KLIPS Best Movies of 2015

KLIPS has launched its first-ever movie screening event - KLIPS Best Movies Of 2015, a night of the best movies in 2015 for movie buffs in partnership with TGV Cinemas & sponsored by Tiger White & Honor. The invite-only event featured movies from 4 genres (Action, Comedy, Horror, Drama/Adventure) that had received the highest number of votes from a poll that ran on the KLIPS site in December 2015. During the voting period from 18 Dec 2015 to 4 Jan 2016, movie buffs nationwide get to vote for their favorites out of 31 shortlisted movies released in 2015 across 6 genres - Animation, Action, Comedy, Horror, Drama/Adventure & Romance. The response for KLIPS Best Movies of 2015 campaign was overwhelmed with more than 3000 Malaysians voting for their favourite movies, garnering more than 1.5M impressions across KLIPS sites & social media. Exclusive invites were sent out to some 500 lucky voters. The event was held at TGV Cinemas in Encorp Strand Mall with a night of exciting movie screenings & exclusive movie merchandise including framed movie posters. The event kicked off with giveaways every 15 minutes, followed by simultaneous screenings of ‘#FastandFurious7’, ‘#TheMartian’, ‘#InsidiousChapter3’ & ‘#Spy’ in four separate movie halls. Movie hall seats were distributed based on each voter’s genre preference. Attendees also received various goodies from event sponsors Tiger White & Honor, while a lucky few walked away with a carton of Tiger White beers, Honor Z1 bands & TGV Movie vouchers. #TigerWhite sponsored hall attendees were also treated to beer at the event at a cordoned off area & a bottle each as they watched their movie which designated only for guests above 18 & non-muslims. I did enjoyed watching 'Spy' again eventhough initially intended to watch 'The Martian' at 1st. The movie was totally hilarious made me can't stop laughing till the end. Thanks to @klips_my for d invites & #goodies bag, @tgvcinemas for some food given! We had a fun nite! 😋😊🎬🎥

Premiere Screening of Ride Along 2

If you've watched the 1st one, you're not goin to miss the sequel! This film will be released nationwide on January 21, 2016. Ride Along 2 is an action comedy film, the sequel to the 2014 film #RideAlong! Rookie lawman Ben Barber (#KevinHart) aspires to become a detective like James Payton (#IceCube), his future brother-in-law. James reluctantly takes Ben to Miami to follow up on a lead that's connected to a drug ring. The case brings them to a homicide detective & a computer hacker who reveals evidence that implicates a respected businessman. It's now up to James & Ben to prove that charismatic executive Antonio Pope (#BenjaminBratt). is actually a violent crime lord who rules southern Florida's drug trade. Ride Along 2 is nothing more than a decent movie, but it's pretty funny. Kevin Hart & Ice Cube work well together & the addition of #KenJeong & #OliviaMunn was fantastic. It's written well enough that the story flows & jokes are set up to keep us laughing. All that I can say that it was hilarious, another good movie to start of 2016's premiere! I'd give 3.5/5 🌟 bcoz of the jokes content made me can't stop laughing all the way through. Thanks to #CinemaOnline for d invites! 😃😂🔫🎥🎬

Gala Opening of Singapore Film Festival

The first-ever #SingaporeFilmFestival in KL happening from 14th ~ 17th January 2016 at Pavilion KL & 1 Utama. Presenting 10 feature films from the late 90s till present, opens with the Malaysian premiere of 7 Letters (2015) – an emotive anthology by 7 of Singapore’s most illustrious filmmakers, celebrating the country’s 50th year of independence through the lives & stories of Singaporeans. Each ‘letter’ is intricately interwoven with memories, experiences, joys & woes which honest, sincere, unembellished. Yet through them all, the theme of home threads through.
1. “Cinema” directed by #EricKhoo; pays tribute to the Golden Age of Malay cinema in S'pore.
2. “That Girl” directed by #JackNeo; a heartwarming story about first loves set in a kampung.
3. “The Flame”directed by #KRajagopal; a very personal story about Rajagopal’s parents’ life-changing decision to stay in S'pore following the British’s withdrawal from the newly independent country.
4. “Bunga Sayang” directed by #RoystonTan; a profusion of nostalgia & a mini-musical extravaganza draped around a boy (#RayTanLiangYu) & his upstairs kueh-making makcik neighbour (#JRosmini).
5. “Pineapple Town” directed by #TanPinPin; Ning (#LydiaLook) is adamant on meeting the birth mother of her adopted daughter, a search that takes her to a small town in M'sia.
6. “Parting” directed by #BooJunfeng; a film that delves into themes of history, memory & aging. Ismail (#JAHalim) travels back to S'pore by train from M'sia in search of lost love.
7. “Grandma Positioning System (GPS)” directed by #KelvinTong; a heartwarming story on historical consciousness, family traditions & shared memories, it depicts the story of a young boy who travels with his family to Johor each year during Qing Ming to pay respects to his late grandfather.
The Singapore Film Festival is the finale programme of Titian Budaya. Thanks to @titianbudayasg for d invites & @gscinemas for the refreshment! 😋😯🎬🎥

Premiere Screening of The 5th Wave

The 5th Wave is a science fiction thriller film based on #RickYancey's eponymous novel. Four waves of increasingly deadly alien attacks have left most of Earth devastated. Against a backdrop of fear & distrust, Cassie Sullivan (#ChloëGraceMoretz) is on the run, desperately trying to save her younger brother Sammy. As she prepares for the fifth wave, Cassie teams up with a young man named Evan Walker (#AlexRoe), who may become her final hope – if she can only trust him. This film is set to be released on January 14, 2016. This is alien-invasion-by-the-numbers, while the tone can be a little cloying, veering between heart-wrenching moments of family love-and-loss to the requisite blossoming youthful romance. Of course, the film’s closing scene leaves the survivors primed for a sequel. The 5th Wave is the first novel in a trilogy – thus there is a fair chance a sequel will be along in a year or so. Regardlessly I can say that this was definitely an emotion feel-good movie to start of #2016's premiere! I'd give 4.5 🌟 just bcoz The 5th Wave inevitably has some familiar elements: the "teens survive invasion/save the world" narrative, #TheMazeRunner + #TheHungerGames + #Divergent (I'm on #TeamBenParish BTW 😅). Thanks to my sis @sweetpeareen n @klips_my for d invites! 😰😱👽🔫🎥🎬