[Movie Review] ‘Knives Out’ meanders too much despite good performances
Whodunnits require a careful balance of subtle foreshadowing along with a strong motivation for the story to continue — since the whole point of it [Click to read more.]
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[Movie Review] ‘Frozen 2’ tries its best to have a raison d’etre
It’s hard being a sequel. Not only do you have to live up to the expectations of the original film, but you also have to [Click to read more.]
[Movie Review] ‘Doctor Sleep’ shines but suffers from its love of ‘The Shining’
Doctor Sleep is long. It’s packed with lots of good ideas, but what plagues it the way old demons plague its main character, Danny Torrance (Ewan [Click to read more.]
[Television] New TV shows coming to Singapore in November: Mixed Signals, DC Super Hero Girls, The Stranded, Psychopath Diary 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] ‘Countdown’ makes its scares count, but it has a wonky plot
Fate. Ever since the dawn of humanity, humans have been obsessed with knowing (and attempting to defy) one’s own fate. Of course, such stories are [Click to read more.]
[Movie Review] Calm, confident, ‘Terminator: Dark Fate” delivers a creeping sense of inevitable doom
Terminator: Dark Fate does many things well (something that can’t quite be said for its predecessors in the 2000s), but what it does best is [Click to read more.]
[Movie Review] Unnerving, beautiful, horrifying, understandable: ‘Joker’ is a mix of dichotomies
For a film which has its title character being lauded as the patron saint of incels, Joker (Joaquin Phoenix) is surprisingly, not. Which is no [Click to read more.]
[Movie Review] ‘Ad Astra’ brings you on an audio tour de force of outer space
Space has always been the final frontier for humanity, holding great promises and grand secrets that will be bequeathed on whoever dares to reach for [Click to read more.]
[Movie Review] ‘Revenge of the Pontianak’ features a different type of pontianak that jump kicks
There’s no denying the appeal of the pontianak when it comes to anything horror-related — she’s probably the most famous supernatural creature we have in [Click to read more.]
[Movie Review] Chinese animation ‘Ne Zha (哪吒之魔童降世)’ is a serious rival to Disney films
Outside of Disney, it’s difficult to find a good animated film that blends a good story with colourful and imaginative animation. But Ne Zha (哪吒之魔童降世) breaks [Click to read more.]