The New Paper, 6 August 2009

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1 16 The New Paper
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    12 1 the new paper 6 Aug 09 hu 70 CENTS MICA (P) 193/11/2008
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      Lock icon Who’s to blame in the credit card game?
      861 2/3  -  WHEN CREDIT FRAUD TAKES PLACE... REPORT: BRYNA SIM brynasim@sph.com.sg WHEN credit card fraud takes place, the fin-ger-pointing game begins. Who is to blame? Banks, consumers, or retailers? Not us, says the Singapore Retailers Association. Itsexecutivedirector,MsLauChuenWei,said:“The job of a retailer, especially the one
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      Lock icon Man charged with obscene act. Mum says: My son has bright future
      606 6  -  REPORT:ARUL ARUL JOHN anathan@sph.com.sg SHE said her son was a good boy who had passed his examinations “with flyingcolours”. The middle-aged woman, who wanted to be known only as Mrs Ng, has high hopes for the youngest of
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      548 7 Senior staff nurse says psychologydegreecourse makesher moreattuned togrieving relatives HER thirst for learning has led her back to school again and again. After obtaining a diploma, degree and an advanced diploma, Ms Candice Leong (above), 27, is now studying for a second degree. Last November,
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      651 8  -  Taxi company says yes but cabby wantstoknowwhyit’sokayforads but not flags to be put on vehicle Hoe Pei Shan –HoePeiShan,newsroomintern HE wanted to share his patriotism and love for Singapore with others. So with National Day coming up, taxi driver Henry Ho spent over $150 decking
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      650 4  -  Psychiatrist says that Ker would have to be provoked to turn violent REPORT:ANDRE ANDRE YEO andrey@sph.com.sg ANUNINTELLIGENTmanwhoisn’tvio-lent.That’s how a psychiatrist described a technician accused of using a chopper to attackhiswife’ssupposedlover. Ker Ah Tee, 45, who stands at 1.6m-tall, is accused of using a chopper to
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      32 6 KNOW YOUR JOES UP FOR GRABS 3 DVD HAMPERS FROM PIXAR JEANMARIE TAN susses out who’s who in the complex universe of GI JOE ALL IN IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PAPER
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      254 10/11 CHARITY CROOK SWINDLED PUBLIC OF $120,000 26 Sep Open House@SIM' www.sim.edu.sg /openhouse John Ngan Bachelor of Business (Marketing) Thriving in a conducive environment. Gaining the will to succeed. He's bringing out his best at SIM. M contident 1 m i y^v mmm SIM-RMIT programmes have been trusted for 22 years.
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      59 19 Comments on young, well-educated women not having babies or delaying motherhood: “Economicparticipationis hypedup... this devalues the contributions of housewives and theirimportance tothe familysociety. I’ve met so-called‘educated women’who see housewivesaslowlycreatures.” rulzetta “Ifwewant more babies,we needto go backto basics. Do not disrupt the gender roles and give credit to
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      156 19 FROM READER DENNIS BUTLER IREFER to the report “Own a S’pore farm in Africa?” (The New Paper on Sunday, 2 Aug) and as a fairly contented Singapore resident of nearly 28 years, I would like to comment. Investing
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      39 19 Should the use of handphones while driving be banned even if the driver is using a hands-free kit? “Thereisnoneed for such extensive measures, especially if the driver needs to answer an urgent callwhiledriving.” AngTun Guan Tom,27, diagnostic radiographer
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      52 19 FROM READER PRAPHAVATHI INCONSIDERATE: Our reader was upset that this car was parked illegally outside the AngMo KioSingPost. What’s worse, a SingPost truck had to block traffic for 20 minutes to unload goods because it had nowhere else to park. E-mail your pictures with your name and contact number
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      186 21 THE NEW PAPER Thursday 6 August 2009 21 Living their passion Instead of clock-watching at a desk-bound job, some people find true career fulfilment by going the extra mile to live their dreams Medicine woman ReservedSpace A pharmacist’s job entails more than just dispensing medicine, says senior pharmacist Wendy Ang.
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      887 23 From Page 21 More than just handing out pills By Janice Goh When people collect their medication at the pharmacy at the Changi General Hospital (CGH), not many know that senior pharmacist Ms Wendy Ang and her colleagues, who dispense the medication, do a lot more than pick and pack
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        267 33 GOING: GOOD Race1 MaidenPlate(F&M) 1200M 14 SILVERENDING56(25-10) ADelpech (2) 1 1 CHICHAPPENS58(18-11) MYeni (14) 2 11 MONAMIMISTY56(13-5) AMarcus (6) 3 8 KWELA-KWELA56(194-42) KJupp (12) 4 ?Trainer:STarry.Margins:1.25,0.5,0.25.Time:1min13.3sec. EOB:$27.Forecast:$15. PlaceForecast:$7(Nos.1-11),$7(Nos.1-14),$9(Nos.11-14). Tierce: $78. Trio: $17. Quartet: $1714. Course scratchings: Crystal Road, Pink Sombrero. Race2 MaidenPlate 1000M 12 TOBIN56(16-5)
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        510 33 GUIDETOIPOHTRACKWORK NST BEST FRIEND, who found one to beat in his previous two outings, looks ready to oblige in the National Stud Farm Sprint for all National Premier Sales graduates over 1,100m straight on Saturday. The five-year-old Australian-bred gelding looked in excellent shape as he
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        346 33 NST GOLD LOTUS, trained in Kuala Lumpur by Osman Sidek, looks the pick of the three newcomers entered for the Perak Turf Club's Perak Derby meeting starting in Ipoh on Saturday. Racing as Soreadyforspring in Australia, the five-year-old Ameri-can-bred by More Than
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        430 34 TRAINER Charles Leck (right) has been handed a three-year disqualification in the positive swab on three of his horses which ran in July 2007. The former champion trainer has filed an appeal and has been granted a stay of sentence. A Singapore Turf Club release
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        303 34 WILLIAMLOW’SKRANJITRACKWORK SPEEDY My Son is very well and will be very hard to beat in Race 5 on the Polytrack at Kranji tomorrow. The Patrick Shaw-trained three-year-old showed how fit he was when he did a winning trial on Track 6 yesterday morning. He breezed
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        587 34 RACE1-1000m MS 6.30 1 FantasticSky TRBarnabas* (11) 59 2 IncredibleSon TAffandi* (6) 59 3 SexyBaby JLLi* (14) 59 4 ShenFu SMarzuki (7) 59 5 LuckyJester ODoleuze (13) 57.5 6 MondayNite AFeiruz* (9) 57.5 7 Don'tAsk AlanNg (5) 55.5 8 Touessrock JMoreira (12) 55.5 9 BigMomoko
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        503 35 Chia brushes aside illness to lead with 64 MALAYSIA’S Danny Chia lived up to the adage “beware the sick golfer” when he seized the first-round lead at the weath-er-interrupted Worldwide Holdings Selangor Masters in Petaling Jaya yesterday. The 37-year-old (left) carried the local challenge with a superb
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        321 35 Lee confused about swing Reuters THE BIGGEST problem New Zealand teenager Danny Lee has faced since turning professional in April has been identifying good and bad advice. “It’s kind of confusing what’s right and what’s wrong,” the 19-year-old said on Tuesday while preparing to compete in his
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        109 35  -  GODFREY ROBERT THE OXLEY Capital Group’s Singapore Amateur Open 2009, linked to the Srixon Desaru Classic 09, will be held at Singapore Island Country Club (Island Course) tomorrow. In the multi legged pan-Malaysia Srixon series the top five best-gross scorers and top two women from
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        522 36/37  -  Shea John Driscoll newsroom intern A BEAMING coach presents a delighted player with the Player of the Month award, gleaming trophy and all. His team-mates applaud and cheer raucously in the background. It’s a scene befitting an English Premier League gala event. Buttheseguysdon’thailfromManchester United or Liverpool. They play
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        415 36/37  -  Shea John Driscoll newsroom intern HIS TEAM-MATES call him their Fernando Torres. Muhd Haiqal Mohd Noor, 16, may only be 1.53 metres tall, but he’s scored eight goals in six games for Flamboyant United. And just like the Spaniard, he has bags of pace to burn
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        568 38  -  ERNEST LUIS npsports@sph.com.sg COMMENT FORMULA One can baffle most sports fans because of all its technical nuances. But the most confusing aspect lately is their lack of a clear stand on driver safety, especially when it comes to letting Michael Schumacher or Jaime Alguersuari test before they
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        592 39  -  With Edwin van derSar out with a hand injury,theTheNewPaper’sfootball analyst tells DAVID LEE that Tomasz Kuszczakwillbe an able deputy TOHARI PAIJAN FOOTBALL ANALYST npsports@sph.com.sg DEFENDING champions Manchester United will have to cope without first-choice goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar after the veteran custodian broke
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        660 41  -  IAIN MACINTOSH YOUR ENGLISH KAKI npsports@sph.com.sg ANOTHER year, another desperate attempt by the English Football Association to regain some semblance of control over their sport. This week’s announcement that managers will no longer be able to criticise referees before the game has even started is just
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        588 42  -  Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez has to find a solution now thatXabi Alonso has passed his Real Madrid medical for a move worth £30 million GARY LIM npsports@sph.com.sg THE £30 million ($73m) move was frustrating as it was inevitable. Finally, Liverpool have agreed to sell midfielder
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        13 42 ALBERTO AQUILANI CHRISTIAN POULSEN DAVID SILVA DAVID VILLA
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        397 40 Wire Services ENGLISH Premier League managers who try to put pressure on referees before matches next season will face disciplinary action, the English Football Association (FA) announced on Tuesday. Any boss making a derogatory remark about a match official that is seen as
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        168 40 Reuters CHONGQING’S Dutch coach Arie Haan has been banned from the sidelines for three Chinese Super League (CSL) matches after complaining about a penalty decision by offering the fourth official a wad of cash last weekend. “Do you want money?” local media reports quoted
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        119 40 Reuters JAPAN’S soccer chief wants a J-League official banned for missing a violent challenge that left national captain Yuji Nakazawa nursing a broken eye socket. Controversial referee Masaaki Iemoto, who has been suspended twice before, took no action after Nakazawa was floored by an
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        70 43 LIVE TELECASTS GERMAN BUNDESLIGA Saturday: WOLFSBURG v STUTTGART Ch 27,2.25am HOFFENHEIM v BAYERN MUNICH Ch 27,11.55pm DUTCH LEAGUE Sunday: AJAXv RKC WAALWIJK Ch 116 (Goal TV 2), 12.45am FCTWENTE v PSV Ch 116 (Goal TV 2), 8.30pm COMMUNITY SHIELD Sunday: CHELSEA v MANCHESTER UNITED Ch 24, 9.55pm Aftermissingoutonfourfriendlies, duetoafracturedtoe,MichaelBallack
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        434 43 LOCAL EVENTS SQUASH What:CIMBSingaporeWomen’sSquash Masters When: Till Saturday Where: Kallang Squash Centre SINGAPORE’SPamelaChuasuccumbed 11 -2,11 -1,11 -2 to Madeline Perry of Ireland in the first round yesterday. Nicol David will meet seventh-seed Laura Lengthorn-Massaro tonight in the quarter-finals after dispatching Samantha Teran 11 -5,11 -8,11 -7 while all
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      428 44 FORGET about it, Rafa. Dream on, Stevie G. You can wait another year, El Nino. Liverpool have no chance of winning the English Premier League (EPL) title in the coming season, Sir Alex Ferguson is suggesting to Reds manager Rafa Benitez. The Manchester United boss
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        838 2/3  -  Charlene Chua Is John Woo making a U-turn in his career? For a while it seemed like the 63-year-old director was going Hollywood. But an inconsistent career in the West has seen him scurry back to Asia with his highly successful comeback, Red Cliff. So what happened to
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        804 2/3 These three Hong Kong stars tried to conquer the West too. But TAN KEE YUN shows they eventually realised their kingdom lies right at home Chow Yun Fat, 54 In the 1980s, with his charismatic performances as the gun-wielding gangster in classic John Woo
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        288 2/3  -  Their Hong Kong counterparts may have failed.Butthese three young hunks fromSouth Korea are ready to make the leap into Hollywood with their action-heavy roles. Tan Kee Yun Lee Byung-Hun, 39 He earned his stripes in Korean cinema nearly a decade ago with memorable roles in Joint
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        625 7  -  Germaine Lim No hobby, no honey. Nothing comes between local toy enthusiast Eugene Ashley Tan and his toy-collecting hobby, not even his girlfriend. Or should we say, ex-girlfriend. MrTan, 28, who works in corporate creative sales,isanavidcollectorofGIJoetoys. ThenewmovieGIJoe:TheRiseOfCobraisa live-action flick adapted from the original Hasbro action figure
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        865 8 / 9  -  IT all started with the Hasbro toy line. Now,themovieblockbusterGIJoeisfinallyout. Andno,therestillisn’tanydudenamedJoeinit. It actually boils down to the good guys ofGIJoe versus the baddies of Cobra, who are played by a super-sized, star-studded multi-national cast. JEANMARIETANsussesoutwho’swhointhis complex universe of the not-so-average Joe JEANMARIE TAN ACTIONFIGURE:Duke Thiscourageous SpecialOps combat
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        347 4  -  He downed super-sized meals, and ended up with a paunch. Charlene Chua He sported a frumpy hairstyle, and put on “ageingmake-up”toplayaterminally-illold man. That’swhatHongKongactorLouisKoodid forhislatestfilmOverheard–agamblethatthe movie’sdirectorAlanMaktook. The 44-year-old director, famed for movies such as Initial D and the Infernal Affairs trilogy, toldTheNewPaperinane-mailinterview:“I was initially afraid of asking
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        59 4 Real-life couple Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai got a rude shock during the filming of their movie Raavas last week when an elephant ran amok on set. Filmingwashaltedforadayatthemovie’s Keralaset.Theelephant’skeeperwaskilledinthe incident. None of the actors or members of the film crew was hurt. Raavan, set to be released next
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        51 4 Taiwanese actress Barbie Hsu and Hong Kong star Louis Koo are an item. This secret romance was exposedafewdaysagoandonlyBarbie’ssisterDee Hsu was privy to this information. Apparently, Barbie and Louis have been seeing each other for over a year and have kept their relationship under wraps by going on dates
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        104 6 AbrahamLincolnlosingouttoa1.8m-tall imaginary rabbit? InStevenSpielberg’sworld,yes. Lincoln, the epic film starring Liam Neeson as the US president, has taken a back seat now that Spielberg is going ahead with Harvey, based on MaryChase’sPulitzer-winningstageplay. The story of a middle-aged eccentric whose best friend is an invisible rabbit named Harvey had already
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        18 6 Kampong, Life Love (The New Paper, 30 Jul): The actress who played Orked’smotherin Mukhsin is Sharifah Aleya.
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        110 6 As if things are not going fast enough for TerminatorSalvation’snewbie,Aussieactor Sam Worthington. Withonlyonemoviereleased,he’sgotalot of clout in Hollywood, and has replaced Tom Cruise in The Tourist. Cruise was originally set to star in the new action thriller before he jumped ship to do a James Mangold comedy
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        71 6 The artiste currently known as Party Animal may finally get her comeback role. After missing out on being a part of the box-office hit The Hangover, Lindsay Lohan is trying hard to get a job. Constantgossipfodderclaimsshe’sfound work opposite Robert De Niro in Robert Rodriguez’supcomingactionthrillerMachete. What’smakingthispieceofinformationjuicy isthatit’sLohanwhoannouncedviaherTwitter page
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        83 6 A few months back, we grimaced at the thought thataprequeltoRidleyScott’s1979cultclassic Alien was set in motion. Why spoil a great legacy, especially when the project is to be spearheaded by an unknown director? Now we have word that Scott is interested in directing it. Yay! While nothing is set
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        99 6 HughJackmanandAnneHathaway’sshort musicalnumberstolethethunderatthisyear’s Academy Awards. So much so that both have re-teamed for a new musical film called The Greatest Showman On Earth. The theatrically trained Jackman will play PT Barnum, the US showman who was best remembered for promoting celebrated hoaxes and for founding the circus. Hathaway
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        949 10 / 11  -  JOANNE SOH joannes@sph.com.sg IMAGINE that your work means getting to have long lunches on Wednesdays. And then after that, you get to head to your favourite comic book store and pick out the latest releases? And
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        158 10 / 11 IS he or is he not? If the question of whether Russell, the bubbly boy scout is of Asian descent is bugging you, your answer is here. Yes,he isPixar’sfirst Asian character. According to producer Jonas Rivera, Russell was inspired by the physical appearance of Pixar employee Peter Sohn,
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        253 10 / 11 A PIXAR DVD is never a vanilla experience. Here are some of the Best Extras Monsters, Inc (2001) Mike shows Sully his new car, one with fanciful buttons and adjustable seats. But everything that can go wrong, does go wrong. From being locked out of the car
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        550 12  -  AMarsvsVenuslookattheweek’shottestmovie JASON JOHNSON jjohnson@sph.com.sg JEAN MARIE TAN jeanm@sph.com.sg The problemwith Sommers’movies isthat they are entirely lacking in texture. Films suchas The Mummy,Van Helsingand now GI Joe: The Rise Of Cobra are the cinematic equivalentofprocessed cheese– tasteless, plasticky and undifferentiated. There’sno personality,only product. GIJoe:The
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        310 12  -  UP Joanne Soh Pixar has done it again. Up, its 10th film, is a stunning masterpiece in all aspects and continues to show that heroes come in all shapes and sizes, and in this case, age too. We begin with two children, Carl and Ellie, who discover their similar
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        209 13 Gin Wong This is a hilarious movie. Even though I watcheditafewdaysago,Ican’tget enough of it. The funniest part most of the movie is the scene with the tiger in the bathroom. Laughterdidn’tstopevenatthe credits at the end of the movie. KalaiVani The Hangover could be taking the title early as
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        243 13 Benedict Lim The death of Yasmin Ahmad is a significant loss to the Asian film industry. Her work personifies the concept of interracial harmony as they reach across racial and cultural thresholds and touch the hearts of many. She made Asians proud with her numerous
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        355 14  -  Sartorial subtlety is not a concept actress Heather Graham seems familiar with. Stars glam up the redcarpet...or not Jeanmarie Tan After all, the curvy 39-year-old blonde has carved a career playing sex bombs, porn stars and hookers. In the hit comedy The Hangover, she plays
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        275 15 Damon’slighterside The movie’staglineis“unbelievable”. That’sratherappropriate-considering three things. One, that a corporate vice-president wouldturnwhistleblower and gethimself incarcerated. Two, that Matt Damon has such great comic timing. Three, that make-up can really transform a one-time Sexiest Man Alive into such a dowdy and unattractive person. Ina rolethat’s thepolaropposite ofwhat he portrayed
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        249 16  -  Thescript’sthefilm’sownapocalypse Seto Nu-Wen MOVIE: EXTRAS: Knowing is one of those movies that starts off very promisingly.Ididn’tpressthepausebuttononcetograba snack (which is usually the case) in the first one hour. But by the end, I regretted having stayed so loyal. You see, the movie actually has an intriguing premise. MIT professor John
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        138 16  -  Joanne Soh MOVIE EXTRAS:NONE BasedonEvelynWaugh’s1945classic novel, this drama is one beautiful film. Matthew Goode of The Watchmen fame is Charles Ryder, a middle-class aspiring artist who falls head over heels withschoolmateSebastian’s(Ben Whishaw) posh lifestyle. Both strike an interesting friendship that develops into something more than platonic. ThenentersSebastian’salluring sister,
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        127 16  -  Kane Cunico MOVIE EXTRAS:NONE It’sdirectorWayneWang(JoyLuck Club, Smoke) doing what he does best again–small,art-housemovies tackling the Asian diaspora. In A Thousand Years Of Good Prayers, a retired widower from Beijing, MrShi(HenryO),paysavisittohis recently divorced daughter, Yilan (Faye Yu),to“bringherbacktohealth”. Mr Shi learns about America, befriends an old
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        151 16  -  Desmond Ng MOVIE EXTRAS:NONE Lonelycab-driver“MapKing”(Gordon Lam) lives out of the trunk of his cab and shuns connection with anyone. One day, a truck driver named Pony (Julian Cheung) pays him a huge sum of money to take him to an abandoned old motel which was burnt
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        124 16 The recentComicCon 2009 in San Diego unveiled a horde of new movie-related merchandise that will no doubtsatiatetheaddiction to toy collection of fanboys from all schools of geekdom. We single out afewtowhet your appetite. X-MEN ORIGINS: WOLVERINE Bring a piece of Hugh Jackman home with this amazingly detailed figure
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