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• Review: Jalan Yang Jauh, Jangan Lupa Pulang (2023)

  

  Read Time:4 Minute, 40 Second Let’s start at the beginning. Nanti Kita Cerita tentang Hari Ini by Marchella FP isn’t necessarily a narrative book. Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2023 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)

  

  Read Time:5 Minute, 8 Second “This is not a safe space,” the tagline of Halina Reijn’s Bodies Bodies Bodies exaggerates. Those words, high on the film’s neon-li... Read more

  Posted on 01 February 2023 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: Mangkujiwo 2 (2023)

  

  Read Time:3 Minute, 34 Second With a grand sequence, Mangkujiwo 2 (2023) immediately expands the Kuntilanak universe with an ambitious intent. Read more

  Posted on 30 January 2023 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: Balada Si Roy (2023)

  

  Read Time:4 Minute, 24 Second The scent of nostalgia is thick in Fajar Nugros’ Balada Si Roy (2023) a.k.a. The Ballads of Roy. Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2023 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: Bayi Ajaib (2023)

  

  Read Time:3 Minute, 12 Second Hailed by many as one of the finest Indonesian cult classics, Tindra Rengat’s Bayi Ajaib (1982) has inarguably traumatized... Read more

  Posted on 22 January 2023 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Best of 2022: Films of the Year

  

  Read Time:11 Minute, 23 Second What has 2022 offered in terms of cinema? A sweet come-back is all I can think about. Some of the best films from 2022 (or ones... Read more

  Posted on 20 January 2023 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: Noktah Merah Perkawinan / The Red Point of Marriage (2022)

  

  Read Time:4 Minute, 5 Second It’s easy to denigrate Noktah Merah Perkawinan (The Red Point of Marriage – for the international Netflix release) for being what... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2023 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: M3GAN (2023)

  

  Read Time:3 Minute, 28 Second Coming from Jason Blum‘s production with James Wan serving as co-producer and co-writer, M3GAN turns out to be a killer combinatio... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2023 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: M3GAN (2022)

  

  Read Time:3 Minute, 28 Second Coming from Jason Blum‘s production with James Wan serving as co-producer and co-writer, M3GAN turns out to be a killer combinatio... Read more

  Posted on 09 January 2023 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Best of 2022: Indonesian Cinema

  

  Read Time:8 Minute, 20 Second Welcome back to SINEKDOKS’ Best Of series – a compilation to honor the best films every year. For the 2022 edition, I’ll kick off... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2023 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)

  

  *Estimated Read Time: 3 mins Deep in the marshland of North Carolina, a solitary young girl is accused of murdering a town’s heartthrob. Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2022 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: Pinocchio (2022)

  

  *Estimated Read Time: 3 mins We’ve finally come to a time when a live-action adaptation of Disney’s classic icon – helmed by Robert Zemeckis and spearheaded by... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2022 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: Orphan: First Kill (2022)

  

  *Estimated Read Time: 3 mins Strip off the shocking twist in Jaume Collet-Serra‘s nasty late-aught thriller, Orphan (2009), and credit Isabelle Fuhrman less... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2022 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Retrospect by Sinekdoks, Vol. 2: Pop Goes the Nostalgia!

  

  *Estimated Read Time: 7 mins Cinema went on a pop-culture pilgrimage during the first couple of weeks in April 2022. Each of the new release feels like walking... Read more

  Posted on 20 April 2022 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Best of 2021: A Moviegoing Retrospective by Sinekdoks

  

  *Estimated Read Time: 17 mins Here’s the recap of moviegoing in 2021. Cinemas were open for a while before they were closed, only to be re-opened again a few... Read more

  Posted on 08 February 2022 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: Bad Samaritan (2018)

  

  *Estimated Read Time: 3 mins Dean Devlin‘s Bad Samaritan offers a playful twist on the usual good Samaritan tropes with a light thriller. Read more

  Posted on 23 April 2021 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: Percy (2021)

  

  *Estimated Read Time: 3 mins Christopher Walken stars as a Saskatchewan farmer, Percy Schmeiser, in Clark Johnson‘s Percy. The screenplay, written by Garfield L. Read more

  Posted on 17 April 2021 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: Moxie (2021)

  

  *Estimated Read Time: 3 mins Amy Poehler‘s directorial effort, Moxie, brings back teenagers to the breakthrough movement of the bygone era fused with current... Read more

  Posted on 18 March 2021 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: Tom and Jerry (2021)

  

  *Estimated Read Time: 3 mins With a long-standing feud that has lasted for nearly 80 years, the infamous Thomas Cat and Jerry Mouse return for another showdown... Read more

  Posted on 12 March 2021 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: Coming 2 America (2021)

  

  *Estimated Read Time: 3 mins Coming to America is a surprising cultural touchstone. Eddie Murphy, possibly the greatest showman of that era, leads an all-Black... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2021 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES