Liked the "Princess' Painting", "Tom & Die Ameisen" and "The Visit" the best as they were pretty straightforward and easy to understand.
"On the Way Back Home" was imaginative and "Loom" was beautifully drawn! The rest of the films "Sunday 2", "Ravenboy", "Es Geht Um Alles", "Halbschatten", "Orpheus' Pony", "Kopfsache" and "Meinungsmeer" were too abstract in my opinion.
Among the trailers, I liked the last one with the tatoo characters the best!
Saturday, November 12, 2011
Professor Layton and the Eternal Diva
The story is about how Professor Layton solved a mystery that stemmed from an ancient legend together with his assistants.
Liked the interesting puzzles that the team had to solve! Great action sequences too!
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Liked the interesting puzzles that the team had to solve! Great action sequences too!
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Saturday, November 05, 2011
The Straits of Love and Hate
The story is an adaptation of Tolstoy's novel, "Resurrection". A girl's life is ruined by a rich guy but he only realised his mistake years later and wanted to make amends.
Liked how the director managed to distil the essence of the long novel by discarding the legal, political and religious aspects! The scene where the guy first begged for forgiveness in his room was particularly well crafted in my opinion!
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Liked how the director managed to distil the essence of the long novel by discarding the legal, political and religious aspects! The scene where the guy first begged for forgiveness in his room was particularly well crafted in my opinion!
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Sunday, October 30, 2011
Amour Legende
The story is about a couple from Taiwan travelling around a foreign island with Spanish speaking inhabitants. The guy has forgotten about the past and relies on his partner to guide him along.
Liked the interesting flashbacks but was confused about many other parts of the film!
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Liked the interesting flashbacks but was confused about many other parts of the film!
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Thursday, October 27, 2011
Bedevilled
The story is about the reunion of two childhood friends when one of them took a long break from work and returned back from Seoul to her home town on an island.
Watched "Io Island" by Kim Ki Young prior to this, so I was prepared for the strange behaviour of the people living on the island! Liked how the director let the audience slowly piece together what happened in the past themselves.
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Watched "Io Island" by Kim Ki Young prior to this, so I was prepared for the strange behaviour of the people living on the island! Liked how the director let the audience slowly piece together what happened in the past themselves.
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Hahaha
The story is about two friends chatting about their encounters in the city.
Liked the interesting plot and how everything came together so nicely! The various girlfriends looked quite pretty too!
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Liked the interesting plot and how everything came together so nicely! The various girlfriends looked quite pretty too!
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Saturday, October 15, 2011
My Perestroika
This is a documentary about a handful of middle-aged Russians explaining the impact of Perestroika on their lives.
Liked the old black and white footages of the children! Thought the girls looked quite cute with the gigantic ribbons on their head! The songs were nice too!
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Liked the old black and white footages of the children! Thought the girls looked quite cute with the gigantic ribbons on their head! The songs were nice too!
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Friday, October 14, 2011
Images of Singapore from French Television 1964-1973
This consisted of several French short documentaries on Singapore shortly after becoming part of Malaysia.
Liked the footages of old Chinatown and depiction of what people liked to do during that era such as watching Chinese Opera in the streets! Didn't know even small children were interested in it back then!
Liked the footages of old Chinatown and depiction of what people liked to do during that era such as watching Chinese Opera in the streets! Didn't know even small children were interested in it back then!
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Fear and Trembling
The story is about the working life of a Belgian woman in a Japanese company.
Liked how humor was used to introduce us to Japan's working culture that is highly hierarchical! The reference to "Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence" was interesting too!
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Liked how humor was used to introduce us to Japan's working culture that is highly hierarchical! The reference to "Merry Christmas, Mr Lawrence" was interesting too!
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Saturday, October 08, 2011
The Red Lantern
The story is about how a Eurasian girl who was born out of wedlock in China decided to take part in the Boxer Revolution to fight against the foreigners.
Liked the interesting plot and the dramatic acting!
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Liked the interesting plot and the dramatic acting!
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Impressions of Asia from Early French Cinema 1897-1933
This consisted of several short films about Asia.
Liked the first segment of films with special effects especially the one with the Japanese Acrobats! The street scenes of Singapore in the early 20s was interesting to watch too!
Liked the first segment of films with special effects especially the one with the Japanese Acrobats! The street scenes of Singapore in the early 20s was interesting to watch too!
Saturday, October 01, 2011
Tatsumi
This is a story based on the life and works of Yoshihiro Tatsumi who is a famous Japanese comic writer.
Liked the interesting study into human psychology in the short stories! Also liked how the film showed the comic writer in person at work towards the end!
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Liked the interesting study into human psychology in the short stories! Also liked how the film showed the comic writer in person at work towards the end!
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Friday, September 30, 2011
The Silence Before Bach
This is a tribute to the music of Bach where we learn about Bach's life and how modern people play and appreciate his music.
Liked the nice music and the interesting anecdotes! I thought the cello, piano and vocal ensembles were grand and impressive!
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Liked the nice music and the interesting anecdotes! I thought the cello, piano and vocal ensembles were grand and impressive!
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Sunday, September 25, 2011
Breakfast Lunch Dinner
This is an omnibus of three stories, each happening during a meal in the day as described in the title.
Liked "Lunch" the best as it had a cute Thai school girl who was funny and smart at the same time! "Breakfast" was not bad too for its simple plot. "Dinner" had many threads going on at the same time which made it hard to understand.
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Liked "Lunch" the best as it had a cute Thai school girl who was funny and smart at the same time! "Breakfast" was not bad too for its simple plot. "Dinner" had many threads going on at the same time which made it hard to understand.
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Strangers No More
This is a documentary about an international school in Israel who admitted mostly refugee children.
Liked the big family concept of the school! The teachers really went out of their way to even help the parents of their students!
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Liked the big family concept of the school! The teachers really went out of their way to even help the parents of their students!
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Donor Unknown
This is a documentary about the sperm donor industry shown through the "family" of Donor 150 from the California Cryobank.
Liked the great story telling and the interesting characters!
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Liked the great story telling and the interesting characters!
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Saturday, September 24, 2011
Green Days
The story is about a young girl's life during the seventies in Korea. She has an artistic girlfriend who is good at singing and writing poems as well as a techie boyfriend who wants to be an astronaut.
Liked the nice coming-of-age story and the nostalgic feel of the seventies!
Liked the nice coming-of-age story and the nostalgic feel of the seventies!
Fairy Tales
The story is about how three teenagers who were neglected by their parents were led astray by bad guys.
Liked the pretty Siona Wu who played Amanda and the funny Indian couple! Thought it was a little outdated to be selling VCDs in this internet age. It puzzled me how the model agency boss managed to locate the taxi driver father so quickly though.
Liked the pretty Siona Wu who played Amanda and the funny Indian couple! Thought it was a little outdated to be selling VCDs in this internet age. It puzzled me how the model agency boss managed to locate the taxi driver father so quickly though.
Gangs
The story is about gangs in Singapore during the seventies.
Great acting by Xiao Lang! The torture scene was quite innovative too! The dying person had too much dialogue and should have run out of breath before she could finish them in my opinion.
Great acting by Xiao Lang! The torture scene was quite innovative too! The dying person had too much dialogue and should have run out of breath before she could finish them in my opinion.
Muppet History 101
This is a documentary about Jim Henson's early muppet making career when the idea of "Sesame Street" and "The Muppet Show" started to take shape.
Liked Jim Henson's great sense of humour in his shows as well as the promotional video of "Sesame Street" and "The Muppet Show"!
Liked Jim Henson's great sense of humour in his shows as well as the promotional video of "Sesame Street" and "The Muppet Show"!
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