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🎬 Movie Review: Michael (2026) – 🫸🏽

🍿 The Premise

Michael is a biopic about the early days of the greatest pop artist of all time, Michael Jackson. It follows during his time with The Jackson 5 till he branched out separately from his brothers as a solo artiste. It also showed how his love for the story of Peter Pan gave him the wings to build his own Neverland Ranch.

💖 The Highlights

Definitely the music. I’m pretty sure anyone who loves music as much as I do know the legendary Michael Jackson. You would have lived under the rock for you not to know him and his music. It’s extensive. But this movie just touches less than 30% of his music repertoire, sadly. Nonetheless, you will get a background of how Don’t Stop ‘Til You Get Enough, Beat It and Thriller, to name a few, were created. I would also like to commend Michael’s nephew, Jaafar Jackson, for stepping up. I’m pretty sure it’s not easy to play someone as legendary as his uncle but he stepped up to the plate and did very well.

🪫 The Low Points

The movie focuses too much on his earlier life with The Jackson 5 and his family dynamics that I was wondering if this is about Michael Jackson or the Jackson family. Maybe it was harder for the family to talk about his later life after The Jackson 5, or maybe they know little of it. We will never know why the focus was so much on his family. If we are to compare with Bohemian Rhapsody where we get to see much more of Freddie Mercury’s life throughout, this movie seems to lack a lot, much less his music after The Jackson 5, like songs from HIStory and Dangerous. And while the movie focuses on his family, for whatever reason, Janet Jackson is not talked about. Apparently, she refused to be involved and the director and the rest of the family respected it.

💤 Final Sleepy Rating

🫸🏽 New, right? I would have to say that it’s not a snooze-fest. You would enjoy the earlier music of his but it’s not worth going to the cinema for it. You could wait for it to appear on a streaming platform and watch it in the comfort of your home.

👯 Best Watched With

Someone who likes Michael Jackson, like my cousin. She was singing along to the music next to me 😅

Stay awake with me,
Siti


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🎬 Movie Review: Even If This Love Disappears Tonight (2026) – 🥀

The Premise: Kim Jae Won is a quiet guy who spends his days minding his own business. That’s until he met the mysterious girl in school, Han Seo Yoon, due to a dare. They slowly fall in love but she has anterograde amnesia, which makes it difficult for her to form new memories.

The Highlights: Ah, the scenery is so beautiful throughout this movie. I’m in awe. I thought it was set in Busan but a quick Google search showed that it’s set in Yeosu. It is such a beautiful place and it helps with the whole setting of the movie – heartbreakingly beautiful. This is a Korean remake of a Japanese movie. However, I didn’t watch the Japanese original so nothing for me to compare. In terms of acting, can I just say that Choo Young Woo is doing wonders? I’ve seen him in multiple roles and he nailed them all really well, including this one. As for Shin Shi A, I’ve not seen her before. A quick search and she’s quite new actually. She did well for herself here as Han Seo Yoon. There is only a one-year gap between the two so there’s no awkwardness in terms of the chemistry. I’m not going to spoil anything but all I could say is that I sobbed. Truly sobbing. Tears running down like turning on the water tap. Eyes red, snots and all.

The Low Points: I wish the twist is not so abrupt. I know it’s trying to depict somewhat Seo Yoon’s amnesia. But as a viewer, I was confused. Maybe the move was deliberate – feeling a little bit like the female lead. The story did go back and told us what happened so it helped, which is when the sobbing starts for me.

Final Sleepy Rating: 🥀 (I was broken after this that I had to watch Chef & My Fridge to have a laugh)

Best Watched With: A box of Kleenex. Maybe a tub of ice cream. Suggested flavour: Salted caramel. When the tears fall into the ice cream, it wouldn’t taste any different – still salty.

Stay awake with me,
Siti


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Review of Netflix’s Our Little Secret: A Christmas Movie

Poster for Netflix‘s Our Little Secret

Another Sunday and another day for me to watch a movie on Netflix. Every year and especially at this time of the year, Hollywood would bring out a bunch of Christmas movies. This year, one of them is Our Little Secret, starring Lindsay Lohan and Ian Harding. It is No. 2 in the chart for movies in Singapore. The first one is a horror movie. I am not a fan of that genre. So, the feel-good Christmas movie it is.

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Silenced: A True Story of Horror and Justice in South Korea

Movie poster for Silenced

On a lovely Sunday, I decided to scroll through Netflix to see what movie I can watch for the day. I chanced upon this movie that was tagged as “Leaving Soon”. As a true crime addict, I did heard of it before from Rotten Mango, hosted by Stephanie Soo. You can watch the episode below on YouTube on the real case of Inhwa Boarding School.

Or if you can’t stomach watching it, you can also listen to the podcast episode below on Spotify.

While the movie was based on a novel called The Crucible written by Gong Ji Young, it was inspired by the above horrific true story.

Before you go any further, a little warning that there’s mentions of child abuse.

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Officer Black Belt: Short, Sweet, and Impactful

This Netflix movie sure comes at the right time when the world is grappling with sexually exploitive videos of women and children. There’s the infamous Nth Room case in South Korea and now the case dubbed as the new Nth room with deepfake photos and videos spreading in Telegram, and the horror of child sex abuse in Malaysia’s charity homes. The world definitely needed this movie because we need a hero like Officer Black Belt.

And here we go…

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Movie Review: My Name Is Loh Kiwan

This is the first work of Song Joong Ki that I’m watching after a whole drama of what he had said about “married actors”. I’m not going to delve much into it except that it sounded very ignorant of the challenges that women in the industry face as well, if not worse, than their male counterparts, like him.

In any case, the trailer looked interesting so here I am. It’s No. 2 in Singapore on Netflix so why not give it a try, right?

Well… big mistake…

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