Queen has been one of my favourite rock bands since I was in Form 5 or Form 6. I even had a huge poster of them pasted on the wall of my room when I was studying in Montreal. I still listen to their songs regularly and my favourites include Bohemian Rhapsody, We Are The Champions, We Will Rock You, ...

I watched Searching without any inkling what the movie is about apart from the fact that the lead star John Cho has become the first Asian American actor to lead a mainstream Hollywood thriller with this film. It was only after watching the whole movie that I realized that the movie was set entirely within the confines of iPhones, iPad, ...

I have been reading thrillers for the past few months so I decided to try something different for a change.  Browsing through my book list, I chose The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas as it has the highest Goodreads ratings among all the books in my collection. This book has garnered so much praise and accolades that even John ...

Crazy Rich Asians, the hotly anticipated big screen adaptation of Kevin Kwan’s best-selling novel of the same name, is set to hit the screen on Aug. 17, 2018, about five years after the book was first published.  I thoroughly enjoyed that book as well as its two sequels China Rich Girlfriends and Rich People Problems so I look forward to ...

Facing stiff competition from international releases in the lucrative Chinese New Year screening slot, local movie A House of Happiness has received great reviews from local movie enthusiasts and has grossed more than RM1mil at the Malaysian box office after only a week of release. The heart-warming movie is the debut effort of director JY Teng together with prolific local ...

The Shape of Water directed by Guillermo del Toro has won so many accolades and awards that I just had to watch it as soon as the DVD of the movie hit the shelves here in Miri.  The movie is an other-worldly fairy tale that brings to mind elements of “Beauty and the Beast” and “E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial”. Living alone ...

At the tender age of only 14, she is a superstar in the making. At the recent Golden Horse Awards, she beat two former best actress winners Shu Qi and Slyvia Chang to win the Best Supporting actress award for her role in the film “The Bold, the Corrupt and the Beautiful” and was also nominated for the best actress ...

Last night I watched Angelina Jolie’s powerful docudrama “First They Killed My Father.” It was a heart-wrenching experience and I strongly recommend it. Based on the incredible memoir by Loung Ung “First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers”, it is a haunting story of genocide and survival from the point of view of a child. Featuring all ...

Saw Teong Hin’s semi-autobiographical film “You Mean the World to Me” (海墘新路) opened nationwide yesterday.  It has been heavily promoted on Astro and intrigued by the trailer of the movie, my wife and I went to watch the movie this afternoon at TGV in Permaisuri Imperial City Mall. Director Saw Teong Hin, who is best known for films like Puteri ...

Yoga Goddess of Asia Muqi Miya and the star of Kungfu Yoga