Romantic Double Bill - THE LAKE HOUSE
5To have and to hold: Keanu Reeves reunites with his SPEED co-star Sandra Bullock after 12 lengthy years of 'unrequited love'.
Hollywood, as we know, has a long-standing history of plagiarizing and pauperizing quality Asian fare. In the case of THE LAKE HOUSE, for a change, it's a dignified tribute to its Korean counterpart/predecessor IL MARE.
What do a house by the sea, a dog and a magical mailbox have in common? Argentine filmmaker Alejandro Agresti has elected an almost shot-by-shot re-architecturing of the 2000 romance, which I remember watching at Shaw Lido with my ex-neighbor-slash-uni mate Pei San, and the result is largely agreeable.
What do a house by the sea, a dog and a magical mailbox have in common? Argentine filmmaker Alejandro Agresti has elected an almost shot-by-shot re-architecturing of the 2000 romance, which I remember watching at Shaw Lido with my ex-neighbor-slash-uni mate Pei San, and the result is largely agreeable.
Dopey dreamers, here's your pre-Valentine ticket to Wonderland.
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