Posts by Eternality Tan

For more than 17 years, ET has been intensely passionate about everything that encompasses cinema. He is an adjunct lecturer of film studies, a professional curator, sometimes producing shorts, and always writing reviews. He's also an incredibly devoted fan of The Criterion Collection, plays the piano/keyboards and guitar, and absolutely adores Snoopies.

July 3, 2019December 15, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019)

A superhero movie that falls under the genre of teenage romance—a tad charming, but not exactly a solid, consequential work.

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July 3, 2019December 15, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

Feels like an appetizer from Marvel, but this latest ‘Spider-Man’ movie is executed with typical efficiency and panache.

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June 30, 2019December 2, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Tremors (2019)

A work that captures with authenticity the repressive Guatemalan society towards gays, but its heavy-handed take on how religion can be the ‘cure’ for the LGBTQ community might not sit well with some audiences.

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June 30, 2019October 4, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Jane Eyre (2011)

Fukunaga’s second feature is a gloomy and brooding adaptation of the famous Charlotte Bronte novel.

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June 30, 2019July 12, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Sin Nombre (2009)

Cary Fukunaga’s first feature is an emotional, but brutal take on the immigrant’s journey atop freight trains across gang-infested Mexico.

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June 28, 2019September 22, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Dogman (2018)

Matteo Garrone’s tough, menacing allegory of a bleak society and a simple man who tries to resist is an intense and satisfying work.

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June 26, 2019March 9, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Bigger Than Life (1956)

At times operating like a domestic ‘horror’ film about the disintegration of a nuclear family, this controlled and daring drama sees Nicholas Ray and actor James Mason in great form.