Marvel's Ant-Man

MARVEL'S ANT-MAN

CAST
Evangeline Lilly, Paul Rudd

DIRECTOR
Peyton Reed

LANGUAGE
English

RATING
PG - Some violence

GENRE
Sci-Fi

RUNTIME
117 mins

OPENING
16 Jul 2015

SYNOPSIS
The next evolution of the Marvel Cinematic Universe brings a founding member of The Avengers to the big screen for the first time with Marvel Studios. Armed with the astonishing ability to shrink in scale but increase in strength, master thief Scott Lang must embrace his inner-hero and help his mentor, Dr. Hank Pym, protect the secret behind his spectacular Ant-Man suit from a new generation of towering threats. Against seemingly insurmountable obstacles, Pym and Lang must plan and pull off a heist that will save the world.

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DC and I took time again to watch this together...

I've never heard of any ant-man, probably DC did since he was an avid reader of comics. An amazing and entertaining movie this was!


P.S. Watch out for the mid-credit scene and post-credit scene (yup, 2 scenes). I'll be back for the sequel! :)

A's birthday celebration

We had a good and relaxing lunch at Ellenborough Market Cafe, Merchant Court Hotel. Food was good and of course, the durian pengkat had many people rushing for it.

A was on his best behaviour and enjoying the attention, food and occasion.

爸爸去哪儿

Recently I don't have the energy and time to watch long dramas... I switched to the more entertaining variety shows instead e.g Running Man, 我是歌手， 一路上有你， 爸爸去哪儿. ..

Really love this TV programme 爸爸去哪儿!

It features how the groups of 5 celebrity daddies and their child(ren) overcome a series of challenges in 3D2N trips to 6-7 different states of china. At the end of each tasks, both parents and children grew their bonds and understanding towards one another. I think I could not be able to survive some of the harsh conditions e.g. staying in rural village without water supply, cooking with limited ingredients, etc. I'm better off at home or on my staycations. :P

I always bug DC to watch it, so he could learn from the other daddies and also see for himself how different daddies have their similar challenges with their child. I also showed some of the episodes to A and B to teach them to share and not to fight. 

I've completed Season 1 and Season 2. Season 3 is showing this month (next week!), can't wait!

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Terminator Genisys

TERMINATOR GENISYS

CAST: Emilia Clarke, Arnold Schwarzenegger
DIRECTOR: Alan Taylor
LANGUAGE: English
RATING: PG13 - Violence and brief coarse language
RUNTIME: 126 mins
OPENING: 25 Jun 2015
GENRE: Sci-Fi

SYNOPSIS:
When John Connor (Jason Clarke), leader of the human resistance, sends Sgt. Kyle Reese (Jai Courtney) back to 1984 to protect Sarah Connor (Emilia Clarke) and safeguard the future, an unexpected turn of events creates a fractured timeline. Now, Sgt. Reese finds himself in a new and unfamiliar version of the past, where he is faced with unlikely allies, including the Guardian (Arnold Schwarzenegger), dangerous new enemies, and an unexpected new mission: To reset the future…














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DC and I enjoyed this movie, even though it garnered generally negative ratings from the international critics. I guess the locals, like us still like it, as seen from the 4/5 popcorns given by the GV Movie Club member's reviews.

What's there to expect from this movie? With Arnold Schwarzenegger and his famous line "I'll be back", it'll be enough, isn't it? Not quite, in this Terminator 5, also look out for Lee Byung-hun (DC's favorite Korean actor) who acted as T-1000, Emilia Clarke (She was Daenerys Targaryen, the mother of dragons in the Game of Thrones) as Sarah Connor.

And yes, there was a post credit scene, do wait for it...

San Andreas

SAN ANDREAS

CAST: Dwayne Johnson, Carla Gugino, Alexandra Daddario, Ioan Gruffudd, Archie Panjabi, Hugo Johnstone-Burt, Art Parkinson, Paul Giamatti
DIRECTOR: Brad Peyton
GENRE: Action Drama
OPENING: 28-05-2015
RUNNING TIME: 115 minutes

SYNOPSIS:
After the infamous San Andreas Fault finally gives, triggering a magnitude 9 earthquake in California, a search and rescue helicopter pilot (Dwayne Johnson) and his estranged wife make their way together from Los Angeles to San Francisco to save their only daughter. But their treacherous journey north is only the beginning, and when they think the worst may be over… it’s just getting started.


















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DC and me watched this separately at cinema during our free time...

Another daddy-rescuing-daughter movie after the Taken series... almighty father and quick thinking daughter was the key to the search and rescue mission. There was action in the sky, on the grounds and waters. The good ending is worth the watch, although the acting could be better, esp the mother's.

After the movie, I couldn't help but to feel for the victims who went through the recent Sabah quake!

Jurassic World

JURASSIC WORLD

CAST: Judy Greer, Chris Pratt Pratt
DIRECTOR: Colin Trevorrow
LANGUAGE: English
RATING: PG13 - Some violence
RUNTIME: 125 mins
OPENING: 11 Jun 2015
GENRE: Action Adventure

SYNOPSIS
Steven Spielberg returns to executive produce the long-awaited next installment of his groundbreaking Jurassic Park series, Jurassic World. Colin Trevorrow directs the epic action-adventure from a screenplay he wrote with Derek Connolly. Frank Marshall and Patrick Crowley join the team as producers.



















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Beautiful theme park, great thrilling scenes. DC thinks it's one of the best movies this year!

I was amused by how the zookeepers and parents are imitating this scene (below) LOL!:

Minions

MINIONS

CAST: Pierre Coffin , Sandra Bullock

DIRECTOR: Kyle Balda, Pierre Coffin
LANGUAGE: English
RATING: PG
RUNTIME: 91 mins
OPENING: 18 Jun 2015
GENRE: Animation

SYNOPSIS
Starting as single-celled yellow organisms, Minions evolve through the ages, perpetually serving the most despicable of masters. Continuously unsuccessful at keeping these masters—from T. rex to Napoleon—the Minions find themselves without someone to serve and fall into a deep depression. But one Minion named Kevin has a plan, and he—alongside teenage rebel Stuart and lovable little Bob—ventures out into the world to find a new evil boss for his brethren to follow. The trio embarks upon a thrilling journey that ultimately leads them to their next potential master, Scarlet Overkill (Academy Award®winner Sandra Bullock), the world’s first-ever female super-villain. They travel from frigid Antarctica to 1960s New York City, ending in mod London, where they must face their biggest challenge to date: saving all of Minionkind...from annihilation.





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Our first programme for Father's day today was to bring the kids to watch Minions with their Yiyi.

A was expecting it and kept asking to watch the movie the whole morning (the show was at 1050am)!

The kiddos couldn't really sit still towards the end but they did a good job watching it till the end (unlike the previous movie!). :)

Was the movie good? I would say it's good for kids! :) At least my 2 kids enjoyed them.

Few things can move me

Few things can move me and Gundam is one of them.

SG50 edition on sale, bought 3. One for display, one as a gift and the other for keeps. Only the small one is for sale. The bigger models are not in production.

The bigger size model.

What's better than to also get lunch at Takashimaya? Kaisendon at $16. Salmon, tuna, caviar and octopus on rice. Shiok!

Curry noodles

Wanted to go back to Amoy for this curry noodles for some time. Used to have it a few years back.

Still good but price gone up. It's now $4. Weather is so hot these days that it's a good decision to bring it back to the office. 

Nice!

Little helper

A always rushed for the basket at the supermarket. Guess they still wanted to emulate what the adults were doing.