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Last Metro, The (1980)

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Tag / 2005

November 14, 2020September 8, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Batman Begins (2005)

  • Nolan, Christopher, Popular
  • 2005, Christopher Nolan, USA
  • 4 Comments

Perhaps the deepest film, philosophically speaking, of the trilogy, as Nolan delivers a compelling entertainer that asks not who but what Batman is.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.

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August 11, 2019August 31, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Jarhead (2005)

  • Mendes, Sam
  • 2005, Sam Mendes, USA
  • 2 Comments

A war movie that is intentionally ‘all talk but no action’—it doesn’t really make us feel for the characters, but we might just grasp the futility of being a cog in the machine.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.
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July 28, 2019August 24, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Be with Me (2005)

  • Khoo, Eric
  • 2005, Eric Khoo, Singapore
  • 1 Comment

Khoo’s work here is oddly affective, finding the poetic in the mundane as stories of love and solitude come together in elliptical fashion.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.
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March 13, 2019 by Eternality Tan

Election (2005)

  • To, Johnnie
  • 2005, Hong Kong, Johnnie To
  • 2 Comments

3.5 stars

There’s not much action in this, but To develops a mostly engrossing triad flick about infighting and power plays.

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November 27, 2018June 17, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Three Times (2005)

  • Hou, Hsiao-Hsien
  • 2005, Hou, Hsiao-Hsien, Taiwan
  • 1 Comment

An unexpectedly weaker effort from Hou —this is a well-intentioned experimental exercise in form, style and structure, but it comes off as uneven and unsatisfactory.

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Rating: 3 out of 5.
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