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Raffles Reviews – Star Trek: Into Darkness
by Angelica Chong (14A01B) and Kylie Wong (14A01B) *Spoiler Alert* There came a point in Star Trek: Into Darkness when I realized what I was watching – or rather, what I wasn’t watching. My eyes...
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Raffles Reviews – Fast and Furious 6
By Kylie Wong (14A01B) and Angelica Chong (14A01B) Fast cars. Super villains. High-speed car chases. Fast Six delivers all that is synonymous with the franchise’s brand name, yet still manages to...
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Man of Steel: Movie Roadkill
By Angelica Chong (14A01B) and Kylie Wong (14A01B) There is no such thing as a perfect Superman movie. Hell, there’s no such thing as a perfect movie, period. But throw some character archetypes and...
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Raffles Reviews – Pacific Rim: Great Movie with an Unfortunate Name
by Angelica Chong (14A01B) It is easy, after walking out of the theatre, to dismiss Pacific Rim as a ‘dumb fun’ kind of movie, what with the almost ludicrous premise that gigantic humanoid machines are...
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Raffles Reviews: The Phantom Of The Opera
By Kylie Wong (14A01B) and Lim Shaomin (14S03K) *Spoilers alert Yards of scarlet curtain, a chorus of golden angels, a precariously hanging chandelier- the Opera Garnier is the majestic setting of the...
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Raffles Reviews: Thor: The Dark World
By Radiya Jamari 14A03B and Lu Jinyao 14A01D Additional reporting by Huang Sihan 14S06D In the aftermath of the obliteration of the Bifröst Bridge in Thor, the eponymous hero (portrayed by Chris...
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Raffles Reviews – Captain America: The Winter Soldier
By Angelica Chong, 14A01B Cover picture reproduced with permission Halfway through writing the first draft of this review, I realized something: I didn’t really want to go over the same old narrative...
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Raffles Reviews: ‘The Amazing Spiderman 2: Rise of Electro’ Fails to Spark
by Yuki Pan (15S06D) Photos from cinemablend.com For a movie with the word ‘amazing’ in its title, featuring a sizzling villain who calls himself “Electro”, The Amazing Spiderman 2(TASM2) doesn’t live...
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Raffles Reviews: The Fault in Our Stars
by Michelle Zhu (15A01B), R Priya (15S03C) The Fault in Our Stars (Source) One of the rare movie adaptations that follows the book almost entirely in capturing the beauty of the author’s message, The...
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Raffles Reviews: Interstellar
by Shikhar Gupta (15S06M) Mankind was born on Earth. It was never meant to die here. These chilling words are those of Cooper (Matthew McConaughey), a former NASA test pilot who has recurring...
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Raffles Reviews: Annabelle
by Lorraine Fong (15A01C) Evil Origins Looks familiar? The wide-eyed, rosy-cheeked, red-headed porcelain doll does nothing but chill your bones. Contrary to popular belief, Annabelle isn’t as hideous...
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Raffles Reviews: Paddington
by Yuki Pan (15S06D) “Please look after this bear” reads the yellowed label on Paddington’s neck as he waits, swinging his little bear legs on his worn old suitcase, for a family to provide a home for...
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Before Interstellar – 2001: A Space Odyssey
Interested in watching 2001 in an authentic, period-accurate 1970s setting? 2001: A Space Odyssey, along with 4 other Kubrick masterpieces: Lolita (1962), The Shining (1980), Full Metal Jacket (1987)...
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Sweet. Spicy. Tangy. Our Sister Mambo.
by Adelyn Tan (16A01E) The cast of Our Sister Mambo from bottom left, in clockwise direction: Joey Leong, Ethel Yap, Oon Shu An, Michelle Chong, Audrey Luo, Moses Lim. Produced by Cathay in...
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Zootopia: The Closest We Will Get To An Animal Planet
by Nicole Doyle (17A01A), Catherine Zou (17A01B), Joan Ang (17A01B) and Yang Siqi (17A01C) This article may contain spoilers! If you have not watched the film, do be aware of this. If there was ever a...
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Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
By Jeanne Tan (17A01B), Sabariesh Ilankathir (17A13A) and Andrew Atang Hidajat (17S03I) This article may contain spoilers! If you have not watched the film, do be aware of this. “Tell me, do you...
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Star Trek: Beyond – Review
By Jeanne Tan (17A01B), pictures from wegotthiscovered.com and space.com This article may contain spoilers! If you have not watched the film, do be aware of this. Here’s my opinion on this movie: you...
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Ghostbusters 2016: Three Decades – Review
By Ernest Lee (17A01A) and Joan Ang (17A01B), Image sources: comicvine.com, ghostbusters.wikia.com Two Press members walk into a movie theatre, having been told by Press EXCO that they should review...
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Train to Busan: A Ride Paved With Good Intentions – Review
By Serafina Siow (17A13A), pictures from Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB. I confess to being highly skeptical when first hearing of the film. Despite the 93% certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and the 8.0/10...
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Movie Review: Moana (2016)
By Abdul Qayyum (17A01B) Moana, an animated spectacle that follows the story of a young girl in forgoing tradition and family to find something bigger than herself- to restore and correct the world...
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