Sunday, April 16, 2023

Marry My Dead Body《關於我和鬼變成家人的那件事》(2023)

This "fairy tale" is pretty entertaining. Plot is thin but the characters endearing. Even some of the supporting, who only made few appearances, like the granny and the fat gay colleague.
 

Saturday, April 15, 2023

The Man on the Other Side (2019)

I kind of saw the potential that this could be as a love story. Unfortunately, the romance aspect comes across as a wee bit weak, IMHO. That said, as a debut feature, and a drama thriller, it's actually not too bad. Dig the score. And Mari Bensel managed to command the screen as Sophie Zimmermann pretty nicely. 

Wednesday, April 5, 2023

Geylang《芽籠》(2022)

Mark Lee's performance is what I enjoyed most about this film. I thought the plot dragged the ending out a bit longer than it should. IMHO, it's nice to have a Singapore film like this that's targeted at the mainstream. Love some of the black humor.

Reminded me a bit of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillip's Criminals graphic novel series as that one also focused on criminal characters. Also reminded me of Wild Things at times, when I felt certain plot decisions were made for the sake of creating drama without more in depth development. 

Saturday, April 1, 2023

Bros (2022)

Luke MacFarlane provided the eye candy for me in this one. I generally enjoyed it though I though some scenes went on for a bit too long with too much yak yak. Love the appearance by Ts Madison. Good to see Symone too, tho she was mainly wallpaper and didn't do much.