by Valerie Tang | Oct 29, 2022 | Opinion (2022)
At 9pm on June 26 2022, the Cathay Cineplex at 2 Handy Road screened its last movie—Top Gun: Maverick—before shuttering its doors forever.1 Operator mm2 Asia, which has been running the network of Cathay Cineplex theatres since 2017, identified the closure as a...
by Eunice Sng | Oct 29, 2022 | Opinion (2022)
Imagine entering a time portal. You can rewind time to encounter your partner before you were together or seek out a future version of them when they are older. Would you still develop a close relationship with them? How about facing someone completely...
by Daryl Cheong | Oct 29, 2022 | Opinion (2022)
We should celebrate going to therapy. For the longest time and for some sub-cultures today, to declare that we go for therapy sessions might be synonymous with a declaration of weaknesses. Even though counselling services populate schools, government agencies,...
by Daryl Cheong | Oct 28, 2022 | Opinion (2022)
I used to walk around Dakota Crescent in its final days, a quiet antique place filled with secrets no one would know now. Walking back recently, the facade of the neighbourhood barely looks recognisable. . The ‘crane’ might be the national ‘bird’ of Singapore filling...
by Eunice Sng | Oct 28, 2022 | Opinion (2022)
Toy-like beeps punctuate the air as the Ikarie XB-1 spaceship zips across the cosmos. A rickety robot called Patrick clumsily rolls across the floor, answering commands from its owner in a deadpan voice. Accustomed to advanced computer-generated graphics and...
by Daryl Cheong | Oct 22, 2022 | Opinion (2022)
We take it for granted that time is an objective, linear, and constant presence in our lives. After all, it seems difficult to imagine a life that exists outside of time. Yet, as proven by Matthew McConaughey’s reaction in Interstellar upon his character’s return to...
