My Take: 12 Years A Slave (2013) — by a.wei on

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I have many feelings and thoughts towards 12 Years A Slave -- most of which are contradictory and confusing -- and I will try to dis...

My Take: Captain Phillips (2013) — by a.wei on

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Perhaps more effectively than any other director, Paul Greengrass humanizes larger than life characters in a tumultuous world. He cherish...

My Take: Gravity (2013) — by a.wei on

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The opening shot of Gravity reveals Earth from outer space, wide and looming and magnificent. From the distant shadows, an insignifica...

What's On My Mind: So Bad It's Good (Part 1) — by a.wei on

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Note: I am writing this amidst the broadcast of the show’s final 8-episode season. I do not know how the series will end but have a few...

My Take: Celeste and Jesse Forever (2012) — by a.wei on

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I must admit Celeste and Jesse Forever didn’t appeal to me upon its initial release. Its marketing positioned it as yet another humdrum...

My Take: Elysium (2013) — by a.wei on

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In District 9, South African writer/director Neill Blomkamp reimagined apartheid through the dystopian lens of segregated alien shri...