Bombshell (2019): Strong Performances Destroyed by Cartoonish Screenplay

I always have a love for a movie starring strong female leads. Bombshell gives you three, at least, strong female leads in the body of Charlize Theron, Nicole Kidman and Margot Robbie. They give their best to portray the female news anchors (and one young producer) of Fox News who leads media wolf Roger Ailes…

Ad Astra (2019): Brad Pitt in a Visually Mesmerizing and Deeply Meditating Space Travel

The fall movie season has always a heart for thrilling and mesmerizing space-related science-fiction. You named it: Gravity (2013), Interstellar (2014), The Martian (2015) and Arrival (2016). Now you can add Ad Astra at that list of movies, as one more movie of human's space exploration as the effort to look deeper to humanity. This is…

It Chapter Two (2019): A Satisfying Ending of Pennywise’s Terror

Some said, there is no such thing as too many great things. In this time where remakes, reboots and sequels were so common in Hollywood, lots of movies have failed in delivering a proper sequel, and ended up in useless, better-there-is-no sequel at all. Bloated in 170 minutes running time, It Chapter 2 used its…

Ready or Not (2019): A Rare Clever Thriller with Working Comedy

The idea of hunting humans are there in cinema history, most recent we were served by the trilogy of The Hunger Games. The challenge in making this movie were still the same, how to keep the audience interested enough to the whole story, whether it's a skillful hero like Jean-Claude Van Damme on Hard Target…

Midsommar (2019): An Unsettling, Horrifying Break-Up Story

Ever since Hereditary (2018), I always interested on what Ari Aster would offer in his next movie. Then came out this Midsommar, with promising trailer that Director Aster would bring the same horror as Hereditary. I watched Midsommar twice, the uncensored one through some streaming services, and the censored one when it finally released on…

The Lion King (2019): If National Geographic decides to Produce Hamlet Drama

So, who didn't like The Lion King? The original cartoon version released in 1994, I mean. The Lion King (2019) is a sad remake of the joyful 1994 version. It is a CGI copycat, that sadly didn't give us a new way of retelling the classic tale. I think this is the problem with almost…

Crawl (2019): Monster + Disaster Movie Mash-Up that Works!

As you know, I love disaster movies as well as I hate romantic comedies, haha. So what would happen if a disaster movie include some monsters in it? This mash-up might be your worst nightmare, and that's what happen when I watched this movie. Fifty years (really?) after Steven Spielberg made us cringe about the…

Parasite (2019): A Sweet and Twisted Social Critics

I already loved Director Bong Joon-ho since Snowpiercer, and love him more on Memories of Murder. So when I read he won Palme d'Or at Cannes for his latest release of Parasite, I couldn't be more excited. Director Bong always makes a well-crafted movie, so his win on Cannes is actually not quite surprising. Instead,…

Spiderman: Far From Home (2019): Maybe the Trick Won’t Work Anymore

Should I remind you that I despise romantic comedies? As I thought that this Far from Home is kind of a teenage romantic comedy, I got a little interest while decided to watch this movie. I'm not totally wrong after all, Far from Home is yet another teenage romantic comedy, with additions of superhero background…

Anna (2019): Luc Besson’s Latest Femme Fatale is Blonde, and Bland

Luc Besson has been accused for sexual offenses by nine women, yet he offers another femme fatale movie that unfortunately, cannot gain his reputation back. When I first watched Anna, I directly linked to Jennifer Lawrence's Red Sparrow (2018). The same sexual politic background did really reminds me of how J.Law put her sexuality on her…