Wednesday, May 15, 2024

The Fall Guy (2024)

Very entertaining! Taylor Swift, Phil Collins and Kiss!
 

Wednesday, May 1, 2024

Oversteer《速战人生》(2024)

Technically, this is pretty much up there with most of the mainstream commercial pics from SG. But the narrative kinda lacks focus and development. The car scenes, while far from what we are used to from more developed industries, do look fresh for a SG pic. Kudos to the mostly apt sound design too.

The cast are generally okay despite the characters being just broad strokes with little development. That very random musical number which came out from nowhere is probably my fav part of the film.

Overall, I'll say this is a decent effort. I still don't get why the dad and son speak different dialects when talking to each other tho. 

Thursday, April 18, 2024

Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire (2024)

Entertaining on a mainstream level. Very little development character or story wise. Pretty by the numbers. 

Saturday, April 6, 2024

Drift (2023)

Glad I dragged myself to attend the screening that came with a  Q&A. Apart from bumping into friends and colleagues, the insight during the Q&A added further appreciation for the film's production process. Nice, quiet drama that touched on topics such as human connections and dignity.     

Sunday, February 25, 2024

Anatomy of a Fall (2023)

Not bad. Very talkie film. I fell asleep around the part where the female lead was talking to her lawyer in the kitchen, IIRC, and woke up somewhere when the case was in the courtroom.

Saturday, February 17, 2024

All of Us Strangers (2023)

At the end of it, I was thinking I might wanna watch again just to see how the dots join up.
 

Wednesday, January 3, 2024

Poor Things (2023)

The dialogue, "I must go punch that baby" really tickled me.  There's lots of sex, or "furious jumping" in this one. Loved it mostly. Emma Stone's performance is one of the key anchors of the film, IMHO. I do wonder if things were wrapped up a bit too nicely in the end, but this an interesting watch for those who are open to unconventional visual and audio storytelling.