Paskalis Damar

LATEST ARTICLES ( 582 )

• 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

• Review: Joker (2019)

  

  It’s difficult not to notice that, oftentimes, Hildur Guðnadóttir’s sad, dismal cello-led composition sets the mood for Todd Phillips’ Joker. Read more

  Posted on 03 October 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• BALINALE Review: Burning / 버닝 / Beoning (2018)

  

  Lee Chang-dong’s Burning challenges audiences with a mesmerizing narrative, which feels surreal and actual. At times, it might resemble a murky thriller or... Read more

  Posted on 25 September 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• BALINALE Review: The King (2019)

  

  Director David Michôd (Animal Kingdom, The Rover) distills Shakespeare’s historical epic, Henriad, into a 140-minute, star-studded movie. Read more

  Posted on 24 September 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: Ad Astra (2019)

  

  Ad Astra sees director James Gray returning into a grandeur about larger-than-life ambitions and personal bonds. The story shares similar DNA with Gray’s... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: Rambo: Last Blood (2019)

  

  Around 37 years after the misunderstood Green Beret veteran, John Rambo (Sylvester Stallone), drew the first blood and then wreaked havoc in foreign lands, the... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: Pretty Boys (2019)

  

  Pretty Boys is an open letter to Indonesia’s entertainment industry delivered by the inside men, if not prodigies, of the said industry. The director, Teuku... Read more

  Posted on 19 September 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: Bikeman / ไบค์แมน ศักรินทร์ตูดหมึก (2018)

  

  What Prueksa Amaruji’s Bikeman offers is a familiar reflection of third-world country’s problem, where employment issues create the urban dream. Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: Midsommar (2019)

  

  When a Swedish production company, B-Reel, approached Ari Aster to make a straight xenophobic slasher back in 2015, the director was going through a difficult... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: It Chapter Two (2019)

  

  Some might argue that the second half of Stephen King’s 1986 novel, It, is less intriguing than the other half. Such an argument becomes more concerning... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: Twivortiare (2019)

  

  Ever since the so-called Indonesian cinema revival back in the early 2000s, adult romance has somehow become a topic that mainstream movies attempted to avoid. Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES