The Space Between Us An astronaut only realises her pregnancy after lift-off, leading to her son being raised on Mars instead of on Earth. Sixteen years later, the boy befriends a Colorado girl. The long… Read More
Tag: cinema
A monster calls, and I hear!
IT’s been a while since I’ve seen a movie with a moral, and now here’s A Monster Calls with three more stories with morals wrapped around the live-action animated offering directed by J.A. Bayona (of… Read More
Old-school song and dance about New Age love with La La Land
AFTER watching this movie, you can’t help but do a jig or two yourself. Music and dance fill the hall from the opening scene with the song, “Another Day of Sun”, set in the middle… Read More
Power Rangers come March 2017
Ang Lee’s long half-time walk
UP-close and really personal: that’s how this movie will stay in your mind’s eye. But it comes with some discomfort, and all you are left with at the end of the movie, is the question,… Read More
The cult of Captain Fantastic
IT’s a cult. No, a modern Swiss Family Robinson. Nah, this dad – even if it’s Viggo “Aragon” Mortensen — is just nuts! But Captain Fantastic is both exciting – you should see the sporting… Read More
If Food Is The Music Of Love…
METAPHORS abound in “Sayang Disayang”, with ideas suggested rather than literally displayed. Using such storytelling techniques make for an artistically cinematic offering but one can lose an audience whose fodder has been shoot-from-the-hip blockbusters ranging… Read More
Compelling cinema tale on Malaysian Indian plight
JAGAT, the Tamil slang for the Bahasa Malaysia word, jahat) is an honest portrayal of a segment of Malaysian society. The Malaysian-Tamil language movie is about 12-year-old schoolboy Appoi (played by screen debutante Harvind Raj)… Read More