Pirates Of The Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge

Pirates Of The Caribbean: Salazar's Revenge

Cast:
Johnny Depp, Javier Bardem, Brenton Thwaites, Kevin R. McNally, Kaya Scodelario, Golshifteh Farahani, Stephen Graham, David Wenham, Geoffrey Rush

Director:
Joachim Rønning, Espen Sandberg

Genre:
Action/ Adventure

Release:
25-05-2017

Running Time:
129 minutes

Distributor:
WDS

Language:
English(Sub: Chinese)

Synopsis:
Johnny Depp returns to the big screen as the iconic, swashbuckling anti-hero Jack Sparrow in the all-new “Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales,” a rip-roaring adventure that finds down-on-his-luck Captain Jack feeling the winds of ill-fortune blowing strongly his way when deadly ghost sailors, led by the terrifying Captain Salazar, escape from the Devil's Triangle bent on killing every pirate at sea—notably Jack.

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Has it been so long already?

Not too bad, I love that there's a love story amidst and that the story ends well. :)


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I actually like cooking

My aim to home-cooked meals is to cook healthy, nutritious meals for my kiddos.

Fried rice with sweet corn, minced meat. This had the requisite protein, carbohydrates and sweet corn for that touch of veggies. Minimal oil added, with a dash of soy sauce and salt.

Miso toufu soup with gyoza. Toufu for the protein and gyoza for that bit of meat bite.

For me ... I had striploin steak with corn and carrots. Good source of protein. A sprinkling of balsamic vinegar for taste to the carrots and corn. The steak was nicely done, just nice, medium well. I think I am getting the hang of it.

Kong - Skull Island

So so movie. Just plain old fighting, Kong against monsters. Special effects good. I wouldn't watch it a second time though. Samuel Lee Jackson is getting very an eyesore ... he seems to always act as the gungho, grudge against everyone kind of guy, Glad I didn't watch Gold Class on this.

Logan

Logan

Cast:
Hugh Jackman, Patrick Stewart, Richard E. Grant, Boyd Holbrook, Stephen Merchant, Dafne Keen

Director:
James Mangold

Genre:
Action/ Adventure

Release:
02-03-2017

Running Time:
137 minutes

Distributor:
Fox

Language:
English(Sub: Chinese)

Synopsis
Set in the future, Logan and Professor Charles Xavier must cope with the loss of the X-Men when a corporation led by Nathaniel Essex is destroying the world leaving it to destruction, with Logan's healing abilities slowly fading away and Xavier's Alzheimer's forcing him to forget.





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We were waiting for this to be screened, DC and I... we had to watch this at the Gold Class!

Logan and Professor X were probably the only X-men to have their lives screened, from the origin till the end.

Sad that this was Hugh Jackman's last appearance as Wolverine! In this movie, Wolverine was totally worn-out! Sad ending for him, such run-down life he lived...

Quite a different superhero movie from the previous X-men movies... Nice pictures, good acting, good emotions, nice show and, Farewell Logan!


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Happy 11th Wedding Anniversary Man!

Lately, my colleague has been asking us (who were all married) and updating us on the preparations for her upcoming wedding such as Guo Da Li, ROM venue, wedding dinner, and also home searching.

Wow, all these customs sounded like they happened a long time ago and I couldn't remember some of them clearly anymore! Fortunately, I had the blog where I detailed some of the things down.

Thanks to her, I'm enjoying the little recaps of the wedding preparation here and there, now and then. :)

And just last night, she asked us where her parents should be sitting during her wedding dinner. Both DC and I were certain that my parents sat with us that night. It was after I flipped through the actual day wedding photos stored in the computer, that I realized we were both wrong!

So much memories these photos had brought! So much work, effort and love had gone into the preparation for the actual day but now we don't even celebrate the wedding anniversary anymore?

So I say to myself, we must make it a point to remember this significant day and celebrate the day we became man and wife! And, I will rely the same message to DC too!

Happy 11th Wedding Anniversary, my Man!

Here's a photo that will definitely bring you fond memories of the day we met, the day you put on the ring on me and the day we wed!

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Collide

Collide

Cast:

Nicholas Hoult, Anthony Hopkins, Ben Kingsley, Felicity Jones

Director:

Eran Creevy

Genre:

Action/ Thriller

Release:

23-02-2017

Running Time:

99 minutes

Distributor:

WDS

Language:

English(Sub: Chinese)

Synopsis

After a heist goes terribly wrong, Casey Stein (Nicholas Hoult) finds himself on the run from a ruthless gang headed by mob boss Hagen (Anthony Hopkins). Now Casey has precious cargo that belongs to Hagen, who will stop at nothing to retrieve it. Left with no choice, Casey calls his former employer and drug smuggler Geran (Ben Kingsley) to protect his long-time girlfriend Juliette before Hagen gets his hands on her. Casey sets out on an adrenaline-fueled car chase on the German highways to save the love of his life before it's too late.

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I organized a movie event for the company and chose this movie as it was the movie which best fit our criteria - within the timeslot we want, within walking distance from lunch place, genre suit both genders and not watched by anyone yet.

You see, the downside of finding a movie which no one had watched before aka newly released film (I couldn't even find it in the Wikipedia!), would be to accept a risk that this might be B to C grade movie, which unfortunately in this case it turned out to be so!

We were conned by the name of Anthony Hopkins, thinking that it should be worthy but alas he didn't even appear in a lot of scenes in the movie! It didn't help that the drinks at that cinema also offer lower than expected quality of drinks and nachos... :(

How do I describe this? Hmm, cheesy and cheap thrill, better off watching the Korean dramas at home!

Well, at least the actor and actress are still watchable and we got to go back early after the show... haha...

Sword Art Online

Sword Art Online The Movie: Ordinal Scale

Cast:
Yoshitsugu Matsuoka, Haruka Tomatsu, Ayana Taketatsu, Kanae Itō, Rina Hidaka, Ayahi Takagaki, Miyuki Sawashiro

Director:
Tomohiko Itō

Genre:
Animation

Release:
23-02-2017

Running Time:
120 minutes

Distributor:
Odex

Language:
Japanese(Sub: English, Chinese)

Synopsis:
In 2026, two years since the SAO incident, a new game called "Ordinal Scale," an Augmented-Reality MMO, is becoming popular among the players. But strange things are happening in the game and Kirito and the gang are facing a new danger.


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DC watched alone. $15 per ticket, exclusive at GV.

How I wish I were there! Asuna! Kirito!

Lunch at Carousel

Pulled off a lunch and movie event in just 1.5 weeks for a group of 50! So proud of ourselves (me and another colleague)! :)

Lunch was at Carousel at Royal Plaza on Scotts. The spread (halal) was quite good!

There were additional people who came and there was a moment where there were not enough seats... something to take note of in future!


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John Wick Chapter 2

John Wick: Chapter 2

Cast:

Keanu Reeves, Common, Riccardo Scamarcio, Laurence Fishburne, Ruby Rose, Bridget Moynahan, Lance Roddick, Franco Nero, John Leguizamo, Ian McShane

Director:

Chad Stahelski

Genre:

Thriller/ Action

Release:

16-02-2017

Running Time:

122 minutes

Distributor:

GVP

Language:

English(Sub: Chinese)

Synopsis

In this next chapter following the 2014 hit, legendary hitman John Wick (Keanu Reeves) is forced back out of retirement by a former associate plotting to seize control of a shadowy international assassins' guild. Bound by a blood oath to help him, John travels to Rome, where he squares off against some of the world's deadliest killers.

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DC watched this alone, at GV Gold Class, thinking that I would watch with my colleagues on Fri's event...

His comments: a bit too excessive compared to the 1st movie. Passable entertainment nonetheless...

[Updated on 22 Feb 2017: Showtime for this week is out! This wasn't even a choice! Wahahaha... crying for Keanu Reeves now!]

Back To Gym

Back to the gym after unknown number of years... thanks to DC! He introduced me to the cycling class. I also read somewhere that it was effective to raise the energy level and even suitable for old people.

Knowing that it was an intermediate class, I went easy with myself...

How did I feel right after the class? My legs went jelly right after I stepped out of the bike!

How am I feeling now? Ouch! I was unable to walk properly, first day it was just my thighs and on the next day, even the calf muscle ache! Fortunately, the chewzies were very sweet, A held me around and B didn't request for me to carry her for long! :)

Will I go back again? Yes! Definitely but maybe will stick to the beginner's class first. hehe...

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