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Royal memory honoured with Mozart
Life, William Niall Morris, Published on 07/03/2026
» At the end of last month, I had the honour of attending a performance that felt less like a regular concert than a moment briefly lifted out of history. Presented by the Siam Society, "Concert In Memoriam" brought Mozart's Requiem Mass to the private throne room of Phaya Thai Palace -- the Deevaraja Sabharamaya Hall -- in commemoration of the centenary of the passing of King Vajiravudh (Rama VI), who died on Nov 25, 1925.
Cupid misses the mark
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 29/08/2025
» Another new American romantic drama about love discovered on vacation. The Map That Leads To You offers a familiar premise: an unlikely couple meets by chance during a journey abroad -- a pretty girl with carefully laid plans and a boy with no particular purpose.
Not one for the pups
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 23/08/2025
» If you're constantly flicking through your streaming library looking for a new animated cartoon to watch while feeding your toddler breakfast, don't let the cutesy puppy images of Netflix's newest animated movie Fixed fool you. The content you are about to unleash over the next hour-and-a-half is nothing like the adorable and family-friendly content its posters suggest.
Online Safety Act is a bad joke
Life, James Hein, Published on 13/08/2025
» The UK now has their Online Safety Act (OSA) and Australia is blindly following in their footsteps. In the UK it didn't take very long for the tech aware under-18s to bypass all the rules and regain access to adult content. Think about it, if China can't completely block everything do you think the UK had any chance? There were some creative solutions but the most common was a simple Virtual Private Network (VPN). In related news, some VPN companies reported a 1,400% increase in sign-ups since the OSA came into force.
A pitch perfect pairing
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 11/07/2025
» What makes an action movie exciting and enjoyable, even when the story is simple or predictable? It doesn't happen often, but every now and then, a film comes along that proves a formulaic plot doesn't have to be a dealbreaker. Enter Prime Video's latest buddy action flick, Heads Of State -- a wild, high-energy, odd-couple romp that resurrects a familiar formula and injects it with sharp comedic timing and absurdly fun set pieces. Idris Elba and John Cena are the unexpected duo that make it all work.
A blunt slasher
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 30/05/2025
» It has been four years since Netflix released the Fear Street trilogy -- three interconnected slasher films that mixed 80s nostalgia, supernatural lore and time-hopping ambition. The movies came out during a period when anything evoking retro aesthetics, especially the 1980s, like Stranger Things, practically guaranteed success. Though far from perfect, the original Fear Street trilogy had its own pulpy charm, especially in the way it linked three different time periods together into one cohesive and mysterious narrative.
Jetsons cars finally take off
Life, James Hein, Published on 26/03/2025
» Some readers will remember the old cartoon The Jetsons. This promised a future with flying cards, robot assistants and helpful computer tools. We have or are getting very close to the robot assistants, and the latest artificial intelligence offerings seem to be the automated helpers. Missing to date are the flying cars. That may have changed with the new Jetson ONE, a single person flying car I saw a demonstration of in a recent video. It looked good, seemed to fly with good stability and landed without any issue. You can find the demos with a simple search. The craft has vertical take-off and landing capability. However, I shudder to think of what thousands of these might look like in the skies above a city without some serious improvements in driving and collision avoidance.
Romance meets high-stakes thrills
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 28/02/2025
» When two highly trained operatives are deployed to guard opposite sides of a mysterious gorge, they find themselves drawn to one another, despite strict orders forbidding communication. As darkness emerges from within the gorge, their connection becomes their greatest weapon in a battle for survival.
A sluggish mystery
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 10/01/2025
» Netflix has kicked off the new year with Missing You, another adaptation of a Harlan Coben novel, with the author himself serving as executive producer.
Espionage, laughs, action abound
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 23/08/2024
» Every year, countless action films hit the screens, each trying to carve out a niche in a crowded genre. Some rely on gripping stories and skilled direction despite featuring lesser-known casts, while others bank on big budgets and star-studded ensembles to mask mediocre scripts.