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Tag: Drama
REEL TO REAL | DRAMA : WONDER WHEEL [REVIEW]REEL TO REAL | DRAMA : WONDER WHEEL [REVIEW]
By Yong Shu Hoong While Wonder Wheel bears a lot of writer-director Woody Allen’s finger-smudges – from the plain and ...
REEL TO REAL : BASED ON A TRUE STORY [REVIEW]REEL TO REAL : BASED ON A TRUE STORY [REVIEW]
By Yong Shu Hoong First of all, a declaration: I might have been slightly in love with Eva Green ever ...
REEL TO REAL : MOLLY’S GAME [REVIEW] BY YONG SHU HOONGREEL TO REAL : MOLLY’S GAME [REVIEW] BY YONG SHU HOONG
As Oscar bait to showcase American actress Jessica Chastain’s prowess (and hopefully add a golden statuette to the Golden Globe ...
REEL TO REAL : INGRID GOES WEST [REVIEW]REEL TO REAL : INGRID GOES WEST [REVIEW]
One of the better movies of 2017, Ingrid Goes WestReel is a dark incisive commentary on the millennial obsession with social ...
REEL TO REAL : DUNKIRKREEL TO REAL : DUNKIRK
It’s fair to say that Dunkirk is an unconventional war movie. Considering that renowned director Christopher Nolan is at the ...
REAL TO REEL : THE LEFTOVERS SEASON THREE – TAKING IT ON FAITHREAL TO REEL : THE LEFTOVERS SEASON THREE – TAKING IT ON FAITH
What does it all mean? Was The Leftovers one of the best TV drama series ever made? Or was it ...
REAL TO REEL : HOUSE OF CARDS SEASON FIVE – NO LONGER STRANGER THAN REAL LIFEREAL TO REEL : HOUSE OF CARDS SEASON FIVE – NO LONGER STRANGER THAN REAL LIFE
The main challenges that faced Netflix’s political drama House of Cards was twofold. One, how to match the ongoing dramatic ...
GEEK OUT! THE OAGEEK OUT! THE OA
The OA poses more questions than it answers. But isn’t that a reflection of life? ...
GEEK OUT! IRON FIST – FIRST LOOK AT COLEEN WING, JOY AND WARD MEACHUMGEEK OUT! IRON FIST – FIRST LOOK AT COLEEN WING, JOY AND WARD MEACHUM
Netflix has released more images from the upcoming original series adapting Marvel martial arts hero Iron Fist. These images give ...
GEEK OUT! SCIFI TV FARE 61116GEEK OUT! SCIFI TV FARE 61116
Consolidating our scifi TV reviews. Spoilers, doh! ...
NETFLIX AND THRILL: THE GET DOWNNETFLIX AND THRILL: THE GET DOWN
If you were disappointed and let down by HBO’s Vinyl, Netflix original series The Get Down hopes to deliver an ...
GEEK OUT! THE STRANGER THINGS REVIEWGEEK OUT! THE STRANGER THINGS REVIEW
Synopsis Stranger Things is a 8-part Netflix original series set in Indiana 1983, where a young boy vanishes into thin ...
REEL TO REAL: THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRLREEL TO REAL: THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL
Synopsis A 2015 American coming-of-age drama written and directed by Marielle Heller, based on the graphic novel The Diary of ...
GEEK OUT! ENDINGS AND BEGINNINGSGEEK OUT! ENDINGS AND BEGINNINGS
The new TV season is upon us geeks – even as Fear The Walking Dead and The Strain end their ...
FEAR OF THE WALKING DEAD – BACK TO THE EGGFEAR OF THE WALKING DEAD – BACK TO THE EGG
The Walking Dead is one of the most successful shows currently on television and with good reason. It is a ...
FAERYVILLE – A FAIRY TALE OF NIGHTMARISH REAL WORLD CONSEQUENCESFAERYVILLE – A FAIRY TALE OF NIGHTMARISH REAL WORLD CONSEQUENCES
The problem with Tzang Merwyn Tong’s FAERYVILLE – if one can even call it a problem – is that the ...
GEEK OUT! THE WALKING DEAD – FROM DESPAIR TO WHERE?GEEK OUT! THE WALKING DEAD – FROM DESPAIR TO WHERE?
Am beginning to despair at The Walking Dead. Group characters are dropping like flies in Season 5. A bit of ...
THE BOOB TUBE: SCANDAL – THE CALM BEFORE THE STORMTHE BOOB TUBE: SCANDAL – THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM
To be honest, after the intense drama over Olivia’s kidnapping, it was hard to imagine how the series could ramp ...
GEEK OUT! THE WALKING DEAD – SEE NO EVILGEEK OUT! THE WALKING DEAD – SEE NO EVIL
What’s going on? Why are our intrepid gang of survivors acting like the bad guys? How am I supposed to ...
THE BOOB TUBE: SCANDAL – REALITY BITESTHE BOOB TUBE: SCANDAL – REALITY BITES
After the stress and the pressure of Olivia’s kidnapping, Scandal is brought down to earth with a hard bump with ...
THE BOOB TUBE: HOUSE OF CARDS SEASON 3 – SHOOT OUT THE LIGHTSTHE BOOB TUBE: HOUSE OF CARDS SEASON 3 – SHOOT OUT THE LIGHTS
Much anticipated as it was, Season 3 of Netflix original series, House of Cards was a massive disappointment. Having fought ...
GEEK OUT! THE WALKING DEAD – THE TROUBLE WITH NORMALGEEK OUT! THE WALKING DEAD – THE TROUBLE WITH NORMAL
Our gang of survivors begin to settle in at Alexandria but our favourite characters are waiting for the pin to ...
GEEK OUT! 12 MONKEYS – IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT (AND I FEEL FINE)GEEK OUT! 12 MONKEYS – IT’S THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT (AND I FEEL FINE)
Even as I find the leading actors utterly unremarkable (it is obvious they were cast purely for their good looks), ...
GEEK OUT! HELIX – STILL WATERS RUN DEEPGEEK OUT! HELIX – STILL WATERS RUN DEEP
The 2nd season of Helix has done very well in shifting focus on different characters and casting as protagonists and ...