8Sep By Paskalis Damar1 Comment

Movie Review

Frank Miller’s Sin City: A Dame To Kill For (2014)

"This rotten city... It swells everybody," said Nancy Callahan. (more…)

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7Sep By Paskalis Damar2 Comments

Movie Review

Frank Miller’s Sin City (2005)

"The truce of Sin City will be shattered. There'll be arrests, there'll be deaths. Nothing can stop this," said Manute in the midst of Old Town of Basin City. (more…)

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5Sep By Paskalis Damar3 Comments

Movie Review

Lucy (2014) x Hercules (2014) – Double Review

"I am everywhere," said Lucy through Pierre Del Rio's cellphone. "I am Hercules!" cried Hercules. (more…)

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14Aug By Paskalis Damar1 Comment

Movie Review

The Double (2014)

"I can see the type of man I want to be versus the type of man I actually am and I know that I'm doing it but I'm incapable of what needs to be done." (more…)

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21Jul By Paskalis Damar4 Comments

Focus: Asia, Movie Review

Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance / 복수는 나의 것 (2002)

"The bad image kidnappers get is because of kids getting killed. But we're different." (more…)

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26Jun By Paskalis Damar2 Comments

Movie Review

Under the Skin (2014)

"When was the last time you touched someone?" Click to see what's under the skin!

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9Jun By Paskalis DamarNo Comments

Movie Review

Joe (2014)

"I'm Joe. I pay a day's pay for a day's work," said Joe to Gary.  Nicolas Cage grows his beards in Joe, his latest slow-paced Southern gothic thriller. Joe is a Texas rural harsh drama adapted to screen by Gary Hawkins, from Larry Brown's 1991 novel of the same title. Certainly, this film's a completely new getaway for Cage and director David Gordon Green. Meet Joe here!

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28May By Paskalis Damar3 Comments

Movie Review

Edge of Tomorrow (2014)

"What happens to you happened to me," shout Rita to Cage.  Live.Die.Repeat.More.

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7May By Paskalis Damar1 Comment

Movie Review

Enemy (2014)

"Chaos is order yet undechipered." Continue.

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28Apr By Paskalis DamarNo Comments

Movie Review

Oldboy (2013)

"Ask not why you were imprisoned, ask why you were set free," said Adrian to Joe Doucett. Ask why inside.

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29Mar By Paskalis Damar4 Comments

Focus: Indonesia, Movie Review

The Raid 2: Berandal (2014)

Immediately following the original classic The Raid: Redemption a.k.a Serbuan Maut at its very core, The Raid 2: Berandal ends up establishing itself as a helluva sequel and a more complex expansion to its predeccessor. More bone shattering inside!

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22Mar By Paskalis Damar7 Comments

Focus: Asia, Movie Review

Memories of Murders / 살인의 추억 (2003)

Against the grassy farmland under South Korean typical heat, this dramatization of the first serial murder case in South Korea begins---without any sense of optimistic. (more…)

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19Mar By Paskalis DamarNo Comments

Movie Review

In Fear (2013)

One thing to know before watching Jeremy Lovering's In Fear is: the unique approach conducted to produce this film. Lovering shot everything in sequence without telling the casts about the script---leaving them puzzled and engulfed by real fear on-screen and off-screen. More fears inside!

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28Dec By Paskalis Damar6 Comments

Movie Review

Incendies (2010) – Review

Tiga tahun sebelum membuat Prisoners, Denis Villeneuve sudah bereksperimen dengan film Kanada-Perancisnya yang sama thought-provoking-nya namun berbeda jalur dengan Prisoners. Sebagai sebuah drama penuh teka-teki tentang pencarian di Timur Tengah, yang tak hanya emosional namun juga memiliki salah satu twist paling sentimental; Incendies terus mengejutkan dan memberi perasaan tidak nyaman. Berdasarkan drama panggung Wajdi Mouawad, Incendies menyuguhkan kisah kompleks nan nyata. More twists inside. Click here!

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21Nov By Paskalis Damar6 Comments

Movie Review

Prisoners (2013)

Setelah mempermainkan penontonnya dengan sebuah misteri pencarian dalam Incendies yang twist-nya melegenda, Vileneuve kembali dengan Prisoners, sebuah crime-thriller tentang penculikan yang penuh dengan misteri dan sangat menguras emosi. Yang jelas dibutuhkan stamina yang prima untuk mengikuti 150 menit penuh perasaan tidak nyaman--dalam perpaduan penyutradaraan prima Villeneuve, sinematografi yang kelam Roger Deakins, dan skrip yang terlalu rapi dari Aaron Guzikowski. Well, there's more. Click here!

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