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Review: Doctor Sleep (2019)
To call Doctor Sleep a direct sequel for Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining might somehow be unfair. Based on Stephen King’s 2013 novel of the same title—which indee... Read more
Posted on 08 November 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Love for Sale 2 (2019)
Back in 2018, Andibachtiar Yusuf’s Love for Sale offers an enticing lover-for-hire premise and introduces us to the ever-enigmatic yet iconic character, Arini... Read more
Posted on 01 November 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Love for Sale 2 (2019)
Back in 2018, Andibachtiar Yusuf’s Love for Sale offers an enticing lover-for-hire premise and introduces us to the ever-enigmatic yet iconic character, Arini... Read more
Posted on 01 November 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Love for Sale 2 (2019)
Back in 2018, Andibachtiar Yusuf’s Love for Sale offers an enticing lover-for-hire premise and introduces us to the ever-enigmatic yet iconic character, Arini... Read more
Posted on 01 November 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Lampor: Keranda Terbang (2019)
A mysterious flying casket—whose arrival is accompanied by loud, discordant chants from invisible entities—terrorizes a village after dark. Read more
Posted on 01 November 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Lampor: Keranda Terbang (2019)
A mysterious flying casket—whose arrival is accompanied by loud, discordant chants from invisible entities—terrorizes a village after dark. Read more
Posted on 01 November 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Lampor: Keranda Terbang (2019)
A mysterious flying casket—whose arrival is accompanied by loud, discordant chants from invisible entities—terrorizes a village after dark. Read more
Posted on 01 November 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Terminator: Dark Fate (2019)
There’s no doubt that The Terminator is an instant classic when it comes to sci-fi bravado with lauded action sequences and a compelling narrative. It was an... Read more
Posted on 31 October 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: The Addams Family (2019)
Sausage Party directors—Conrad Vernon and Greg Tiernan—attempt to recreate the transcend the utter absurdity of their R-rated cult animation with a more... Read more
Posted on 26 October 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Susi Susanti - Love All (2019)
The term ‘love all’ refers to the zero scores from which all competitors begin a badminton game. In Sim F’s directorial debut, Susi Susanti – Love All, the... Read more
Posted on 26 October 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Zombieland: Double Tap (2019)
There’s a ten-year gap between Zombieland (2009) and the sequel, but Zombieland: Double Tap, actually, is a same-old-brand-new movie. Everyone and everything... Read more
Posted on 25 October 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review : The Bad Guys: Reign of Chaos / 나쁜 녀석들: 더 무비 (2019)
From the exhilarating Extreme Jobs, the hard-boiled The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil, to the buoyant Miss Mrs. Cops, recent South Korean blockbusters love to... Read more
Posted on 23 October 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Perempuan Tanah Jahanam / Impetigore (2019)
After remaking a cult classic (Satan’s Slave) and kick-starting the Indonesian superhero universe (Gundala), Joko Anwar returns with an original story—a folk... Read more
Posted on 16 October 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019)
Albeit prudent, Disney’s Maleficent is a lousy retelling of the Sleeping Beauty villain. Robert Stormberg’s 2014 movie starts off wonderfully, giving an enticin... Read more
Posted on 16 October 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Hustlers (2019)
Lorene Scafaria (Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, The Meddlers) takes the inspiration from Jessica Pressler’s “The Hustlers at Scores” article for... Read more
Posted on 13 October 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Gemini Man (2019)
For a work of a director renowned for strong dramatic stories (Sense and Sensibility, Brokeback Mountain, Life of Pi, to name a few)—even his blockbuster... Read more
Posted on 12 October 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: The Peanut Butter Falcon (2019)
Inspired by classic Southern Twainesque folk tales, the writer-director duo—Michael Schwartz and Tyler Nilson craft an unorthodox buddy comedy, The Peanut Butte... Read more
Posted on 11 October 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Abominable (2019)
You might have heard and seen the archetypal stories of a bizarre creature befriending teenage humans and embarking on a life-changing journey that will... Read more
Posted on 10 October 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: In the Tall Grass (2019)
Without any metaphysical spice a la Stephen King, the idea of getting lost in the open field of tall grass is already harrowing to even imagine. Read more
Posted on 07 October 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Bebas (2019)
In the midst of the 1990s, 5 girls and a boy become good friends in high school and make some kind of gang. Hanging out, dancing around, fighting another girl... Read more
Posted on 06 October 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES