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  • Magnolia
  • The Tree of Life
  • The Squid and the Whale
  • 2046

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  • Reality

    ★★★½

  • Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse

    ★★★★½

  • TÁR

    ★★★★

  • Air

    ★★★★

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  • Missing

    Missing

    ★★★★

    While losing much of its novelty (watching SEARCHING for the first time was so much fun, with all that concept being thrown at you the first time around), this film still gave a worthy enough second ride, thanks to (another) clever script which again, on par with the best thriller made by Denis Villeuneuve or David Fincher. 

    Also as someone who are coming from a third world country, it’s fun to see Whatsapp get the recognition that it deserves. 😂

  • The Womb

    The Womb

    ★★★★

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

    Genuinely surprised with how good this film was. Way beyond your typical Indonesia horror movie. Relying less on gore, cheap thrills, and “penampakan” and more on mood and ambience. Probably our first “elevated horror”? I am no Indo movie scene expert, you tell me.

    Also I am a sucker for a film that gave tiny little details to add nuances and context to the story, even if it’s so trivial. Like, it needn’t be, but it happened. Such case can…

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  • John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

    John Wick: Chapter 3 - Parabellum

    ★★★★½

    JOHN WICK: Your regular Sunday night action movie with some nice choreography being thrown here and there.

    JOHN WICK 2: An action fantasy saga that mark the beginning of a mythology.

    JOHN WICK 3: 21st century equivalent of a Buster Keaton/Charlie Chaplin motion picture.

    JOHN WICK 4: Cure cancer? We'll never know.

  • Scream

    Scream

    ★★★★

    This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

    If someone says their favorite horror film is The Babadook I’d stab them too.