Be prepared to question your own ideas of right and wrong as you watch this action biopic on the life of reformed convict-turned-preacher-turned-freedom fighter Sam Childers (Gerard Butler). Continue Reading

Special Forces is an exercise in big action and high emotions—but not much in between. Continue Reading

The Australian traveling cast of the musical Wicked blows magic onto Singapore shores. Continue Reading

A brand new year calls for brand new resolutions. City News picks five books that help you stick to them. Continue Reading

Tweet Plan to veg out and be a couch potato this Yuletide season? Here are our picks of the best Christmas movies ever made. Contributed By Jamie Lim and Yeo Zhi Qi Edward Scissorhands (1990) A painful—quite literally—but touching movie by Tim Burton about a man with scissors for hands finding not just his place [...] Continue Reading

Tweet Pizzas made in true Neapolitan style have found their way to Shenton Way’s latest development. Contributed By Yong Yung Shin Making full use of the spacious atrium of the spanking new Asia Square Tower, the alfresco dining area of the Extra Virgin Pizza pizzeria is dramatic in its starkness, but do not let that [...] Continue Reading

Tweet Contributed By Theodora Ho A good blend of action, humor and high-tech spy weapons, Mission: Impossible —Ghost Protocol succeeds in delivering a taut spy-on-a-mission storyline while keeping it suitably light-hearted, as you would expect from director Brad Bird of Ratatouille and The Incredibles fame. Tom Cruise reprises his role as Ethan Hunt, who, as [...] Continue Reading

Tweet Raymond Delon Poh’s short film Everyone Has A Christmas Dream premiers. Contributed By Yong Yung Shin Which kid (especially those of us from the sunny tropics) hasn’t dreamed of a white Christmas? In Singaporean filmmaker Raymond Delon Poh’s new short film, Everyone Has A Christmas Dream, he captures Christmas scenes we’ve always seen in [...] Continue Reading

Tweet A shoestring goes a long way with this new travel app from Beijing expert and Lonely Planet writer Daniel McCrohan. Contributed By Yong Yung Shin As its name implies, Beijing On A Budget is a travel app for those who want to experience Beijing on the cheap, from the most economical ways to get [...] Continue Reading

Tweet Trained engineer Jon Chong is a singer-songwriter, husband and father all rolled into one. Contributed By Bernie Guan At age 18, Jon Chong started to write songs, from original praise and worship music to introspective pieces that expressed his thoughts and experiences. While he enjoyed penning his own songs, his own personal song-writing breakthrough [...] Continue Reading