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#StayHome ideas to make the most of your screen time

It feels like déjà vu having to bid farewell to dining in and social gatherings again. Whether your summer plans got shipwrecked or you’ve just found a lot of time freed up from all those...

Movies & TV

Seobok: What is the meaning of life if we could live forever?

WARNING: SPOILERS ABOUND! “Death is the fundamental element holding life together.” Seobok, South Korea’s latest film offering starring Gong Yoo and Park Bo Gum, confronts the issue of...

Culture

Minari: In the fumbling search for Eden, lessons on family and failure

WARNING: SPOILERS ABOUND “Never pay for anything you can find for free.” I chuckled at that line when Jacob (played by Steven Yeun) tells that to his son David in one of the early scenes in...

Culture

10 CNY videos we’ve loved over the years

Sadly, with the pandemic still ongoing, we can’t gather in large groups to celebrate. But that doesn’t mean Chinese New Year (CNY) has to be boring! To those of you who are spending most of...

Work

What a celebrity chef taught me about success

“A victim of success and a product of failure.” That was how local director Josiah Ng – who has won multiple film awards like the Ngee Ann Kongsi Gold Medal, Shaw Foundation Gold Medal,...

Culture

What sparks your Soul?

*SPOILERS AHEAD* Recently released Pixar animated film, Soul, is probably the first movie I’ve seen where the main character dies at the beginning of the film. Actually, this isn’t even...

Culture

Netflix’s Sweet Home: From despair to redemption, there’s a lesson for everyone

WARNING: SPOILERS ABOUND “Humans are the scariest.” Set in an old rundown apartment building called Green Home, Netflix’s Korean drama Sweet Home explores the concept of humanity in an...

Culture

4 essential life lessons from Start-Up

WARNING: THIS REVIEW CONTAINS MILD SPOILERS!  Over the past few weeks, a shipping war has overtaken the Internet. If you’ve been seeing images of Kim Seon-Ho (who plays the second male lead, Han...

Movies & TV

Director Jack Neo releases first Christian short film, The Promise

What do Liang Po Po, I Not Stupid and Ah Boys To Men have in common? Answer: Jack Neo. Most known for his heartwarming hyperlocal film productions, homegrown director Jack Neo has a knack for telling...