Paskalis Damar
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LATEST ARTICLES ( 576 )
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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 -
Mars Met Venus: Part Cowo (2017): A Chicken Noodle Parable at Best
Review: In Mars Met Venus: Part Cowo, a boy and a girl in a relationship is analogized as water and oil that naturally cannot mix. However, both can somehow... Read more
Posted on 05 August 2017 CULTURE, MOVIES -
Berangkat! (2017): Thanks to the Magic Mushroom
Review: In an era where injecting traveling utopia and road trip has been a popular formula in Indonesian film industry, Naya Anindita's Berangkat! pushes... Read more
Posted on 04 August 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017) – Review
Review: After nearly two decades, Luc Besson finally materializes Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets, a space adventure adapted from his childhood... Read more
Posted on 03 August 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Blindspot: Chariots of Fire (1981)
"I believe God made me for a purpose, but he also made me fast. And when I run I feel His pleasure," said Eric Liddell to his pious sister. Of God and men, of... Read more
Posted on 31 July 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
War for the Planet of the Apes (2017) – Review
Let's start with a little excerpt of what has gone so far in Planet of the Apes reboot universe. As you might have known (in fact, you'll learn/re-learn about... Read more
Posted on 26 July 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Dunkirk (2017) – Review
Review: In Dunkirk, Christopher Nolan reenacts a pivotal WWII moment dubbed as 'Operation Dynamo' a.k.a. 'Miracle of Dunkirk' as an epochal non-victorious,... Read more
Posted on 23 July 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
The Doll 2 (2017): Clumsy Horror with a Chance of Bloodfest
Review: What The Doll 2 excels in is the fact that it could, at some points, drive a guilt-ridden drama into a full-frontal horror with chance of bloodfest. It... Read more
Posted on 21 July 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Mars Met Venus: Part Cewe (2017): Are Women from Real Venus?
Review: In Mars Met Venus (divided into two interrelated parts: Part Cewe, the girl's version, and Part Cowo, the boy's version), gender differences are... Read more
Posted on 21 July 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Baywatch (2017) – Review
Review: Dwayne Johnson and Zac Efron bulk the summer blockbuster up-with feast of abs, boobs, and sea-water-in all-new Baywatch. As another effort to revamp... Read more
Posted on 20 July 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Filosofi Kopi 2 (2017): A Homecoming
Review: Started up as a road film, where two titular celebrated hipsters' coffee shop, Filosofi Kopi, roams around cities and islands of Indonesia, yet... Read more
Posted on 16 July 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) – Review
Review: In establishing his own 'Sony' world, the all-new Spidey (Tom Holland) has to swing across Marvel Cinematic Universe, find a more established mentor in... Read more
Posted on 06 July 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Okja (2017) – Review
Review: Whoever thought that Netflix and its streaming-giant comrades are not part of 'future of the cinema' should watch Bong Joon-ho's ( Memories of Murders,... Read more
Posted on 02 July 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
June 2017 – A Recap
Summer blockbuster season has begun! Series of blockbusters have been released to market as baits to a lukewarm result. In Indonesia, the annual Eid al-Fitr... Read more
Posted on 02 July 2017 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
A Season With: GLOW (2017) – Season 1
Review: Netflix' GLOW is a splendid blend of many things-from campy female wrestling, satire to telly industry, feminism spirit and rage against racial... Read more
Posted on 30 June 2017 MOVIES