Mr. Nobody (2009)

Director: Jaco Van Dormael, Writer: Jaco Van Dormael, Stars: Jared Leto, Sarah Polley, Diane Kruger, Linh Dan Pham

I am pretty much indecisive in my life. I put off decisions until they were necessary. Just like little Nemo who can’t seem to choose between a chocolate Éclair and the strawberry cake roll, I overthink choices and decisions even on trivial matter.

In Mr. Nobody (2009), Nemo (Jared Leto) is the last mortal alive at the age of 118 in the year 2092. The old Nemo is telling the story of himself at the age of 9 when he needs to make a crucial decision

Lady Vengeance (2005) [친절한 금자씨]

Director: Chan-wook Park, Writers: Seo-Gyeong Jeong, Chan-wook Park, Stars: Yeong-ae Lee, Min-sik Choi, Shi-hoo Kim

Lady Vengeance (2005) is the third film from Park Chan-wook‘s revenge trilogy following “Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002)” and “Oldboy (2003)“. A confession before I start on the review. I actually haven’t watched all the films of revenge trilogy and yet I have chosen to watch Lady Vengeance first over the much more renowned Oldboy. This is so that I wouldn’t give a bias opinion on Lady Vengeance comparing it with its predecessor. Hence, this review will not be linked to Oldboy of any sort.

Lady Vengeance (2005) tells the story of Geum-ja Lee (Yeong-ae Lee) who is imprisonment for 13.5 years for kidnapping and killing a little boy, Park Won-mo. However, this is a crime she did not commit as

A Beautiful Mind (2001)

Director: Ron Howard, Writers: Akiva Goldsman, Sylvia Nasar (book), Stars: Russell Crowe, Ed Harris, Jennifer Connelly

I watched this film during my exam period. Ah, talk about timely reminder and inspiration. A Beautiful Mind (2001) is loosely based on the biography book of the Nobel Prize Winner mathematician, John Nash. In this film, John Nash (Russell Crowe) is a co-scholar of the prestigious Carnegie Scholarship for mathematics with Martin Hansen (Josh Lucas) but was depicted as socially inept person. He was constantly giving himself immense pressure to find the “truly original idea” to distinguish himself from others in the competitive world of academia. And Nash finally succeeded when one day an incident in bar inspired him to look over Adam Smith’s governing dynamic: ”Every man for himself” and came up with a cooperative method in game theory which is now known as – “Nash Equilibrium”. This secures a place for Nash at the highly sought after, Wheeler lab – the MIT military think tank. It all went well for John Nash until

Silver Linings Playbook (2012)

Director: David O. Russell, Writers: David O. Russell (screenplay), Matthew Quick(novel) , Stars: Bradley Cooper, Jennifer Lawrence, Robert De Niro 

I wasn’t a Jennifer Lawrence fan boy. Not even after I have watched The Hunger Games (2012). but until I have watched this Silver Linings Playbook (2012), I am officially one.

Silver Linings Playbook (2012) is about Pat (Bradley Cooper) who is discharged from the mental institution after his minimum eight month stint there for beating up his wife, Nikki’s (Brea Bee) lover. Pat wasn’t fully recovered yet from his diagnosed bipolar disorder when his mom Dolores (Jacki Weaver) picks him out of the hospital. And Pat still wants to amend his relationship with Nikki. He worked hard to change himself, working out and reading all the books which Nikki teaches in the hope that he will be back together with Nikki. Then he met Tiffany (Jennifer Lawrence), a young widow who got fired of her work because she had sex with

Gone Baby Gone (2007)

Director: Ben Affleck, Starring: Cassey Affleck, Michelle Monaghan, Morgan Freeman, Ed Harris

A four years old kid, Amanda McCready went missing in an abduction case in Boston. Patrick Kenzie (Cassey Affleck) and Angie Gennaro (Michelle Monaghan) were private investigators in the neighborhood who look for people that ran away from debt or disappear. They were then hired by Bea McCready (Amy Madigan)and Lionel McCready (Titus Welliver) to aid in the investigation of the police to find their missing niece as Bea believed that Patrick knows the people in the neighborhood which might help in the search. Little did Patrick Kenzie knows that by accepting this case, he is going to be involved in more than an abduction case…

Eagle Eye (2008)

Eagle Eye (2008)

Director: D.J. Caruso , Starring : Shia LaBeouf, Michelle Monaghan, Rosario Dawson

So I was in the bus, on my way back to Singapore. Fiddling with the built –in entertainment in the bus, I was hoping that I can find something to kill some time. There wasn’t much movie selection there and I chance upon a movie cover with Shia LaBeouf – Eagle Eye.

Gravity (2013)

Matt Kowalski: What do you like the most about this place?
Dr. Ryan Stone: Silence

Director: Alfonso Cuarón, Starring: Sandra Bullock, George Clooney, Ed Harris

I watched this film a month ago  with my buddy and I must say it’s great to catch this amidst my busy schedule! What more, I had the chance to watch it free because my friend had free movie voucher!

If you are going to watch this film, you are in for something special. Not only does it has a spectacular

Black Swan (2010)

Director: Darren Aronofsky, 
Starring: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel 

Black Swan (2010) brings us into the life of ballerina, Nina (Natalie Portman) whose life revolved heavily around dancing. She is under a lot of pressure from her ballerina mother, (Erica Sayers) and herself to succeed in the ballerina world.  When the chief at the ballerina theater, Thomas Leroy (Vincent Cassel) is looking for the perfect candidate for the remake of the play, “Swan Lake”, Nina is determined to get the lead role – The Swan Queen. However, the role that Leroy is casting