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“Anime is like sushi”: How a ‘niche’ medium breaks free of a worldwide misunderstanding

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Over the Moon aims high, but it doesn’t quite achieve lift-off | Review

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In Strangers from Hell, true terror is being under the thumb of society

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Tenet is mind-bending, but lacks one of Nolan’s greatest strength – humanity

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Roh rises as an atmospheric, haunting film about hidden terrors| Review

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Fires at Midnight burns bright as a morbid Malaysian story | Review

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Gris looks like a beautiful journey of self-discovery

On Aug 15, 2018 4:38 pm, by JY Tan

The past week has been pretty good for video game news. There’s the new gameplay video of Red Dead Redemption 2, which looks pretty swell. In Quakecon, Bethesda… more

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A Way Out is an exploration of selfishness (and selfnessness)

On Aug 10, 2018 9:14 am, by JY Tan

The most interesting games, to me, are the ones that allow us to surprise ourselves. They offer moments of introspection; opportunities for us to glance beyond the veiled… more

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City Hunter’s return to animated form looks fantastic

On Aug 07, 2018 4:28 pm, by JY Tan

People know City Hunter as two things. The lucky ones would know City Hunter as the hit manga series that ran on Weekly Shonen Jump from 1985 to… more

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The mid-trilogy baggage of Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle | Review

On Aug 02, 2018 7:55 am, by EK Zahari

What I think of Godzilla: City on the Edge of Battle in a nutshell: “They should have named it ‘Story on the Edge of Completion’ instead” Mild spoilers… more

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The hollow nostalgia of Ready Player One | Review

On Jul 31, 2018 8:29 am, by JY Tan
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Ready Player One, directed by Steven Spielberg, contains a special kind of joy. It’s the kind of inner, almost primal delight of recognising something you’ve liked at one… more

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It’s mission accomplished for Mission: Impossible – Fallout | Review

On Jul 27, 2018 5:10 pm, by JY Tan

Being Ethan Hunt must be tough. It’s not just the death-defying stunts and the plethora of impossible feats that you’ll have to perform on a constant (daily? Weekly?… more

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Vandread is an anime ahead of its time

On Jul 25, 2018 10:21 pm, by EK Zahari
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Vandread is one of those animes that is pretty much forgotten, but shouldn’t be. While it joins the glut of crazy-plotted Japanese animes, it is no slouch in… more

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Skyscraper is between a Rock and a Die Hard place | Review

On Jul 24, 2018 4:04 pm, by JY Tan

Watching Skyscraper is a mental exercise in which you’re trying very hard not to think “Die Hard did it better!” Well, Die Hard did do it better, though… more

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Titans to go big on the small screen

On Jul 23, 2018 4:11 pm, by J Cheong

Another San Diego Comic Con (SDCC), another slew of announcements to thrill geeks, nerds and everyone in between. The SDCC 2018 kicked-off on 19 July and one of… more

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Bad Times at the El Royale looks like a good time

On Jul 19, 2018 6:25 pm, by JY Tan

Wait a minute. This isn’t a new trailer! It came out about a month ago! Why are you even talking about this? Well, some things are like parasites… more

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