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Commentary, Movie Reviews, Raffles Reviews

Train to Busan: A Ride Paved With Good Intentions – Review
Reading Time: 4 minutes

By Serafina Siow (17A13A), pictures from Rotten Tomatoes and IMDB.

I confess to being highly skeptical when first hearing of the film. Despite the 93% certified fresh on Rotten Tomatoes and the 8.0/10 score on IMDB, zombie flicks have a reputation for being gratuitously and mindlessly violent for a reason (World War Z, while thrilling for a bit, turned insipid after a while).

But Train to Busan absolutely blew those initial reservations out of the water. Despite its (increasingly overused) genre, it proved an amazing watch worth the seven dollars I shelled out.

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Commentary, Raffles Reviews, School Life, Study Go Where

Sleep Go Where?
Reading Time: 5 minutes

By Bryan Ling (17S06C)

Take a stroll around Raffles at any time of the day and I’d wager you’d find at least one or two students who’ve had a recent visit from the Sandman. In lecture theatres or in classrooms, from the library to the windy benches, school seems to be the average student’s favourite place to sleep, outside of (presumably) their own beds.

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Book Reviews, Raffles Reviews

Raffles Reviews – A Look at Singapore’s Luscious, Layered, Local Literature

Reading Time: 6 minutesBy Noor Adilah (17S06B)

This article is part of a series of genre reviews done in collaboration with Raffles Reviews, an instagram page by Raffles Debate. Click here for more beautiful photos of Rafflesians with their favourite reads.

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