Posts by Eternality Tan

For 20 years, ET has been 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, and Arsenal FC.

May 14, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Martian, The (2015)

Ridley Scott is back in some style with this largely captivating stranded-in-Mars sci-fi adventure that is a potent mix of science and thrills.

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May 13, 2022May 13, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Walesa: Man of Hope (2013)

This late-career effort by the Polish master feels tonally odd, but it gives a broad and largely engaging look at Poland’s most important figure during the Solidarity movement of the 1980s that sparked the decline of Soviet communist rule.

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May 11, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Donbass (2018)

A rare narrative feature from one of the world’s foremost documentarians of Soviet history, this vignette-style dark absurdist satire doesn’t pull its punches from depicting the sorry state of affairs in Russian-occupied Eastern Ukraine.

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May 10, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Doctor Strange (2016)

One of Marvel’s most visually fascinating movies to date, but certainly not one (or two) of their finest hours.

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May 9, 2022May 10, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)

At times packing visual panache yet also feeling run-of-the-mill in terms of plotting, Sam Raimi’s return to the superhero genre is welcoming but non-essential.

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May 7, 2022May 7, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Enemy of the People, An (1989)

Holy water from a temple is found to be contaminated in this decent adaptation of Henrik Ibsen’s play, situated within Ray’s cultural milieu as this straightforwardly-told drama sees science and religion cross swords.

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May 6, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Innocents, The (2021)

Movies about children with hidden powers are not a new thing, but in this Norwegian psychological drama with a terrific sound design, writer-director Vogt has created an unsettling portrait of childhood as the thin line between good and evil is explored.

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May 5, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Wild Strawberries (1957)

A ruminative drama on the fear of death and loneliness, matched by a great performance by Victor Sjostrom.

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May 4, 2022May 4, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Steve Jobs (2015)

Boyle, Sorkin, Fassbender and Winslet deliver some of their best work in this talky if invigorating three-act ‘cinematic theatre’ centering on the Apple co-founder.

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May 3, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)

As a swords-and-sandals biblical epic, it is fairly spectacular, but remotely engaging.

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Eternality Tan

Hailing from Singapore & writing about cinema since 2007

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Posts by Eternality Tan

Martian, The (2015)

Walesa: Man of Hope (2013)

Donbass (2018)

Doctor Strange (2016)

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)

Enemy of the People, An (1989)

Innocents, The (2021)

Wild Strawberries (1957)

Steve Jobs (2015)

Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)