by Soo-Inn Tan | May 23, 2008 | 2008, Articles, Christian Living, Media, Movies & Television, Sacrifice
[Spoiler: If you intend to watch the movie Iron Man, go watch before you read this commentary!] Old time Marvel Comics fans like myself feel that we have died and gone to heaven, celluloid heaven that is. I picked up my first comic books in the 60’s. They cost...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 29, 2008 | 2008, Articles, Life Issues, Meaning & Purpose, Media, Movies & Television
Bernice and I caught a sneak preview of the movie, No Country for Old Men, last week. I had not read the book and therefore was all set up for the sucker punch ending. When the final credits rolled, my immediate reaction was, “Hey, who stole the last reel?...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 25, 2008 | 2008, Articles, Christian Identity, Christian Living, Media, Movies & Television
Bernice and I caught an episode of the TV show, Damages, a few evenings ago. The series is a legal drama set in the exciting world of class-action litigation in the US. In that episode, Patty Hewes, the main protagonist, played by Glenn Close, wanted to see if her...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 16, 2007 | 2007, Articles, Christian Living, Media, Movies & Television, Obedience & Faithfulness
I was in my mum’s place in Penang over the weekend. Mum has cable TV but she doesn’t have the sports package so I couldn’t catch the Reading – Arsenal game on Monday. (Bernice and I are long time supporters of Arsenal.) However we managed to...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jul 20, 2007 | 2007, Articles, Jesus, Jesus' Second Coming, Media, Movies & Television
The last episode of season one of the popular TV series “Heroes” aired over cable here in Singapore a couple of weeks ago. I liked the episode for obvious reasons. I liked its emphasis on unconditional love as the mightiest force of all. And the fact that...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 18, 2007 | 2007, Articles, Christian Living, Forgiveness, Media, Movies & Television
The first time my heart kicked in in Spider-Man 3 was when Harry Osborn/New Goblin was rushing to save his friend Peter Parker/Spider-Man. But it was too late to save the movie. Remember Spider-Man 2? It was great. I was engaged throughout. It was easy to care. There...
