Category: Movie Review

THE IDES OF MARCH (9/10)

First it was Ocean’s Eleven, then Burn After Reading; and now with George Clooney, Ryan Gosling, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Paul Giamatti, Evan Rachel Wood and Marisa Tomei, this was just another dream team cast for me. Am I biased or is Clooney just this good, both as an actor and a director? If it was […]

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YOU ARE THE APPLE OF MY EYE (8/10)

A surprisingly and quietly brilliant movie from Taiwan. This reminded me a lot of unconventional love stories from the silver screen like Korea’s My Sassy Girl and (500) Days Of Summer. And to a certain extent with all the lewd jokes, also reminded me of Korea’s hilarious 0. But the best thing for me was […]

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Life Without Principle 奪命金

In the pursuit of material wealth, few can lose their focus on the purpose of wealth and be more ruthless than the Chinese living in an urban society where money means more in society to be a motivation and a cause for questionable ethics. Is Life Without Principle an eerie reminder of how one loses their principles […]

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IMMORTALS (6/10)

First time to see so much of Henry Cavill and I do see the slight resemblance with Christopher Reeves’s Superman. Although I, at this moment, still feel that Brandon Routh should get a second chance, but I’m also excited to see what the next Superman movie would bring. Partly because, I must add, I really liked […]

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In Time

I LOVED the concept of this movie. It’s such a refreshing twist on the subject of existentialism. I know that I probably am the only one who loved it this much but it’s really something that I can relate to. I’ve always thought about how in this world if we could live without food, then […]

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Real Steel

Apart from a great feel-good story, I thought this movie had a lot of heart despite the steely nature of things. Newbie Dakota Goyo gave a very good portrayal for his young character, blending wise-beyond-years with child-like fascinations charisma. Hugh Jackman no doubt was the main pull in this movie and he was part of […]

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