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[2 Mar 2010 | No Comment | 176 views]
28 Days Later

28 Days Later is a 2002 British post-apocalyptic film starring Cillian Murphy, Naomie Harris, Brendan Gleeson and Christopher Eccleston, and is directed by Danny Boyle. Yes. Danny Boyle – the man who also directed the award winning Slumdog Millionaire. 1Now, returning to 28 Days Later. The story opens with a group of animal rights activists breaking into a primate research facility to free the caged chimps. Unfortunately to them, the chimps are infected with a virus, known as RAGE. Of course, the virus spreads around and all hell breaks loose.
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Children of Men

“Children of Men” is a British science fiction film based loosely on the novel, of the exact same name, by Phyllis Dorothy James. Co-written and directed by Mexican filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón, the film includes several acting heavy weights like Clive Owen, Michael Caine, and Julianne Moore.
Set in the year 2027, in a world of chaos, women of the world have mysteriously gone infertile and there hasn’t been a single childbirth for 18 years. A former activist, Theo Faron, played by Clive Owen, agrees to escort a miraculously pregnant refugee to …

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Memoirs of a Geisha

Memoirs is a 2005 film adapted from the novel of the same name, directed by Rob Marshall, and the film stars Zhang Ziyi, Michelle Yeoh, Gong Li and Ken Watanabe.
The podcast will be discussing the artistic arrangement of visual details in the film: Memoirs of a Geisha. This includes settings, props, costumes, and make-up. Also, we will be exploring some of the crafts of making moving pictures in the same film, such as lighting and framing.
Nigel Soh Chee Hng

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[5 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 1,065 views]
Best Movie Villains

When it comes to movie villains, it becomes a love-hate thing; they are either the ones who we either hate to love or love to hate. Though the protagonist or the hero may appear charismatic, the villains are the ones that make the movie interesting…

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[7 Nov 2009 | No Comment | 755 views]
Film-spotting: A Christmas Carol (Opens 19 Nov)

Animation-fanatic? This holiday season you get to experience the Christmas spirit early as Disney brings you A Christmas Carol.
“A Christmas Carol” is both written and directed by Academy Award winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis (“Back to the Future,” “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” “Forrest Gump,” “Contact,” “The Polar Express,” “Beowulf”). The movie is based on Charles Dickens’ classic story.
Ebenezer Scrooge (Jim Carrey) begins the Christmas holiday with his usual miserly contempt, barking at his faithful clerk (Gary Oldman) and his cheery nephew (Colin Firth). But when the ghosts of …