Random Musings

I usually do not turn down an invitation to catch a French film, and I never turn down an invitation to catch an Audrey Tautou film. Truth be told, I was rather disappointed with this film. When I’m watching a film, the first thing I would want to know is “Okay, where is all this [...]

It’s hard not to be charmed by this sleeper hit from Taiwan that has taken the Hong Kong and Taiwanese market by storm recently. And judging by the looks of things, “You Are the Apple of My Eye” looks set to take Singapore audiences by storm as well. Our audience last night certainly enjoyed it [...]

This is what I love about movies. “One Day” (based on the book by David Nicholls) is a new movie starring Anne Hathaway and Jim Sturgess in the lead roles of Emma and Dexter, and it is one of the more enjoyable movies I’ve seen at the theatre in a long while. It also helps [...]

There is something about French rom-coms…this unique sense of sprightliness, humour and beauty all rolled into one. I don’t know how to describe it, but they just seem to have it. I suppose the aural sensation of the French language might have a large part to play in it. But ultimately, the French know how [...]

“Kung Fu Panda 2″ was excellent. I’m not usually a huge fan of sequels and franchises, though that seems to be the way the movie industry is headed nowadays. But I must concede that KFP2 is just something else. I thoroughly enjoyed KFP1, and it says a lot when KFP2 turned out to be just [...]

I happened to stumble upon a pretty dated movie whilst channel surfing last night. It’s the 1994 movie “The Specialist” starring Stallone and Sharon Stone. I dunno about you, but there is something really strange about seeing old movies in such high definition and clarity. It’s just weird seeing a young Stallone and Sharon Stone [...]

Sometimes in life there are some things (such as films) which people constantly make reference to, and after awhile you tell yourself that if you don’t get down to watching it one day, you’ll always be left out in the cold whenever a reference pops up. For example, the film “The Godfather”. Widely regarded as [...]

I had heard so much about this that I had to give it a shot. Besides, after watching the much talked-about “Fargo” on the plane to Sydney recently, I am now a rather keen admirer of the Coen brothers. Rotten Tomatoes gives it 95%, which is extremely high, and it also features the cinematography of [...]