Thursday, May 30, 2013

The Voice Australia Season 2, Episode 21 - Just give Harrison the title now.

Producers, read this next sentence. Stop giving the pimp spot to the same singers over and over. I really like Harrison and he's going to win for sure but for goodness sake, give other singers a chance. The producers on The Voice Australia make the producers on American Idol and The Voice seem very fair with the way they draw up the performance order.

Now that I've spoiled who goes last (was there any doubt that he wouldn't get saved by Australia and get the pimp spot?), let's find out who advances to this week's live show.

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Honey, how many of these things will we have to go to?

Part 1. Part 2.



Nothing will prepare parents for the upcoming wave of animation movies this summer. They will be bombarded with animation from the small all the way to the big moneymakers. It is a very unusual summer for animation due to the big studios clumping animation together through May-August in the US. HK will be getting some day-date with US but when you add in the smaller animation films from Japan and the delayed Hollywood animation films, it is going to be tough decision after tough decision for parents as little kids will want to watch animation films this summer. The last 2 years has seen about 6-7 animation films hit the big screen from May-August but 2013 will be even worse for parents (but better for kids).

Saturday, May 25, 2013

The Voice Australia Season 2, Episode 20: Pimping is what this show does best

We're down to the final 16 on The Voice Australia season 2. There's been some great performances and a lot of meh performances but it's a new chapter for the contestants as we have reached the live rounds. Tonight, they will be performing 1 song each and at the conclusion of each team's last act, the team's coach will get to save 1 of their 4 artists to move onto next week. Before we get started, I've got to say that The Voice Australia has been very predictable in who they want to advance. Harrison has performed last 3/3 times while Luke Kennedy and Michael Paynter have been last twice. They need to at least TRY not to be as obvious and rotate the artists around. Even American Idol isn't that blatant with the performance order.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

Fast & Furious 6 preview


Among this year's crop of summer blockbusters, one film stands out in particular. Long known as being non-interesting to viewers, The Fast & Furious series has grown from that of a weakling to a formidable opponent.

Monday, May 20, 2013

The Re-Emergence of the Thailand Movie Industry in Hong Kong [Next Thai movie: Long Weekend, June 6!]

If your only exposure to Thailand movies is Ong Bak, well you have been missing out the past couple of years. Once famous for action, horror films have replaced them and has injected new life into Hong Kong's box office and into Thailand's movie industry. You only have to look at the most recent weekend to see how.

Pee Mak Phra Khanong Hong Kong poster (พี่มากพระโขนง)

May 16 Weekend Estimates

Monday, May 13, 2013

Ranking the online websites of theater chains

Have you ever had the frustration of going online to buy a ticket only to see an error or get so annoyed with loading times that you try to find others way of buying a ticket? This is where we see which sites are up to snuff and which ones don't make the cut.