Wow! It’s been a long while since I last posted (90 days ago) to my blog. At a time when we’ve been indoors more than ever (for me only marginally so), everyone shared all the things that they watched to keep themselves entertained while in quarantine. I too watched all kinds of stuff, but with…
Tag: Danny Boyle
Cramming: 2013’s leftover Movie reviews
Over the course of the year, I wrote a few movie reviews on this blog (though not as many as I had hoped). However, I also watched a few other movies that I didn’t get around to reviewing. So, as 2013 closes, I still want to give my two cents on each of them (though…
Frankenstein – Theatre Review (National Theatre Live @ Cineplex)
This production of Frankenstein has a lot going for it that’s right up my alley. It’s in London (and despite my love for the city, I’m not in London right now, but I can attend this show thanks to the magic of the National Theatre Live series of broadcasts in movie theatres around the world…
Oscar, Schmoscar 2011
When I first started my “Oscar Schmoscar” posts a few years ago, I was tired of the kinds of nominees that Oscar was coming up with. I lumped together some mini-reviews to let readers know what I thought of some of the nominated movies, but it was meant to be kind of dismissive. A few…
Life Stories: Slumdog Millionaire & The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
When I was studying English Literature in university and reading story after story, I could not resist the temptation to see events in my own life as a narrative. You start to pick up on how one thing foreshadows another; how situations can seem to be symmetrical; how timing of events seem to happen for…
Sunshine – Movie Review
I’m really excited about a certain pop-cultural sub-genre that seems to be growing: brainy sci-fi. Movies like Children of Men (about a few individuals trying to save a childless world’s last hope) and indie film Primer (about a couple of guys who invent a time machine in their garage) and even the Tom Cruise vehicle…
Alvin's Adventures in Pop Culture 