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Joyland (2022)

May 28, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman (2022)

May 27, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Taxi Driver, A (2017)

May 25, 2023May 25, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Afire (2023)

May 24, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Good Morning (1959)

May 22, 2023May 22, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Lost and Beautiful (2015)

May 20, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Storm Over the Yangtze River (1969)

May 18, 2023May 18, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Charcoal (2022)

May 16, 2023May 16, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Castle of Purity, The (1973)

May 15, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Hsi Shih: Beauty of Beauties (1965)

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Tag / 2017

May 25, 2023May 25, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Taxi Driver, A (2017)

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  • 2017, South Korea
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Song Kang-ho is superb in this highly-engaging mainstream drama based on the dark history that was the 1980 Gwangju Uprising as a taxi driver unwittingly brings a German reporter to the site.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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August 2, 2022August 2, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Breadwinner, The (2017)

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  • 2017, Canada, Ireland, Nora Twomey
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A girl is forced to dress like a boy in Taliban-occupied Afghanistan to help her family make ends meet in this splendidly animated tale that perhaps relies too much on a parallel account of a mythical fantasy to work.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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June 29, 2022June 29, 2022 by Eternality Tan

All the Money in the World (2017)

  • Scott, Ridley
  • 2017, Ridley Scott, USA
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As admirable as Ridley Scott’s ticking time-bomb decision to recast and reshoot the film is, this is an unexceptional work that struggles to elevate itself despite strong performances by Christopher Plummer and Michelle Williams.

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Rating: 2.5 out of 5.

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June 7, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Alien: Covenant (2017)

  • Scott, Ridley
  • 2017, Ridley Scott, UK, USA
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Scott’s follow-up to ‘Prometheus’ is a full-scale R-rated blockbuster that will thrill mainstream adult audiences, maybe even fans, but it doesn’t hold a candle to the sheer filmmaking prowess of the first two ‘Alien’ films.

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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May 27, 2022 by Eternality Tan

April’s Daughter (2017)

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  • 2017, Mexico, Michel Franco
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A naïve teenage girl gives birth but her wily mother has other sinister ideas in this well-directed Mexican drama that is not afraid to go down a morally contentious path.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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December 18, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Beauty and the Dogs (2017)

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  • 2017, Kaouther Ben Hania, Tunisia
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Shot in nine long takes, this Tunisian drama about systemic failure economically if harrowingly shows us what it feels like to suffer under pervasive toxic masculinity, as a woman on a night out tries to seek justice after being sexually assaulted by several policemen.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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December 10, 2021December 10, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Baby Driver (2017)

  • Wright, Edgar
  • 2017, Edgar Wright, UK, USA
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Edgar Wright’s engaging if offbeat heist film ticks like clockwork, and is accompanied by a terrific iPod playlist for a soundtrack.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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September 24, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Dawn Wall, The (2017)

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  • 2017, Austria, Documentary, USA
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Even non-climbing enthusiasts will fall in love with Tommy Caldwell in this well-made documentary as he and his climbing partner attempt to free climb a route up the legendary El Capitan that had been deemed impossible to scale.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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August 26, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Post, The (2017)

  • Spielberg, Steven
  • 2017, Steven Spielberg, USA
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Spielberg’s journalistic procedural is a masterclass in supple filmmaking that is equally at ease portraying nuance as well as galvanising action.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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August 18, 2021 by Eternality Tan

I Want to Go Home (2017)

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  • 2017, Documentary, Japan, Singapore
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This heartfelt, partially-animated documentary centering on a Japanese man who lost his wife in the 2011 tsunami doesn’t have any pretensions and works because of its sincerity.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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