This was a review long time in the making. I had seen it some time ago (well, last year, though last year wasn’t that far off at… Read more “Bottleneck – … Dalam Botol”

The first time I heard about this film, my mind quickly connected the dots and considered it a potential remake/rip off of the Korean film, ‘My Wife… Read more “Final Fantasies – Bini-Biniku Gangster”

I actually started writing this some time ago. I had completed an entire review, with a number of references and dialogue bits thrown in for good measure.… Read more “Sedap Enough – Nasi Lemak 2.0”

“OK, fine, fine, I’ll check it out,” I promised my friend, who pestered me about the film, ‘Bangkok Traffic Love Story’. She had seen it and raved… Read more “At Least It’s Not The Macet – Bangkok Traffic (Love) Story”

Jack and Jill went up the hill, and, certainly from a box office point of view, made a fair of money along the way. Taking into account… Read more “Astaghfirullahhalazim – Jack and Jill”

A genre is a contract made between the filmmaker and the audience. Well, at least that’s one definition of it, for there is always more, but for… Read more “Broken Contract – 23:59”

Matt Damon was interviewed on ‘The Daily Show’ recently with Jon Stewart. In the interview, he related how producers didn’t really want to make the film, because… Read more “1 + 1 =… – We Bought A Zoo”

I recently finished reading a book on Malaysian films and literature called ‘Reclaiming Adat’ by Khoo Gaik Cheng. It was the second time I had read the… Read more “Bromantically Involved – Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows”