If you read my previous rant about this year's dismal state of affairs with the Singapore Arts Festival, I take it back. Sort of. Yes, I did only commit and subscribe to four shows, and if you count that it's two concerts each by two orchestras, then it's only two acts which caught my attention this year ( Read more... )

A five-hankie weepie I certainly did not expect the movie to be. Mao's Last Dancer is one of those movies that will not interest or attract the limited and selected niche audience it was made for. All the more a pity when it is as good as it gets.

Chronicling the life story of Chinese ballet star, Li Cunxin from when providence plucked him from ( Read more... )

With this latest project of hers, Meryl Streep has assumed the position and recognition of being the most-nominated actor in Academy Awards history. And witnessing her searing performance as Sister Aloysius Beauvier in Doubt has one rooting for her to take home the prize come Oscar Night ( Read more... )

Caught Milk with dontlikeyou last evening. Apart from a Cliff Notes summary execution from reviews, my prior acquaintance with the protagonist and his movement was non-existent ( Read more... )

第一可怜罗莲花 出生风场昧快活 ( Read more... )

Hands up those of you who remember the movies of yesteryear. You know, where the bad guys are boo-ed at and end up being caught or killed and the good guys save the day with a happy ending. What happened to them?

Caught The Dark Knight, and I guess the box office speaks for itself. Big on spectacle and explosions, it was a literal blast of a movie ( Read more... )

It was a magic fluke that I found myself seated next to my secondary school principal at The Metropolitan Opera's The Magic Flute at GV Max this evening. Some grown men still quake with fear when facing this blast from their past, but I had no reason to do so even back then, much less now. As much as I would have considered striking up polite ( Read more... )