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Oscars 2026 Prediction

March 15, 2026March 16, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Beaches of Agnes, The (2008)

March 12, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Secret Agent, The (2025)

March 6, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Trial, The (1962)

March 2, 2026March 2, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Exploring #20: Joachim Trier

February 28, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Silence de la mer, Le (1949)

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Leningrad Cowboys Go America (1989)

February 17, 2026February 17, 2026 by Eternality Tan

Outguess ET 2026 – Oscars Prediction Contest

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All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (2022)

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Sentimental Value (2025)

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April 1, 2021October 30, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Judas and the Black Messiah (2021)

  • Others
  • 2021, USA
  • 5 Comments

It feels like itโ€™s operating one gear too low in terms of pacing, but this take on the trials and tribulations of Black Pantherโ€™s Fred Hamptonโ€”and a spy within his ranksโ€”features outstanding work by Daniel Kaluuya and LaKeith Stanfield.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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March 31, 2021October 30, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Promising Young Woman (2020)

  • Others
  • 2020, UK, USA
  • 6 Comments

At times utterly delirious but also engages with its theme of sexual assault and vengeance with a sobering kind of dynamism, Fennellโ€™s debut feature mostly works despite some moments of overwrought sensationalism. 

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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March 30, 2021July 17, 2024 by Eternality Tan

Dressed to Kill (1980)

  • Criterion Collection, De Palma, Brian
  • 1980, Brian De Palma, USA
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De Palmaโ€™s command of the erotic thriller is indisputable in this suspenseful murder mystery that pays full homage to Hitchcock.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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March 28, 2021October 30, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Mudbound (2017)

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  • 2017, Dee Rees, USA
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The constant intercutting between two related storylinesโ€”that of a White and Black family living in Mississippi in the 1940sโ€”seems to have spread its narrative more thinly than intended, but this is still a crucial look at the ills of racism.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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March 28, 2021March 4, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Mulholland Dr. (2001)

  • Criterion Collection, Lynch, David
  • 2001, David Lynch, USA
  • 10 Comments

Arguably David Lynch’s magnum opus, this is the cinematic equivalent of the ultimate Rubikโ€™s cube – mysterious, unsolvable, haunting and a psycho-emotionally shattering experience.

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

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March 21, 2021October 3, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Blue Velvet (1986)

  • Criterion Collection, Lynch, David
  • 1986, David Lynch, USA
  • 10 Comments

Lynch’s masterpiece is a surreal experience complete with sensational performances, a disturbing film that portrays the moral rot that comes with the American Dream.

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Rating: 5 out of 5.

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March 19, 2021October 30, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Hard Target (1993)

  • Woo, John
  • 1993, John Woo, USA
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As an action film, John Wooโ€™s first foray into Hollywood filmmaking ticks the right boxes, plus itโ€™s also one of my favourite Van Damme outings.  

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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March 17, 2021October 3, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Elephant Man, The (1980)

  • Criterion Collection, Lynch, David
  • 1980, David Lynch, USA
  • 4 Comments

This could be Lynch’s most enduring film – an emotionally-resonating and psychologically-rich work about discrimination and compassion based on the true story of a horribly disfigured man.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.

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March 16, 2021October 3, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Wild at Heart (1990)

  • Lynch, David
  • 1990, David Lynch, USA
  • 1 Comment

Lynchโ€™s delirious Palme dโ€™Or-winning film starts very strongly but peters out as an incoherent if still fun, violent and erotic lovers-on-the-road movie.

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Rating: 3 out of 5.

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March 15, 2021October 9, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Robinson Crusoe (1954)

  • Bunuel, Luis
  • 1954, Luis Bunuel, Mexico, USA
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Bunuelโ€™s first film in colour was his closest flirtation with a Hollywood style of filmmaking, effortlessly adapting the famous story of a shipwrecked man who must live solitarily on an unknown island for an unknown number of years.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.

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