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BOOK REVIEW #39: GREENLIGHTS

Posted on 19 Apr 2021

Alright, alright, alright. The actor who famously coined the phrase is none other than Matthew McConaughey. The Texan has written his first book and according to him, this is not a traditional memoir, it’s more of an approach book. Also called a playbook based on adventures in his life. And he wants you if possible to subjectively adopt it. McConaughey for a start is not the conve ...

BOOK REVIEW #40: THE RIDE OF A LIFETIME

Posted on 21 Jul 2021

Robert Iger is going down in history as the sixth CEO of The Walt Disney company and like it or not, the most visionary of all (with the exception of the late Walt Disney of course). As Iger declared in the first chapter, The Ride of a Lifetime is not a memoir. It’s more of a book in which he shares his ideas, values and the stories behind in bringing Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm and 21st Cen ...

BOOK REVIEW #41: THE BEAUTY OF LIVING TWICE

Posted on 23 Jul 2021

In 2001, Sharon Stone suffered a massive stroke that nearly cost her life and her career. Two decades later amid a severe pandemic, Stone launched her first memoir, The Beauty of Living Twice detailing her experience, her return to normal and intimate conversations about her life and childhood. Most people’s impression of Stone is obviously her sultry, no holds barred performance in t ...

BOOK REVIEW #42: TRUE BELIEVER THE RISE AND FALL OF STAN LEE

Posted on 22 Dec 2021

By all accounts, Stan Lee was a great comic book creator if not the greatest and most famous of all. But was he or was he not? As author Abraham Riesman’s first book tells us, the truth is actually far from reality. Born Stanley Martin Lieber to Romanian-born Jewish immigrants, Lee didn’t have much of a relationship with his family especially after the passing of his mother. He ...

BOOK REVIEW #43: WILL BY WILL SMITH

Posted on 27 Dec 2021

With the help of New York Times bestselling author, Mark Manson, the fresh prince of Bel-Air, Will Smith’s first memoir, Will is born. Willard Carroll Smith II., the firstborn of Willard Carroll Smith aka Daddio and Carolyn Elaine Bright aka Mom-Mom has always thought of himself as a coward. Despite being a A-list movie star, Smith is not afraid to embrace his cowardice in the first p ...

BOOK REVIEW #44: JURASSIC PARK: THE ULTIMATE VISUAL HISTORY

Posted on 29 Apr 2022

Insight Editions is known for their lavish hardcover ultimate visual history on popular movie series from Ghostbusters, Back to the Future to Die Hard. But nothing is as huge and iconic as the Jurassic Park franchise. And as the poster says “An Adventure 65 million years in the making”. Before the arrival of Jurassic World: Dominion in June, Jurassic Park – The Ultimate Vi ...

BOOK REVIEW #45 ON AIR: UNTOLD STORIES FROM CALDECOTT HILL Book Review

Posted on 10 May 2022

As the preface tells us, Caldecott was the home of Singapore’s national broadcaster for 82 years before they shift to Mediapolis at One North. While the Andrew road site has been sold for $280 million for a proposed redevelopment into premium bungalows, stories and history will always remain in the hearts of many who helped built up the broadcasting centre from scratch. On Air: Untold ...

BOOK REVIEW #46 WE WERE DREAMERS: AN IMMIGRANT SUPERHERO ORIGIN STORY Book Review

Posted on 02 Oct 2022

Is it kind of early for an actor who has only starred in a single Marvel movie and a recurring role in a Canadian sitcom worthy to have an autobiography of his own? You might however change your mind after sitting through Simu Liu’s We Were Dreamers: An Immigrant Superhero Origin Story. If Simu Liu is not an actor, he probably makes a pretty good writer given his memoir is a hilarious ...

BOOK REVIEW #47 UNSCRIPTED: THE EPIC BATTLE FOR A MEDIA EMPIRE AND THE REDSTONE FAMILY LEGACY Book Review

Posted on 09 May 2023

Sumner Redstone was one of Hollywood’s biggest media tycoon having owned Viacom and CBS, the parent companies of Paramount, television networks and book publisher. But Unscripted: The Epic Battle for a Media Empire and the Redstone Family Legacy isn’t simply a book about a family struggle with an ailing father figure. Instead it’s a messy affair about powerful white men obsess ...

BOOK REVIEW #48 OSCAR WARS: A HISTORY OF HOLLYWOOD IN GOLD, SWEAT AND TEARS Book Review

Posted on 24 May 2023

Unless you are a movie buff, you probably won’t remember or bother about watching an award-winning title let alone the annual Academy Awards results. To many, it’s just a star-studded affair featuring actors and actresses dressed in fancy tuxedoes and designer gowns and lots of boring predictable thank you speeches. Michael Schulman from the New Yorker however treats readers to ...

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