Awhile ago, I was browsing through blogs when I saw Bongqiuqiu and Peishi blog about the Blink mints.

Wooahhhh! You just gotta admire their professionalism. They changed into FIVE DIFFERENT OUTFITS just to match with the designs on the box. Just to steal some photos from them for illustration (and to beautify my blog HEH):







I get it if this was a professional advertisement shoot, then changing outfits is normal. But I believe that this was just the advertisers sending them the product, and asking them to blog about it.. at home. Seriously. Wow. I would be too lazy to even change my underwear once.

Anyways, I happened to chance upon these mints while looking for chocolates to buy in Watsons, so I bought 2 of the most appealing flavors: Mango-Passionfruit and Peach-Berry. How many evilbeans will I give them? Will Peishi's and Qiuqiu's face save them?




Mints are important. In fact, ever since mints were invented, I no longer use this:



YEAAAP. I no longer brush my teeth. Everyday when I wake up, I just pop a couple of mints and then I am all ready to head out! How convenient is that?!?! 

Friends sometimes even remark: "Wow, your breath has a really unique smell!", and this is all thanks to my no-brushing-needed regime! 

Peishi also mentioned that the design "can be such pretty fashion accessory as well"! I VERY MUCH AGREE. The designs are so intricate, I decided to make them into:




You know, the best mints are always the strongest. But, how do we know which mint is the stronger one? 

The clever Evilbean decided to put the most common mint, Mentos, and Blink to the MOST EPIC BATTLE of 2014:

The first question that everyone has in their mind, when then they hear about this cafe is: "Really got 49 seats?"

Evilbean: "Depends on the size of your butt. If you have a smaller butt, you might be able to change the cafe name to 50 seats."

Cheese Fries and Evilbean ($12879) 

Tom Yum Seafood Pasta ($14.90)

Fish & Chips with Tom Yum Sauce ($16.90)

Wicked Brownie ($8.90) 

Cafe Rating (out of 5 Evilbeans):
 (4.5)

I am planning to go back to 49 seats again because I have heard that their chicken chop and smoked-duck pasta is fantastic. Meanwhile, thank the Evilbean while it presents to you.. DISCOUNT VOUCHERS! YAYYYYY! #auntiebeanisthebest



As long as you are there for pasta AFTER 10pm, you will be able to enjoy their pasta-goodness for just $10 NETT.  Yeap, just delay your dinner till 10pm and order 2 plates of pasta for yourself at just $20! Because good pastas are worth starving for. 

Evilbean's last words/recommendation:
- Food is awesome with no GST and service charge! Come here to fill your stomach before you go for desserts-hunting!
- MUST-ORDER: Cheese Fries, Tom Yum Seafood Pasta

If you have absolutely no idea what Jackass is, you are not alone. It was only after I got to know about this upcoming movie that made me Google about Jackass. Apparently, Jackass has been around for almost 14 years! 

It is a MTV reality TV that is similar to Just for Laughs, where they go around playing pranks on people and giving them heart attacks, while we sadistic human beings laugh at their shocked/scared reactions. Jackass has a few movies under this franchise, but this particular one caught my interest mainly because this has a STORY PLOT. Interesting... or is it?




Movie Title - Jackass Presents: Bad Grandpa

Genre: (Yeap, Johnny Knoxville gets his own genre)

Synopsis: You really got to watch the movie trailer for the synopsis of this movie. This is by far the most hilarious trailer I have seen this year!


Review: The star of this movie is the 8 year-old grandson Billy, stared by the talented and incredibly cute Jackson Nicoll. You will gush at how cute he is when you see him in the beauty pageant, and then laugh REALLY REALLY hard when you see him parading the stage with his little sailor dress. Trust me, you will fall in love with him after watching this movie. He is honestly cuter than Edward Cullen.

Johnny Knoxville plays the obnoxious, horny grandpa and his antics are more atrocious - there is one where he tries to make love to the hole in a vending machine, and then got his precious STUCK. The look and reaction from the unsuspecting people are PRICELESS! Seriously though, would you go and help out a poor old man if his private is stuck onto something for whatever reason? Will anyone help him? (I might...... I think. Weird though. But you never know you might get your ding-dongs stuck onto something someday. Karma yo.)

Obviously, the jokes in this movie are not for the easily offended. Also, there are also some dull moments where the pranks tried too hard to be funny - like the scene in the Bingo Room. I almost fell asleep and wished for that prank to be over soon. 

Due to the numerous references to the males' privates, the ladies might find the jokes and pranks in this movie crude and unfunny. So guys, just go watch this with your army buddies. 

Stay back for: Hilarious hilarious behind-the-scenes like how they created the props for the pranks, how they reveal to the people that they are actually filming for a movie, and other pranks that did not make it to the main storyboard. The post-credits scenes deserve a 5/5 Evilbeans rating on its own!

Rating (out of 5 Evilbeans):

  (3 for guys)
  (2 for ladies)

I am not joking when I said that I have probably spent a few THOUSANDS on movies throughout my entire life. The Evilbean is a movie fanatic, which is why GV, Shaw and Cathay love me. They do, really! (Probably just my money though)

With movie prices getting more expensive, it is essential for everyone of us to get the BEST BANG out of our bucks isn't it! After accumulating all these years of movie experience, I shall now impart all these valuable and RARE tips and tricks on how to maximise your movie experience... to all the readers of Talkingevilbean! Trust me, you have never EVER seen such an awesome list like this before.

1. Movie Ticket Pricing

Few weeks ago, an awesome guy named Soh Zi Haur tabulated all the movie pricing under one roof and shared it to all of us. If you are Patrick Star (live under the rock), here is the ultimate cheat sheet from our fellow Asian. #ASIANSFTW






For an updated guide of the cheat sheet, visit this Google Document. Alternatively, if you are buying from the box office, just ask the staff "HELLO WHAT IS THE CHEAPEST AR?".

2. Go for GVmax (Golden Village)

Always, always check whether the movie you want to see is showing at GVmax. If you do not know, GVmax is equipped with the LARGEST SCREEN in Asia, and the legroom in this hall is absolutely Business Class. You don't even have to tuck your legs in for people to walk past you! 

And, you get all these AT THE SAME PRICE as a normal cinema hall. There is no better place than watching action movies here! CHEAP AND GOOD! #auntiebean

3. Empty Bladders/Bowels before Movies

This. I cannot emphasise on this enough. Firstly, going to the washroom in the middle of the movie not only disrupts your viewing pleasure, that few seconds where your head appears on the screen annoys the crap out of EVERYONE BEHIND YOU. 

Secondly, if you decide to be more civic-minded and hold it in, you will totally not be able to enjoy the movie at all. Any kissing scene that lasts more than 1 second will make you feel extremely irritated, while other girls are gushing and palpitating at the hot male lead. And I feel that it is really unfair to the actors and actresses when you start commenting on how much the movie sucked or how the story plot was too slow etc, when the problem wasn't exactly them but your bladder.

It isn't that hard to just go to the restroom before your movies. Even if you feel like you have no pee, just go drip some out. Empty them thoroughly. You will enjoy the movie much, much better.

4. Check for Post-Credits Scenes

5. Theatre Audience

6. (*SECRET TIP*) Seat Placement

Most people generally know that the best seats in the cinema are usually in the center. But are the centre seats REALLY the best? Do you really know the G-spots? (G-spots as in GREAT SPOTS.)

Take this little test and see whether you know the absolute G-spots of the theatre. (This is Cinema Hall 10 in GV Vivocity)



Simply trace your finger on where you think the best seats are. Go ahead, run your finger along your screen and gently caress all the g-spots you *think* you know.













ANSWER:



You should probably get 90% correct. These are the optimum seats for the best view and best sound. Think you know now? Try this one (This is GVMax in Vivocity):



Confident in your G-spots now? Let's see the answer.









ANSWER:



Surprised at the answer? You might be asking now: "Why aren't the 2 rows at the back of the hall the BEST seats?" Now let Evilbean tell you the G-spot factors of a cinema hall.

- Rule of thumb: Always count the number of rows available in the hall - 2/3 towards the back of the theatre are the great spots.

- Consider the hall size. If the hall size is relatively small, the back rows are wonderful. However, if your movie is in a HUMONGOUS cinema hall like GVmax or IMAX, the back rows actually reduces the viewing pleasure because you are too far back from the screen! 

Now you know the G-spots. FINALLY you can get the utmost pleasure! (Why does all these sound so wrong?)