DVD: Capote To be honest, I was looking to rent “Children of Men”, but I couldn’t find it at the video store, so I thought I’d have a look at this one instead. Philip Seymour Hoffman is in the title role, and it’s really a movie built around his performance. We are introduced to the …
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VCD: My Left Eye Sees Ghosts
VCD: My Left Eye Sees Ghosts The joy of watching Hong Kong cinema is how foreign its themes and storytelling approach is. So when a friend brought this horror-rom-com around, we had a great time watching it. Depressed at losing her new husband in a boating accident, May drunk-drives into a car accident of her …
DVD: School’s Out
DVD: School’s Out The movie sequel to the Canadian teen drama “Degrassi Junior High” and “Degrassi High”. I’m starting to wonder if I was the only guy I know who watched these shows: I remember seeing an ad suggesting that this movie was playing on the ABC, but I missed it at the time, and …
DVD: In Bruges
DVD: In Bruges Bruges (a town in Belgium) is a fairytale place. The visuals of this film, where it showcases the city, are incredible. The film, one of the blackest comedies I’ve seen in a while, is more plot and dialogue driven than especially character driven, and the bad language is completely off the charts …
DVD: Taken
DVD: Taken This Liam Neeson as lead in an action movie business works about as well as you might hope – he certainly handles himself well in the various sequences which themselves owe a lot to the recent Jason Bourne trilogy, and perhaps a hat-tip to The Transporter as well. It was a review by …
DVD: Tropic Thunder
DVD: Tropic Thunder I missed this one when it was out on the big screen, but finally managed to track it down as a weekly rental (the movies get to weekly rental pretty quick these days). It was as expected. If you’re not familiar with the concept, it’s a Ben Stiller-directed action/comedy about a misfit …
DVD: Ghost Town
DVD: Ghost Town The tagline of this film is he sees dead people… and they annoy him. It stars Ricky Gervais, who I’d always found the most painful part of watching the UK’s The Office, even if behind the scenes he was the architect of the whole show. As such, I had quite low expectations, …
DVD: WALL-E
DVD: WALL-E Due to inconvenient timing of becoming a Dad, I missed this particular Pixar film on the big screen. Which, having seen it on Blu-Ray, seems a shame. For a 3D animated film, the level of detail, and the inclusion of some live action footage makes it visually spectacular. But – as with other …
DVD: Schindler’s List
DVD: Schindler’s List When this movie was first released at the cinema, I was reading Schindler’s Ark (the book the movie was based on), and somehow never found the time to watch the film. When I was given a JB Hifi voucher for my birthday, I spotted the DVD and picked up a copy – …
DVD: I not Stupid (Xiaohai bu ben)
DVD: I not Stupid My first introduction to Singaporean cinema. Three primary school kids in the lowest English+Maths class – EM3 – struggle with their home lives and try to find their place in society. Even if you don’t understand Singaporean culture (and I certainly don’t), you’ll find a lot to laugh about, and a …