Movie Review: Submarine (2010)

Hello readers,

If you are looking for a film to watched, Submarine is one which you can enjoy its marvellous breathtaking cinematography along with poetic and honest dialogues. The film allows audience to reminisce their younger days either you had a good or bad one. We follow a teenager called Oliver Tate who strangely is still navigating his daily life as he deals with his parents' marriage slowly falling apart and getting mixed consequences with Jordana, the girl he has a crush on.

My thoughts of Oliver Tate is that his world is small, especially how he funnily deals with heartbreak. I was thinking about my friends when I watched this character expressing his tiny heart being broken. I find his thoughts are rather awkward and odd actually, but nevertheless the story is one that will make you feel like someone has tugged at your heartstrings, very nostalgic and of course mixed feelings. The soundtrack for this film is the factor which makes the film very much enjoyable, specially how the lyrics matches the protagonist's little world and reality.

So if you are wondering whether should you go and watch Submarine, I suggest that if you willing to take an hour and a half long minutes on a fellow and his typical adolescent life, then why not? Just enjoy the cinematography which I have mentioned and the soundtrack or maybe there is a chance that you will likely think back of those days.

Read More

Movie Review: Lust, Caution

Hello readers,

Yesterday I managed to watch Ang Lee's espionage thriller film, 色，戒 Lust, Caution on my iPad and I totally loved it. I liked the setting of the film in the old 1930s and 40s Shanghai and Hong Kong. The erotic explicit scenes were well filmed and very aesthetically cool. Lust, Caution storytelling was brilliantly well done, with the help of the both leading actor and actress. If you are looking for a film to watched, how about getting down with this film? I totally recommend watching this.

P.S. The reason why I am not writing a review and instead posting this image up because I felt writing down is better than typing. I don't feel like I am lazy or bored when I do so. However, I will still type out reviews here on Devil In The Skull, so don't worry. :)

All I am saying is that I am experimenting with different platforms.

Read More

TV Series Review: Daredevil (Season 2)

THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SOME SPOILERS.

Hello readers,

I know I wrote a review on Daredevil back in May last year, but I thought it didn't reflect what I remembered and therefore, I shall be writing a new review based on the latest Season Two. Again, I don't have to introduced the cast because almost all of them remained the same, except there are latest additions like Jon Bernthal as Frank Castle/The Punisher and Elodie Yung as Elecktra.

Similarly like its Season One, Daredevil never fails to exceed its expectation including the well choreographed fight scenes. Some people have made comparison on how this latest season did not make much impact as the previous one because there is no character who matches the same aura that Vincent D'Onofrio's Wilson Fisk had. One aspect that made me satisfied with this Season Two was The Punisher. The moment when the scene was cut to him walking in the hospital, I was scared as shit. I couldn't imagined how it feels to have a tall guy with such violence, walking about in the building to find the specific target.

Unlike Season One, the minor flaws in this latest season were quite obvious. There were times where Charlie Cox as Matt Murdock/Daredevil almost slipped off the English accent, especially when he tried to explain his rationale to a character (I can't remember who he/she was). There were also times which I feel Matt Murdock wasn't a blind man because his actions and reactions were similar to a normal person's. It is likely I am thinking way off the chart, but nevertheless this season was good. (We still get to explored Matt's frustration between the good and bad, the righteous and wrong.)

In my opinion, excluding the romances and Matt's sorting of priorities problem, Season Two for Daredevil was still enjoyable. I like the addition of The Punisher and if I remembered clearly, Netflix has already got plans for this character, so it is interesting how The Punisher is going proceed with a new journey ahead. Any fans or viewers who happened to watch Jessica Jones will be pretty much excited for what is going to happened after Season Two since Nelson & Murdock's office is just opposite Alias Investigations (Jessica's office). Lastly, how is The Hand going proceed from Season Two with Elektra possibly getting revived in that stone coffin (?).

So if you haven't watch or catch up Daredevil, do yourself a favour and start making plans for both seasons. Also, if you haven't noticed, Netflix released a teaser for upcoming future The Defenders member's series, Luke Cage which is slated to release on September 30, 2016. :)

Read More

TV Series Review: The Night Manager

THERE ARE SOME SPOILERS IN THIS REVIEW.

Hello readers,

I shall be writing about this latest BBC series, The Night Manager. I apologise for the photo above because sadly there isn't any series promotional poster or banner in the Google image search engine. Based on the same novel title by John Le Carré (Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy), the series follows Jonathan Pine (Tom Hiddleston), a hotel night manager and former soldier who is then recruited by Angela Burr (Olivia Colman) to infiltrate the antagonist or 'worst man', Richard Ropper (Hugh Laurie)'s inner circle.

You can guess by the author's name that this series would have espionage happening. I am surprised how underrated The Night Manager is, after all the cast featured prominent actors including Tom Hiddleston and Hugh Laurie. The series' writing for the three episodes as of now are seriously good and that kept me on the edge of my seat or probably my bedroom floor. Bear in mind that The Night Manager is a mini series and has the usual six episodes order.

The Night Manager offers one of the best openings I have ever seen, along with the beautiful music score blending in so well that I might have to search it up again on YouTube. Speaking of the episodes' remarkable writing, the acting performances of the cast were brilliant (no dull ones). In my opinion, I honestly like Tom Hiddleston in the series. Also, Hugh Laurie as Richard Ropper is a great casting choice.

If you enjoy series that features espionage, suspense or maybe you are a John Le Carré's fan, I guaranteed that you will jolly well loved The Night Manager. Go check it out if you haven't!

Ratings: 8/10

P.S. I can't wait for the next episode. That ending of the third episode left me wanting more!

Read More

Article on Children Writers' Guild

Photo: Sasmita, Children Writers' Guild

Hello readers,

I know this post has nothing to do with films or anything I would usually write but one of my secondary schoolmates from the Class of 2015, Sasmita was a featured student's spotlight on a website, Children Writers' Guild. Here in this article, she talked about her inspiration to become an artist and how she felt about art in particular.

As a reader of mine, I strongly encourage you to take your time out to check out the article written by Sasmita. It would be nice and appreciative to do so as a support in her dreams to be an artist and her current plans including studying at Nanyang Academy of Arts (NAFA) to excel. You can read the article here.

Read More