tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-200115282024-02-19T18:11:23.625+08:00REELNATIONUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger66125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20011528.post-65195286581391566162024-01-14T13:11:00.003+08:002024-01-14T15:00:38.724+08:00Money No Enough 3 (#钱不够用3)
The Official Trailer for Jack Neo's "Money No Enough 3" feature film has reminded me that the films I had worked on are also a quarter of a century "old", with "Forever Fever" and "The Teenage Textbook Movie" = two of the four movies that were released together into the cinemas at the same period (inclusive the 4th film we were identified together: "Tiger's Whip"). Head to my dedicated Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20011528.post-24910434881080765682022-06-24T11:33:00.003+08:002022-06-24T11:33:26.593+08:00"Made in Singapore" Movies (2022 Online Search Results)I had previously typed out (but not published in the post) the term "made in singapore movies", and decided to literally do so on my google search, with these being the result (screengrabs below):
Not what I had expected, but it certain caught my attention, and I aim to introduce the FIRST THREE FILMS of each category, along with any personal commentary with my "connection" to these films. Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20011528.post-44836125311823959162022-06-20T16:11:00.002+08:002022-06-20T16:11:12.600+08:00The Cathay ClosesAnnounced is the closure of Cathay Cineplex at their Handy Road location, with the last day of operation on "June 26th".
"Media company mm2 Asia, which runs the Cathay Cineplexes chain in Singapore, said in a separate statement earlier on Friday that the closure is "part of the cost rationalisation for its cinema operations"," as reported on sg.style.yahoo.com.
Independent cinema The TOYSREVILhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03872736377423548421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20011528.post-70366225069667132002022-06-20T14:30:00.003+08:002022-06-20T14:31:23.628+08:00"PERTH" for SGIFF Film Club (June 29th Screening)
Scheduled for a screening as part of the "SGIFF Film Club" this coming June 29th is "PERTH", a 2004 Singaporean drama film that was presented at the 17th Singapore International Film Festival.
It stars Lim Kay Tong as "Harry Lee", a part-time security guard and taxicab driver in Singapore, whose ideal retirement plan is to move to Perth, Australia. "When an entrepreneurial friend gets him aUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20011528.post-80670727175346831282021-10-09T10:45:00.002+08:002021-10-09T10:45:05.932+08:00"Vaccinate Already?" - Singapore Gov Campaign Songs to Encourage Senior Vaccinations
"Hey Singapore, Vaccinate Already? 您打疫苗没"
In one of the more recent successful government campaign songs put out- In this particular instance to encourage Singapore's senior citizens to get vaccinated, - featuring well known Getai-performers Wang Lei 王雷, Marcus Chin 陈建彬, and Liu Ling Ling 刘玲玲, all singing and performing a Uber-catchy song with multiple Chinese dialects lyrics! And that TOYSREVILhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03872736377423548421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20011528.post-15858386016629225562020-08-16T21:35:00.001+08:002020-08-16T21:35:11.739+08:00BLOG UPDATE
AUGUST 16/2020: I do not update this blog as often as I'd like to these days (yes, this is an "understatement"), but nevertheless continue daily on these blogs:
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Facebook @toysrevilxTOYSREVILhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03872736377423548421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20011528.post-84328617250511919382018-08-20T23:14:00.000+08:002018-08-20T23:14:05.141+08:00ZOMBIEPURA - Singapore's First Zombie Film (?)
What happens when a mysterious virus breaks out in an army camp? Are we ready to fight? Introducing Singapore first "zombie" flick, with "ZOMBIEPURA" directed by Jacen Tan (Check out his short film "Tak Giu (Kick Ball)" short film), and starring local and actors, for a film based in Singapore ... and with the "Crazy Rich Asians"-hype ("Crazy Undead Asian Soldiers"? :p), perhaps helping to bring TOYSREVILhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03872736377423548421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20011528.post-90025362380344498002017-05-05T08:51:00.000+08:002017-05-05T08:51:51.633+08:00Trailer for "667"""667" is a journey. A journey through time, countries, generations and stories. Through the eyes of 5 filmmakers, we get a glimpse of their journey, thereby rediscovering and reinterpreting our understanding of chinese culture."
Commissioned by the Singapore Chinese Cultural Centre, and produced by award-winning filmmaker Royston Tan, 667 is an anthology of shorts by local film directors – Eva TOYSREVILhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03872736377423548421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20011528.post-76477025978495687472017-02-04T11:34:00.003+08:002017-02-04T11:34:51.692+08:00“Kungfu Fighter, Hidden Sugar” - #letsbeatdiabetes Singapore Campaign
Folks around the world have their personal impressions of the Singapore Government’s “constant” media campaigns to tell their citizens what to do or not to do, to Be Courteous, or To Speak Manadarin, or To Save Water etc - which frankly I am okay with, as folks NEED to be “reminded”, now and again - plus points too, especially if the campaign is effectively “well done” … and one of such a TOYSREVILhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03872736377423548421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20011528.post-53645347365363090082016-11-21T22:56:00.003+08:002016-11-22T00:44:17.974+08:00Singapore International Film Festival 2016 (No 23-Dec 4, 2016)
With over 160 films spread across 12 days and 10 partner venues, the 27th edition of the Singapore International Film Festival will run from 23 November to 4 December. Get your tickets now at sgiff.com, and stay connected via their Facebook / Twitter @sgiffest / Instagram @sgiffest.
One of the highlights of the event is AN EVENING WITH DARREN ARONOFSKY - where director Darren Aronofsky will beTOYSREVILhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03872736377423548421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20011528.post-3637086094164703622016-11-07T11:48:00.000+08:002016-11-07T11:48:14.309+08:00Football-centric Short Films by Jacen Tan - “Homeground” and “Tak Giu” (“Kick Ball”)
“Homeground” is a love letter to playing spaces we call home, and a tribute to Singapore's weekend warriors. This 23-minuter documentary film is directed by Jacen Tan (director of short film, “Tak Giu” - shown below!) at hosaywood.com, with this being a Winner of POSB StoryTellers Grant 2015.
"Jacen, an avid football fan, saw Singapore as a football nation where even the tiniest of spaces give TOYSREVILhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03872736377423548421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20011528.post-26704973352961800462016-09-30T12:15:00.001+08:002016-09-30T12:16:19.437+08:00Trailer & Poster for LULU THE MOVIE 露露的电影 - Premieres November 24th
From one of her fictional personas created for “The Noose” on MediaCorp’s Channel 5, Michelle Chong’s ever-fashionable and our favourite “*P.R.C.” comes to the big screen in her debut film “LULU THE MOVIE 露露的电影”!
Written and directed by Michelle Chong, starring herself as “Lulu”, this Huat Films Production hits cinemas worldwide on November 24th, 2016.
PLOT: "Lulu The Movie is a comedy about TOYSREVILhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03872736377423548421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20011528.post-83535936151503918572016-04-23T18:28:00.002+08:002016-04-23T18:28:50.723+08:00"Street Angels" Bootleg VCDA photo posted by Andy Heng (@asliceofheng) on Apr 21, 2016 at 9:41pm PDT
A couple of snaps of the cover to the "Street Angels" feature film (circa xxxx), filmed entirely in Singapore. This is my third movie ever worked on, with this particular VCD being a bootleg! Although tis oft been said about procuring "bootlegs" of local productions (especially) and not supporting said production/film/Unknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20011528.post-5225161766636417012016-04-23T17:03:00.000+08:002016-04-23T17:03:22.886+08:00"A YELLOW BIRD" by K RajagopalPLOT: "Siva, a 38 year old Singaporean Indian man, is released from prison after 8 years for contraband smuggling. Unable to find forgiveness from his mother, he begins a quest to locate his ex-wife and daughter to right the wrongs of the past. Just as he finds solace and hope in the company of an illegal Chinese worker, Chen Chen, he is confronted with a henious truth about his family. How far TOYSREVILhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03872736377423548421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20011528.post-33295106502610322222016-04-23T16:43:00.001+08:002016-04-23T16:43:55.835+08:00"APPRENTICE" by Boo Junfeng
(Photo credit: Meg White)"Aiman is a 28-year-old Malay correctional officer who is recently transferred to the territory’s top prison. He lives with his older sister Suhaila in a modest housing estate.
At his new workplace, Aiman begins to take an interest in a 65-year-old sergeant named Rahim. Soon, it is revealed that the charismatic Rahim is actually the long-serving chief executioner of theTOYSREVILhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03872736377423548421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20011528.post-30861512810897629622015-11-16T10:33:00.001+08:002015-11-16T10:33:37.513+08:00IN THE ROOM Trailer"The sensitive and sensual new film from Singaporean director Eric Khoo draws together several narratives spanning several decades, all of them transpiring in the same room of the same Singaporean hotel — and all of them involving sex."TOYSREVILhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03872736377423548421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20011528.post-30903297469047415932015-09-04T15:41:00.000+08:002015-09-04T15:41:56.666+08:00Mixtape Weekend Film Fest ... maybe?I have been thinking of a totally fictional digital weekend film fest, featuring works from #2ndflm ... which frankly is not within the realms of undoability, methinks ... hhhmmm 😁 ... And while I might not be responsible for their project's production (not on the onset anyways...), this would be a fun exercise for self-promo, I reckon :)A photo posted by TOYSREVIL (@toysrevil) on Sep 3, TOYSREVILhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03872736377423548421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20011528.post-74478353033662490772015-05-02T10:37:00.002+08:002015-05-02T10:37:29.197+08:00RUBBERS(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));RUBBERS 《套》, the first sex comedy in Singapore, will hit the local cinemas on 30th TOYSREVILhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03872736377423548421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20011528.post-87580194387001788642015-04-23T12:59:00.003+08:002015-04-27T12:01:45.622+08:003rd & 4th Teaser Posters for 1965(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = "//connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));Our third teaser poster is out! #1965movie #1965SG50moviePosted by 1965 on Friday, April 17, 2015(TOYSREVILhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03872736377423548421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20011528.post-2404637369053789942015-02-24T11:26:00.001+08:002015-02-24T11:26:51.688+08:00#ContiPolaroids for PERTH
"Perth" is a 107 minute long feature film (IMDb) directed by Djinn (who also wrote the script as "Ong Lay Jinn") which premiere in Singapore on August 18th 2005, with a R(A) rating in Singapore. This post features a selected collection of #contipolaroids for who I had used to showcase my work done for this feature (my 4th) as Production Designer, used as reference for a behind-the-scenes blog atTOYSREVILhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03872736377423548421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20011528.post-3576115659945423642015-02-23T16:26:00.003+08:002015-02-23T16:26:47.362+08:001965: Teaser Trailer, Film Clip & Teaser PosterWHAT-IS: "Capturing the moments when a country came of age. '1965' will transport you back to the colourful 1960s, while portraying heightened human drama shot in realistic camerawork that opens up to soak in the magnitude and scale of Singapore history unraveling. '1965' shows how some pioneers faced up to the war against racism. And how some of them decide to call this small island their home."TOYSREVILhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03872736377423548421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20011528.post-11388288679952886972013-02-21T11:11:00.002+08:002013-02-21T11:14:37.778+08:00Pre-Ordering Short FilmsHere's a concept for your considerations:
Offer up PRE-ORDERS for DVDs of your short films (be it individual or anthology-based), so that the orders could both fund your production, and gauge appeal/desire for it.
There is to be a window-of-pre-ordering = a fixed timeline in which folks can order, say for a month or two, in which you could lobby do do self-promotions for.
You need to assure TOYSREVILhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03872736377423548421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20011528.post-67526933134038312052013-02-21T11:04:00.000+08:002015-09-04T15:49:44.441+08:00SGFilm YouTube Channel LaunchesThis should have happened YEARS ago, Singapore! But I am elated it does now: www.youtube.com/user/sgfilmchannel = Short films from Singapore, by Singaporeans, finally ready to be viewed by the world, beyond the confines of film festivals.
Sure, you've got to recoup your investments, but that is the "business" aspect of your film (and whatever "celluloid dreams" local filmmakers would have are TOYSREVILhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03872736377423548421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20011528.post-29319662572170068662008-07-18T14:33:00.000+08:002015-02-23T17:20:08.490+08:00Themed Nights @ Sinema Old SchoolUnknownnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20011528.post-84537941665709972822007-12-11T01:16:00.000+08:002008-12-09T13:22:15.438+08:00Sinema Old School Launches December 12thSinema Old School is the first independent cinema for Singapore films located within the Old School at 11 Mount Sophia. housing a 130-seater High Definition cinema made possible by Panasonic, a film and creative merchandise retail outlet as well as studio and post facilities made possible by Apple, Sinema Old School aims to be the homebase for Singapore filmmakers and film lovers. and this comingUnknownnoreply@blogger.com