Kuala Lampur, May 17 -- With the recent announcement that Blood Brothers: Bara Naga has collected RM76 million at the local box-office after 33 days of screening - taking it to second place at the all-time Malaysian box-office charts for local films - it's quite easy to overlook the fact there have been quite a few notable Malaysian films that have opened in local cinemas in the weeks after the Blood Brothers fever hit local cinemagoers.

When you add to that the fact there are also other notable releases from Hollywood and beyond opening around the same time like Sinners (which I think is one of the best films of the year so far), Thunderbolts* (aka The New Avengers), Until Dawn and Holy Night: Demon Hunters (come on, who doesn't want to...