by Soo-Inn Tan | Feb 13, 2004 | 2004, Articles, Death & Grief, Life Issues, Media, Movies & Television
Caught the 46th Grammys last Monday (Sunday night in the U.S.). I was relieved that there were no wardrobe malfunctions. Was pleasantly surprised by the appearance of Earth, Wind and Fire. Middle-aged paunchy musicians can still rock. There’s hope! But there was...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 30, 2004 | 2004, Articles, God, Media, Movies & Television, Redemption
‘The Last Samurai’ is an excellent action flick. Unfortunately most of the characters in the movie were taken from the Hollywood dictionary of stereotypes. *The money grabbing, commerce obsessed westerner. *The evil easterner who has been seduced by the...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Jan 17, 2004 | 2004, Articles, Media, Movies & Television
I had one main question as I went to watch The Return Of The King: Would Peter Jackson follow the bittersweet ending of the book or would he have a feel good ending? (I almost missed the ending because I had to go to the restroom after the destruction of the ring...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 22, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Books, Media
I wasn’t too hot about Dan Brown’s first book, “Digital Fortress”. His latest offering, “The Da Vinci Code” however, is a great read. It almost deserves the many laudatory blurbs plastered all over the cover. Here’s the one...
by Soo-Inn Tan | Nov 14, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Media, Movies & Television
Let me confess up front. I haven’t a clue as to how Neo, the Oracle, and the machines combined to defeat Agent Smith. But I still enjoyed “Matrix Revolutions”(M3) more than its predecessor. Why? Because the movie focused on people: People who loved....
by Soo-Inn Tan | Oct 31, 2003 | 2003, Articles, Jesus, Jesus' Death, Media, Movies & Television
The Oct 20th 2003 issue of Newsweek International mentions two movies. A small column on page 8 discusses “The Passion”, Mel Gibson’s “traditional Roman Catholic portrayal of the death of Jesus?” In his article, Sean Smith notes that the...
