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Wise Kwai's Bangkok Cinema Scene
What's playing in Bangkok cinemas?
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Wednesday , October 31 , 2007
Review: 881
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 537 , 00:07:43   | Category : film reviews   World Film Festival of Bangkok  
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The Singaporean musical, 881, is a lot to take in. It starts out with fast-paced narration to explain who all the characters are, and it's revealed, right at the very beginning, that one of the lead characters will die of cancer at the age of 25. So you can pretty much predict that there will be plenty of melodrama in store, even if much of the film is a whimsical affair. The best thing to do is to s....


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Monday , October 29 , 2007
In memoriam: Porter Wagoner
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 826 , 16:34:19   | Category : music  
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I used to watch the Porter Wagoner Show on television when I was growing up. I think his rendition of "Green, Green Grass of Home" is the best. One of my favorite songs by Porter Wagoner and his frequent duet partner Dolly Parton is "40 Miles from Poplar Bluff", which is about the idyllic life back in the Ozark Mountains of Missouri. The song had particular resonance for me becaus....


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Review: Tough Enough
Posted by wisekwai , Reader : 429 , 16:15:39   | Category : film reviews   World Film Festival of Bangkok  
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Tough Enough (Knallhart) is a German coming-of-age picture that is fairly conventional: 15-year-old kid, bullied at school, is desperate to escape the brutalization, wants to stand up for himself, does so, but doesn't like what he's become.It's the same kind of story arc that's probably been done time and again. But what makes Tough Enough so engaging are the characters, and they way they play off ea....


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