What To do with the Unwanted Christmas Gifts?

The Christmas gifts have been unwrapped and all of the good stuff has been played with. And alone under a pile of wrapping paper sits th...

Review: 47 Ronin

A Japanese legend with roots in reality, the tale of the 47 Ronin has been adapted into just about every medium imaginable, from ball...

Review: Kakak Kau Punya Laki

Some of us Singaporeans may already know that when a person shouts out “Kakak Kau Punya Laki” at you, it doesn’t literally just mean “Yo...

X- Factor (USA) winner – Alex & Sierra

If you’ve not been watching the TV, you might have not known that the X-Factor (USA) has just wrapped up for the year, and the winner ...

Review: Square Moon

Square Moon. Nice posters but messy production. That was exactly what I felt as I stepped out of the Cultural Centre, National Universit...

Channeling Anger into Arts

Artists are inspired by a wide range of emotions:  joy, sorrow, tenderness.  But even anger can be a powerful muse when it comes to tapping...

Review: The Desolation of Smaug is just another empty can

What do you get when you stretch an empty can and then hit it? The sound of emptiness is simply amplified. That is exactly the same res...

Reviews: Frozen

Disney’s latest animated tale, "Frozen," ironically enough, is likely to give viewers of all ages a warm feeling inside — lar...

Reviews: Rigor Mortis (2013)

Hong Kong popstar-turned-actor Juno Mak continues to defy expectations with his directorial debut, a sombre and eerie eulogy to the hop...

Review: The Combustions in Catching Fire

When it comes to movies like The Hunger Games and its sequel Catching Fire — movies with which I love the source material and the leadi...

Reviews: Thor 2- Loki Steals the Thunder!

Nobody in Hollywood can burn up the screen with a sneer quite like Tom Hiddleston and Thor 2: The Dark World belongs to Loki. In Lok...

How to Start a Conversation with a Guy (Gay or Otherwise)?

In my opinion, the best way to do this is to incorporate one or both of the following: humor and context. That is, be funny, and try no...

Reviews: Gravity is Gravity-less

When I first saw a trailer for Gravity, I was underwhelmed, to say the least, and entertained at how bad it looked, to say the worst. I...