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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]
Recent Opinions
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New July releases on Shudder worth checking out
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Netflix’s ‘Fear Street’ trilogy — A horror event well worth catching
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Take a trip into some rural horror comedies with 'Werewolves Within' and 'Boys From County Hell'
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'Till Death', 'The Vigil' and 'The Night': Three single location genre wonders that will leave you very impressed
More from Aidil Rusli
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'Censor' and 'The Power': Two new British horror movies ripe for discovery
JULY 3 ― While the UK may have a rich history of horror filmmaking, with famous studios like Hammer and Amicus at the forefront in the 1960s and 1970s, and classic films like...
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In praise of ‘A Ghost Waits’
JUNE 19 — One of the most satisfying things that can result from my never-ending hunt for new horror/genre films is when I encounter something so special that it, despite...
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'Those Who Wish Me Dead' and 'The Woman In The Window': Two critically panned movies that might actually be worth your time
JUNE 12 ― While I very rarely let film reviews and internet chatter get in the way of my movie viewing, in the sense that I’ll watch whatever I feel like watching regardless...
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‘Wrath of Man’ and ‘Spiral: From The Book of Saw’: Two major new movies worth checking out
JUNE 5 — In pre-Covid-19 times, the arrival of June would’ve meant the beginning of the summer movie season, with some studios even choosing to release their big titles in May...
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‘Army of the Dead’ and ‘Jakob’s Wife’: New genre movies to check out
MAY 29 — As we approach the middle of 2021, with the end of the pandemic still nowhere in sight and cases continuing to reach all-time highs this past week and the national...
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'Golden Arm' and 'Best Summer Ever': A couple of US indie comedies to brighten your day
MAY 22 ― Now that we’re more or less back to lockdown life with MCO 3.0, I found myself gravitating more towards feelgood indie comedies in the past week. Maybe it’s because...
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Low budget grindhouse gold with ‘Death Ranch’ and ‘For The Sake Of Vicious’
MAY 15 — According to Wikipedia, a grindhouse is an American term for a movie theatre that mainly shows low-budget horror, splatter and exploitation films for adults. Its...
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Glorious tales of revenge with 'Nobody' and 'Riders of Justice'
MAY 8 ― With this year’s Oscar season well and truly over (and with me feeling quite happy with myself that I got all but one of my predictions right!), I’ve been on a...
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My Oscar predictions for 2021
APRIL 24 ― Two big factors have more or less rendered useless the many previously established rules/markers that have been used to predict Oscar winners: the Covid-19 pandemic...
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‘The Reckoning’ and ‘Happily’: Two new genre movies worth investigating
APRIL 17 — The Oscars are arriving next week on April 26 and I’ve still got a few more films to catch, especially the ones in the animated and foreign language categories, so...
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'Locked Down' and 'Chaos Walking': Two new movies by Doug Liman
APRIL 10 ― Back in the mid- to late 90s, the name Doug Liman was usually associated with the 90s independent film boom alongside then famous names like Quentin Tarantino, Gregg...
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Two unsung genre gems worth your time in Malaysian cinemas now
APRIL 3 — More new movies are slowly trickling into Malaysian cinemas, as our march towards normality in all facets of our everyday lives continues. There’s still a long...
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A dose of movie magic from Godzilla, Kong and Zack Snyder’s Justice League
MARCH 27 ― Finally, it’s starting to feel like a dose of normality is coming back to our collective movie diets, first with the highly anticipated arrival of Zack Snyder’s...
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Two new movies now playing in Malaysian cinemas
MARCH 20 — The big news this week in terms of new movies is, of course, the release of Zack Snyder’s Justice League, a triumph of fan demand long in the making ever...
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Two animated movies now playing in Malaysian cinemas
MARCH 13 ― The last film I saw in the cinema was Wonder Woman 1984, and that was way back in the middle of December, 2020. As cautious as some people may be about going back to...