Asia's Next Top Model Cycle 3 ~ First Impression

Asia's Next Top Model Cycle 3 had its Global premiere last Wednesday (25th March 2015) with a fresh batch of contestants and a stunning new host. So how was the first episode of the season?

As per usual for the first episode of the reality show, the new season showed the new contestants arrived for the competition, this time once again held in Singapore. I was hoping it would be held someplace else, since the show had already made Singapore its home in the first cycle. The Philippines or Hong Kong sound like a good place for a new cycle, but I guess maybe to hold it in Singapore is more convenient for the producer of the show.

The very first challenge for this cycle that the contestants had to face was a catwalk challenge with a turntable at the end of the runway for them to pose. Under the eyes of the new host and head judge, Georgina Wilson; model mentor, Joey Mead King; and Marina Fairfax from Storm Model Management, the challenge was quite nerve-wrecking to some contestants who struggled on the spinning platform. After some feedback from the judges, the first challenge winner was announced as Barbara from Japan.

What to watch? ~ 2015 movies: March

Hmm...it looks like March has a few interesting film releases. Let's take a look at some of the movies that I'm excited for that will be released in this month.


1) Chappie

I love District 9, and while Elysium was not as good as District 9, it was still good and thought-provoking. So this third effort from the director Neill Blomkamp should get me excited too, right? After watching the trailer, I am pretty excited for this movie because not only it falls under the science fiction category, which I love and seems to be the director strength, it also reminded me of other artificial intelligence movies like 2004 I, Robot and 2001 A.I. Artificial Intelligence which were both I adored too. Eventhough the world Chappie was set in seems not highly advanced with robots as the other two movies, the exploration of the robot way of thinking and their emotional journey really seems to be the same. Starred Sharlto Copley as the voice and motion capture of Chappie, Dev Patel, Hugh Jackman, Yolandi Visser and Sigourney Weaver, the movie had already opened in cinemas on March 6, 2015.


2) Cinderella

At first, I'm not really sure I would want to watch this. Eventhough I love Disney's animated version of the fairy tale, I would not like to watch a live-action, straight adaptation of Cinderella, which was what it looked to be from the first released trailer. Then the second trailer came out, and it seems that the movie will not be a straight adaptation after all. Great! I would prefer it that way since I don't want to watch the same thing again, eventhough it's in live-action. The animated movie is still a good movie to watch even today, so if you want to do the exact same story, why not just ask people to watch the animated movie right? Starring Lily James as the titular character, Cate Blanchett, Helena Bonham Carter, Richard Madden, Holliday Grainger and Sophie McShera, Cinderella will open in cinemas on March 13, 2015.