Category: Movies

At what point is technology too much? It seems inevitable that technology will not just be extensions of our bodies…

In the ‘Sutra of the Eight Realisations of Great Beings’, this is taught – ‘Wholeheartedly, day and night, disciples of…

What I learnt from the movie ‘The Informant!’, which is a true story, about lying… dramatised of course! (Is it…

Fren: Watched the movie ‘2012’ – finally the world comes to an end! Gren: We are already living in the…

Johnnie To’s modern classic film ‘PTU’ (Police Tactical Unit) is a cops and gangsters flick. But it is not just…

In long drawn drama serials, it is rare that there are no sudden misfortunes via traffic accidents or great illnesses…

In the poignant but touching story of ‘My Sister’s Keeper’, a young girl realises that she was conceived specifically to…

What I learnt from the espionage movie ‘The Message’… ‘Don’t shoot me. I’m just the messenger!’ That said, sometimes, the…

During and after the Dharma@Cinema session of ‘Handsome Suit’ recently, there were some issues raised on whether one’s appearance is…

This is not a love story. This is a story about love. – Movie tagline “This is a story of…

Literally using ‘illegal aliens’ for addressing multiple socio-political issues such as xenophobia (irrational fear of strangers), ‘District 9’ is a…

(How to Create Your Own Time Machine Moments) In the charmingly creative film ‘The Science of Sleep’, a guy invents…

‘Funny People’ is largely a comedy, but it is also a serious movie with elements of tragedy too. Okay, a…

In the movie ‘Inglourious Basterds’, Colonel Hans Landa tells Perrier LaPardite the following in an unnerving scene – ‘I love…

In the movie ‘Whiteout’, a U.S. marshal, being the only one assigned to Antarctica, makes it a point to solve…

I watched the above movie (Blood Ties) to gather points on popular misconceptions on what happens after death, for delivering…

‘King of Comedy’ (starring Stephen Chow) is the first movie that made me laugh till I cried till I had…

The film ‘Thirst’ (which won the 2009 Jury Prize at the Cannes Film Festival) is another story that uses the…

Last evening was the second time I watched ‘A Full Bright Moon’ (Yilun Mingyue) – as the opening film of…

TV drama serials (or soap operas), creative as they can be in their story arcs, are at times predictable –…