Paskalis Damar
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Review Booksmart (2019)
Olivia Wilde teams up the usual sidekicks Beanie Feldstein and Kaitlyn Dever in Booksmart, an uplifting coming-of-age comedy with enough party, wit and... Read more
Posted on 11 June 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review Booksmart (2019)
Olivia Wilde’s Booksmart observes the archetypal characters we usually neglect at some coming-of-age movie, treats them with real-human personalities and gives... Read more
Posted on 11 June 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review Single Part 2 (2019)
After some non-radical genre exploration, including Hang Out (2016) and Target (2018), writer/director/actor/stand-up comedian, Raditya Dika surprisingly takes ... Read more
Posted on 09 June 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review Single Part 2 (2019)
Raditya Dika finds a better rhythm and theme—for the follow-up of his ‘single’ tour de force—that works warmly even when the symptoms of theme’s fatigue become... Read more
Posted on 09 June 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review Ghost Writer (2019)
First and most importantly, Ghost Writer saves up an enticing what-if premise: what if there’s an actual ghost writing as a ghost writer for famous writer? Read more
Posted on 07 June 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review Ghost Writer (2019)
Fresh narrative idea and fabulous casts bring warmth to Ghost Writer, an upraising horror-comedy about a non-literal yet literal ghost writer, that will... Read more
Posted on 07 June 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review Si Doel the Movie 2 (2019)
Si Doel the Movie 2 hits the nostalgia button even harder this time even when the narrative keeps slowly lollygagging with the titular character’s infamous... Read more
Posted on 06 June 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review Si Doel the Movie 2 (2019)
When Si Doel the Movie arrived in 2018, it hit the nostalgia button hard—knitting all the characters left (and the cast members who survive the 14-year gap)... Read more
Posted on 06 June 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review Hit & Run (2019)
Hit Run is a tonal mess-partly embracing the heyday of Hong Kong cop movies, partly grasping post-Raid actioners and mostly channeling its oddball... Read more
Posted on 06 June 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review Hit & Run (2019)
Observing from Ody C. Harahap’s recent directorial gigs, it seems apparent that he keeps expanding his directorial portfolio with wider genre exploration. Read more
Posted on 06 June 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review Always Be My Maybe (2019)
Just when we thought that rom-com is dying, the rom-com revivalist pseudo-movement resurgences. With fresh rom-coms in the recent memory like The Big Sick... Read more
Posted on 04 June 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review Always Be My Maybe (2019)
While seemingly only ticking off some major rom-com to-do list, Always Be My Maybe is elevated by Ali Wong Randall Park's individual and collective performanc... Read more
Posted on 04 June 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review Miss & Mrs. Cops / Girl Cops, 걸캅스 (2019)
While rigged with clichés and comical elements, Miss Mrs. Cops still delivers a fun female buddy-cop action movie with relevant message to current issue in... Read more
Posted on 02 June 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019)
Only the colossal amount of Kaiju Soshingeki visual spectacles and iconic one-perfect-shot moments that could somehow save Godzilla: King of the Monsters from... Read more
Posted on 30 May 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil / 악인전 (2019)
The line between good and evil is deliberately blurred in this hardcore B-movie that goes too serious that Sylvester Stallone is keen to remake it. Read more
Posted on 28 May 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review Dragged Across Concrete (2018)
Zahler's decision to pair up Gibson and Vaughn in his trademark, sentimental hard-boiled B-movie is a toughly perfect one. Read more
Posted on 22 May 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review The Pool (2019)
The Pool is frustrating (at least for the audiences) and claustrophobic thriller which tries its luck, ironically, on bad luck and ignorance, which probes no... Read more
Posted on 19 May 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum
Relentlessly leaping from various orgasmic, nerve-racking action set pieces to ever-expanding world building that probes for self-deducing, Parabellum is a... Read more
Posted on 17 May 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review Brightburn (2019)
While overstaying the welcome a bit too long, Brightburn still delivers its visionary premise of a superhero origin story turning into a visceral horror. Read more
Posted on 12 May 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review Pokémon Detective Pikachu (2019)
Detective Pikachu’s bold attempt to craft an independent story out of an overly established franchise only results in a parade of cute pokémons with small... Read more
Posted on 11 May 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES