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‘The Lord of the Rings’ made me who I am today

Post author:JL
Post published:November 17, 2013
Post category:Me and the Movies Books to Film Favourite Films

My younger brother is now watching The Lord of the Rings trilogy on his own accord. I'm glad that he is discovering the beauty of…

Harrison Ford (Colonel Graff), Asa Butterfield (Ender Wiggin), and various other uninteresting kids in Ender's Game

‘Ender’s Game’ review: Meh.

Post author:JL
Post published:November 7, 2013
Post category:Movie Reviews

Ender's Game was... meh. It wasn't fantastic, it wasn't horrible -- I didn't care very much for it.

Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Loki (Tom Hiddleston) and Jane Foster (Natalie Portman) in Thor: The Dark World

'Thor: The Dark World' review: Unevenly told, but fun nonetheless

Post author:JL
Post published:October 31, 2013
Post category:Movie Reviews

If you know me, or have been reading my blog consistently, you will have heard me gush non-stop about my excitement for Thor: The Dark…

Jennifer Lawrence as Katniss Everdeen in The Hunger Games

A look back at ‘The Hunger Games’

Post author:JL
Post published:October 29, 2013
Post category:Movie Reviews Books to Film Coming Soon

Rewatched The Hunger Games again to refresh my memory before Catching Fire opens. I enjoyed it, but was astounded at its overwhelming reception in the US. I mean, it was a great adaptation, but there were some *crucial* things they didn't get right.

'Monsters University' review, plus my feelings on computer animated movies in general

Post author:JL
Post published:October 19, 2013
Post category:Me and the Movies Movie Reviews

Monsters University was delightful. Not as heartwarming as Monsters, Inc., or tearjerking as Toy Story 3, but still a fun and spirited romp nonetheless. It's…

"Game of Thrones" review: The grandest, most ambitious show on television now, if not ever

Post author:JL
Post published:October 16, 2013
Post category:TV Reviews TV Talk

*SPOILERS ABOUND READ AT YOUR OWN RISK* I've been binge watching "Game of Thrones" for the past few days. Well, as much as I could.…

Sandra Bullock (Ryan Stone) and George Clooney (Matt Kowalski) in Gravity

‘Gravity’ review: A stunning, literally cinematic masterpiece

Post author:JL
Post published:October 12, 2013
Post category:Movie Reviews Awards Season

Very few movies nowadays truly deserve the title "cinematic masterpiece"; but Gravity is one of them. You have to go to the cinema to view it to appreciate just how much of a masterpiece it is, and you have to watch it in 3D -- preferably in IMAX, but definitely in 3D. (And I'm speaking as someone who hates watching things in 3D.) Watching it in any other form -- on TV, on your computer; or even worse, your smartphones and tablets -- would be to rob yourself of an experience that movies have been trying to build themselves up to since the very beginnings of cinema: To immerse its viewers in an experience so akin to reality you feel you are amongst the characters on screen in that very moment.

Composer Danny Elfman with Mystic Manor in the background

Interview with Danny Elfman: On composing music for Hong Kong Disneyland’s Mystic Manor ride

Post author:JL
Post published:October 9, 2013
Post category:Show Business

I did an exclusive interview with Hollywood film composer Danny Elfman when he went to Hong Kong Disneyland in May 2013 for the opening of Mystic Point and its key ride, Mystic Manor. Here's what he had to say about composing music for the Mystic Manor ride as well as scoring his other iconic films.