"Wreck-it Ralph" Movie Review

"Wreck-it Ralph" Movie Review

Introduction

Ralph is a bad guy character in the arcade game of “Fix-it-Felix Junior”. He has been doing the job of wrecking up the penthouse of the nicelanders for 30 years. While the good guy, Fix-it Felix Junior has been treated nicely by the others after the end of every game, Ralph is being thrown down from the building. He is alone and staying in a pile of rubbish. So, one day, Ralph has decided not to become a bad guy anymore. He went to other games to win medal in order to change his fate.

Will Ralph be able to finally become a good guy?

What are the troubles that await Ralph during his journey to become a good guy?

Let’s insert a coin and check-it out in your nearest cinema now!

Review:

“Wreck it Ralph” has been one of the nicest animated movie of the year in my opinion. It has been able to deliver the same kind of nostalgic feeling like Toys Story because its story is about one of the people’s favourite childhood pastimes , VIDEO GAMES.

The whole story has a smooth flow despite of involving a few different games with totally different settings such as “Fix-it Felix Junior”, a retro style of arcade game, “Hero’s Duty”, a sci-fi First-person shooter game and “Sugar Rush”,  a sweet candilicious kart game similar to Sonic and Sega All-star racing. The movie has successfully created life in all these different settings. They made us feel like the game characters are just like real human being, having their jobs, emotions and mood. It’s just like in Toys Story whereby the toys would start to interact with each other when no human is around.

In addition, the story of the film is actually very entertaining and filled with some surprises which are pleasant not just for the gamers audience, but also for non-gamers audience too. For those arcade game lovers, do expect to see some Cameo appearance from some of those famous games franchise, such as Zangief, M.Bison (Street fighter) and etc. As a gamer, I felt quite excited seeing some of my favourite game characters making a brief appearance here.

The movie is a very relaxing one and there is quite a number of funny scenes in it. Of course, this film is also quite meaningful and there’s a few scenes whereby you might even feel like crying because they are quite touching. 

Overall, this movie is awesome and is definitely a must watch. I think that the production team has really done a good job in delivering a movie regarding Video Games. Well Done!

What I like about the movie:

1. Fresh and solid storyline
2. Nice pace despite of involving a few totally distinct settings and characters
3. Funny yet meaningful
4. Nice cameo appearance from other video games franchise

What I dislike about the movie:

       1.  Wish there are more cameo appearance from more games franchise

Verdict:

This movie deserves a 9.0/10.0!

It is a creative and fantastic animation movie with a nostalgic theme! It’s a nice treat and a must watch for everyone regardless of gamers or non-gamers!  

However, the jokes in this film are targeted for kids mostly, so those adults who are expecting “laughing gas” standard of humour, you might get pissed off or bored with the movie!

**BONUS: Here’s the link to play those games seen in the movie, namely “FIX-IT FELIX”, “HERO’S DUTY” and  “SUGAR RUSH”! Enjoy!

http://disney.go.com/wreck-it-ralph/#/games/

Anyway, thanks Nuffnang for the screening! :-)


(Reviewed by W.L Jack, blogger for loong-updates.blogspot.com)

ASTRO ON DEMAND Award 2012 我的最爱颁奖典礼 @ Sunway Convention Centre (2nd November 2012)

ASTRO ON DEMAND Award 2012 我的最爱颁奖典礼 @ Sunway Convention Centre (2nd November 2012)

Are you a TVB drama series fans? If yes, then do make sure you take note of this exciting event coming up this Sunday!

Details of the event:

Date: 2nd December 2012

Time: 8.30pm

Venue: Sunway Convention Centre

The artists that are going to appear include: 

Ron Ng  吴卓羲, Roger Kwok  郭晋安, Kevin Cheng 郑嘉颖, Myolie Wu 胡杏儿, Wayne Lai  黎耀祥, Nancy Wu 胡定欣, Oscar Leung 梁烈唯, Him Law 罗仲谦, Mandy Wong 黄智雯 , Tavia Yeung 杨怡, Raymond Lam 林峰, Moses Chan 陈豪, Michael Tse 谢天华, Kate Tsui 徐子珊, Ku Ming Wah 古明华

For more info,please visit:

http://www.astro.com.my/aodawards

Peter Pan "Listen to Clock" 潘裕文"听克拉克说" Malaysia Promo Tour @ KL (25th-28th November 2012)

Peter Pan 潘裕文"Listen to Clock"听克拉克说 Malaysia Meet The Fans & Autograph Session Schedule

25th November 2012
Time: 5.30PM 

Venue: Sungei Wang, Concourse Area

26th November 2012
Time: 8.30PM 

Venue: University Putra Malaysia (UPM), Serdang, Malaysia

27th November 2012
Time: 8PM 

Venue: Multimedia University (MMU), Cyberjaya

28th November 2012
Time: 7.30PM 

Venue: New Era College, Kajang

For more info, please visit:

http://www.himmusic.com

VIXX Fans Meeting 1st Time In Malaysia

VIXX Fans Meeting 1st Time In Malaysia

Take note, it's VIXX first fans meeting in Malaysia, check out the details below:

VIXX First Fan-Meeting in Malaysia

Date：24^th November 2012
Time：1:30PM
Venue：Sungei Wang Plaza, Concourse Area

For more info,please visit:
PMP FB Page

Astro TVB Artist Meet The Fans Featuring Moses Chan, Tavia Yeung, Eliza Sam and Jason Chan陈豪、杨怡、香香公主岑丽香、陳智燊 @ Cheras (23 November 2012- 24 November 2012)

Astro TVB Artist Meet The Fans Featuring Moses Chan, Tavia Yeung, Eliza Sam and Jason Chan 陈豪、杨怡、香香公主岑丽香、陳智燊 @ Cheras (23 November 2012- 24 November 2012) 

Wanna meet with your favourite TVB artists such as Moses Chan, Tavia Yeung, Eliza Sam and Jason Chan. (陈豪、杨怡、香香公主岑丽香、陳智燊) in Malaysia?

Check out the details here:

23rd November 2012

Time: 7.00pm

Place: Cheras Leisure Mall, Kuala Lumpur

24th November 2012

Time: 1.00pm

Venue: AEON Cheras Selatan Shopping Centre, Kuala Lumpur

Local Astro artists will be there too!

(曾洁钰 、Danny 许佳麟、Joe 曾耀祖、Min 黄毓敏 、Shian 戴伟贤、Stephanie 刘佩芯)

For more info,please visit:

Astro On Demand FB Page

"Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2" Movie Review

"Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2" Movie Review

Introduction

"Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 2"  is the 5^th instalment and the last part of the Finale to the “Twilight” Franchise. It continues from where the previous movie ends, and starts with Bella's transition into the life of a vampire. Since becoming a vampire, she has obtained a few newfound abilities. However, she has to adapt to her newfound abilities fast in order to protect her daughter, Renesmee. The Volturi begin their plan to kill Renesmee  because they have misidentify her as an  “immortal child” that is going to threaten their existence.

What will happened to Renesmee and the Cullen family?

What will Bella and Edward do to counter the Volturi’s plot?

Check out the finale of the famous “Twilight” franchise in your nearest cinema now!

Review:

First and foremost, I would like to say that, like the previous 4 instalments. This is not a movie for everyone. So, those who were never a fans of Twilight, I think this is not a movie for the pick. However, for the twilight fans, this is definitely a well-concluded Finale for the franchise and you will definitely love it as much as you loved the previous 4 movies.

This movie continues from where “Twilight: Breaking Dawn Part 1” ends. Basically, the movie does not explain too much about what really happened in the first part. For those who have never watched the first part of Breaking Dawn, you might be a little bit confused during the beginning of the movie. But no worries, you should be able to follow the flow of the movie because it revolves around a simple storyline of “Parents trying to protect their child”. Of course, for those who would like to understand the movie more thoroughly, I would advise you to rewatch the previous few episodes, or at least Breaking Dawn Part 1.

Well, the storyline this time around is quite simple and basically not much climax until near the last 30 minutes of the movie. There are some decent action scenes in the final 30 minutes. Those action scenes are quite violent as they involved some neck twisting and head breaking. The twist and turn of story at the end of the action scenes is quite surprising though but it makes the fighting scenes seem quite pointless. Overall, the plot and scene sequences are still not bad and has nevertheless sum up a good conclusion for this franchise.

On the contrary, the acting of the movie is really not that good. Most of the characters show stony expressions in a lot of scenes and I doubt their unconvincing acting would be able to please the non-fans audience.

However, I need to compliment this movie for having a good background music scores. Honestly, the music in this movie has done a great job in bringing the mood and making the movie more lively. Christina Perri’s “A Thousand Years” is really amazing and it has been a major factor which makes the very last scene of the movie to be really touching. For those fans of Twilight series, I think you guys will love the credit of this film while listening to this wonderful song during the credit roll.

Overall, I think it is still a good movie, but not amazing!

However, it is definitely a good conclusion for the franchise!

What I like about the movie:

1. Nice background music.
2. Some nice action scenes.
3. Simple plot which can let the non-fans follow the track easily

What I dislike about the movie:

1. Acting which is not convincing.
2. Lacking of climax in the first 1 hour of the movie

Verdict:

This movie deserves a 6.5/10.0!

It is a satisfying Finale for Twilight Movie Franchise, and it’s definitely a must watch for Twilight fans!

However, for those who has never like Twilight movies, this is definitely not your cup of tea! Like what I have said, this is not a movie for everyone!


(Reviewed by W.L Jack, blogger for loong-updates.blogspot.com)

Coverage of "Till The End Of The World"

Thanks to The Actors Studio, I was invited to attend the the show "Till The End Of The World" with my girlfriend,Josephine. This show is a show that has been intended to provide insight to the audience and it is more of a serious talk show stage performance which tackled on the topic of Doomsday.

Story Introduction:

"Till The End Of The World" is a stage show about a few people from different occupations come together at MYFM Radio Station and being interviewed about what they would like to do if the world is about to end.

Each and everyone of them has different views about end of the world and each of them has different things that they would like to do a few hours before the world ends. 

After being repetitively questioned for a few times, a contemporary scene draws in and more introduction of the characters are done.

Basically, during every different scenes, the characters would be telling us more about how they view life, what are the problems that they faced and some small gags in between.

Some of the stories told by the characters during the show are real and can be related well with our lives too.

Performance: 

The lineups for this show include a lot of famous icons such as Royce Tan, Calvin Hee, Roax Tan, Tee, TY Low, Andrew Low, Ong Hongyi, Desmomd Chan, Sufian Azais, Emely Poon, and also Youngz Gao.

Overall, the performance is basically just some sharing of stories by these characters and also some contemporary scene in between each scenes. Every scenes has its own meaning and it may require you to think, in order to truly understand the scenes.

Some funny dialogues were included but at a minimal amount as most of the stage time was done in a more serious approach. And take note, some foul words were inserted in the dialogues and thus I think it may be an appropriate show for the minors.

The performance overall as warned by the director before the show, that it might be boring to some. But to me, it is actually quite meaningful. It is quite dependent on the viewers. Those of you who expect a dramatic story or very funny show, this is definitely not your cup of tea. 

However, in my opinion, It is definitely a show for us to sit back, relax and have an insight about how we should tackle the end of the world! It is definitely thoughtful and meaningful!

For those who still haven't catch the show, you can still watch it today at 3pm at The Actors Studio, Lot 10.

More info can be found here:

http://loong-updates.blogspot.com/2012/11/till-end-of-world-actors-studio-lot-10.html

Kiss of The Spider Woman @ KLPAC & Penang Pac

Kiss of The Spider Woman @ KLPAC & Penang Pac

Venue: Pentas 2, Klpac

Date: 7th-16th December 2012

Venue: Stage 1, Penangpac

Date: 20th-23th December 2012

From the Boh Cameronian award-winning team that has brought you "THE LAST FIVE YEARS" during 2011/2,  the world-renowned composer-lyricist combination (CABARET, CHICAGO) of John Kander and the late Fred Ebb, comes "a challenging, dangerous and darkly adult musical" which affirms the triumph of the human heart and of love over death. 

This musical is directed by Boh Cameronian Arts Award Winner, Christopher Ling.

Introduction

This musical features a story of two men who are forced to share a cell in a South American jail. One of them, Molina, is a romantic fantasist condemned for his sexuality. The other, Valentin, a young Marxist rebel punished for his ideals.

Through the glamorous escapist world of B-grade movie actress Aurora and her movies,

an unlikely relationship is formed that offers both men the hope of survival.

For more information, please visit:
http://klpac.org/myspiderwoman/

"ZE:A Showcase LIVE in Malaysia" Coverage

"ZE:A Showcase LIVE in Malaysia" Coverage
Date: 10th November 2012
Venue: Kenanga Wholesale City

This is the second time that ZE:A, Children of Empire came to Malaysia. This time, they have been quite a familiar face in Malaysia and has been greeted by more and more supporters from Malaysia.

This showcase was organized by Jazzy Group, the same group of organizer behind T-ara Showcase and Lee Seung Gi Showcase in Malaysia.

 The boys entered onto the stage at around 7.40pm! All the crowd were excited as they saw ZE:A came out!

The hall was filled with crowd. See, one of the fans were so excited that she actually jumped up during ZE:A's performance!

After they sang around 2-3 songs, they proceeded with a short interview session.

Short Interview Session: (7.55pm- 8.15pm)
"Who is the member who eats the most?"
"Who is the dirtiest member?"
and "Who would be the best member to introduce to girls?"

These were some of the exclusive questions which were asked during this session. Those who have attended the showcase would know the answers to the above questions!

ZE:A members holding pointing-fingers stick. The stick was used to point at the member who was the answer to the questions above.

First Interaction with Fans : Game 1 (Scissors, Paper and Rock): (8.15pm)
Just like the usual Kpop showcases organized by Jazzy Groups, Interactions with Fans session were present. A few fans were selected via lucky draw to come up on stage for the games session.

So, basically the winners of the scissor,paper and rock would be given a chance to do something to one of the boys or vice versa. However, the result of the game didn't really matter. Because all of the boys from ZE:A were so friendly that all of them hugged their fans despite the fans losing the game.

Hugs~!

Can't spot yourself here? Can check out the photo album in my facebook page! The facebook album link can be found at the bottom of this post.

The game ended at around 8.25pm, and then the boys went to the backstage to change their attire. During this gap period, OneFM DJ warmed up the crowd by asking the crowd to shout and see which side shouted the loudest.

Warming up the crowd before the boys come out again!

Then, there was a video presentation showing the history of ZE:A!

At around 8.35pm, ZE:A appeared on stage again with different outfits and sang another 3 songs before they proceeded with another fans interactions session!

Second Interactions with Fans: Game 2 (8.45pm)

The second fans interaction session was "Drawing T-shirt" with fans whereby each member drew the blank white t-shirt with one fans respectively. The exclusively designed on-stage T-shirt were given to these fans after they have done the drawing together.

The fans were drawing the empty T-shirt with ZE:A members!

The boys were so kind to the fans. Those members who were not drawing the T-shirt at the moment came to the middle of the stage and sang songs to entertain the crowd! 

The crowd was trying to grab the extra T-shirt that was thrown down from stage!

Third Interaction with Fans : Game 3 (9.00pm)

During this session, there were 6 choices of game for the members to play with their lucky fans. The ZE:A members need to shoot the arrow to pick the game that they wanted to play with their fans.

The paper board showed all the choices of games available.

ZE:A members and the fans were listening attentively to the instructions.

The lucky fans who won in the games would get to take a selca photos via their own cellphones with their beloved ZE:A members! But like in the previous games, winning and losing didn't really matters. The members were so friendly that they even allowed the fans to take selca by the side of the stage while the other members and fans were playing the games in the middle of the stage.

Throw the paper to flip the other paper! 

Lucky fans who won the game!

The fans took selca photo with ZE:A members by the side of the stage while the spot light was not on them!

After this game sessions, ZE:A proceeded with another 3 songs and then there was a surprise event for one of the members of ZE:A, it's:

BIRTHDAY SURPRISE FOR HYUNGSIK!

After the birthday surprise, the showcase then continued with the finale and climax of the show!
The boys started to move around the stage more and also came nearer to the crowd.

Here's the climax and special stage performance by ZE:A!

OPPA GANGNAM STYLE! 

Oppa Gangnam Style!

That's it! This was the end of the showcase! 

It was definitely an AWESOME show! 

Million thanks to Jazzy Group for bringing ZE:A over to Malaysia! 

Anyway, for more photos, please visit the link below:

ZE:A Live in Malaysia Photo Album

*The playlist of songs for the showcase is here:

1) Body to Body

2) Watch Out

3) Aftermath

4) Became a star

5) Never end

6) Whole day long

7) Heart for 2

8) Mazeltov

9) Phoenix

10) My Only Wish

11) Body to Body (Remix with Gangnam Style)

Press Conference of "ZE:A Showcase LIVE In Malaysia"

Press Conference of "ZE:A Showcase LIVE In Malaysia"

The Children of Empire, or better known as ZE:A has arrived TO Malaysia since Thursday. However, only 8 of the members arrived. The leader Moon Jun Young did not come for the showcase.

The press conference was hosted by OneFM DJ, Wayne who usually speaks cantonese. However,he hosted the conference with English fluently.

OneFM Wayne

And here you go, the boys have arrived into the function room and greeted the media with "Apa Khabar?". They were quite cute and funny as they have repeated "Apa Khabar" for a few times. Then, the boys introduced themselves one by one.

This is not the first time ZE:A coming to Malaysia. They said that they love to come to Malaysia because the fans here have been very cheerful and supportive. They even replied to the media saying "I love you, Malaysia!".

As you all know, the boys have been travelling around a lot for their shows. However, they have never considered it very tough because they were able to meet fans. They said that their fans are the source that give them energy.

They also said that if they have free time, they would wish to come to Malaysia for a vacation because Malaysia is a nice and warm country.

They have also stated that they have prepared special stage events for the fans. So they hoped that the fans can have fun during the showcase!

Some media members asked them how do they manage among each other because their group is so big with so many members. They replied that they have been having fun especially during eating times. Seems like they are really having a lot of fun with each other.

Then, the press conference proceeded with photo sessions.

Photo sessions with the organizers:

For more photos during the press conference,please visit:
Photo Gallery of Press Conference

Do stay tuned to our blog as we will be posting coverage for the showcase soon!