Hearing news like this makes me wonder whether to laugh or cry. Disney has bought the rights to Enid Blyton’s Famous Five and will be making a modern-day cartoon. I was brought up on Enid Blyton books such as Noddy, the Famous Five, the Secret Seven, Mallory Towers, Amelia Jane, the Faraway Tree and numerous …
We watched Singapore Dreaming yesterday. Overall, it was a good local movie with some stereotypical aspirations that Singaporeans would be familiar with – the 5Cs (cash, car, condo, credit card, country club) and an extra one thrown in for good measure: coffin. It was fascinating to see how even in death the Chinese burn paper …
We watched The Devil Wears Prada last night. It was as good as I had heard it would be. Anyone who’s ever had a demanding, political job can empathise with Andy Sachs (Anne Hathaway), the new assistant to fashion editor Miranda Priestly (well-casted as Meryl Streep), the eponymous anti-heroine of the movie. While generally entertaining, …
Had dinner at Lao Beijing, and then watched a HK/China movie called Crazy Stone which has apparently received pretty positive reviews. Every minute of the movie was entertaining, funny and at times just hilarious. There are many intertwining sub-plots and themes. There are the good guys versus the bad guys – the security team versus …
This evening, I attended a big dinner party for an old family friend and was ushered to a table of young, beautiful people. Yes, younger than I, and more beautiful – including the men, and they were straight, too! Mmm. Everyone lived or studied overseas – and in exotic locations, not just the usual *yawn* …
Watching a new Superman movie after so many years brought back nostalgic memories. We girls had heard that this new Superman was suitably well-endowed … not with extra powers but, well, you know! Admittedly he had a slightly vacant look but I don’t blame him considering his endowment fund had been reportedly downsized! It’s like …
Until I watched the award-winning play on its opening night at the National Library theatre, I didn’t know that a fundoshi was a loincloth. Glenn Goei made an opening speech, warning those whose sensitivities might be offended by the bawdy humour, that a red light above the stage would turn on as a warning, and …
Since I’m suffering from an ailment that begins with the letter ‘D’, resulting in frequent trips to the loo, I’m back at home. Anyway, it’s about time I updated this blog! Movie review: Brokeback Mountain Last week, I watched Brokeback Mountain with some friends. Interestingly it was an almost all-girl outing. I often wonder why …
I watched a Korean movie, My Brother, last night. It is well-written, and moving. The story is narrated by the younger brother of a cleft-lipped boy, who is the runt of the family and thus gets all the attention from his doting mother. The boys’ father left them because of his son’s disfigurement, and shortly …
I just watched ‘Batman Begins‘. Apart from certain criminals, a few innocent citizens and Batman himself, another thing that needed to be suspended way up in the air, was my disbelief. Spoilers ahoy.