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A tale of two generations bonding over a video game
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 27/09/2019
» Video games are often painted as the villain, the source of violence, the time-thief that steals days and nights from its players. But in Brave Father Online: Our Story Of Final Fantasy XIV, video games are the hero -- a platform where bonds are forged and a family reconnected.
Beauty and the beast
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 15/03/2019
» A teen love triangle and the supernatural collide in Saeng Krasue (Inhuman Kiss), the reimagining of a well-known Thai folktale set in the era of World War II. A rural village is under a mysterious attack and the locals whisper the words of krasue -- a woman by day, and a ghostlike creature by night -- who leaves her body at home while her head and internal organs fly out the window to devour raw flesh. The condition is contagious through saliva.
Dreaming (of more) out loud
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 26/09/2017
» A decade after the worldwide hit Apologize got us hooked, we finally got the men behind the song, the American pop-rock band OneRepublic playing live on our shores for the first time last Thursday evening.
Bad genius
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 05/05/2017
» It's always a thrill -- despite being morally wrong -- to cheat on an exam.
Shelf improvement
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 19/04/2017
» Having created a buzz and been the centre of interest among the capital's bookworms for quite some time, Bangkok City Library, the yellow three-storey building located at the Kok Wua intersection on Ratchadamnoen Road, is now opening its doors to the public.
Melodies made to move us
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 02/12/2016
» For the 11 years that film director Jira "Keng" Maligool has been part of the studio GMM Tai Hub (now known as GDH559), he has wanted to make a film about King Bhumibol Adulyadej. But it wasn't until last year that the project took flight and finally manifested itself into Pohn Jak Fah (A Gift), now showing in cinemas nationwide.
Pentatonix stuns the crowd in Thai debut
Life, Melalin Mahavongtrakul, Published on 20/09/2016
» After an hour stuck in the traffic at Ratchaprasong intersection, we finally made it to CentralWorld just in time to catch Pentatonix -- an American a cappella quintet -- in its first performance in Thailand last week.