Mandy is every boys dream girl. Will she survive the lustful boys in her school. It’s engaging, sharply acted slasher movie that’s a cut above the usual rubbish, thanks to a decent script and impressive direction by Jonathan Levine. Coming to Singapore this week. Read on…

Newcomer Amber Heard plays Mandy Lane, a virginal Texas high school student who’s lusted after by everyone around her, including her nerdy best friend, Emmet (Michael Welch). When term ends, Mandy accepts an invite to a party at a remote ranch with some of her classmates: nice guy Bird (Edwin Hodge), party animal Red (Himelstein), dopey Jake (Luke Grimes), slutty Marlin (Melissa Price) and ditsy Chloe (Whitney Able).
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Leatherheads will be in our cinemas next week. I’m fine with sports movies accept for “Real, The Movie” that had successfully wasted my time watching it. Leatherheads had been incorrectly marketed as a romantic comedy (romcom), it starts well but runs out of steam about halfway through, though it’s still worth seeing for the performances and Clooney’s Coen-esque direction. Read on…

Set in 1925, Leatherheads stars George Clooney as American football player Dodge Connolly, who realises that football games need to attract much bigger crowds if the sport is going to survive. With that in mind, he persuades agent CC Frazier (Jonathan Pryce) to allow college football star-slash-war hero Carter Rutherford (John Krasinski) to play for Connolly’s team, in the hopes that Carter’s nationwide fame will result in massive crowds.
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Disaster Movie, it’s coming to Singapore this week. All I can say is it’s desperately unfunny comedy that lurches clumsily from one tedious spoof scene to the next, under the mistaken impression that just referencing a film, a celebrity or a TV show is enough to get laughs. Yeah right. Read on…

This time round, the makers of Epic Movie attempt to spoof disaster movies but don’t seem to have got further than the plot of Cloverfield. Will (Matt Lanter), Lisa (Kim Kardashian), Calvin (Gary Johnson) and Juney (Crista Flanagan as a pregnant Juno) are partying in a New York loft when asteroids start raining down outside, causing everyone to panic and attempt to flee the city.
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Mama Mia! will be in Singapore this week. Some might be excited to watch it but before plunking down your cash for a ride on the Mamma Mia! train when it pulls into your area, just ask yourself one question: Do I really dig ABBA? Read On…

It’s a relevant query not only because the ebullient musical is packed to the gills with songs made famous by the Swedish ’70s supergroup, but also because ABBA’s fluffy, feel-good anthems really capture the vibe of the whole movie. Don’t let the presence of its grande dame star Meryl Streep fool you — Sophie’s Choice it ain’t. But if you’re willing to forego such trifles as a solid, believable plot, or clear, well-developed characters, this flick will do the trick to release your inner “Dancing Queen”.
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Bangkok Dangerous is in our cinemas this week and as pointless remakes and bad Nicolas Cage movies go, Bangkok Dangerous isn’t awful, but it’s frequently laughable and doesn’t come close to the original. Remakes are suppose to be better and bolder if it’s an action movie but this one is… read on… Warning spoilers!

Directing duo the Pang Brothers (Danny and Oxide) remake their own 1999 Thai thriller with Nicolas Cage as Joe, a hit man with a strict set of self-defined rules who’s come to Bangkok to execute four enemies of ruthless crime boss Surat (Nirattsai Kaljareuk). To cover his tracks, Joe hires street punk Kong (Shahkrit Yamnarm) as a go-between, with the intention of killing him off once the job finishes.
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