Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 (2010) – Cathay @ AMK Hub. It doesn’t seem very long ago when I wrote a short review of the sixth Harry Potter film, but when I check that blog entry’s date,
Category: Entertainment
Swing Vote
Swing Vote (2008) – on rental. I’ve caught a lot of great films this year, many of which slipped under my radar during their theatrical run, but fortunately not on DVD rental. With the end of the year fast approaching,
Red
Red (2010) – AMK Hub. If you saw the word ‘Red’ used as a title of a film, and the film’s about spies and assassins, one guess you might have is that it’s a film about spies running about in
The Other Guys
The Other Guys (2010) – Cathay @ AMK Hub. The Departed was famed director Martin Scorsese’s take of the well-known 2002 Hong Kong cop drama Infernal Affairs. Funnily, while the Hollywood version of the film enjoyed great performances from its
The Expendables
The Expendables (2010) – AMK Hub; last Saturday morning. Back in the late 80’s, the three ‘big’ action-film stars that were churning out box office hits were Arnold Schwarzenegger, Sylvester Stallone, and Bruce Willis. There was frequent talk about attempts
From Paris With Love
From Paris with Love (2010) – on rental. Luc Besson, the award winning French film director and producer, is quite a prolific filmmaker. In the last 5 years alone, he’s been credited in an astonishing 18 films already. A lot
Leap Year
Leap Year (2010) – on rental. The long National Day weekend saw the both of us catching up on a whole ton of films. Five actually, including Salt that I just posted a short review of. We also finished watching
Salt
Salt (2010) – at AMK Hub. Just before the weekend screening of Salt at AMK’s Cathay, I was at my class’ end-of-semester barbeque the Friday evening when one of my students jibed that I was catching the film only because
Ip Man 2
Ip Man 2 (2010) – on rental. I’m not sure what’s it with these Hong Kong films centered on the stories of these Chinese martial arts masters, but they sure look like as though they’re going through the same script
Up in the Air
Up in the Air (2009) – on rental. Back about 13 years ago the region was hard hit by the first Asian economic recession. While those in the public education sector were still reasonably secure in their jobs, the rest
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief
Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief (2010) – on rental. The story theme of an ordinary boy who finds his destiny among the powerful and fantastic is one that book authors have been mining for years. Several of
Inception
Inception (2010) – AMK Hub. If Inception is what director Christopher Nolan can come up with during his spare time in between his second and third Batman films, one wonders just what he’d be able to come up with if
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