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Family in focus
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 03/02/2023
» The Oscars is coming up soon. And while it should be an exciting time for any film lover, I can't help but feel a bit let down by this year's nominations, especially for the Best Picture category. I didn't particularly like the flashy biopic Elvis and I personally thought Everything Everywhere All At Once was way, way overrated. And I have no clue how Top Gun: Maverick managed to get nominated for best movie of the year. So I had kind of lost interest in this year's awards -- until I recently had a chance to watch another nominee, The Fabelmans, the latest film by Steven Spielberg. Suddenly my interest returned.
Cinema scope
Guru, Eric E Surbano, Published on 12/06/2020
» After months of endless streaming in the confinement of your home, cinemas are finally open once more! Though our movie-going experience may look a little different than it was before, at least for the next few weeks or so, it's still good to know that we have the choice to actually watch films in a proper cinema. If you're dying to finally go on a movie date with your friends, loved ones, or you just want to treat yourself, here are the movies showing in various cinemas right now.
Exhilarating escapism, Spielberg-style
Life, Published on 30/03/2018
» A breathless romp through virtual reality, Steven Spielberg's Ready Player One presents a T-Rex-size irony: A film that cautions us against the exhilarating escapism of digital simulacrum that divorces us from reality -- VR, 3D, Facebook, online games, movies -- is first and foremost an exhilarating escapism manufactured upon a massive digital simulacrum. Spielberg, one of the first directors to turn Hollywood into a factory of digital effects, certainly knows this. But with unruffled confidence and youthful velocity, the 71-year-old gambles that the thrills would override the insincerity -- that nobody would mind the self-defeating scruples as long as the breakneck ride keeps us glued.