65 & Hope present Protege, a hip-hop talent search program that will stretch throughout 2008. Witness 10 upcoming acts, as they battle their way to the top to represent the future of the local independent hip-hop circuit. Featuring performances by Sleeq, Rauzan Rahman, Public Eyez, The Cartelz, Will’s Invasion, Mr Chan and Leo39 (Canada), this is definitely an event not to be miss by local supporters. Hosted by your friendly neighbourhood rapper, Freaky Z. For more information, please visit www.65hope.com

PROTEGE
Date: 26th April 2008, Saturday
Time: 2pm – 4.30pm
Venue: The Chamber, The Arts House
Admission: $5 only
(more…)

Over Her Dead Body, some guys may well be dead then watching this movie but it’s a romantic comedy my favourite genre I had to watch it! Coming this Thursday in our cinemas. Warning spoilers!

There is no good reason on Earth to like Over Her Dead Body. Which just makes the fact that it’s a hoot all the more enjoyable.

It’s certainly not offering anything radically new. This is a talking ghost movie, the sort of comic film that has a character come back from the beyond looking awfully cute while messing with the lives of the living. The “Topper” films, “Blithe Spirit,” even “Hello Again” have all plowed this fertile field.
(more…)

Superhero Movie coming to our shores this Thursday, I don’t really like “parody” movies because it’s getting stupid to watch one but this one deserves alittle credit because it’s really funny at some point. Warning spoilers!

It’s a slambang parody film that’s actually funny. Scary Movie franchisee Craig Mazin’s script about a super bug that gives a super geek superpowers hews closely to the template, but is peppered with enough clever jokes that will deserve the big box office these popcorn flicks usually rake in.

The first sign that writer/director Craig Mazin’s mash-up/send-up is smarter than the rest of its junk-drawer gag genre is that there’s only one crotch joke in the opening credits’ costume close-up shots.
(more…)

How She Move opens today in our theatres. Should you expect cool moves like “Step Up 2″? More like “Stomp The Yard”. Well stepping is totally a different dance its not picked up in Singapore yet I guess. Warning spoilers!

Rutina Wesley, who plays the lead character in this low-budget Canadian urban dance drama, has the energy of exploding popcorn. Her feet pound the ground. Her hands chop to the beat. Her legs twist and pivot like a gymnast’s. Anyone who doubts the athleticism of this form of dancing will be swayed by the display of professional-level prowess on screen.

But there’s also artistry to be found in step-dancing, and that’s part of what gives this film (which picked up the grand jury and audience award prizes at the 2007 Sundance Film Festival) a street-smart appeal even when the storytelling comes across as rough and clunky.
(more…)

Funny Games U.S., an art film that aims to be the next torture movie, coming to our big screens this week. Who will be tortured? Read on… Warning spoilers!

There is nothing funny about “Funny Games,” and the only game seems to be between the audience and writer/director Michael Haneke.

If you sit through the movie, he wins. And you lose.

An art house take on torture porn, a trend even teenage boys have grown tired of, “Funny Games” is about two young men who take a vacationing family captive and then torment them while promising to kill them.
(more…)