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Applying Science into Our Daily Lives
How do we apply scientific formulas or theories into our daily lives? According to Associate Professor Dr Hon Wei Min, Dean of the Faculty of Applied Sciences at UCSI University,
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happenings
Kuala Lumpur International Dragon Boat Festival
By Edrea Sun Since its inception many hundred years ago, the dragon boat race had traditionally drawn huge crowds in the thousands comprising rowers, supporters, foreign tourists, curious onlookers and locals alike. This time around the festival has come early and was held at the Kepong Metropolitan Lake Garden, the first ever water activity held
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Leisure & Lifestyle
Nocturne:Five Stories of Music and Nightfall
By Khoo Kok Kian Nocturne is derived from the French word, Noctunal and from Latin, Nocturnus. People usually interpret it as a music piece which is inspired by night. A very famous classical music piece by Frederic Chopin was also named based on this word. Kazuo Ishiguro, a prominent author, who is also penned The
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Talk To Us
By Conrad Edmund Bateman Mitch Albom once said that, “The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.” In conjunction with a yearlong celebration of UCSI University’s Silver Jubilee, the
"Light UP Lives Charity"
RED – Retired Extremely Dangerous
Who would want to go to the movies and watch a bunch of actors in the autumn of their lives? I would if this band of actors consists of Bruce Willis, Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren and the wacky John Malkovich.
Based on the cult D.C. Comics a graphic novel by Warren Ellis and Cully Hamner, RED is an action-comedy-crime popcorn movie. All you need to do is sit back and enjoy the fun.
RED opens with retired black-ops CIA agent Frank Moses whose tranquil life is threatened by high-tech assassins who manage to literally demolish his home with powerful fire power.
The powerful cast
In a last effort to survive, Frank reassembles his old team – Joe Matheson (Freeman), Marvin Boggs (Malkovich) and Victoria (Mirren) who used to be the CIA’s top agents but now have become the Agency’s top targets because of the secrets they know. In tow is also Sarah Ross (Marie-Louise Parker), Frank’s reluctant love interest.
With their collective experience, cunning tactics and solid teamwork, they manage to stay one step ahead of their deadly pursuers and stay alive. To stop the operation, they embark on an impossible, cross-country mission to break into the top-secret CIA headquarters to uncover one of the biggest conspiracies and cover-ups in government history. Hot on their heels is a young up and coming CIA agent, William Cooper (Karl Urban) who annoys Frank by calling him ‘Grandpa’.
The action sequences are spectacular. One such scene is when the 55 year old Willis walks out of a spinning car while opening fire. Another of the 65 year old Mirren shoots a group of agents with a 50 caliber machine gun while wearing a fitting white evening gown after swapping her heels for boots before the shootout. She was very cool and convincing.
Helen Mirren
Malkovich provides the wackiness and the laughs for this movie with witty lines. In one scene he grabs hold of a woman at the airport, points a gun to her head saying, “She’s smells of Washington” and in another scene asks the team after killing the bad guys, “You guys want to get pancakes?” And this ex-agent walks around carrying a fluffy pink pig! We wonder why. Later when Frank shouts to Marvin, “Open the pig! Open the pig!” do we find out that it holds a grenade launcher!
Besides some continuity problems with scenes like Sarah seems to be ‘missing’ from the front seat when Frank steps out of the spinning police car while shooting at William’s car and the fact that some cuts and bruises on Willis’s face disappear in different takes, don’t really disrupt the movie. This definitely is one movie worth watching because as retired as they are – They are Still Armed. Still Dangerous and Still Got It.
