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Lingui, the Sacred Bonds (2021)

June 24, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Nostalghia (1983)

June 23, 2022June 24, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Zatoichi Goes to the Fire Festival (1970)

June 21, 2022June 21, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Broker (2022)

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Remorques (1941)

June 19, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Vie de Jesus, La (1997)

June 18, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Trial of Joan of Arc, The (1962)

June 17, 2022June 17, 2022 by Eternality Tan

I Wish I Knew (2010)

June 14, 2022June 14, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Official Competition (2021)

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Court (2014)

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June 7, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Northman, The (2022)

  • Eggers, Robert
  • 2022, Robert Eggers, USA
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Eggers’ third film is maximalist filmmaking to a fault—it may be his most ambitious, but also his weakest in terms of storytelling where it offers the requisite thrills and action, but little in the way of deeply-resonating themes or characters.   

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Rating: 3 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 31, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Top Gun: Maverick (2022)

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  • 2022, Joseph Kosinski, USA
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It goes through its storytelling beats without fuss but also without invention, though all that becomes insignificant when you are in the cockpit of a fighter jet in what could be the most immersive blockbuster to be shot aerially since Dunkirk. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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May 15, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Mission: Impossible (1996)

  • De Palma, Brian, Popular
  • 1996, Brian De Palma, USA
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The movie that launched the popular action franchise is rather uninspired despite having De Palma at the helm—action is few and far between and the conversational scenes feel lacklustre.

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Rating: 2.5 out of 5.

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May 14, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Martian, The (2015)

  • Scott, Ridley
  • 2015, Ridley Scott, UK, USA
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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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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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May 10, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Doctor Strange (2016)

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  • 2016, USA
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One of Marvel’s most visually fascinating movies to date, but certainly not one (or two) of their finest hours.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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May 9, 2022May 10, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)

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  • 2022, Sam Raimi, USA
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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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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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May 4, 2022May 4, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Steve Jobs (2015)

  • Boyle, Danny
  • 2015, Danny Boyle, UK, USA
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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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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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May 3, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014)

  • Scott, Ridley
  • 2014, Ridley Scott, UK, USA
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As a swords-and-sandals biblical epic, it is fairly spectacular, but remotely engaging.

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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May 2, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Terminal, The (2004)

  • Spielberg, Steven
  • 2004, Steven Spielberg, USA
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This may be minor Spielberg, but its wholeheartedness makes it worth the trip to the JFK airport in New York where an Eastern European man is stuck without citizenship, played with earnest charm by Tom Hanks.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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