Film Genres, Mainstream Films, Podcasts »

[2 Mar 2010 | No Comment | 36 views]
A Series of Unfortunate Events

The podcast you are about to see is extremely unpleasant.
If you wish to see a podcast about a happy little elf, I’m sure there is still plenty of seating in theatre number two.
However, if you like stories about clever and reasonably attractive orphans, suspicious fires, carnivorous leeches, Italian food and secret organizations, then stay, as I retrace each and every one of the Baudelaire children’s woeful steps.
My name is Rachel Yap, and it is my sad duty to document this podcast.

Mainstream Films, Podcasts »

[2 Mar 2010 | No Comment | 27 views]
V for Vendetta

V for Vendetta was released in 2005 and directed by James McTeigue. It mainly stars Natalie Portman, as Evey Hammond, Hugo Weaving, as “V”, Stephen Rea, as inspector Finch and John Hurt as Adam Sutler. The film is set in the future of Britain as a fascist state and it revolves around the desire of people wanting to regain their freedom of speech and to be rid of a totalitarian state.
Discover more and watch the podcast by Sanjay Pal Singh Bhuttar S/O Mahn Mohan.

Best Movie Villains, Mainstream Films »

[8 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 628 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. They make our heart go pit-a-pat as they battle with the hero, or makes us as an audience anticipate what on earth they are planning to do next. They can be the darkest and meanest character that we can ever possibly think of. Some of …

Asian Cinema, Talks & Interviews »

[8 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 295 views]
Summer Wars Movie Review

Summer Wars is the story is about a young high school student, Kenji Koiso, a math genius who has just started his summer break and is asked by his secret crush, and older student, Natsuki Shinohara, to go with her to her family home for a summer job, he agrees to it immediately, only finding out later that his “summer job” requires him to pretend to be Natsuki’s fiancée. As Kenji tried his best to keep up with Natsuki’s back stories of himself, he receives a strange message on his “keitai” (which are mobile phones of Japan) asking him to solve a ridiculously long mathematical problem and of course, being a math genius, he cannot resist solving it. In doing so, he unleashes something terrible in the Internet world of OZ.

Foreign Cinema »

[7 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 167 views]
The Orphanage Movie Review

The Orphanage/ El Orfanato

The Orphanage is definitely one of the best Spanish films I’ve watched. And the funny thing, I’m actually not much of a fan of the horror genre. But in my eyes, The Orphanage is art. It mixes horror with heart.

Foreign Cinema »

[7 Jan 2010 | No Comment | 132 views]
‘Once’ Movie Review

‘Once’ is an Irish independent film that is simple yet brilliant. It is a movie-musical between 2 musicians set within the streets of Dublin, Ireland. Written and directed by John Carney, this naturalistic drama stars Glen Hansard, from Irish band The Frames, and Markéta Irglová as struggling musicians.