Paskalis Damar
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Movie reviews, talks, and discussion by Paskalis Damar.
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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 -
Review: The Mauritanian (2021)
*Estimated Read Time: 3 mins In 2001, a Mauritanian man was arrested by the US government in aftermath of the September 11 attacks. The govt accused him of... Read more
Posted on 07 March 2021 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Persahabatan Bagai Kepompong (2021)
*Estimated Read Time: 3 mins Inarguably, Kepompong might be one of the most memorable Indonesian pop-culture paraphernalia from 2008. Read more
Posted on 06 March 2021 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Geez & Ann (2021)
*Estimated Read Time: 3 mins Netflix-bound young adult romance, Geez Ann, adds to the ever-expanding hit-or-miss Wattpad waves in Indonesian blockbuster... Read more
Posted on 03 March 2021 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
A Season With: Counterpart (2017 – 2019) – Season 1 & 2
*Estimated Read Time: 4 mins Imagine the intimidating presence of JK Simmons (Whiplash) lurking on the screen almost in every moment. Read more
Posted on 27 February 2021 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: Cherry (2021)
*Estimated Read Time: 4 mins Anthony and Joe Russo pick up where they left in the aftermath of blockbuster classic (in the making), Avengers: Endgame with a... Read more
Posted on 25 February 2021 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
A Season With: Two Weeks to Live (2020)
*Estimated Read Time: 4 mins In the aftermath of The End of the F***in’ World’s triumph as an on-demand hit back then, British coming-of-age dark comedy is... Read more
Posted on 22 February 2021 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: I Care a Lot (2021)
*Estimated Read Time: 3 mins J Blakeson (The 5th Wave, The Disappearance of Alice Creed) must have written the script of his Netflix-bound thriller with Rosamun... Read more
Posted on 21 February 2021 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: The Map of Tiny Perfect Things (2021)
*Estimated Read Time: 3 mins Here comes another romantic comedy —fluent enough at incorporating time-loop without getting tangled in the familiarity. Read more
Posted on 16 February 2021 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: To All the Boys: Always and Forever (2021)
*Estimated Read Time: 3 mins Lara Jean Covey and Peter Kavinsky’s high school romance has eventually come into the closing stage with To All the Boys: Always an... Read more
Posted on 15 February 2021 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES -
Review: News of the World (2021)
*Estimated Read Time: 4 mins Paul Greengrass‘s News of the World might observe the director’s venturing in an area he barely touched in his repertoire. Read more
Posted on 15 February 2021 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES