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Review: Mekah I’m Coming (2020)

Jeihan Angga's full-feature directorial debut, Mekah I'm Coming, is a deadpan rom-com rooted from several social commentaries about the obsession towards Hajj, Muslim's sacred pilgrimage to Mecca. Rizky Nazar and Michelle Ziudith portray the rom-com couple whose love is tested in the midst of the shenanigans. Through their love ordeals, the narrative brings honest, straightforward,

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Review Sebelum Iblis Menjemput: Ayat 2 (2020)

Evil Dead's distant prodigal cousin, Sebelum Iblis Menjemput (May the Devil Take You), has finally gotten a tougher, grittier, and more fucked-up sequel dubbed as Sebelum Iblis Menjemput: Ayat 2 as if it's a chapter in a demonic bible. In the follow-up story, writer-director Timo Tjahjanto does not really bother with narrative merits as he's

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Review: Toko Barang Mantan (2020)

There's a store named Toko Barang Mantan which allows people to sell and buy exes' stuff. People will come to the store and dump their exes' stuff in the hope of forgetting the memories; the store, owned and managed by a rebel colleague student named Tristan (Reza Rahadian), will then sell the stuff to the

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