Gor bought ‘The Reader’ DVD from London and we finally watched it the other day on our spanking new TV! ‘The Reader’ stars Kate Winslet in her Oscar winning role of Hanna Schmidt and Ralph Fiennes. It is based on the novel by Bernhard Schlink and tells the tale of the working class Hanna Schmidt’s...
Category: <span>Reviews</span>
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Movie Review on ‘9’
I went to watch the movie ‘9’ with Sing and some other folks in the meet up group via www.meetup.com last Sunday. ‘9‘ is a computer animated film produced by Tim Burton (The Corpse Bride) and Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted, Nightwatch), directed by former WETA Digital artist Shane Acker, and featuring the music of Danny Elfman....
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Review on “Blood Ties”
I went to watch “Blood Ties” with my family on Sun evening after dinner. I have been wanting to watch this film ever since I saw the trailer one odd day in London. Yes…it has been 1 month in the waiting!! It sells itself as a horror flick by first time local director Chai Yee-Wei...
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La Cage aux Folles Tres Bien!!
Went to watch La Cage aux Folles last night with my brother and it was FABULOUS! We were meant to watch it on Tues evening with 2 other friends but by the time they had both confirmed, the cheap GBP 10 tickets were all sold out, so we cancelled the whole thing. However, Gor and...
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Harry Potter 3D experience!
Went to watch Harry Potter on Sat at IMAX. Little did we know that part of it was going to be in 3D!! I was so thrilled and started getting all excited when we were queuing for the glasses and to get into the theatre! Obviously, we had to ham it up and take pics...
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Duet for One
Went to watch Duet for One on Wed evening and you can read the synopsis of the play by clicking on the link. It is a very serious play and it has been a long time since I’ve watched something so intense. Overall, I felt that the acting was superb except that the lead actress,...
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Walking around town and random musings…
As you’ve read in yesterday’s post, bro and I went to Nobu for lunch on Saturday. After that, we went to St. Paul’s again as I didn’t manage to see the inside of the church the last time. Just nearby St. Paul’s, we saw the old gate to the city of London… And the London...
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Review of Paris hotel
I’m backk…..from Paris! Back in the sense that I’m back in London and not back in Singapore 😛 Anyway, here’s my review on the hotel that my bro and I stayed in Paris. We stayed in Hotel Relais du Pre, which is located very near the Gare du Nord train station. Below are the pictures...
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Final posting on what I did last weekend!!!
Hopefully, this will not be too long a post…kudos for those who ploughed through my previous posts!! Even if you just looked at the pictures, thank you! Anyway, my Sunday started with us rushing to church (not unusual since church starts at 10am and its a 20min walk away from home. Being so tired from...
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Wolverine Rocks!
Went to watch “X-Men Origins: Wolverine” last night with LF, YY, Sing, Chowchow, Sing’s bro, Alex and his gf. I’m sure I do not need to give you the synopsis of this movie because the title says it all! Hugh Jackman reprises his role of Wolverine and seriously, nobody can do it better than him....