Thursday, 28 March 2024

TRAVEL TO PLACES: SINGAPORE-- BLACK TAP PART II: THE FOOD

My Personal Experience: I went to Black Tap Craft Burgers & Beer- Singapore at Marina Bay Sands last August 6, 2022, together with my sister, husband and baby nephew who I carry on:) I've created Part II of this cause I didn't much shown the food we ate last time so many pics with so many moments capture my Black Tap visit was definitely one for the books- good food:)




















Black Tap Part II: The Food
Feast on award-winning burgers, towering milkshakes, craft beers, and cocktails at the first Asian flagship of this New York City Institution. Black Tap timeless NYC vibe to Singapore, The menu features a wide selection of craft burgers. Highlights include the classic All-American Burger and award-winning Greg Norman Burger wagyu beef topped with house buttermilk-dill, blue cheese, and arugula served on a soft potato bun. Lighter options include burger salads and a vegetarian falafel burger. Fancy some swag? Iconic Black Tap Merchandise: t-shirts and caps are available for purchase at the restaurant' for it take home a piece (or two) of Black Tap!

Wednesday, 20 March 2024

TRAVEL TO MOVIES: NIGHT TEETH

Director: Adam Randall
Cast: Jorge Lendeborg Jr. , Debby Ryan , Lucy Fry , Raúl Castillo , Alfie Allen , Marlene Forte , Sydney Sweeney , Alexander Ludwig , Bryan Batt , Hunter Burke , Ash Santos , Jaren Mitchell
Plot: To earn some extra cash, quirky college student Benny (Jorge Lendeborg, Jr.) moonlights as a chauffeur for one night. His task: drive two mysterious young women (Debby Ryan and Lucy Fry) around Los Angeles for a night of party hopping. Taken captive by his clients' charm, he soon learns that his passengers have their own plans for him -- and an insatiable thirst for blood. As his night spins out of control, Benny is thrust into the middle of a clandestine war that pits rival tribes of vampires against the protectors of the human world, led by his brother (Raúl Castillo), who will stop at nothing to send them back into the shadows. With sunrise fast approaching, Benny is forced to choose between fear and temptation if he wants to stay alive and save the City of Angels.


My Movie Review: The movie is a fun bumpy night cool ride Netflix vampire thriller set in Los Angeles, would like to make impression in some halfhearted way, to give few spin to the genre! Night Teeth is exciting with its nighty neon backdrop surely to satisfy the blood sucking viewers whose hunger with this kind of carefree vampire kick in as flick like are hard to come this days:) It starts when Benny, a college student and a freelance chauffeur driving in place of his brother Jay, is hired by friends Blaire and Zoe to drive them to several popular Los Angeles nightclubs!! As the night progress, Benny and Blaire flirt and Blaire reveals that she feels like a misfit who fell under Zoe's spell in the '70s and then was turned by her into a vampire. At the meeting between Jay and Victor, he reveals his plan to take over the city and also that he's killed Maria and is eating her, with a fair amount of violence, blood, and killing amidst all that still fun to see! Towards the ending in the struggle that follows, Zoe stabs Blaire and in retaliation, Benny remotely activates his brother's car, smashing a window and exposing sunlight which kills Zoe! Victor then attacks Benny using Jay as bait, and manages to bite Benny before Jay tackles him into sunlight, killing him so what Blaire did lets Benny suck her blood, and then she sucks his blood completing the ritual needed to turn Benny into a vampire' soon he wakes he'll transform!

Critics Consensus: Night Teeth has a solid cast and some interesting ideas, but they're all lost in a listlessly told, generally predictable vampire story. Nothing to sink your teeth into. If considered purely as a straightforward love letter to the vampire genre, and an expression of affection for the clichés and tropes these movies use over and over, Night Teeth can be a good time. Night Teeth is Collateral with fangs by way of Stephenie Meyer and, surprisingly enough, I don't mean any of that as a negative. Vampires are treated like one of many cliches in this underwhelming horror-action-comedy that has little charisma of its own. [Fry's] increasingly unhinged performance ensures that "Night Teeth" isn't an entirely bloodless flop, but even she stalls out as the film crawls along beyond a 100-minute running time. Nothing special, but it is fun. While this Netflix Halloween entry from director Adam Randall has its campy moments, it's just too long for its own good and would have been sharper if it shed 15 minutes or so. A darkly comic and enjoyable Ulyssean journey through the LA nightscape and playing with genre vampire film tropes, supported by fun performances. Despite limited screen time for Megan Fox and a paint-by-numbers plot, the film really satisfies as a visually stunning vampire thriller:)

Friday, 15 March 2024

TRAVEL TO PLACES: SINGAPORE-- BLACK TAP CRAFT BURGERS & BEER

My Personal Experience: I went to Black Tap Craft Burgers & Beer Singapore at Marina Bay Sands last August 6, 2022, together with my sister, husband and baby nephew who I carry on:) We went there to have lunch this is my first time seeing lots of new restaurants into the Marina on the ground floor last time I went here the restaurants were at the lower nice to see changes!




















Black Tap Craft Burgers & Beer
Black Tap Singapore- Location Details: 2 Bayfort Ave Singapore 018972 at Marina Bay Sands! Singapore may be on the other side of the world from New York, but we’re already bridging the gap with our award-winning food, signature NYC style and original art. Our Singapore spot is signature Black Tap, rocking an old-school hip-hop soundtrack and a bespoke mural by local artist @has.j. And with 130 seats, our Asia flagship just about 10 times as big as our original joint. Marina Bay Sands just got a stylish splash of SoHo! site: blacktap@marinabaysands.com

Thursday, 7 March 2024

TRAVEL TO MOVIES: FEVER DREAM

Director: Claudia Llosa
Cast: María Valverde , Marcelo Michinaux , Emilio Vodanovich , Guillermina Sorribes Liotta , Germán Palacios , Dolores Fonzi , Guillermo Pfening , Cristina Banegas , Jolene Andersen (V)
Plot: A young woman lies dying far from home. A boy sits beside her. She is not his mother. He is not her child. Together, they tell a haunting story of broken souls, an invisible threat, and the power and desperation of family. Based on the internationally critically acclaimed novel by Samanta Schweblin.


My Movie Review: The movie is a psychological drama with an element of magical realism set on surreal dream like location a deeply disturbing tale of sickness and the trials of motherhood! Fever Dream is a sensation that's felt a little wishy washy at first but cut deeps as it progresses the sunny whimsical treatment is giving cool calm collected vibes turning chill down your spine! The story starts when a woman named Amanda arrives in a quiet rural town in Argentina with her daughter Nina to spend a few days on vacation, next to their rented house is the house of Carola and David who's not her real son. The two women develop a quick close friendship, but Amanda soon realizes they are not as they appear to be when she found lot of stranger things! From then on, it becomes a very quiet story that lives from flashbacks and thus also tells the actual story. It's all somehow interesting and exciting, but it's also a very slow story that builds up if you always have the feeling of being in a dream where you can't grasp what's happening? Llosa's sensually shot film takes the story of a mother facing strange danger and casts a spell that feels like being dropped into the nuts it will tell the haunting story of broken souls, toxins, looming environmental and spiritual catastrophes, and the ties that bind a parent to its children!

Critics Consensus: The meaning of this alluring drama can feel as elusive as a Fever Dream, but it's steadily absorbing and consistently difficult to look away. The whole thing is bit bonkers but very beautiful too. There's an oppressive malevolence to Peruvian director Claudia Llosa's adaptation of Samanta Schweblin's novel that seeps through Fever Dream like a slow-acting poison. Lllosa's sensually shot film takes the story of a mother facing strange danger and casts a spell that feels like being dropped into the character's mind. After the first few minutes, you'll either be riveted, or looking for something else to watch. If you get on its wavelength, though, it might be the most haunting thing you've seen lately. In this thriller, Maternity is approached from different perspectives and diverse emotional states! Llosa, a filmmaker with an affinity for the unexplainable, mines acute observations on apprehensions of motherhood from the novel designing a serpentine narrative teeming with impending doom for all participants. An ominous and evocative psychological horror that will be divisive for many. A horror movie that begins with such discomfort and slowly evolves into full-blown dread. Horror connoisseurs might be disappointed about the deliberate pace and reliance on erotic and psychological tension to supply the thrills, but its sneaky and surreal genre film isn't interested in textbook horror tactics!

Thursday, 29 February 2024

TRAVEL TO PLACES: SINGAPORE-- III THE SHOPPES AT MARINA BAY SANDS

My Personal Experience: I went to The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands for some third time or more I don't much recall but each time I come it's like the first' last August 6, 2022, together with my sister and family. The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands is luxury redefine there's always new and fresh looking it's so cool this time got to capture palm trees outside while we're inside!


















The Shoppes- Marina Bay Sands
Asia’s Premier Luxury Shopping Destination- The Shoppes is the only luxury mall in Singapore to offer a by-appointment only Personal Shopping service. It is also the first and only mall in Singapore to house a complimentary shoe-shine service. The mall is the only one in Singapore to open until 11pm nightly and until 11:30pm on Fridays and Saturdays, as well as eve of public holidays. With close to 800,000 square feet of retail space and 270 boutiques and restaurants, The Shoppes at Marina Bay Sands has transformed the retail landscape in Singapore with the country's first large- scale luxury shopping mall in the heart of the Central Business District. The Shoppes is home to more than 170 luxury and premium brands spanning across bespoke menswear, women’s collections, luxury children’s labels, well luxury watch and jewelry brands:)

Monday, 26 February 2024

TRAVEL TO MOVIES: THE TRIP

Director: Tommy Wirkola
Cast: Noomi Rapace , Aksel Hennie , André Eriksen , Atle Antonsen , Stig Frode Henriksen , Erik Gunstrøm , Nils Oftebro , Christian Rubeck , Selome Emnetu , Galvan Mehidi , Harald Dal
Plot: A dysfunctional couple, Lars (Aksel Hennie) and Lisa (Noomi Rapace), head to a remote cabin under the guise of reconnecting, but each has intentions to kill the other. Before they can carry out their plans, unexpected visitors arrive and they are faced with such a greater danger:)


My Movie Review: The movie is a dark comedy-horror in which an unhappily married couple takes a trip to a remote cabin, with each planning to kill the other- This is definitely not for kids:) The Trip is a slapstick horror as the couple must suddenly team up in their cabin' situation goes awry when they encounter 3 bumbling escaped convicts who were hiding in the attic' with back and forth fighting their unexpected appearance put them on distress and constant head bang! A lot of 3 Stooges-like smacks to the face as everyone has a bloody face in this movie it was a good fight laugh out loud on scenes that really stick to the gut with so much gist they maximize! It was actually a fun movie that flies by the one you enjoy without looking the time but not a perfect movie of course they are scenes you wish that gone different but overall this delivers! Favorite character was the lead convict takes a solid punch without anyone business he was just so calm and matter of fact throughout the whole picture makes the movie enjoyable satire:) Towards the end, Lisa had the opportunity to drown Lars along with Petter, but she made a moral choice and saved her husband maybe this journey is just way to realize lover even more!

Critics Reviews: The Trip thankfully steps back from the sadness of a crumbling relationship and instead presents its chaotic flipside! There's a whimsical, Wes Anderson-like quality to the way Wirkola introduces characters and plot twists, though the tone is more Martin McDonagh with a dash of Quentin Tarantino. This is a gruesomely graphic and pitch-black comedy-horror-thriller loaded with entertaining plot twists great and small. “The Trip” isn’t for the faint of heart. Some scenes are extremely intense and the further it goes the gorier the movie gets. Yet it’s all fused with this wicked sense of humor that often pops up in the most unexpected moments! It inspires a few choking laughs, it's challenging to see, and it's likely to satisfy any iron stomachs who are up to the task. The fights are violent, bloody, all in a pronounced tone of macabre and absurd humor. What then follows is 90 minutes of occasionally hilarious, sometimes gruesome but certainly inventive cinema. Like a cross between My Poor Angel and Funny Games. A wild, zany ride that Wirkola and his cast are 100% committed to. At the risk of sounding cliché: you'll want to take this trip. Bloody good fun, and damned bloody and damned funny in their bargain!!

Wednesday, 21 February 2024

TRAVEL TO PLACES: SINGAPORE-- MARINA BAY SANDS OUTDOORS

My Personal Experience: I went to Marina Bay Sands Outdoors at Promenade where the sun shines bright on the city skyscrapers in clear blue skies- a sight to behold last August 6, 2022, together with my sister. We went there to unwind after going into The Shoppes at MBS where we left her husband and child to have some sibling bond in those cool palm trees for air/shade!




















Marina Bay Sands Outdoors
The Marina Bay Sands Promenade is a visual treat for walkers and runners in Singapore. The running route provides a flat, well-maintained path that’s perfect for all fitness levels. Along the promenade lies the Event Plaza, which offers unparalleled views of the city skyline and front-row seats to Spectra, a light and water show. Every evening, a striking spectacle comprising water jets, laser projections, and a majestic soundtrack illuminate the waterfront for a dazzling experience like no other. For a relaxing outdoor activity around, opt for a drink at our waterfront bars overlooking the promenade. Savour a delicious serving of Beef Wellington at the refined Bread Street Kitchen by Gordon Ramsay, else have Truffle Fries to share at Dallas Café & Bar!