Suanie Reviews
how to turn an awful japanese horror movie into a brilliant comedy (2)
Continuing from my previous guide on how to turn an awful japanese horror movie into a brilliant comedy…
Let’s face it — horror movies don’t make much sense. Personally I adore watching horror movies especially with my eyes closed, but as time goes by it seems that the producers/writers/directors don’t make much of an effort [...]
how to turn an awful japanese horror movie into a brilliant comedy (1)
The most important thing when making a B-grade J-horror is to plan a movie loosely based on a popular video game. The looser, the loser, the better. Make the plot as unoriginal as you can, and with the investors’ approval because J-horror always sells, wield your imagination! Go wild, no holds barred.
But in any [...]
cicak-man — funny and lame, all at once
We had to watch Cicak-man, we just had to. So we did.
I’m not going to elaborate on what/how/when etc of it, will just quote some news piece that I read from somewhere and comment on it. Probably from The Star? I dunno.
Lead actor Saiful Apek said the movie, which would be released during [...]
movie: love conquers all
Sometime back Ms. Shermaine of Da Huang Pictures e-mailed and invited me to the preview screening of Love Conquers All, the debut feature film of Tan Chui Mui, who at 28 years old is the youngest female director in Malaysia.
Unfortunately the preview screening was on a working afternoon, and I regretfully declined. The whole [...]
the red kebaya – a sentimental, contemporary malaysian story
During the Ramadhan month, we were invited to have dinner with the cast and crew of the movie. Then we were invited to the premiere at Midvalley, and I took the day off so I could go.
The first person I saw was Patrick Teoh because we happened to park our cars at the same [...]