When I saw the preview last month (still about 4 months after the US release), I knew this latest Pixar offering should really be seen in 3D for the best effect. However, upon watching, I feel that the best feature of this 5-star film is not really the 3D animation, it is the heart upon [...]
I went into the screening of this movie with really high hopes and was left slightly deflated. The film is clearly more upbeat that Mr Mendes’ last films (Revolutionary Road, Road to Perdition etc) I still found it a little tedious at times. When I watched the trailer I thought this was going to be [...]
Julie and Julia plays on the similarities of two women who live two very different lives in two very different eras. The one thing, the overwhelming thing, the two women have in common is that they’re both looking for something to do, something that’s both fulfilling and matters to them. Julia Child (Meryl Streep), the [...]
Julie and Julia plays on the similarities of two women who live two very different lives in two very different eras. The one thing, the overwhelming thing, the two women have in common is that they’re both looking for something to do, something that’s both fulfilling and matters to them. Julia Child (Meryl Streep), the [...]
(500) Days of Summer does something that more Hollywood romantic comedies should do: It starts at the end. It tells us up front that “this is not a love story”. Before the opening credits roll, we already feel something for these characters because we know this isn’t going to be your conventional rom-com that ends [...]
Going into this film, I expected what the trailers portrayed which was basically just another Superbad style raunchy comedy. Instead, I got a thoughtful tale of first love and the reality of being a twenty-something fresh out of university and unemployed (more so in the current economic climate.) This is Greg Mottola’s next film after [...]