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Aidil Rusli
Aidil Rusli loves rock 'n' roll, still believes in the words "indie" and "underground", and after all these years still sings in his band Couple facebook.com/wearecouple. You can get in touch with Aidil by emailing: [email protected]
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The coming out of the mainstream coming of age teen movie
JUNE 16 ― Like any other genre, the coming of age film also has a lot of variations... even sub-genres. Some come in the form of a serious drama, some go all out in the...
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Two new Tarantino-esque films to check out
JUNE 9 ― As loved and influential as Quentin Tarantino was and still is, the biggest downside to being that successful is the inevitable amount of bandwagon jumping and copycats...
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Revenge, sometimes best served hot as well
JUNE 2 ― As a matter of personal taste, the underdog wins every time. So in terms of cinema, a great trashy film is often something I find myself loving more than a great classy...
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Three new foreign language films you may want to seek out
MAY 26 — If you have the hunger, there can and never will be enough films to watch in your lifetime, and these are just the good ones. Provided, of course, that you cast...
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To ‘Infinity’ and beyond
MAY 5 — Some films you can write about as soon as they open. Some you can even write about days in advance of their release. But there are also films so entrenched in our...
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Three new films for your indie horror fix
APRIL 21 — It’s pretty satisfying to see a new horror film dominating conversations pretty much everywhere it is being released, even in Malaysia. What’s...
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The surprise return of 'Dukun'
APRIL 14 ― “Lost films” is a term that not many Malaysians are familiar with. Even trying to correctly define what a “lost film” is will take more than the normal length...
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Anyone up for some new horror comedies?
APRIL 7 — When it comes to horror films, I’ve always regarded them as a sort of rollercoaster ride to be enjoyed, with a mixture of scares, thrills, sudden jolts and laughs...
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Three new lo-fi sci-fi treats to discover
MARCH 31 — Sci-fi, especially lo-fi sci-fi, isn't the most popular of genres. Outside of comic book adaptations and well-established franchises, sci-fi films have always found...
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Two new Malaysian films to catch in cinemas now
MARCH 24 — It’s been a while since I last wrote about Malaysian films here, such is the dearth of excitement in the local film scene in the past few months. Abang Long...
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Three new sci-fi films on Netflix
MARCH 17 ― Blade Runner 2049, made with a budget of US$300 million (RM1.17 billion) and backed by the star power of Ryan Gosling, failed to make even US$100 million in the US,...
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‘Death Wish’: At long last another successful troll by Eli Roth
MARCH 10 — Around this time last year, a genre film opened in the US and Canada and sparked a debate around a difficult subject—racism. That film was Get Out, which has...
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Oscars 2018: My predictions
MARCH 3 — It’s finally here, this coming Sunday (or Monday over here in Malaysia), and after setting it all up in the past few weeks with my reviews of the competing films for...
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Oscars 2018: The big hitters
FEBRUARY 24 ― I mentioned in this column three weeks back one of the most unique things about this year’s Oscar season is the lack of any big film as a clear front runner....
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Oscars 2018: A look at three smaller contenders
FEBRUARY 17 — One of the more unique things about the Oscars can be found in the nominations in the acting categories. Of course the first big caveat is that the nominations...