Paskalis Damar

LATEST ARTICLES ( 580 )

• Review: Mudik (2020)

  

  Once in a year, at the end of Ramadan month, most urban settlers in Indonesia will embark on a traditional (sometimes deemed religious) homecoming a.k.a. Read more

  Posted on 16 September 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: Mystery of the Dragon Seal / The Iron Mask (2020)

  

  Who would have thought that Jackie Chan and Arnold Schwarzenegger would appear together in a movie again? Last time they shared a screen together, it was in... Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: Sabar Ini Ujian (2020)

  

  Dubbed as the first time-loop blockbuster in Indonesia, Sabar Ini Ujian arrives as the first original Indonesian feature in Disney+ Hotstar. Read more

  Posted on 14 September 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: The Babysitter: Killer Queen (2020)

  

  The Babysitter: Killer Queen, the follow-up to Netflix’s 2017 sleeper hit—The Babysitter, brings almost every single element of the first movie in for a... Read more

  Posted on 11 September 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: #Alive / #Saraitda / #살아있다 (2020)

  

  From the modern-day outbreak in Train to Busan with the prequel, Seoul Station, and the sequel, Peninsula (slated for 2020 release) to the period horror taking... Read more

  Posted on 09 September 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: I’m Thinking of Ending Things (2020)

  

  “I’m thinking of ending things,” Jessie Buckley’s character mutters to open the movie with the titular quote. When her character, referred only as a Young... Read more

  Posted on 06 September 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: Waiting for the Barbarians (2019)

  

  On paper, Waiting for the Barbarians seems like a noble cause. Adapted from the novel of the same title by Nobel Prize recipient, J.M. Coetzee, this... Read more

  Posted on 15 August 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: Kado / A Gift (2018)

  With only 15 minutes, Aditya Ahmad’s Kado delivers a poignant study of gender fluidity through the story of an androgynous girl. Read more

  Posted on 10 August 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: Tak Ada Yang Gila Di Kota Ini / No One is Crazy in This Town (2019)

  Tak Ada yang Gila di Kota Ini flows like a realist narrative in Eka Kurniawan’s short story. While, in fact, the story is a series of oddities and elusive dark... Read more

  Posted on 09 August 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020)

  

  Will Ferrell returns with another oddball character called Lars Erickssong, an underdog musician from Iceland disillusioned by ABBA’s triumph in winning... Read more

  Posted on 01 August 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: Da 5 Bloods (2020)

  

  Da 5 Bloods, Spike Lee’s 2020 joint, couldn’t be more timely. Released at the moment when the Black Lives Matter peaks after the murder of George Floyd, this... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: The Vast of Night (2020)

  

  Less is more in Andrew Patterson’s directorial debut, an intimate yet ingenious sci-fi feature titled The Vast of Night. Written by himself under the pseudonym... Read more

  Posted on 22 June 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: Mary Is Happy, Mary Is Happy (2013)

  

  Back in 2013, director Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit (Happy Old Year, Die Tomorrow) experimented with a unique narrative quest—a slice-of-life drama of an unusual... Read more

  Posted on 21 June 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: The Half of It (2020)

  Alice Wu’s directorial effort is an astonishing coming-of-age drama about self-acceptance and, unsurprisingly, teenagers’ view of platonic love. Read more

  Posted on 13 June 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: Bad Education (2019)

  

  Hugh Jackman and Allison Janney dive head first with their highly committed performance in portraying nasty perpetrators of the single largest embezzlement... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: Extraction (2020)

  

  Chris Hemsworth has gone into a complete action-hero mode in Extraction, a ‘Call of Duty-esque’ bravura with so much machismo and bravado. Read more

  Posted on 01 May 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: The Platform (2019)

  

  Galder Gaztelu-Urrutia’s 2019 sci-fi movie, The Platform (known as El Hoyo or ‘The Hole’ in Spain), is an enigmatic social commentary about social class and... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: Happy Old Year / ฮาวทูทิ้ง (2019)

  

  Thai director, Nawapol Thamrongrattanarit, offers an opposite view to Japanese organizing guru, Marie Kondo’s tidying-up game with a sentimental drama, Happy Ol... Read more

  Posted on 13 April 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: Bloodshot (2020)

  

  Vin Diesel single-handedly bears the burdens of spectacles in Bloodshot, a live-action adaptation of a Valiant Comics property. Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES

• Review: Onward (2020)

  

  When discussing any Pixar movie, the words ‘magical’ and ‘heartwarming’ have almost been sacred words to define the studio’s finest movies. Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2020 CULTURE, ENTERTAINMENT, MOVIES