Melissa Lee Suppiah

Melissa is a sub-editor at The Business Times. She also reviews films and occasionally writes CSR stories for BT. She graduated from the University at Buffalo with a Bachelor of Communication.

John David Washington as Joshua is adequate, but he doesn't have the natural emoting ability of his father Denzel. 
MOVIES

Tech thriller The Creator wants us to save ourselves

2023-09-28T10:41:00.000Z
From left: Liu Haoran, Zhou Dongyu and Qu Chuxiao star in Anthony Chen's The Breaking Ice.
MOVIES

The Breaking Ice finds the warmth in young adults’ shared isolation

2023-09-07T09:00:00.000Z
In Barbie, Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling flex their physical comedy muscles with hilarious results.
MOVIES

Barbie plays on gender stereotypes with riotous Kenergy

2023-07-20T10:00:00.000Z
The Quiet Girl is the first Irish-language film to bag a Best International Feature Film nomination at the Academy Awards.
MOVIES

European Film Festival serves up a buffet for the filmgoer’s soul

2023-05-25T08:00:00.000Z
A total of 36 companies took home awards for their efforts in “activist entrepreneurship” at the Brands for Good awards ceremony on May 4.
TAKING HEART

SMEs bag top prizes at Brands For Good awards

2023-05-14T07:54:14.000Z
Return to Seoul follows Freddie (Park Ji-Min), a Korean-born French adoptee who returns to her homeland in search of her biological parents.
MOVIES

Return to Seoul digs deep into the roots of identity and belonging

2023-05-11T10:00:00.000Z
DNA follows French climber Sebastien “Seb” Bouin as he takes on his biggest challenge yet: an overhanging cave in his own backyard, Verdon Gorge.
MOVIES

Three short films about climbing that will inspire you 

2023-04-20T10:00:00.000Z
In Kill Boksoon, Jeon Do-yeon (right) stars as a renowned assassin whose professional successes are starkly contrasted against her personal struggles as a single mother.
MOVIES

Jeon Wick: South Korea takes on assassin action with Kill Boksoon

2023-04-06T09:00:00.000Z
Women's empowerment charity Image Mission sets out to build a pathway to sustainable income, with a  long-term goal of “reaching out to 2,025 women by the year 2025”.
COMMUNITY MATTERS

Designing new ways to give back

2022-12-27T09:50:00.000Z
Foreword staff taught 32 students at special education schools, including Cerebral Palsy Alliance School Singapore, to make speciality coffee.
COMPANY OF GOOD

Companies celebrate the season of giving

2022-11-30T09:30:00.000Z