Tim Tan Huynh

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West Side Story (2021)

  • 20 Dec 2021
  • This movie is faithful to the musical, but its style is more contemporary and its context is more grounded. It might not be better than its cinematic predecessor. Regardless, it's a timeless story about love and fear, hope and hate.

Reprising Inside Llewyn Davis

  • 24 Dec 2020
  • The journey resonates as much now as it had six years ago, but these days, I tend to focus more on its production and performances.

Brothers turns 10

  • 18 May 2020
  • Released on this day 10 years ago, this album became a commercial and critical breakthrough for the rock duo from Akron, Ohio.

Assassin’s Creed II

  • 26 Dec 2019
  • This historically-themed, sci-fi adventure was released on 17 November 2009 and it became an immediate hit. Beautiful presentation, larger-than-life-characters, and varied gameplay are its best features.

Fade to the Endzone

  • 13 Oct 2019
  • My interest in football has been on a downward trajectory like so many lobbed passes.

The Best Summer, Ever

  • 2 Sep 2019
  • In terms of personal memories and pop culture, the summer of 1999 was special.

Gap

  • 22 Aug 2019
  • An iconic fashion brand was started 50 years ago. It's still popular, but today it exists in no-man's land between fast- and luxury-fashion.

Gap – “Khaki” & “Everybody”

  • 8 Aug 2019
  • Gap's TV campaigns that aired in 1999 had the one-two punch of financial and cultural impact.

Stranger Things 3

  • 8 Jul 2019
  • The latest season of the popular Netflix show is true summer fun.

Jurassic Park

  • 30 Jun 2019
  • It might dated and over-the-top in some ways, but the book that's led to the blockbuster movies is more intellectually engaging than any of them.