Paskalis Damar
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Movie reviews, talks, and discussion by Paskalis Damar.
LATEST ARTICLES ( 571 )
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Review: Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020)
Will Ferrell returns with another oddball character called Lars Erickssong, an underdog musician from Iceland disillusioned by ABBA’s triumph in winning... Read more
Posted on 01 August 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Da 5 Bloods (2020)
Da 5 Bloods, Spike Lee’s 2020 joint, couldn’t be more timely. Released at the moment when the Black Lives Matter peaks after the murder of George Floyd, this... Read more
Posted on 28 June 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: The Vast of Night (2020)
Less is more in Andrew Patterson’s directorial debut, an intimate yet ingenious sci-fi feature titled The Vast of Night. Written by himself under the pseudonym... Read more
Posted on 22 June 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Mary Is Happy, Mary Is Happy (2013)
Back in 2013, director Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit (Happy Old Year, Die Tomorrow) experimented with a unique narrative quest—a slice-of-life drama of an unusual... Read more
Posted on 21 June 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: The Half of It (2020)
Alice Wu’s directorial effort is an astonishing coming-of-age drama about self-acceptance and, unsurprisingly, teenagers’ view of platonic love. Read more
Posted on 13 June 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Bad Education (2019)
Hugh Jackman and Allison Janney dive head first with their highly committed performance in portraying nasty perpetrators of the single largest embezzlement... Read more
Posted on 12 May 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Extraction (2020)
Chris Hemsworth has gone into a complete action-hero mode in Extraction, a ‘Call of Duty-esque’ bravura with so much machismo and bravado. Read more
Posted on 01 May 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: The Platform (2019)
Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia’s 2019 sci-fi movie, The Platform (known as El Hoyo or ‘The Hole’ in Spain), is an enigmatic social commentary about social class and... Read more
Posted on 14 April 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Happy Old Year / ฮาวทูทิ้ง (2019)
Thai director, Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit, offers an opposite view to Japanese organizing guru, Marie Kondo’s tidying-up game with a sentimental drama, Happy Ol... Read more
Posted on 13 April 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Bloodshot (2020)
Vin Diesel single-handedly bears the burdens of spectacles in Bloodshot, a live-action adaptation of a Valiant Comics property. Read more
Posted on 13 March 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Onward (2020)
When discussing any Pixar movie, the words ‘magical’ and ‘heartwarming’ have almost been sacred words to define the studio’s finest movies. Read more
Posted on 07 March 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Guns Akimbo (2020)
Jason Lei Howden’s erratic online behavior is utterly disgusting, but Guns Akimbo is not a total reflection of the director’s douchebaggery. Read more
Posted on 07 March 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Mekah I’m Coming (2020)
Jeihan Angga’s full-feature directorial debut, Mekah I’m Coming, is a deadpan rom-com rooted from several social commentaries about the obsession towards Hajj,... Read more
Posted on 06 March 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: The Invisible Man (2020)
When it comes to high-concept modern horror, Leigh Whannell is one of the frontrunners. Together with James Wan, Australian writer-director conceived Saw and... Read more
Posted on 01 March 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Sonic the Hedgehog (2020)
Sonic, the blue flashy hedgehog, might be a speedster; but, the road it takes to finally land a live-action adaptation is never an easy one. Read more
Posted on 29 February 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Sebelum Iblis Menjemput: Ayat 2 (2020)
Evil Dead‘s distant prodigal cousin, Sebelum Iblis Menjemput (May the Devil Take You), has finally gotten a tougher, grittier, and more fucked-up sequel dubbed... Read more
Posted on 29 February 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Sinekdoks’ Best of 2010s
The Best Movies of the Decade 2010s list is more of a celebratory event for sinekdoks. The 2010s decade marks the birth-decade of this blog. Read more
Posted on 24 February 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Toko Barang Mantan (2020)
There’s a store named Toko Barang Mantan which allows people to sell and buy exes’ stuff. People will come to the store and dump their exes’ stuff in the hope o... Read more
Posted on 22 February 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: The Gentlemen (2020)
It has finally come to the era where Guy Ritchie is popularly known more as the director of big-budgeted blockbusters. His name is almost immediately... Read more
Posted on 20 February 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love You (2020)
A rom-com sequel is a thing of rarity. Happily ever after, which supposedly comes after rom-com ends, does not always need expositions. Read more
Posted on 19 February 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES