by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 4, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Justice, Media, Movies & Television, World Issues
The coolest scene in the movie X-Men: First Class (2011) is when the U.S. and Russian navies try to destroy the mutants. We see this hail of missiles and shells arching towards the mutants (plus one human being). Some of the mutants had just saved humankind’s...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 5, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Christian Living, Media, Movies & Television, Spiritual Friendship
After the death of his father King George V (Michael Gambon) and the scandalous abdication of King Edward VIII (Guy Pearce), Bertie (Colin Firth) who has suffered from a debilitating speech impediment all his life, is suddenly crowned King George VI of England. With...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 3, 2011 | 2011, Articles, Christian Living, Media, Movies & Television, Obedience & Faithfulness
I should have died in 1973. I was riding my motorbike to school for games, taking the High Court/St George’s Church (Penang) corner when suddenly my bike skidded and I fell. There must have been oil on the road. If a car or lorry had been following close behind,...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 22, 2010 | 2010, Aging, Articles, Life Issues, Media, Movies & Television
The wisest quote from the movie RED (2010) cannot be found in any list of quotable quotes from the movie. It comes from the scene where Frank Moses, the Bruce Willis character, visits his mentor, Joe Matheson, the Morgan Freeman character, who is living in an old...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Aug 5, 2010 | 2010, Articles, Christian Living, Media, Movies & Television, Remembrance
Our friends seem to be divided between those who think that Inception (2010) is a great ground-breaking movie, and those who think that it is at best an average movie. We belong to the second category and hope that those in the first category will forgive us. We stand...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 24, 2010 | 2010, Articles, Christian Unity, Church, Media, Movies & Television
One of my favourite movies is Black Rain (1989) with Michael Douglas, Andy Garcia and a number of great Japanese actors. (A large part of the movie takes place in Japan.) The cinematography is beautiful, breathtaking at times. You expect that of a Ridley Scott movie....