Movie Review: Real Steel
If you’re one of those boxing fans who watched the Pacquiao vs Marquez fight today, then you would also probably enjoy this movie. Instead of real life fight between two men, this fight is between two robots programmed to give it all without anybody getting hurt, except probably the losing robot’s handler’s pride.
Real Steel is based on the short story “Steel” written by Richard Matheson in 1956. The story was staged in the year 2020, where human boxing is obsolete and were replaced by robots. Charlie Kenton (Hugh Jackman) is a former boxer who travels around the robotic boxing circuit with his robot, Ambush. At a rural fair, Ambush was set to fight against Black Thunder, who happens to be a bull. After making a bet of $20,000 against the promoter, Ricky, Ambush was ambushed by Black Thunder and ultimately destroyed after a moment of cockiness by its handler. Charlie ran away but not before he was informed that his ex-girlfriend passed away and left him with his eleven year old son, Max (Dakota Goyo).
Movie Review: Rio
One of the things that my boyfriend and I do when he’s in town for business trips is to go on a movie date. On his recent trip, I’m just so glad that a new movie came out which peaked both our interest. The movie.. “Rio”
Birds vs Monkeys
If you’ve played Angry Birds, then the birds in this movie will be very familiar. In Rio, the angry birds’ enemies are the monkeys instead of the pigs. It’s a comedy, adventure and slight musical movie all-in-one.
The story began in the Brazilian forest where the birds are enjoying their freedom. A baby male blue macaw fell from the nest and was smuggled to Moose Lake, Minnesota. When the truck swerved violently due to slippery roads, the crate with the baby macaw was thrown out on the pavement. A young child by the name of Linda found him and took care of him as her pet. She named her feathery friend Blu and became one of the most important fixtures in her life. Blu became domesticated, clever but never learned how to fly.
Movie Review: Harry Potter 7, Part 1
My friends and I were planning to watch Harry Potter 7 on IMAX. However, IMAX theatres in Beijing are quite few and in the outskirts of the city. It was officially shown on Nov 19 at 12mn. My boyfriend and I were thinking of watching it on the first night but work beckons and decided to postpone it after work on Nov 19.
After a delicious meal at Serve the People, we headed to Megabox at The Village to try our luck for some tickets. Luckily, there were still good seats available for the 11:15pm show. While waiting for the show to start, we drank some coffee at Starbucks and availed of their free wi-fi.
A Glimpse of the Past
I’m not what you called a die-hard Harry Potter fan but I’ve watched Harry Potter 1 to 3. The other Harry Potter, I haven’t had the chance to do so yet. In Harry Potter 1, the Golden trio (Harry, Hermoine and Ron) are all so adorable and naïve. They look the part as mentioned in the book but the movie was heavily edited so that it won’t drag too long. In Harry Potter 2, they aged a bit but can still pass as 12 year olds. The movie was a bit better than the 1st and you can understand the story even if you didn’t get the chance to read it. In Harry Potter 3, they no longer look like 13 year olds or maybe it’s because they mature faster in the UK? Harry Potter 4-6, I gave up and will watch it soon perhaps?
Movie Review: Knight and Day
My friend’s friend won tickets at their company’s competition and wonderfully shared it with his friends. As a friend’s friend, I was able to watch this movie with them. Initially, I thought we were going to watch Karate Kid or Toy Story 3, but since my friend watched Toy Story 3 already and Karate Kid has only one showing that day, we decided to watch Knight and Day.
My initial thought was, “Night and Day”? I don’t even know the movie. After watching the trailer, I said to myself maybe it’s a good movie since the cast are star-studded. Reminiscing my crush with Tom Cruise era. haahah!
Movie Review: Karate Kid
A fan of the 1984 movie with the cute Ralph Macchio, I didn’t know that it was revived by Jackie Chan until a friend of mine suggested that I watched it. My friend and I went to The Village and checked the schedule. Luckily there was one starting in 30 minutes so we had time to walk around the mall then come back for the start of the show. Ticket costs RMB 80 per head and it wasn’t packed. The movie theatre itself has nice comfy seats and pretty good sound system.
Sherry Parker (Taraji Henson) is a single mom whose work caused her to move with his son, Dre (Jaden Smith) to China. While playing basketball, Dre noticed a young lady, Mei Ying, who was listening to music while reading her sheet music. Dre approached Mei Ying but was later prevented by Mei Ying’s family friend who’s well versed in Kung Fu. A short fight ensured with Dre in the ground agonizing in pain. Dre later found out, that they all went to the same school and Mei Ying is applying for a slot with the Beijing Academy of Arts. As a young man in China, Dre dreams of learning kung fu. He found a school with her mom one day to only find out that the guy who beat
Movie Review: My Sassy Girl
It’s the end of our holiday and what a good way to end it by watching a romantic movie ALONE (hahaha!). In any case, I can’t wait to see if this movie will live up to the Korean version standards.
I’ve watched the Korean version of My Sassy Girl four years ago. I know they’ve released the American version of the movie but it never was shown here in China or maybe I just didn’t notice. I remember waiting for it and finding it on DVD today, made me buy this movie.
My Sassy Girl : American Version
My Sassy Girl started with Charlie (Jesse Bradford) standing in one of the trees in Central Park reminiscing about the love story of his life. It started out two years ago with him studying for a business degree in college and finding out that his cousin suddenly died. He met Jordan (Elisha Cuthbert) in the park who his friend dared him