Paskalis Damar

LATEST ARTICLES ( 590 )

• The LEGO Ninjago Movie (2017) – Review

  

  Review: The LEGO Ninjago Movie unfolds how the exhilarating idea of presenting a pop-culture-laden animation based on brick toys could falter quickly. It's... Read more

  Posted on 21 September 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Wind River (2017) – Review

  

  , Taylor Sheridan again demonstrates a prowess he once showcased on writing tenure for and Hell or High Water. His painstaking flair for slick and immaculate... Read more

  Posted on 20 September 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Detroit (2017) – Review

  

  Review: As timely and important than ever, Kathryn Bigelow's Detroit makes an unsettling yet poignant film about racism-induced Afro-American uprising in Detroi... Read more

  Posted on 18 September 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Berlin Syndrome (2017) – Review

  

  Review: Teresa Palmer showcases a vigorously bold performance in Cate Shortland's kidnapping drama, Berlin Syndrome. Adapting Melanie Joosten's novel of the sam... Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Little Evil (2017) – Review

  

  Review: It takes nearly 7 years for Eli Craig, writer-director of the 2010 horror-comedy sensation, Tucker Dale vs. Evil, to finally spawn a Netflix-produced... Read more

  Posted on 15 September 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Big Sick (2017) – Review

  

  Review: Love is a many-splendored thing again in The Big Sick, a highly relatable rom-com about multi-cultural relationship inspired by real-life story of its... Read more

  Posted on 13 September 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• It (2017) – Review

  

  New rendition of Stephen King's 1986 novel, It, scrutinizes half of the 1000-something-page story into an effective two-hour thrilling ride with occasional... Read more

  Posted on 07 September 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Midnight Runners (2017) – Review

  

  Review: In Midnight Runners, writer-director Johan Kim recycles classic buddy cop tropes into a same-old-brand-new comedy-thriller, which benefits from chemistr... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Death Note (2017) – Review

  

  So, why bother remaking a story that feels Japan through and through in a same old brand new American setting? Or, why bother retelling a story that might... Read more

  Posted on 05 September 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• It Comes at Night (2017) – Review

  

  Who would have thought that It Comes at Night comes not as a template post-apocalyptic story although it looks like one? Trey Edward Shults' film might look lik... Read more

  Posted on 04 September 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Warkop DKI Reborn: Jangkrik Boss! Part 2 (2017) – Review

  

  Warkop DKI Reborn: Jangkrik Boss! Part 2 picks up where a.k.a. Indonesia blockbuster record-breaker left. After some short disastrous tenure with CHiPS, Dono... Read more

  Posted on 01 September 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Baby Driver (2017) – Review

  

  Review: Ever since the delightfully staged getaway scene in the opening, when Baby (tall, pale Ansel Elgort) hit the gas and The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion's... Read more

  Posted on 30 August 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• American Made (2017) – Review

  

  In case you haven't heard, Tom Cruise' latest American Made, is a crazy real-life story of Han Solo the Smuggler. Well, it's actually a story of a real figure,... Read more

  Posted on 27 August 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Dark Tower (2017) – Review

  

  Review: Stephen King's famously ' unadaptable' genre-mixing novel series get adapted by A Royal Affair's director, Nikolaj Arcel, into a series of... Read more

  Posted on 26 August 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• A Season With: Marvel’s The Defenders (2017)

  

  Review: Best part about Marvel's The Defenders is that it's not a carbon copy of Avengers, despite revolving with the same all-heroes assembled formula.... Read more

  Posted on 24 August 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• The Hitman’s Bodyguard (2017) – Review

  

  Review: From the director of Expendables 3, Patrick Hughes, a same-old brand new breed of hard-boiled action comes in the shape of The Hitman's Bodyguard. With... Read more

  Posted on 22 August 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Bad Genius (2017) – Review

  

  In Bad Genius, director Nattawut Poonpiriya (who previously helmed Countdown, a peculiar New York-set home invasion thriller) crafts an extraordinary story abou... Read more

  Posted on 21 August 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• A: Aku, Benci & Cinta (2017): Far from Straight A

  

  Review: A: Aku, Benci Cinta-an adaptation of Wulanfadi's best-selling novel of the same title, attempts to match up high school romance with circumstantial... Read more

  Posted on 19 August 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Atomic Blonde (2017) – Review

  

  While the trailer might suggest that Atomic Blonde is 'the female John Wick' (note that Wick's directors, Chad Stahelski and David Leitch, split up after the... Read more

  Posted on 18 August 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Annabelle: Creation (2017) – Review

  

  Cast Lulu Wilson in a prequel to critically lambasted horror film and you might get a decent horror. That statement might sound silly, but if you look closely,... Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES