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In the Picture: Daigo Kobayashi, The Encoffiner            Death is a Taboo. In the Chinese culture that I live in, Death is widely celebrated with paying respects to ancestors multiple times a year and rituals that has been passed down. However, society simply does not look up to jobs like this. This pose a Question, "Would you be an Encoffiner?". Even Google, with its red underlining doesn't acknowledge "Encoffiner" as a real job. That is just how it goes in Social norms. While Jobs like Engineers, Lecturers and Doctors are high praised, who would willingly want to be a mortician, insurance seller or lorry drivers even though they come with extravagant salaries like the former? Would You?                      Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen, once again we have another movie that really surprised me and I rank this as my favorite movie as all time. Either I haven't watch too many great ...

           Hello Ladies and Gentlemen and Once Again, we have a thriller for you today. And by thriller, I mean a really intense, stress-inducing and heart pumping movie that will leave you leaving the Cinema 10 years older. If your idea of a great film is relaxing and inspiring, this film might not be for you. Without "dragging" any further, Let's get started!            Firstly, I am sure all of us have experienced a similar figure in our lives like Terence Fletcher. Someone who is ruthless and never afraid to tell what is on his mind. For me, it was my Chemistry teacher back in Foundation and I was probably resonated with the piece of good for nothing rubbish that is the back-up drummer for Neiman. We all have a set of dignity in ourselves that we would love nothing more than to uphold it. Now, if Mr. Fletcher were to come and embarrassed and downright shame you in front of everyone, this will straight up damage your ...

          Hello everybody and once again, let's dig in and review another movie. This week we have a social-awareness and melodramatic- ish kind of film. The film is none other than 'Still Alice' which was produced 4 years ago, starring Julianne  Moore. Let's get started.            First, let's explore why I said that it was social-awareness video. When we see a poster of a elderly person exhibiting Alzheimer's Disease, it is less impact-ful than a featured film internalizing the emotions and the circumstances that a family going through. It gets you to wonder about the amount of loss that is experienced inside a patient of Alzheimer's such as Alice and have everything you work hard for stripped away from you. Alice was a top-notch linguistics professor and she is now resorted to being encapsulated in her own home and being doubted with every single action that she takes. Not only that, but the family go through a huge loss ...

Hello everybody and once again, I will be reviewing a movie and this time we have a movie from the late 1990s and produced by the famous M.Night Shyamalan. Make no mistake about it, the movie was a oldie but a goodie. Let's get started.          I want you to look at your circle of friends. Everybody has them, the freak, the weirdo, the mad hatter. They are the freaks of the society that parents send to the psychologist. The antagonist, Cole was someone that could see and talk to the deceased, but no one believed him. He even said "Nobody will be upset with rainbows", indicated that he needed to conceal this part of him to not make the people around him worried or scared. However, as it seems, it is not easy to believe someone when they tell you their "secret". You begin to think that they are a schizo patient or pranking you. However, Cole utilized elements of persuasion in this successful attempt at convincing his own mother. Firstly, he used evidence based ...

    From the left: Ellen (Debra Winger), Mickey Gordon (Billy Crystal)      I am sure many of us has been in a puppy love, honeymoon phase or mere infatuation to a certain someone in our lives. Now, take that and add Love Steroids and the most romantic scenery you can imagine, you get this movie. Hello Everybody, my name is John Ng and today we will be reviewing the film, Forget Paris. Let's get Started.      Overall the theme of the movie revolves around the theme of love or the lack there of. As portrayed by most movies, they portray the romantic courting stage of love but not what happens after. The weight-gaining, stress inducing, hair-pulling marriage is often left out after the "Happily Ever Afters". Ellen and Mickey spent one of their most electrifying week in Paris but that didn't stay that way for long. One of the factors that influenced the decrease in attraction between Ellen and Mickey was their distance apart from one another ...

From the left: Paikea Aspirina (Keisha Castle-Hughes), Koro (Rawiri Paratene)             Can human beings ride on whales? Can a woman lead a tribe that has only had male chiefs before her? and Can you Really change someone that is living in the past? I am sure we would all like to know the answers to these questions, however the answer is not as simple as it seems. Hello everyone and today we will be reviewing the epic and sometimes nonsensical film of Whale rider. Let's get started           In this film, one of the most dominant characters is of course, Koro, the grandfather of Paikea. It doesn't get anymore sadder when you are ridiculed for your existence during your birth. However, what was utter brilliance of the film was the fact that the movie portray an inner conflict between his paternalistic chief but caring and loving grandfather. The grandfather that would cycle with Paikea and stand up for her when she got ...

      From the left: Scott Hastings, Fran       Hello everyone! This week we are taking into a classic movie directed by Baz Luhrmann. As per usual, this film is divided into two segments, which is my personal reflection of the film and the psychological aspects that took part. Let's get started!       In the beginning, this movie portrayed a dramatic and exaggerated introduction where the mother was in an interview setting talking about her son. She exclaimed, "Did I failed as a mother?". The audience was left to wonder for whatever reason that come after that caused the mother to feel that way. In this film, I related a lot to Scott as he was someone that wanted to try new things. I am also like Scott where I like to be spontaneous and try new things. Thus, when I chose Psychology as my degree, my mother had the same response as the movie. My father was silent and let me decide, kind of like Scott's father as well. The film also had...