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Disclosure Day (2026)

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My Father’s Shadow (2025)

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Touki bouki (1973)

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To Singapore, with Love (2013)

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Last Metro, The (1980)

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Blade, The (1995)

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How to Divorce During the War (2026)

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Useful Ghost, A (2025)

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December 9, 2018July 13, 2021 by Eternality Tan

Public Enemies (2009)

  • Mann, Michael
  • 2009, Michael Mann, USA
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It may not have broken any new ground, but Mann’s work here is serviceable and worth a pop.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.
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December 9, 2018May 8, 2025 by Eternality Tan

Heat (1995)

  • Mann, Michael
  • 1995, Michael Mann, USA
  • 4 Comments

Pacino and De Niro give electrifying performances in this sprawling three-hour Los Angeles cat-and-mouse crime thriller.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.
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December 9, 2018August 3, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Get Out (2017)

  • Peele, Jordan
  • 2017, Jordan Peele, USA
  • 8 Comments

A sharp and clever genre-bending horror-comedy that is timely in its racial allegory and refreshing in its execution.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.
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December 9, 2018May 3, 2024 by Eternality Tan

Curious Case of Benjamin Button, The (2008)

  • Criterion Collection, Fincher, David
  • 2008, David Fincher, USA
  • 3 Comments

An ambitious if poorly-paced film that struggles to sustain for long stretches despite the incredible technical wizardry on show.

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Rating: 2.5 out of 5.
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December 9, 2018May 31, 2020 by Eternality Tan

Social Network, The (2010)

  • Fincher, David
  • 2010, David Fincher, USA
  • 9 Comments

Not just a high watermark in Fincher’s career, this film captures the zeitgeist of 21st century communications.

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Rating: 4.5 out of 5.
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December 9, 2018April 9, 2022 by Eternality Tan

Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The (2011)

  • Fincher, David
  • 2011, David Fincher, USA
  • 6 Comments

It may be an imperfect re-envisioning of the best-selling novel, but Fincher shows why he is one of the most technically-gifted filmmakers of his generation.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.
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December 7, 2018May 3, 2024 by Eternality Tan

Game, The (1997)

  • Criterion Collection, Fincher, David
  • 1997, David Fincher, USA
  • 1 Comment

Clinically precise in its execution, this mystery-thriller grips you and plays you like a game.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.
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December 7, 2018May 3, 2024 by Eternality Tan

Gone Girl (2014)

  • Fincher, David
  • 2014, David Fincher, USA
  • 3 Comments

Darkly comic, twisted, even creepy, Fincher’s latest grips you by the throat.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.
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December 5, 2018June 6, 2023 by Eternality Tan

Widows (2018)

  • McQueen, Steve
  • 2018, Steve McQueen, UK, USA
  • 1 Comment

Steve McQueen tackling the heist-thriller genre is certainly worth seeing, but while it is a well-made effort, it is sometimes too convoluted for its own good.

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Rating: 3.5 out of 5.
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November 25, 2018February 16, 2021 by Eternality Tan

12 Years a Slave (2013)

  • McQueen, Steve
  • 2013, Steve McQueen, UK, USA
  • 3 Comments

Not McQueen’s most engaging effort, but certainly his most important work to date.

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Rating: 4 out of 5.
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