Category: TV, Movies, and Music – Reviews
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Books, Novels, and Languages
The past month has been a bit crazy. I’ve just been trying to finish some things and then started working on others. Here is some fiction that I’ve read recently: Knife of Dreams (book 11 of The Wheel of Time) by Robert Jordan Guilty Pleasures by Laurell K. Hamilton. (I had read the graphic novel…
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Repo! The Genetic Opera – the new cult favourite
Repo! The Genetic Opera trailer Repo! The Genetic Opera is the must-see horror flick of the year. Cited as Rocky Horror meets Bladerunner, Sarah Brightman of Phantom of the Opera fame stars along with Anthony Head (Giles from Buffy). Featured at the Toronto After Dark Film Festival (where it won the silver audience award for…
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Toronto International Film Festival 2008
The TIFF started this week on Thursday. Since missing out on the film festival the past two years, I decided to order the popular 10-coupon passbook in advance. As luck would have it for me, there is a martial arts movie showing this year – Chocolate by the same director for Ong-Bak and The Protector.…
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Movie Time!
MM, I’ve been hankering to see another movie again lately. According to my horoscope, transiting Neptune trines my Ascendant until next February, which means that I will be tempted to escape and withdraw from the world during this time. Since this period is long, I can’t realistically withdraw for that whole time – not unless…
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Battlestar’s Big Mistake
If you haven’t seen the most recent episode of Battlestar Galactica called “Maelstrom”, be warned – spoilers follow. When I first heard about a remake of the original Battlestar Galactica TV series, I was ecstatic. First, Lucas makes a second Star Wars trilogy (something I wished for after I saw Return of the Jedi in…
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Blood Diamonds
Okay, I’ve already seen the movie, Blood Diamond starring Leonardo DiCaprio and I thought it was an excellent movie. The movie touches on a subject hard core and pulls no punches. Then of course, Valentine’s Day rolls around (and I won’t even get into my rant on how Valentine’s Day is a Christian pervertion of…
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Survivor: Cook Islands – Recap and Prediction
MM, Survivor: Cook Islands started out this season with an interesting premise. Would tribes divided by race work better than a mixed tribe? Interesting premise, I thought, even though some people thought this was somewhat a racist idea. Not really, because the show wasn’t making any assumptions about the races, but was performing a sociological…
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Fight Science is now available
MM, As a follow-up to my previous blog entry on Fight Science, this martial arts documentary is now available on torrent for download. (Check torrentspy.com.) If you watch the documentary, I think it’s worth noting that the amount of power generated by the small kung fu guy is comparable to the power generated by the…
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Martial Arts Documentary – Fight Science!
MM, This is for all the martial arts fans out there. National Geographic Channel will be airing a documentary on Sunday, August 12 looking at the science behind martial arts. Some may recall XMA: Xtreme Martial Arts, which took a look at how a martial artist can do some of those amazing feats, as well…
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Commentary on Deepa Mehta’s Water
MM, Unlike most people who have already seen Deepa Mehta’s Water, I had different motivations for watching it. My primary reason was one of cultural and historical interest as well as exposing myself to a different spiritual background. Note: This commentary is primarily for those who have seen the movie. If you have not seen…
Pneumatised! 