Movie Review: Cop Out

Partnering Bruce Willis and Tracey Morgan in this film is interesting to say the least. On the surface, Cop Out can sound rather boring and I have to admit the plot is rather stupid – I don’t even know how to summarise the movie! However, to give the movie credit, it was a pretty good comedy. Jimmy (Bruce Willis) and...

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Whip It!

A chick flick with a twist. She got it all, then she loses it all, and then everything slowly comes back together again, except there are more aggressiveness in this one. Based on the novel of the same name, Whip It follows Bliss Cavender (Ellen Page) who is more comfortable in blue hair, boots, rockers t-shirt and black eye-liner...

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She was born to save her sister

Thirty minutes into the movie, my friend beside me was bawling her eyes out already. About 15 minutes later, the other person next to me was sniffling away. Bloody hell! My Sister’s Keeper was based on the best selling novel of the same name by Jodi Picoult. I’ve read the book, I knew what I was in for and I have been...

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The Ultimate Hangover

You know you have had a good night when you wake up the next morning with a tiger, a chicken and a baby in your room, not remembering what happened the night before. The Hangover is a classic bachelor’s party gone wrong, based on the saying, “what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas”. Drugs, alcohol, strippers,...

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Connecting Up Australia

Two weeks ago, I found myself in a room of about 300 non-profit and community group representatives, government officials, salespeople and IT geeks. This ranged from those who know all about Web 2.0 to the ones who asked, “What’s a Twitter?” The theme of this year’s Connecting Up Australia Conference was ‘The Online Future...

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