It’s romantic drama about [Click to read more.]
[Movie Review] Dakota Johnson looks incredibly liberated in ‘Fifty Shades Freed’
Anastasia Steele (Dakota Johnson) in “Fifty Shades of Grey” is a completely different person from the character who appears in “Fifty Shades Freed”. Gone are [Click to read more.]
[Movie Review] ‘Narratage’ is a horrifying glamourisation of underage student-teacher relationships
It’s amazing how “Narratage” managed to get by censors with just a PG13 rating. Did they actually watch the film? Granted, it’s a hefty 140 [Click to read more.]
[Movie Review] ‘Fireworks, Should We See It from the Side or the Bottom?’ is deceptively complex
Boy meets girl. Boy falls in love with girl. But there are obstacles to their love. The ostensibly simple premise for Japanese romantic anime “Fireworks, Should [Click to read more.]