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A deceased boom mic operator visits old haunts in Royston Tan’s meditative drama.

Posted on 25 May 2022 by siibillamlawPosted in Drama, Singapore, ThailandTagged 2021, James Choong, Queer East, Review, Royston Tan. Leave a comment

Lang Tong

Lang Tong

Sam Loh’s erotic thriller might have nudity and violence, but is neither erotic nor thrilling.

Posted on 15 Jun 2021 by siibillamlawPosted in Singapore, ThrillerTagged 2014, Alan Tan, Angeline Yap, Esther Goh, Review, Sam Loh, Vivienne Tseng, William Lawandi. Leave a comment

A Land Imagined

A Land Imagined

Loneliness floods the expanding Singaporean landscape in Yeo Siew Hua's sleepy mystery.

Posted on 12 Nov 2018 by siibillamlawPosted in Crime, Mystery, SingaporeTagged 2018, Ishtiaque Zico, Jack Tan, LEAFF, Luna Kwok, Peter Yu, Review, Xiaoyi Liu, Yeo Siew Hua. Leave a comment

The Eye

The Eye

Danny and Oxide Pang respect the genre and take it just seriously enough to make a highly effective horror.

Posted on 23 Jul 201512 Oct 2016 by siibillamlawPosted in Hong Kong, Horror, SingaporeTagged 2002, Angelica Lee, Candy Lo, Chutcha Rujinanon, Danny Pang, Edmund Chen, Lawrence Chou, Oxide Pang, Pang Bros, Review, Yin Ping Ko, Yut Lai So. Leave a comment

Perth

Perth

Veteran actor Lim Kay Tong delivers a powerful performance in Djinn’s stark film set in Singapore’s underbelly

Posted on 26 May 201526 May 2015 by siibillamlawPosted in Drama, SingaporeTagged 2004, Djinn, Lim Kay Tong, Sunny Pang, Victory Selvam. Leave a comment

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