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Hey film fans,
Why interview the vampire (Johnny Depp) when you can interview his dysfunctional family? And his stunningly gorgeous psycho of a spurned lover-cum-witch Eva Green? Here are more exciting interviews from Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows cast. And don’t forget to catch Dark Shadows in cinema right now!!!
Michelle Pfeiffer
Eva Green
Jackie Earle Haley and Jonny Lee Miller
Till then, always to remember to Snap Crackle and POPcorn!
XOXO
your flick chick G
Hey Film Fans,
The Flick Chick knows a good deal, when she sees one. I do watch a lot of movies you know. Which is why you film fans should make all your European dreams a reality by joining this contest! Finally, all those european landscapes you’ve watched in, ahem, art-house cinema can now be soaked in, IN PERSON!
Yup, the 22nd European Union Film Festival (www.euff.sg) returns from May 11 to 20, and you can extend your cinematic journey across Europe with an actual trip to Europe. That’s right – you could win a pair of tickets worth S$6,000 to any European destination of your choice on Finnair’s route. You read right…
Simply go to tdy.sg/euffcontest and “Like” Today on Facebook, then post your answer to the question “Which European city would you like to visit, and why?” The best answer wins – just like that. Entries must be received by Sunday, May 20, 11pm. Terms and conditions apply.
Here is where the magic happens!.
What are you waiting for?
Till then, always remember to snap, crackle and POPcorn!
XOXO
your Flick Chick
G
Hey Film Fans, if you’re a TIM BURTON devotee, then raise your hands up… raise your hands up!
A cult favorite gothic soap opera that ran daily for over 1200 episodes in the late ’60s, Dark Shadows goes all Tim Burton-ized in its first big screen version. Fans of the original will be happy it’s back, but be warned: this very dark saga is a now comedy with a utterly terrific Johnny Depp as the creepy but gentlemanly Barnabas Collins who rejoins the living in 1972 after being buried alive 200 years ago by the stunning Eva Green- the spurned witch obsessed with him.
Wanna hear what the man himself has to say about it all?
Tim Burton:
Bella Heathcote & Chloe Moretz
With an oddball premise that’s right up his alley, Burton’s unique knack for welding the weird and the way-out to the creative and innovative is still very much in evidence in his 8th collaboration with the always superb Johnny Depp- his signature stylish quirky fun splashed all over his well-chosen cast, his use of radio hits of the era and his work-of-art production design.
How happy are you Burton fans with his latest endeavour? Holler and let me know what you think.
Till then, always remember to Snap, Crackle and POPcorn!
XOXO
Your Flick Chick
G
It’s just 10 days till The Avengers opens in cinemas locally (a nice two days before the US too) but if you haven’t seen the buzz filtering their way onto the Internet we’re here to catch you up on The Avengers. Thankfully the NDA has just ended, but nonetheless I’ll be avoiding as much specifics as possible – I don’t want to spoil the joy of experiencing this movie for the first time. Unless you like spoilers, then maybe feel free to hit us up on the comments below. Also, our full review will be out soon on TODAYonline and in print, so keep an eye out for that!
The culmination of a few years of Marvel’s superhero movies, The Avengers features most of the Marvel superheroes we’ve seen on the big screen recently – Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr), Thor (Chris Hemsworth), Captain America (Chris Evans) and The Hulk (new Hulk Mark Ruffalo) unite on the with Black Widow and Hawkeye (Scarlett Johansson and Jeremy Renner) for what’s promised to be an all-out action fest.
Continue reading ‘Movie review: The Avengers’
The Avengers preview was held yesterday morning, and members of the press, celebrities and fans who won a Facebook contest were invited to take a look at the new Avengers movie before the rest of Singapore. I was there too to review the movie and while I can’t say too much about it until the embargo lifts, er, look at the headline if you will.
No prizes for guessing who's the better looking Thor.
I think the best part of the whole event was the involvement of the Super Fans: Fans who had to tell Avengers Singapore why they were the biggest fans of Marvel ever via a contest announced on Facebook. I ended up sitting next to a pair of fans excitedly discussing why the Human Torch was now Captain America (they got it wrong, but I let it be). They were all also promised only 45 min of the movie – when it was revealed they got to watch the full thing a lady in the row in front of me clutched her Thor movie comics and said: “I think I’m going to cry!”
Nat Ho
The stars didn’t quite cry when that was announced, but they were all enthused to watch the movie. Singer / actor Nat Ho was also there early in the morning to catch the movie. When asked if he looked forward to watching the movie, he said that he definitely was.
“Before that I saw some trailers and thought ‘this is really cool’. Just that I wish that it wasn’t so early in the morning. Still, I think it was an action-packed movie, one that is also very fun, and people should just come and watch it.”
Xiaxue
With him was local celebrity blogger, Xiaxue, who was also very enthusiastic about it.
“I watched Thor, so I was very excited to see this like everybody else because of when they showed the special parts at the end of Thor and Iron Man. Everybody was excited for this movie to come out and it didn’t disappoint me at all. It’s a very interesting blend to see all these alpha-males together, with Scarlett Johanssen as well, and yeah I think it’s so much eye-candy for girls especially since all the guys are so buff and they’re so cute and they’re so charming.”
Mr Brown
Singapore’s blogfather, Mr Brown wasn’t so much a fan of the Avengers before watching the movie, preferring their mutant brethren, the X-Men. Still, he said, “I think I will now go back and revisit Avengers movie. I rarely clap in a movie, and they made me clap, so they did something right.”
I can’t go into specifics yet, but I can say this: Believe the hype, and then some. As a comic book geek myself maybe you might want to take this with a pinch of salt, but I do believe emphatically that there is something for everyone in this movie.
