The story is about the life of a group of pornography actors and actresses from the late 70s to the and early 80s.
Liked how the film portrayed the community as ordinary people with dreams! Quite sad that some of them were looked down by others because of their occupation! Good to see Roller Girl back to school!
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Saturday, December 21, 2019
Toy Story 3
The story is about the adventures of a group of toys in a childcare center.
Learned not to judge the book by its cover after watching the movie! Another lesson I learned was to pass to others what we don't need instead of throwing them away.
Saturday, December 07, 2019
Marriage Story
The story is about a married couple with an eight year old son getting divorced.
Liked the opening scene that introduced the wife and the husband in sequence! The small details make the characters come alive! Also liked the giant zoom ins and descriptive monologues! Reminded me a bit of Bergman's movies.
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Liked the opening scene that introduced the wife and the husband in sequence! The small details make the characters come alive! Also liked the giant zoom ins and descriptive monologues! Reminded me a bit of Bergman's movies.
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Monday, November 04, 2019
Children of Men
The story is about a dystopian world in the future where all women were infertile and most places in the world were unsafe except for Britain.
Liked the nice serene soundtrack! Realized that a world without children would be horrible!
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Liked the nice serene soundtrack! Realized that a world without children would be horrible!
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Monday, October 28, 2019
The Imitation Game
The story is about the life of an English mathematician Alan Turing who was involved in breaking code during world war two.
Liked the flashbacks across the present time, during the war and Turing's childhood days. Could identify with his frustrations when the program didn't work as he expected the first time round.
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Liked the flashbacks across the present time, during the war and Turing's childhood days. Could identify with his frustrations when the program didn't work as he expected the first time round.
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Bento Harassment
The story is about how a mother made innovative bento lunches for her daughter for 3 years until her graduation day.
Liked the depiction of the ups and downs of the mother daughter relationship! Was amazed by the creativity of the mother!
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Liked the depiction of the ups and downs of the mother daughter relationship! Was amazed by the creativity of the mother!
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Thursday, October 17, 2019
Toy Story 4
The story is about the adventures of a group of toys during a road trip on a rented caravan.
Liked how Woody and Gabby Gabby found their purpose in life in the end! The action sequences were exciting too!
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Liked how Woody and Gabby Gabby found their purpose in life in the end! The action sequences were exciting too!
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Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Modest Heroes
This is an anthology of three stories with a common theme on life. "Kanini & Kanino" is about a crab family uniting against external threats and celebrating when new members arrive. "Life Ain't Gonna Lose" is about a boy with a serious egg allergy. "Invisible" is about a man being invisible to others in life.
Liked the exciting encounter with the giant fish in "Kanini & Kanino", the realistic plot in "Life Ain't Gonna Lose" and the imaginative mood in "Invisible!
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Liked the exciting encounter with the giant fish in "Kanini & Kanino", the realistic plot in "Life Ain't Gonna Lose" and the imaginative mood in "Invisible!
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Tuesday, August 20, 2019
The Art of Racing in the Rain
The story is about the life of a dog living with a man who aspires to be a great racer.
Liked the interesting animation sequence with the zebra in the middle of the film! The plot is a little predictable and I didn't quite understand the technical details on how the protagonist was able to do better in the rain.
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Liked the interesting animation sequence with the zebra in the middle of the film! The plot is a little predictable and I didn't quite understand the technical details on how the protagonist was able to do better in the rain.
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Saturday, August 10, 2019
Project RED
The project consists of four short stories. Each of them explain how we have more in common than we think.
Liked the dynamics between the two Indian couples in "Singapore Flying", the montage of the lives of two people in "Merging Lanes", the new friendship forged in "Common Ground" and the impact of the parents' biases on their children in "The Dispute"!
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Liked the dynamics between the two Indian couples in "Singapore Flying", the montage of the lives of two people in "Merging Lanes", the new friendship forged in "Common Ground" and the impact of the parents' biases on their children in "The Dispute"!
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P.S. Short Films
There are four short stories in the series. Each of them describes what the unsung heroes in the public service does.
Liked how the youth guidance office believed in her girl in "P.S. Finding L", the nice sports action with the legends in "P.S. Farrer Park", the beautiful scenery in "P.S. Nothing Gold Can Stay" and the determination by the officer to understand the ground situation in "P.S. In One's Shoes"!
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Liked how the youth guidance office believed in her girl in "P.S. Finding L", the nice sports action with the legends in "P.S. Farrer Park", the beautiful scenery in "P.S. Nothing Gold Can Stay" and the determination by the officer to understand the ground situation in "P.S. In One's Shoes"!
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Saturday, July 27, 2019
Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse
The story is about how a fan of spider-man became a spider man himself together with other spider-people from other universes.
Liked the nice comic strip style of animation! It was interesting to see so many different types of spider-people!
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Liked the nice comic strip style of animation! It was interesting to see so many different types of spider-people!
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Wednesday, July 10, 2019
Searching
The story is about a man searching for his daughter online when she suddenly went missing.
Liked the interesting idea of getting the audience to watch the computer screen to find out what was happening! Nice twist in the plot towards the end!
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Liked the interesting idea of getting the audience to watch the computer screen to find out what was happening! Nice twist in the plot towards the end!
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Sunday, June 30, 2019
Memory Games
This is a documentary about the lives of a few memory athletes around the world.
I had imagined all of them to have a nerdy look but I was surprised! The interviewees included a woman with purple hair and a tall man who was into mountaineering and crossfit among others! None of them wore spectacles!
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I had imagined all of them to have a nerdy look but I was surprised! The interviewees included a woman with purple hair and a tall man who was into mountaineering and crossfit among others! None of them wore spectacles!
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Tuesday, June 04, 2019
The Red Turtle
The story is about what happened when a man met a red turtle on a deserted island.
Liked the beautiful sounds of nature and operatic voice! Was a little bit shocked by the twist in the middle of the film but the plot flowed quite smoothly forward after that.
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Liked the beautiful sounds of nature and operatic voice! Was a little bit shocked by the twist in the middle of the film but the plot flowed quite smoothly forward after that.
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Saturday, April 20, 2019
Brene Brown: The Call to Courage
This is a talk by best seller writer Brene Brown on the meaning of courage.
Liked the many real life examples of courage that were peppered with humour! My mental image of a courageous person used to be a young fit man fighting a tiger with his bare hands, but I realized that anybody could be courageous after her talk.
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Liked the many real life examples of courage that were peppered with humour! My mental image of a courageous person used to be a young fit man fighting a tiger with his bare hands, but I realized that anybody could be courageous after her talk.
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Tuesday, April 02, 2019
Joshua: Teenager vs. Superpower
This is a documentary on Joshua, a young activist in Hong Kong who protested against mandatory National Education in 2012 and was one of the leaders in the 2014 Occupy Central movement.
Liked how passionate Joshua was about his cause! Not sure if civil disobedience really helped in achieving his goals though.
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Liked how passionate Joshua was about his cause! Not sure if civil disobedience really helped in achieving his goals though.
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Wednesday, March 27, 2019
A Clockwork Orange
The story is about how a young delinquent tries to turn over a new leaf after he was caught by the police.
Liked the nice classical music soundtrack! The film made me reflect on whether punishment is really the best way to make a child behave. It is sad if they do something out of fear rather than out of their own free choice.
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Liked the nice classical music soundtrack! The film made me reflect on whether punishment is really the best way to make a child behave. It is sad if they do something out of fear rather than out of their own free choice.
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Sunday, March 17, 2019
Arrival
The story is about how the arrival of aliens changed the life of a linguist who is trying to understand their purpose of coming here.
Liked the interesting twist towards the end! The mandarin spoken by Amy Adams was really terrible though!
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Liked the interesting twist towards the end! The mandarin spoken by Amy Adams was really terrible though!
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Thursday, March 14, 2019
Ten Years
The film consists of five short stories on what might happen in Hong Kong ten years later in 2025.
Liked the "Dialect" the best as it related the story of an ordinary taxi driver. "Extras" and "Self Immolator" were action packed but most controversial as they portrayed the central government as a big bad bully. "Season of the End" was too abstract for me. "Local Egg" was a nice reminder that we should think for ourselves.
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Liked the "Dialect" the best as it related the story of an ordinary taxi driver. "Extras" and "Self Immolator" were action packed but most controversial as they portrayed the central government as a big bad bully. "Season of the End" was too abstract for me. "Local Egg" was a nice reminder that we should think for ourselves.
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Saturday, March 09, 2019
Beyond the Curve
This is a documentary on people who believed that the earth is flat.
Liked the interviews with psychologists, physicists and the flat earth society members! They helped me to understand why people would think differently from others despite evidences that showed otherwise.
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Liked the interviews with psychologists, physicists and the flat earth society members! They helped me to understand why people would think differently from others despite evidences that showed otherwise.
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Wednesday, February 20, 2019
Feminists: What Were They Thinking?
This is a documentary about women who modeled for a photo book about feminists during the late 1970s.
Liked the interesting personal stories of these women! I think present day society would be very different without the feminist movement. Women might still be stuck at home being a housewife, earn less pay than men and have no legal means to abort their babies.
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Liked the interesting personal stories of these women! I think present day society would be very different without the feminist movement. Women might still be stuck at home being a housewife, earn less pay than men and have no legal means to abort their babies.
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Thursday, February 14, 2019
The Secret Rules of Modern Living: Algorithms
This is a documentary on how algorithms are essential to our modern life.
Liked the real life examples given by the narrator! Algorithms are useful for sorting things in order, matching things by preference and finding the shortest route over multiple places.
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Liked the real life examples given by the narrator! Algorithms are useful for sorting things in order, matching things by preference and finding the shortest route over multiple places.
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Saturday, February 09, 2019
Sing
The story is about how the owner of an old theater gathered a group of wannabe singers to create a fantastic show.
Liked all the nice songs! Was surprised that Reese Witherspoon and Scarlett Johansson were behind the voices of Rosita and Ash as they sang really well!
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Liked all the nice songs! Was surprised that Reese Witherspoon and Scarlett Johansson were behind the voices of Rosita and Ash as they sang really well!
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Thursday, February 07, 2019
The Barkley Marathons: The Race that Eats Its Young
This is a documentary of the 2012 Barkley Marathon which is a 100 mile trail race with a cut-off timing of 60 hours.
Liked the quirky organizer who created the race with inspiration from a prison break that lasted about 60 hours! The cuts on the racers' feet looked terrible!
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Liked the quirky organizer who created the race with inspiration from a prison break that lasted about 60 hours! The cuts on the racers' feet looked terrible!
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Tuesday, February 05, 2019
Karl Meltzer: Made to be Broken
This is a documentary about a man's quest to beat the speed record of completing the Appalachian Trail which is about 3500 km long.
Liked the nice mountain sceneries! I am amazed by the determination of the runner to fulfill his dream!
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Liked the nice mountain sceneries! I am amazed by the determination of the runner to fulfill his dream!
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Saturday, February 02, 2019
Tony Robbins: I Am Not Your Guru
This is a documentary about a professional speaker named Tony Robbins at his 2014 "Date With Destiny" seminar.
Liked the day by day account on the six day seminar which is filled with personal anecdotes! I was amazed by how he could ask the audience really deep questions about themselves to find out the root cause of their problems!
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Liked the day by day account on the six day seminar which is filled with personal anecdotes! I was amazed by how he could ask the audience really deep questions about themselves to find out the root cause of their problems!
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Tuesday, January 29, 2019
Coraline
The story is about the adventures of a little girl called Coraline when she found a secret entrance to a parallel world.
Liked the nice animation but found it a bit scary at times. Guess it celebrates the unique quirks in each one of us!
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Liked the nice animation but found it a bit scary at times. Guess it celebrates the unique quirks in each one of us!
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Sunday, January 27, 2019
Sky Ladder: The Art of Cai Guo-Qiang
This is a documentary on how a famous Chinese artist came back to his hometown to complete his dream project.
Liked how the artist explained his works using Chinese history as a backdrop! Nice tribute to his grandmother!
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Liked how the artist explained his works using Chinese history as a backdrop! Nice tribute to his grandmother!
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Saturday, January 19, 2019
Wall-E
The story is about two robots falling in love with each other and helping humans return back to earth in the process.
Liked how Wall-E made a cosy home for himself despite such difficult conditions! It pays to have spare parts for everything!
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Liked how Wall-E made a cosy home for himself despite such difficult conditions! It pays to have spare parts for everything!
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Sunday, January 13, 2019
The Redeemed and the Dominant: Fittest on Earth
This is a documentary of the 2017 Cross Fit games to find the fittest person on earth.
This felt like a sequel to "Fittest on Earth: A Decade of Fitness", same few athletes but one year older. I learned more about the actual Cross Fit games events in this film.
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This felt like a sequel to "Fittest on Earth: A Decade of Fitness", same few athletes but one year older. I learned more about the actual Cross Fit games events in this film.
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Brave
The story is about how a Scottish princess improved her relationship with her mother through a series of adventures.
Thought this was a precursor to the film Frozen. Both films had someone exiled from the castle and both films were about the love between family members. Liked the action sequences in Brave better but the songs in Frozen better.
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Thought this was a precursor to the film Frozen. Both films had someone exiled from the castle and both films were about the love between family members. Liked the action sequences in Brave better but the songs in Frozen better.
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Thursday, January 10, 2019
Shirkers
The story is about a young woman's memories of an old film that she was making with her friends many years ago.
Liked the scenery of the old streets in Singapore and the scrapbook style of film making!
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Liked the scenery of the old streets in Singapore and the scrapbook style of film making!
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Saturday, January 05, 2019
The Bucket List
The story is about two cancer patients trying to complete their bucket list.
Liked the wonderful places that they visited and how they reconciled with their families before they died!
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Liked the wonderful places that they visited and how they reconciled with their families before they died!
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Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things
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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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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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.
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