Paskalis Damar

LATEST ARTICLES ( 589 )

• 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

• Review: Tenet (2020)

  

  *Estimated Read Time: 4 mins Christopher Nolan is cinema’s own golden son—the prodigy to save the so-called cinematic experience and the giant screens from the... Read more

  Posted on 13 February 2021 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: The Personal History of David Copperfield (2020)

  

  *Estimated Read Time: 3 mins Into a world where any Charles Dickens’ adaptation is considered an old-school artefact, Armando Iannucci (The Death of Stalin)... Read more

  Posted on 20 December 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: Uncle / Onkel (2019)

  

  *Estimated Read Time: 3 mins Set in a rural farmland in a provincial Danish town, Frelle Petersen’s Uncle is a placid story revolving around the rhythmic and... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: Apples (2020)

  

  *Estimated Read Time: 3 mins When Aristotle wrote Poetics, he wouldn’t have predicted how dramatic narrative will shift in his homeland of what we now know as... Read more

  Posted on 19 December 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: Wonder Woman 1984 (2020)

  

  *Estimated Read Time: 4 mins Diana Prince a.k.a. Wonder Woman, portrayed as eloquently as ever by Gal Gadot, makes a sweet come back in Wonder Woman 1984, set i... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• A Season With: RIG 45 (2018 – 2020)

  

  *Estimated Read Time: 3 mins There has been a mysterious death on an offshore oil rig in North Sea. The oil company sends someone to investigate the event for... Read more

  Posted on 17 December 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: Shirley (2020)

  

  *Estimated Read Time: 3 mins In the recent years, Elisabeth Moss has transformed herself into a beast of an actor. Her sharp acting keeps pushing the... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: Nomadland (2020)

  

  *Estimated Read Time: 4 mins “I’m not homeless; I’m just houseless,” Frances McDormand’s Fern explains her situation—or more accurately, her way of life to her... Read more

  Posted on 16 December 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: Wet Season (2019) – Luang Prabang Film Festival 2020

  

  *Estimated Read Time: 4 mins Back from the Camera d’Or 2013 winner, Ilo Ilo, Singaporean director, Anthony Chen returns with a similarly bittersweet, yet... Read more

  Posted on 15 December 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES