Paskalis Damar

LATEST ARTICLES ( 589 )

• 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 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 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 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 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 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 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

• Review Long Shot (2019)

  

  Theron and Rogen’s blithesome chemistry excels in this carefree political rom-com that feels somehow sincere and biting at the same time. Read more

  Posted on 05 May 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review The Wandering Earth / 流浪地球 (2019)

  

  The premise and production value of The Wandering Earth is otherworldly stunning; while the well-intended movie isn’t without flaw. Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review 27 Steps of May (2019)

  

  Raihaanun delivers a stark and raw yet sterling performance to become the soul of this powerful story about sexual trauma. Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review Avengers: Endgame (2019)

  

  With Endgame, Marvel provides an emotionally overwhelming cinematic experience as a closure to its carefully planned universe (built in 11 years) to be... Read more

  Posted on 28 April 2019 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES