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Hailing from Singapore & writing about cinema since 2007

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Blade, The (1995)

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Tag / Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias

July 20, 2025September 5, 2025 by Eternality Tan

Cocote (2017)

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  • 2017, Dominican Republic, Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias
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This is a powerful confrontation of the religious irony, corruption and injustice at play in the Dominican Republic, as a devout Evangelical Christian man returning home for his murdered father’s funeral must tolerate paganistic rituals and his family’s call for ‘moral’ revenge. 

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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March 19, 2025July 20, 2025 by Eternality Tan

Pepe (2024)

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  • 2024, Dominican Republic, Namibia, Nelson Carlo de Los Santos Arias
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An African hippo is flown to South America in this thoughtful allegory of forced capture, exploitation and fearmongering, with its nebulous cinematic form and unconventional ‘myth-telling’ likely to impress adventurous cinephiles.

⭐⭐⭐⭐

Rating: 4 out of 5.

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