Movie Review: Inglourious Basterds (4/5 stars)

Quentin Tarantino is back.
With a vengence.
And in this film, he exacts it on all camps – the good guys, the bad guys (which is which is really from whose perspective). What the audience is assured of is one good ol’ spaghetti western-styled movie set in the backdrop of WWII nazi-occupied France.
The script is tight, [...]

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Movie Review: The Shinjuku Incident (4/5 stars)

This is a non-typical Jackie Chan movie, firstly because JC did not direct it, nor get involved in the stunt chereography, nor inject his slapstick humour into it.
In fact, this is a more gritty drama from Director Derek Yee who was responsible for Protege and One Night in Mongkok.
So there is hardly much of the [...]

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Movie Review: Quantum of Solace (3/5 stars)

Anyone looking for a fast-paced action flick will give this latest James Bond full marks.
From the start till the end, I lost count of the number of running chase scenes, with lots of glass-breaking, jumping across roofs, cars/planes/boats chase scenes.
Daniel Crag’s portrayal of the new Bond is a rough and tumble, bleed and bone-crunching 007. [...]

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Movie Review: Eagle Eye (4/5 stars)

First things first.
* Spoiler Alert!
We close one eye that this movie is based on an overused plot about technology/super computer/machines gone haywire….(just like Terminator, The Matrix, iRobot, Enemy of the State…hmmn last two starred Will Smith)
Then the rest of the ride is fantastic.
Just like a roller coaster which never lets up on the pace, and [...]

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Movie Review: The Dark Knight (4.5/5 stars)

I feel that Director Christopher Nolan does justice to the Batman movie series.
While Batman Begins was a gargantuan effort to revitalise the whole franchise and save it from smouldering in the depths of corny, campy, silly episodes (remember the hoo-ha about the nipple-shaped enhancements to the bat suit?), The Dark Knight is primed to unleash [...]

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Movie Review: Red Cliff (4/5 stars)

Red Cliff did not feel like a 2 1/2 hour movie.
No draggy scenes, no gaps in between and despite only having 2 major battle scenes, the dialogue and storyline was really very engaging.
And towards the end, I was drawn into the plot and eager to know how Prime Minister Cao Cao will strategise his next [...]

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Movie Review: The Bank Job (3/5 stars)

Confession 1: I have this thing for brit/irish/scottish accents.
Confession 2: I am quite done with standard American movies.
Final confession: The story has to make sense, down to the details.
So I liked the rawness of the movie.
Some shots were very straightforward and direct movie making, though I believe either the censors snipped off some extremely gruesome [...]

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Movie Review: Hancock (2.5/5 stars)

Q: Firstly, I was wondering where the title came from, what it meant.
A: Then I realised it was much ado about nothing. John Hancock played by Will Smith, is just accidentally named after the insurance company.
Q: Then next, was this Superhero movie ever a DC Marvel comic book (as in superman, spiderman, batman)?
A: From [...]

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Movie Review: Wanted (3/5 stars)

This is like a movie for meat-eaters who are given a hamburger.
Just throw away the buns at both ends. The patty is juicy and sumptous, though a complete meal it does not make.
Some parallels must be drawn with The Matrix.
1) The protoganist is a loser dude in a loser job living in a loser house [...]

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Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2/5 stars)

Letdown. Steven Spielberg let me down.
I didn’t expect much from Harrison Ford. He’s indeed past shelf due date. Shia LeBouf was really trying too hard. Cate Blanchett was one-dimensional (I liked her better as Katherine Hepburn in The Aviator).
So the movie meister, magical director, and master storyteller Mr Spielberg choked.
This 4th installment is very choppy, [...]

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