the sixth borough
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close was pretty good and hit the right notes, at least for me. i wasn't at all disturbed by the plot changes, which i thought worked really well in this film adaptation.
the main leads -
Sandra Bullock (!!),
Tom Hanks, and the young and talented
Oskary
Thomas Horn - gave impactful and moving performances, along with the supporting cast, especially the renter (
Max von Sydow) and of course, actress-of-the-moment
Violas Davis.
Mr and Mrs Schell
Oskar Schell
the renter / grandfather
a most helpful Abby Black
i felt that this scene was the most gripping, when mother-and-son basically poured their hearts out to each other. this was an extended version of the book, which provided a neat closure to their issues.
the heart-to-heart talk (aka htht)
well, if you haven't watched and/or read the book, i strongly recommend you to! (:
- Tuesday, February 21, 2012
the 32nd BRIT Awards
Rihanna - We Found Love
Adele - Rolling In The Deep
- Friday, February 17, 2012
blue eyes blue
This Means War was not too bad.. Reese Witherspoon was such a darling, Chris Pine and Tom Hardy were being such charmers, and Chelsea just did her thing!! xD though the ending thoroughly sucked. but i guess, like Calyn Marini Yap Eng Lian qualified, "so-so movies turn out nice when you go in expecting the worst" and well, it was free after all!
anyway, we were just too distracted/mesmerised by these
blue eyes throughout the movie~
seriously, now? major jealoussss.
- Tuesday, February 14, 2012
the 54th Grammys
a great round-up of the Grammys. (:
(while we await for the official Grammy to upload J Hud and Adele's stunning performances..)
- Sunday, February 12, 2012
- Saturday, February 11, 2012
Ricky Martin & Christina Aguilera-
Nobody Wants To Be Lonelylive at the
2001 World Music Awards after catching
Xtina on
The Voice and
Ricky Martin on
Glee this week, i just had to revisit this lovely duet! (:
oh, and it played on Class 95 this afternoon while i was in the office as well, haha.
- Tuesday, February 07, 2012
can't get enough of this polished LIVE performance! great choreography and synchronisation from the girls, and i'm lovin' this remix. plus,
Soo-young is so so so gorgeous!! (: (: (:
well, here's hoping their attempt at breaking into the US market will be a success.
- Tuesday, January 31, 2012
and the 18th SAG Awards winners are..
an inspiring speech by
Viola Davis. and
Jessica Chastain was such a darling, tearing up for her win.
Viola also gave another great speech during the acceptance of
The Help's
Cast in a Motion Picture win.
well, i guess this means that the coveted Oscars Best Actress statuette is still anybody's for the taking..
Modern Family deservingly won, though i didn't really enjoy their pre-prepared speech. it felt a tad too forced, but they still rock anyway!
- Monday, January 30, 2012
major aww..
at the 18th SAG Awards
Julie Bowen & Aubrey Anderson-Emmons
share a moment backstage
from E! online
-
shimmering and shining
at the 18th SAG Awards
Jayma Mays in Reem Acra
source: Sem Finesse