Review
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I’m back from Shanghai. Might do a couple of travelogue posts on it as well, but for now, it’s back to the main course: movies. By far the best thing about flying Singapore Airlines was the selection of movies on board. I ended up watching four movies, and none of them disappointed. My next few…
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Tombstone is a good Val Kilmer movie stuck inside a bad movie featuring the rest of the cast. Whenever Val Kilmer appears, you find something to watch. The rest of the time, you might as well go do the dishes or something. The film tells the story of how Wyatt Earp and his band of…
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If you were to compare rom-coms to bonds, The Holiday would be a treasury bill. Extremely low risk, proportionately low return. It stars Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet as Amanda and Iris, two beautiful single women on two different continents who decide to swap homes for the Christmas holidays. They’re both looking for a change…
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I remember being completely surprised by Clerks. Kevin Smith took a camera, put it in one place, got a couple of deadbeats and had them talk all movie long. They spoke of everything: Star Wars, sex, other movies as compared to Star Wars, sex… Okay, mostly just those two things, and some idle philosophizing in…
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I’ve spoken of formulaic movies in the past, and how I get antsy if they don’t try anything original within the framework they operate under. If you’re going to ride the shoulders of giants, the least you can do is jump. Otherwise, what good are you? Chak De India is a formulaic sports movie from…
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No, I haven’t seen the movie. I’m not sure I want to, either. I’ve had enough disappointing three-quels this year to last me a lifetime. Then again, I did watch AKS and JBJ, so… Anyway, I just read James Berardinelli’s review of the movie. He’s given it one and a half stars, which on a…
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See, a heist movie typically has three parts: The Setup: Introduce the characters, give some idea of how they relate to each other, explain why they’re interested/involved in the crime to be committed. You don’t have to be elaborate, or even truthful here. The idea is to just set things up before the actual heist.…
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If I had to pick just one director who has enriched my life the most through his work, it would have to be Akira Kurosawa. I have not watched many of his movies. Just three, in fact. But two of them have left a profound impression. The first was Rashomon, which I saw years ago…
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It’s always about the money. The Die Hard villains might blow up a whole lot of stuff, appear to be terrorists of various kinds, but at the end of the day, it’s the money they’re after. That statement is equally applicable to movie producers. If the first movie made money, make a second one. If…
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Music and Lyrics is what I’d call an easy rom-com. The humor is low key, the laughs aren’t forced, the movie’s amiable and friendly, and you walk out feeling content. The only part where I laughed out loud was during the music video that played over the opening credits. But I did have a good…
