by Soo-Inn Tan | May 3, 2007 | 2007, Articles, Life Issues, Media, Money, Movies & Television
Went to see Wild Hogs (2007). Not sure what the movie is about? Here is a summary by Rich Cline: “A slick businessman (Travolta), family-guy dentist (Allen), computer nerd (Macy) and hen-pecked writer wannabe (Lawrence) escape from their mundane lives every...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 9, 2007 | 2007, Articles, Media, Movies & Television
Caught two movies over the Lunar New Year holidays. Ghost Rider was fun. Directed by Mark Steven Johnson, it worked while his previous efforts (Daredevil, Elektra) failed because Ghost Rider doesn’t take itself too seriously. (Catch the Nicolas Cage character...
by Soo-Inn Tan | May 15, 2006 | 2006, Articles, Hope, Life Issues, Media, Music
Nostalgia can gut you. I just bought Simon & Garfunkel, Old Friends, Live on Stage (CD+DVD). I am blown away every time I hear “Homeward Bound.” Happened again. All of us who live in the modern rock/pop era have our own collection of songs that...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Apr 27, 2006 | 2006, Apologetics, Articles, Christian Living, Media, Movies & Television
I am flabbergasted that some Christian groups in Malaysia and Singapore are calling for a ban on the screening of the Da Vinci Code movie (DVC movie). Why this hysteria? Is the DVC movie the Antichrist or what? (Hey, that’s an idea for a book. The Antichrist is...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 17, 2006 | 2006, Articles, God, God's Love, Happiness, Life Issues, Media, Music
I received a copy of The Very Best of Jim Croce for Valentine’s Day. Croce was an American singer-songwriter who died in an air crash in 1973 just as his career was taking off. As I played the CD I was reminded of two of my basic convictions: that everybody...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Dec 1, 2005 | 2005, Articles, Church, Media, Movies & Television, Preaching & Teaching
Miyagi: Your friend, all karate student, eh? Daniel Larusso: Friend? Oh, yeah, those guys. Miyagi: Problem: attitude. Daniel Larusso: No the problem is, I’m getting my ass kicked every other day, that’s the problem! Miyagi: Hai, because boys have bad...
