Well it's the only local movie magazine available so I've been
buying it monthly at the newstand.
Don't need much substance in this kind of magazines though the
reviews are not entirely reliable. A 5 star rating means it's
prolly a 2 or 3 for me but still it keeps you up to date with
what's upcoming.
I miss the bi monthly EAST magazine. Anyone remembers?
For me, I buy it because I like to read movie reviews. But FIRST
magazine( like most of the singapore newspapers) is usually
slower in getting movie information than the internet. But I
really want to see more reviews written in a more local or
singaporean tone. Not too singlish mind you, the first magazine is
still supposed to have journalist around.
Look at cloverfield for instance. While most movie magainzes and
etc don't even know about this movie coming out, a small portions
of the internet (the movie fans who visit forums for instance) has
already heard some information and rumors about cloverfield.
And add in the fact that in the age of the internet, some people
may want to write the movie reviews from some magazines onto the
internet, and then, there is peopl who scan the magazines for
others to see in the forums.
So FIRST magainze REALLY needs to be the first in almost
everything related to movies.
