This is a documentary on how to cut down on the useless things that we buy and to live more simply.
Liked the interviews with the experts as well as the person in the street who practices minimalism. The ending quote "Love people and use things. Not the other way round." was nice too!
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JKQXZ are high scoring tiles in a scrabble set and there is only one set of each letter.
Saturday, January 05, 2019
Angela's Christmas
The story is about what happened during the night of Christmas eve in a small Irish town.
Liked the nice plot with Angela trying to warm up the baby doll! How considerate of her!
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Liked the nice plot with Angela trying to warm up the baby doll! How considerate of her!
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Thursday, January 03, 2019
Golden Time
The story is about an old television who wants to get out of a dump. His friends are a broken wind-up toy, a spoiled fan and a small chair.
Liked how the old television remembered the good old days where the whole family would gather in front of him! Also liked how someone picked him up when he has already given up trying to leave.
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Liked how the old television remembered the good old days where the whole family would gather in front of him! Also liked how someone picked him up when he has already given up trying to leave.
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Tuesday, January 01, 2019
Fittest on Earth: A Decade of Fitness
This is a documentary of the 2016 Cross Fit games to find the fittest person on earth.
Liked the tough but interesting physical tasks! There were a total of 15 physical tasks completed in 5 days and nothing seems to faze them!
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Liked the tough but interesting physical tasks! There were a total of 15 physical tasks completed in 5 days and nothing seems to faze them!
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Monday, December 31, 2018
The Breadwinner
The story is about life in Afghanistan in the late 1990s seen through the eyes of a little girl called Parvana.
Liked the stories told by Parvana that mirrored reality! The animation in those stories reminded me of shadow puppets. The ending was exciting too as we wondered what would happen eventually!
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Liked the stories told by Parvana that mirrored reality! The animation in those stories reminded me of shadow puppets. The ending was exciting too as we wondered what would happen eventually!
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Wednesday, December 26, 2018
Lo and Behold: Reveries of the Connected World
The documentary is about the history and impact of the internet and artificial intelligence on society.
Liked the open ended questions posed by the director to his interviewees. Didn't realise there were people who were allergic to wireless radiation!
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Liked the open ended questions posed by the director to his interviewees. Didn't realise there were people who were allergic to wireless radiation!
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Tuesday, December 25, 2018
Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
This is a documentary on Kevin Clash who was the main puppeteer for Elmo from 1985 to 2012.
Liked Kevin's passion for what he does and his willingness to share what he knows with younger people! Was amazed by the different types of voices that he could make.
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Liked Kevin's passion for what he does and his willingness to share what he knows with younger people! Was amazed by the different types of voices that he could make.
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Monday, December 24, 2018
Roma
The story is about life in Mexico during the 1970s seen through the eyes of a maid.
Liked how the camera just panned around to show what was going on! Also liked how the family stayed together despite of the internal and external challenges.
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Liked how the camera just panned around to show what was going on! Also liked how the family stayed together despite of the internal and external challenges.
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Bumblebee
The story is about how one type of alien robot came to earth and almost destroyed it if not for the help of another type of alien robot. The two types of alien robots lived in a planet called Cybertron and were able to transform into different objects.
Liked the friendship between Bumblebee and the human girl! The inclusion of the group of arrogant rich teenagers and the boyfriend was a bit unnecessary though.
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Liked the friendship between Bumblebee and the human girl! The inclusion of the group of arrogant rich teenagers and the boyfriend was a bit unnecessary though.
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Sunday, December 23, 2018
Wreck-It Ralph
The story is about the adventures of a bad guy in a video game called Wreck-It Ralph. He was tired of his life and travelled to other video games to gain recognition and to be a good guy.
Liked the friendship between Ralph and the little girl! Also liked how they depicted code and glitches in the film.
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Liked the friendship between Ralph and the little girl! Also liked how they depicted code and glitches in the film.
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Saturday, December 22, 2018
Flavors of Youth
The movie consists of three stories connected by a common theme; what is it like to be a youth in China?
Liked the delicious noodles in the first story, the sisterly love in the second story and the innovative use of the tape recorder in the last story.
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Liked the delicious noodles in the first story, the sisterly love in the second story and the innovative use of the tape recorder in the last story.
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Friday, December 21, 2018
AlphaGo
This is a documentary about how a team of computer programmers developed a program called AlphaGo to challenge one of the top Go players in the world, Lee Se Dol.
Liked the human aspect of the story for both the team of computer programmers and Lee Se Dol! I rejoiced when Lee Se Dol finally found a weakness in AlphaGo to win in game 4!
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Liked the human aspect of the story for both the team of computer programmers and Lee Se Dol! I rejoiced when Lee Se Dol finally found a weakness in AlphaGo to win in game 4!
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Tuesday, July 03, 2018
Frozen
The story is about a queen who could freeze objects by shooting beams with her hands much like how spiderman shoots webs from his hands and her sister who longed to be closer to her.
Liked the nice songs in the film! The duet by the sisters was my favorite song followed by "Let It Go" by the queen. Was quite surprised by the twist towards the end that showed what true love really meant!
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Liked the nice songs in the film! The duet by the sisters was my favorite song followed by "Let It Go" by the queen. Was quite surprised by the twist towards the end that showed what true love really meant!
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Friday, April 13, 2018
The Tale of the Princess Kaguya
The story is about how an old couple came across a young baby girl in the bamboo forest and raised her to be a princess.
Liked the nice water color animation and the dream sequences! Was really surprised by the ending when the true identity of princess Kaguya was revealed!
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Liked the nice water color animation and the dream sequences! Was really surprised by the ending when the true identity of princess Kaguya was revealed!
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Friday, March 16, 2018
Still Alice
The story is about how a linguistic professor's relationship with her family changed after she discovered that she had Alzheimer's Disease on her 50th birthday.
Liked the leisurely pace of the movie and the inspiring speech at the care centre! Great acting by Julianne Moore! Thought the part where she watched her own video but forgot what she was supposed to do after she went upstairs was a little bit funny.
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Liked the leisurely pace of the movie and the inspiring speech at the care centre! Great acting by Julianne Moore! Thought the part where she watched her own video but forgot what she was supposed to do after she went upstairs was a little bit funny.
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Saturday, December 02, 2017
In This Corner Of The World
The story is about a young Japanese woman's life during World War II.
Liked how the protagonist endured the hardships of food rationing and countless number of bomb shelter visits! She was mad only when she learnt that Japan had surrendered to the enemy. I also liked her creative paintings of the sea, the sky and the experiences that she encountered!
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Liked how the protagonist endured the hardships of food rationing and countless number of bomb shelter visits! She was mad only when she learnt that Japan had surrendered to the enemy. I also liked her creative paintings of the sea, the sky and the experiences that she encountered!
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Thursday, November 30, 2017
Your Name
The story is about how a boy and a girl lived each other's lives occasionally when they switched bodies in their dreams.
Liked the nice soundtrack, the interesting incidents during the body switches and the complex plot that kept me in suspense on what would happen next! The girl looked beautiful with the ribbon tied to her hair!
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Liked the nice soundtrack, the interesting incidents during the body switches and the complex plot that kept me in suspense on what would happen next! The girl looked beautiful with the ribbon tied to her hair!
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Monday, June 19, 2017
Senior Teacher
The story is about what happened to a teacher after a student whom he hit became deaf.
Liked the black and white cinematography, beautiful soundtrack and interesting plot! I also liked the use of hand written words on composition paper to divide the film into different parts.
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Liked the black and white cinematography, beautiful soundtrack and interesting plot! I also liked the use of hand written words on composition paper to divide the film into different parts.
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Thursday, May 04, 2017
The Manifest
The story is about two astronauts taking part in an inter-stellar mission.
Liked the nice voice of the artificial intelligent assistant and the little arguments between the two astronauts!
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Liked the nice voice of the artificial intelligent assistant and the little arguments between the two astronauts!
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Beijing, Mumbai, Tampines
The story is about how recruits worked together as a team despite their different backgrounds.
Liked the realistic depiction of basic military training and the carmaraderie among the group!
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Liked the realistic depiction of basic military training and the carmaraderie among the group!
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Wednesday, May 03, 2017
The Life of Bob Lee
The story is about how an ex photo-journalist coped with having an autistic son.
Liked the father-son bonding moments in the film!
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Liked the father-son bonding moments in the film!
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Sanjay
The story is about the encounters of an Indian couple who just moved to Singapore.
Liked the friendly neighborhood spirit of helping each other! Didn't quite understand what the boss of Sanjay was angry about though.
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Liked the friendly neighborhood spirit of helping each other! Didn't quite understand what the boss of Sanjay was angry about though.
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Saturday, April 22, 2017
Little By Little
The story is about two children who had to overcome the trauma of seeing someone falling to her death.
Liked the T-shaped paper plane and the drawings made by the little girl! Nice plot and great acting!
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Liked the T-shaped paper plane and the drawings made by the little girl! Nice plot and great acting!
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Wednesday, April 19, 2017
Poor Bro, Rich Bro
The story is about how a brother and sister helped their grandmother collect old things to sell.
Liked how the grandmother taught her granddaughter to stay positive despite her classmates laughing at her! Nice plot and great acting!
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Liked how the grandmother taught her granddaughter to stay positive despite her classmates laughing at her! Nice plot and great acting!
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Sunday, April 16, 2017
Remember
The story is about a son trying to put his father suffering from Alzheimer's disease into a home.
Liked the flashbacks and how the father and the son remembered about their past!
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Liked the flashbacks and how the father and the son remembered about their past!
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Friday, April 14, 2017
Close Circuit
The story is about how a Lego child grew up in a Russian doll family.
Liked the tension between the mother's expectations and the child's desires! Great special effects!
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Liked the tension between the mother's expectations and the child's desires! Great special effects!
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Sunday, March 19, 2017
The Leader
The story is about how two young kids in a childcare center learned to co-operate with each other while their parents who happened to be colleagues had a small argument.
Liked the nice plot about how people with different races worked and played happily together!
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Liked the nice plot about how people with different races worked and played happily together!
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Tuesday, December 27, 2016
Hanging On
The story is about an old man trying to hold on to old voice mail recordings of his daughter as the telephone company phased it out just after she died in an accident.
Liked how the film showed the human side of technology! Thought this was quite similar to Emoji except that one was about voice mail and the other was about messaging apps.
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Liked how the film showed the human side of technology! Thought this was quite similar to Emoji except that one was about voice mail and the other was about messaging apps.
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Monday, December 26, 2016
Crumb
This is a documentary about Robert Crumb who is an American cartoonist.
Liked the interesting interviews and how Robert brought the viewers through several of his cartoons! It made me question if there should be bounds to freedom of expression as one man's view could be offensive to another.
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Liked the interesting interviews and how Robert brought the viewers through several of his cartoons! It made me question if there should be bounds to freedom of expression as one man's view could be offensive to another.
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Saturday, December 17, 2016
Like Someone In Love
The story is about different types of love: a student's respect for his teacher, a girl worrying for her grandmother's safety, a grandfather's longing for his loved ones and a boyfriend's concern for his girlfriend.
I was browsing through the Criterion catalogue and this title caught my eye as it was directed by an Iranian director but filmed in Japan. Liked the interesting conversations and the pretty actress! The film taught me not to judge a person too quickly by first impressions. I thought the boyfriend was a good for nothing initially but changed my mind after seeing him working diligently in his uniform. Similarly, I thought the professor's neighbor was just being nosy until I learnt more of her situation later in the film.
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I was browsing through the Criterion catalogue and this title caught my eye as it was directed by an Iranian director but filmed in Japan. Liked the interesting conversations and the pretty actress! The film taught me not to judge a person too quickly by first impressions. I thought the boyfriend was a good for nothing initially but changed my mind after seeing him working diligently in his uniform. Similarly, I thought the professor's neighbor was just being nosy until I learnt more of her situation later in the film.
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Monday, December 05, 2016
Saturday, December 03, 2016
B Mine, Would you?
The story is about how a fat guy dated the new girl in class.
Liked the nice beauty and the beast plot! A bit skeptical that running is faster than driving though.
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Liked the nice beauty and the beast plot! A bit skeptical that running is faster than driving though.
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Second Chance
The story is about a woman reminiscing about her past as she chit chats with the nurse at a nursing home.
Liked how the director showed two different perspectives of the same scenario! Think people usually choose to remember the good parts of their past.
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Liked how the director showed two different perspectives of the same scenario! Think people usually choose to remember the good parts of their past.
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Friday, November 25, 2016
Grandfather
The story is about how a spoilt little girl changed her attitude towards her grandfather after staying with each other for a few days.
Liked the close ups on both characters and how the little girl managed to discreetly passed a gift to her grandfather towards the end!
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Liked the close ups on both characters and how the little girl managed to discreetly passed a gift to her grandfather towards the end!
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Thursday, November 24, 2016
The Longest-Distance Relationship
This is a documentary about four girls' attempt to understand each other's religion better.
Liked the informal approach to a serious topic! The interviews were interesting and I especially liked how they included their own responses seamlessly to the interviewer's answers towards the end!
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Liked the informal approach to a serious topic! The interviews were interesting and I especially liked how they included their own responses seamlessly to the interviewer's answers towards the end!
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Saturday, November 12, 2016
Sunflowers
The story is about how a makeup artist found a job beautifying the dead.
Liked the nice plot and the carmaderie spirit of working together like one big family!
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Liked the nice plot and the carmaderie spirit of working together like one big family!
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32°C Fall in Love
The story is about how the cashier at a mini-mart and a security guard who liked her encountered a robber in the middle of the night.
Liked the interesting plot and the twist towards the end! I wonder where the robber managed to get the gas mask?
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Liked the interesting plot and the twist towards the end! I wonder where the robber managed to get the gas mask?
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Friday, November 11, 2016
Yukuharu
The story is about a little girl's sadness towards the impermanence of things or mono no aware in Japanese.
Liked the conversation between the protagonist and the little boy who is his classmate as they walked home from school! They reminded me of Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke in "Before Sunset". The dream sequences were interesting too! The ending was a little bit too sad though.
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Liked the conversation between the protagonist and the little boy who is his classmate as they walked home from school! They reminded me of Julie Delpy and Ethan Hawke in "Before Sunset". The dream sequences were interesting too! The ending was a little bit too sad though.
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Monday, November 07, 2016
Lollypop Love
The story is about the friendship of two pairs of couples in the hospital.
Nice music and pretty actresses but not much of a plot. Think I preferred the director's earlier film.
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Nice music and pretty actresses but not much of a plot. Think I preferred the director's earlier film.
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Sunday, November 06, 2016
Cine Twilight
Friday, November 04, 2016
To Mum (Love, Me)
The story is about how a mother learnt that her daughter was a lesbian and slowly accepting this fact.
This film helped me to understand the anguish felt by the LGBT community when they were treated as abnormal people.
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This film helped me to understand the anguish felt by the LGBT community when they were treated as abnormal people.
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Wednesday, November 02, 2016
Emoji
The story is about how a mother tried to communicate with her workaholic daughter through messaging apps on the phone.
Liked the interesting plot and the reminder to spend more time with our loved ones!
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Liked the interesting plot and the reminder to spend more time with our loved ones!
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Monday, October 31, 2016
Farewell September
The story is about how the lives of two unwed mothers are inter-twined together.
Liked the nice plot but thought there was a little bit too much narration.
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Liked the nice plot but thought there was a little bit too much narration.
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FYP
The story is about how a woman who thought she was dying in three months time followed her passion to learn the piano. FYP stands for "follow your passion".
Liked the good chemistry between the protagonist and her piano teacher!
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Liked the good chemistry between the protagonist and her piano teacher!
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Sunday, October 30, 2016
Sweet Day
The story is about how a band struggled to stay together after many years.
Liked the little details that showed the bond among the band members and how they managed to keep their passion alive!
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Liked the little details that showed the bond among the band members and how they managed to keep their passion alive!
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God Knows
The story is about how a man fell in love with a deaf girl who plays in a band.
Was really surprised by the twist in the middle of the film! The director tried to explain what really happened towards the end but didn't think it was too convincing.
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Was really surprised by the twist in the middle of the film! The director tried to explain what really happened towards the end but didn't think it was too convincing.
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Thursday, September 29, 2016
Florence Foster Jenkins
The story is about how a rich amateur singer called Florence Foster Jenkins loved operas and sang to a large audience despite negative reviews.
Liked the positive can-do attitude of the protagonist played by Meryl Streep! Thought the singing lessons would start from basic, so was surprised that she knew quite a bit of the song already!
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Liked the positive can-do attitude of the protagonist played by Meryl Streep! Thought the singing lessons would start from basic, so was surprised that she knew quite a bit of the song already!
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Tuesday, April 12, 2016
La Ronde
The film consists of several inter-connected short stories about affairs by different couples.
Liked how everyone was linked together in one big circle! Thought the maid and the girl who loved to eat looked quite pretty!
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Liked how everyone was linked together in one big circle! Thought the maid and the girl who loved to eat looked quite pretty!
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Friday, April 08, 2016
Our Time, Our Story
This is a documentary about Taiwan New Wave cinema that is packaged together with the "A Brighter Summer Day" criterion DVD.
Liked the interviews and the old film clips that showed how people lived more than twenty years ago! Learnt quite a bit about Taiwan film history from this documentary!
Liked the interviews and the old film clips that showed how people lived more than twenty years ago! Learnt quite a bit about Taiwan film history from this documentary!
Saturday, April 02, 2016
The Adventures of Prince Achmed
The story is about how Prince Achmed fought against a wizard to save a beautiful princess with the help of a witch.
Liked the interesting shadowy effects in the animation and the exciting fight scene towards the end!
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Liked the interesting shadowy effects in the animation and the exciting fight scene towards the end!
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Sunday, February 14, 2016
Cybercrimes with Ben Hammersley
This is a British documentary on different types of cybercrimes around the world.
Liked how the presenter slowly introduced the audience to the subject on location and the interviews with the relevant people!
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Liked how the presenter slowly introduced the audience to the subject on location and the interviews with the relevant people!
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Somm
This is a documentary on how a group of young men prepared for the master sommelier exam, one of the most difficult test in the world.
Read about the exam in the newspaper some time back so was interested to learn more about it. Liked the glimpse into the history of wine making around the world!
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Read about the exam in the newspaper some time back so was interested to learn more about it. Liked the glimpse into the history of wine making around the world!
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Saturday, February 13, 2016
Blind Date
The story is about two neighbors falling in love with each other despite not having seen each other. Their wall is not sound proof and they could talk to each other.
Liked this charming little film! Can't really tell how great the piano performance was though except through the audience's reaction.
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Liked this charming little film! Can't really tell how great the piano performance was though except through the audience's reaction.
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After Porn Ends
This is a documentary on a group of people formerly from the porn industry.
Liked to hear how different people coped with the stigma of being in the industry and it affected their relationship with friends and family! Quite amazed to hear that one of them even ran for the governor of california elections!
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Liked to hear how different people coped with the stigma of being in the industry and it affected their relationship with friends and family! Quite amazed to hear that one of them even ran for the governor of california elections!
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Monday, February 08, 2016
Tesla: Master of Lightning
This is a documentary about Tesla the scientist who enabled electricity to be distributed to the masses in the early 20th century and who was a pioneer in radio communications.
I have seen the lightning demonstrations at Science Center but didn't realize that they originated from Tesla. I was impressed by Tesla's contributions but I thought some of his ideas could be far too ahead of his time to be implementable.
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I have seen the lightning demonstrations at Science Center but didn't realize that they originated from Tesla. I was impressed by Tesla's contributions but I thought some of his ideas could be far too ahead of his time to be implementable.
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Saturday, February 06, 2016
Why Planes Vanish
This is a documentary about the science behind the mystery of the disappearance of flight MH370.
Liked how the scientific principles of airplane tracking are explained in simple terms for the layman to understand! Didn't realize that there were so many gaps with present technology!
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Liked how the scientific principles of airplane tracking are explained in simple terms for the layman to understand! Didn't realize that there were so many gaps with present technology!
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Airplane!
The story is about how a series of incidents almost led to an air disaster.
Liked the visual gags and the play on words comedy! Might be a little bit politically incorrect at times but the auto pilot looks quite cute!
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Liked the visual gags and the play on words comedy! Might be a little bit politically incorrect at times but the auto pilot looks quite cute!
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Sunday, January 31, 2016
Fantastic Mr Fox
This is an animation film adapted from Roald Dahl's short story of the same title. It describes how a fox family managed to outwit a group of business owners.
Liked the nice stop motion animation and how the wild animals worked together as a team!
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Liked the nice stop motion animation and how the wild animals worked together as a team!
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Saturday, January 30, 2016
Particle Fever
This is a documentary on the large hadron collider (LHR) at CERN and how it helped to discover the Higgs Boson in 2012.
Liked the interesting computer animation of how the LHR worked! Thought the acne spot on one of the postdoc's face was a bit distracting though.
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Liked the interesting computer animation of how the LHR worked! Thought the acne spot on one of the postdoc's face was a bit distracting though.
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Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Secrets of Her Majesty's Secret Service
This is a documentary about the British Secret Service MI6.
Liked the account of the cracking of Enigma during Second World War and the interviews with the former agents!
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Liked the account of the cracking of Enigma during Second World War and the interviews with the former agents!
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Monday, January 25, 2016
Back in Time
This is a documentary on the "Back to the Future" series.
Learnt about many interesting "Back to the Future" related events such as theme parks and car shows!
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Learnt about many interesting "Back to the Future" related events such as theme parks and car shows!
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Sunday, January 24, 2016
Atari: Game Over
This is a documentary about the rise and fall of the video game company Atari.
Liked how the director presented the view points from different groups of people: fans, programmers and historians! Quite amazed by how the protagonist could develop a game in just five weeks!
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Liked how the director presented the view points from different groups of people: fans, programmers and historians! Quite amazed by how the protagonist could develop a game in just five weeks!
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Friday, January 01, 2016
Goodbye CP
This is a documentary about cerebral palsy in Japan during the early seventies.
Liked how the director dived deep into the personal lives of a few individuals to show us how it was like to be inflicted with cerebral palsy! Felt sad for one of them who had to cancel his poem reading session as the authorities called it a freak show.
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Liked how the director dived deep into the personal lives of a few individuals to show us how it was like to be inflicted with cerebral palsy! Felt sad for one of them who had to cancel his poem reading session as the authorities called it a freak show.
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Thursday, December 31, 2015
Wrestling
This is a documentary about wrestling in Canada during the early sixties.
Liked the exciting sporting action and narration! The reactions from the audience were interesting too!
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Liked the exciting sporting action and narration! The reactions from the audience were interesting too!
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Tuesday, December 29, 2015
My Neighbors and Their Japanese Ghosts
This is a documentary about old people in China discussing about the Japanese during the Second World War.
Liked the interesting personal accounts told by the interviewees! They contrasted with the modern peaceful setting in Beijing.
Liked the interesting personal accounts told by the interviewees! They contrasted with the modern peaceful setting in Beijing.
Friday, December 18, 2015
The Green Wave
This is a documentary about the events that happened in Iran around the period of the 2009 Iran elections. Animation is used to recreate personal witness accounts from social media such as blogs and twitter.
Liked how the director covered different perspectives of the events! Learnt more about modern Iran history from the interviews and the nice animation!
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Liked how the director covered different perspectives of the events! Learnt more about modern Iran history from the interviews and the nice animation!
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Three Sisters
This is a documentary about three sisters living in a mountainous village of Yunnan.
Liked the nice mountainous scenery and the peaceful village life! Quite amazed by how the kids were able to do complex household chores like maintaining the fire by themselves!
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Liked the nice mountainous scenery and the peaceful village life! Quite amazed by how the kids were able to do complex household chores like maintaining the fire by themselves!
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Wednesday, December 02, 2015
Devil's Town
The film consists of many inter-related short stories that happened in Belgrade.
Liked how the director slowly introduced the characters and brought them all together towards the end! Some parts were a bit too weird for my taste though.
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Liked how the director slowly introduced the characters and brought them all together towards the end! Some parts were a bit too weird for my taste though.
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Sunday, November 29, 2015
Hopscotch
The story is about an ex-CIA employee trying to write a memoir while staying one step ahead of the people who wants to stop him.
Liked how the protagonist managed to outsmart his ex-colleagues! Great action and comedy without too much violence!
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Liked how the protagonist managed to outsmart his ex-colleagues! Great action and comedy without too much violence!
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Sunday, November 22, 2015
The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On
This is a documentary about a Japanese war veteran's search for the truth behind the execution of two soldiers in New Guinea shortly after the second World War.
Liked the protagonist's determination to uncover the truth to console the dead! At the beginning of the film, I thought he was just an obnoxious old man but I slowly began to understand his actions as the film progressed.
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Liked the protagonist's determination to uncover the truth to console the dead! At the beginning of the film, I thought he was just an obnoxious old man but I slowly began to understand his actions as the film progressed.
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Thursday, November 19, 2015
Von Trier's 100 Eyes
This is a short documentary about the making of "Dancer in the Dark" by the Danish director, Lars Von Trier.
Liked the in-depth interviews with the director and the simple children's story of "Golden Heart"!
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Liked the in-depth interviews with the director and the simple children's story of "Golden Heart"!
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Sunday, November 08, 2015
Railroad of Hope
This is a documentary about peasants taking the train from Sichuan to Xinjiang to earn more money by harvesting cotton.
Liked the interviews with the train passengers where they talked about their hopes and dreams! Quite amazed at how the train can pack so many people and luggages!
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Liked the interviews with the train passengers where they talked about their hopes and dreams! Quite amazed at how the train can pack so many people and luggages!
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Friday, November 06, 2015
Teddy Bear
The story is about a shy bodybuilder who lived with his oppressive mother looking for love in Thailand.
Liked how the director managed to paint a convincing image of a shy bodybuilder as I have always imagined them to be fierce and tough! Great acting by the bodybuilder and his mother!
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Liked how the director managed to paint a convincing image of a shy bodybuilder as I have always imagined them to be fierce and tough! Great acting by the bodybuilder and his mother!
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Tuesday, November 03, 2015
A Dedicated Life
This is a documentary about a famous Japanese novelist.
Liked the interesting reconstructed flashbacks to the novelist's childhood days!
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Liked the interesting reconstructed flashbacks to the novelist's childhood days!
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Thursday, October 29, 2015
The Makes
This is a pseudo documentary about an interview with a French critic about an Italian film director's work in Japan.
Liked how the director used photographs and speech to tell a story! I could then use my imagination to visualize how wonderful these films were!
Liked how the director used photographs and speech to tell a story! I could then use my imagination to visualize how wonderful these films were!
Friday, October 23, 2015
Dream Work
The film tries to capture how the dream of a girl might look like.
Liked the special visual effects that created the dreamlike atmosphere!
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Liked the special visual effects that created the dreamlike atmosphere!
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Thursday, October 22, 2015
Sic
The story is about a girl working in a Japanese bookshop as a censor of photo-books by scratching bits of images away.
Liked how the protagonist brushed the book with a giant feather in the end as it looked elegant!
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Liked how the protagonist brushed the book with a giant feather in the end as it looked elegant!
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Tuesday, October 20, 2015
Following Diana
The story is about an Indonesian couple slowly drifting apart after the husband announced his intention to marry a second wife.
Liked the quiet moments that featured the interaction between mother and son! Took me quite a while to realize what the husband was showing to his wife on his computer screen as I thought they were just a bunch of mind maps.
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Liked the quiet moments that featured the interaction between mother and son! Took me quite a while to realize what the husband was showing to his wife on his computer screen as I thought they were just a bunch of mind maps.
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Saturday, October 17, 2015
Immoral Tales
The film consists of five short stories set in reverse chronological order: "The Tide", "Therese Philosophe", "The Beast", "Erzsebet Bathory" and "Lucrezia Borgia".
Quite surprised that the last two films were based on actual historical figures! The beast looked scary in "The Beast"!
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Quite surprised that the last two films were based on actual historical figures! The beast looked scary in "The Beast"!
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Wednesday, October 14, 2015
It Happened Tomorrow
The story is about the adventures of a reporter when he realized that he had information on the next day's news.
Liked the interesting plot and how everything fell into place in the end! Wonder if "Back to the Future II" was inspired by this film?
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Liked the interesting plot and how everything fell into place in the end! Wonder if "Back to the Future II" was inspired by this film?
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Saturday, October 10, 2015
Junun
This is a documentary about a group of musicians from different countries collaborating to make music in an Indian palace.
Liked the nice music played from exotic looking musical instruments! The aerial view of the palace and the street views looked interesting too!
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Liked the nice music played from exotic looking musical instruments! The aerial view of the palace and the street views looked interesting too!
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Saturday, July 11, 2015
Parade
The story is about how the performers prepared for a circus performance and the audience's reaction to it.
Liked the amazing juggling performance, the nice songs and how engaged the audience was to the show!
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Liked the amazing juggling performance, the nice songs and how engaged the audience was to the show!
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Wednesday, July 08, 2015
Minions
The story is about how a group of small yellow cylindrical shaped creatures called Minions searched for an evil master.
Liked the cheerful attitude of the Minions! They could always find something positive out of the worst situations!
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Liked the cheerful attitude of the Minions! They could always find something positive out of the worst situations!
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Saturday, June 20, 2015
Trafic
The story is about how a camping car company tried unsuccessfully to travel from France to a big car show exhibition in Amsterdam.
Liked the interesting encounters during their journey! The car was an amazing invention, full of gadgets! I also liked the scene where they simulated the movements of the astronauts!
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Liked the interesting encounters during their journey! The car was an amazing invention, full of gadgets! I also liked the scene where they simulated the movements of the astronauts!
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Saturday, May 02, 2015
Execution in Autumn
The story is about the transformation of a man who became a murderer because his grandmother spoilt him from young.
Liked the interesting plot and characters in the film! I learnt that discipline is a key parenting skill!
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Liked the interesting plot and characters in the film! I learnt that discipline is a key parenting skill!
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Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Where The Seagull Flies
The story is about the love hate relationship of a couple.
Liked the scenes of Singapore in the 70s and the pretty actress in the film! Great plot with lots of twists and turns!
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Liked the scenes of Singapore in the 70s and the pretty actress in the film! Great plot with lots of twists and turns!
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Tuesday, April 14, 2015
Beautiful Duckling
The story is about the father daughter relationship of a family who raised ducks for a living.
Liked the cute little ducklings and the kampong spirit shown by the people in the film! The ending was very well done too as I was surprised by what happened!
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Liked the cute little ducklings and the kampong spirit shown by the people in the film! The ending was very well done too as I was surprised by what happened!
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Sunday, April 12, 2015
Jour de Fete
The story is about how a French postman became inspired to shorten his delivery time after watching a documentary about American postmen at a village fair.
Liked the interesting stunts in the film! The bicycle seemed to have a life of its own at one point in time!
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Liked the interesting stunts in the film! The bicycle seemed to have a life of its own at one point in time!
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Sunday, April 05, 2015
Morning for the Osone Family
This is the last film of the Kinoshita and World War II collection. The story is about what happened to the Osone family towards the end of World War II.
Liked how the director helped us understand the hardships that the ordinary Japanese people faced through one family! I could tell he was very unhappy with the Army from his portrayal of the uncle!
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Liked how the director helped us understand the hardships that the ordinary Japanese people faced through one family! I could tell he was very unhappy with the Army from his portrayal of the uncle!
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Saturday, March 28, 2015
Army
This is the fourth film of the Kinoshita and World War II collection. The story is about how a Japanese family with military background raised their eldest child to join the Army and fight in the front line during the second World War.
Liked how the director encouraged patriotism through his characters! Great acting by Tanaka Kinuyo, the actress who acted as the son's mother! I was surprised by how stern she could be when her son accidentally stepped on his textbook!
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Liked how the director encouraged patriotism through his characters! Great acting by Tanaka Kinuyo, the actress who acted as the son's mother! I was surprised by how stern she could be when her son accidentally stepped on his textbook!
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Saturday, March 21, 2015
No Woman, No Cry
This is a documentary on the healthcare services for pregnant women in four different countries: Tanzania, Bangladesh, Guatemala and the United States.
Liked how the director weaved the statistics with the personal stories of these women and her commentary at the end of the film!
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Liked how the director weaved the statistics with the personal stories of these women and her commentary at the end of the film!
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Wednesday, March 18, 2015
Jubilation Street
This is the third film of the Kinoshita and World War II collection. The story is about how a group of people living in Tokyo gradually moved out from the city to live in the countryside in preparation for American airstrike during the second world war.
Liked the interesting people who lived in the neighborhood! A pity we didn't get to see more of the pretty mail lady!
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Liked the interesting people who lived in the neighborhood! A pity we didn't get to see more of the pretty mail lady!
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Sunday, March 15, 2015
The Living Magoroku
This is the second film of the Kinoshita and World War II collection. The story is about how a group of villagers decided to break old traditions to plow a piece of sacred land passed down from their ancestors.
Liked the two pretty actresses in the film!
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Liked the two pretty actresses in the film!
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Saturday, March 07, 2015
Port of Flowers
This is the first film of the Kinoshita and World War II collection. The story is about two con artists trying to cheat a group of people staying in an island of their money by getting them to build a ship but gave themselves up in the end.
Liked the interesting plot and how the film portrayed that con artists could also be patriotic!
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Liked the interesting plot and how the film portrayed that con artists could also be patriotic!
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Sunday, March 01, 2015
Little People Big Dreams
This is a documentary about dwarves in China who are either current or past employees of a theme park called Dwarves Empire.
Liked how the director helped us to peek into the lives of these little people! I was quite impressed by one of them who even knew how to drive despite being so small!
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Liked how the director helped us to peek into the lives of these little people! I was quite impressed by one of them who even knew how to drive despite being so small!
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Saturday, February 21, 2015
Shaun the Sheep Movie
The story is about how a dog and a group of sheep saved the day when their shepherd ended up in a big city with memory loss.
Liked the nice animation and the funny moments! Reminded me a bit of the Wallace and Gromit films!
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Liked the nice animation and the funny moments! Reminded me a bit of the Wallace and Gromit films!
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Friday, February 20, 2015
I love Hong Kong 2013
The story is about a restaurant owner who is being forced to sell his restaurant when his ex-employee ran away without paying his debt.
Liked the inspiring story about a hardworking man who was willing to help his friends at his own expense!
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Liked the inspiring story about a hardworking man who was willing to help his friends at his own expense!
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The Iron Lady
The story is about the life of Margaret Thatcher who is a former Prime Minister of Britain.
Liked how the film showed the ordinary citizen side of Margaret Thacher through her interactions with her dead husband and the hardworking career woman side of her through a series of flashbacks! Great acting by Meryl Streep!
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Liked how the film showed the ordinary citizen side of Margaret Thacher through her interactions with her dead husband and the hardworking career woman side of her through a series of flashbacks! Great acting by Meryl Streep!
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Wednesday, December 31, 2014
Midnight in Paris
The story is about a writer travelling back in time to meet famous writers in Paris during midnight on his vacation trip with his rich fiancee.
Liked the interesting idea but I wished that the director could give some brief introduction to the famous writers as I was not familiar with most of them.
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Liked the interesting idea but I wished that the director could give some brief introduction to the famous writers as I was not familiar with most of them.
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