- StyleStaff Writer, Singapore
Top 8 films to watch at Singapore International Festival of Arts (SIFA)
SINGAPORE — 23 films and additional programmes have been added to the lineup for the 42nd Singapore International Festival of Arts this year.
- StyleRob Young
'Secret Cinema Presents William Shakespeare’s Romeo + Juliet': The biggest party of the summer
Secret Cinema returns for its biggest event to date. Fans of Romeo + Juliet do not want to miss out on the party of the summer.
- StyleRob Young
'Blade Runner - The Final Cut': Secret Cinema's most immersive experience yet
Secret Cinema has done it again. Fans of the original 'Blade Runner' do not want to miss this.
StyleBen FalkRemember when people HATED Daniel Craig as Bond?
‘Casino Royale’ was released back in 2006, so we look back the crazy anti-Craig fan reaction that greeted the announcement he would take over from Pierce Brosnan as 007. The trolling began the moment Daniel Craig arrived by speedboat at the London press conference unveiling him as the new James Bond – wearing a life jacket. Immediately, so-called 007 fans started whinging that James would never be such a wuss, clearly confused that the ‘Layer Cake’ star was a 37-year-old actor from Chester and not a real secret agent.
- StyleBen Falk
'It was the worst experience of my life': Why the cast of Saving Private Ryan almost quit before filming began
When the cast of the 1998 WWII movie was sent to boot camp to prepare by Steven Spielberg, things almost went spectacularly pear-shaped. “It was the worst experience of my life,” said Edward Burns, remembering his time in a Hertfordshire boot camp while sitting a few months later on the set of ‘Saving Private Ryan’. Determined to make his movie as authentic as possible, director Steven Spielberg hired legendary movie military advisor and former U.S. Marine Corps Captain Dale Dye (pictured below on right with Hanks and Spielberg) to whip the main actors into shape before shooting started.
