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Lurking in the shadows
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 23/02/2024
» The lore of Shinobi, better known in popular culture as ninjas, has been pivotal in Japanese history. Despite global popularity, ninja portrayals in Japanese cinema are overshadowed by samurais. However, Netflix's original series, House Of Ninjas, breaks this trend and captivates action and martial arts enthusiasts alike.
Saudi culture collides with Hollywood style in Head To Head
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 11/08/2023
» How often do we as movie fans living in Thailand get the chance to see foreign films, especially ones from Saudi Arabia? But thanks to streaming services like Netflix, now we get to see Saudi content like the comedy thriller Head To Head.
A forgettable action flick
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 26/05/2023
» How often do we find action movies produced by Netflix to be generic? Yet the platform keeps giving us new such flicks. Netflix's latest action/thriller, The Mother starring Jennifer Lopez, is about an assassin who has to come out of hiding to protect a child in danger. It seems as if it can garner attention, but will the storytelling and execution do it justice?
A tale of perseverance
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 19/05/2023
» From the Oscar-winning Good Will Hunting (1997) to Dogma (1999) and The Last Duel (2021), best buddies and long-time collaborators Ben Affleck and Matt Damon team up once again in Air, a biographical sports drama based on true events about the origin of one of the most famous sneakers, the Nike Air Jordan.
Undercooked
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 21/04/2023
» It's quite common to see movies that deal with food and the art of cooking becoming targets for criticism. It's not that difficult for this type of movie to quickly attract the attention of the audience, because hardly anyone would say no to the beautiful, yummy looking dishes in films. But at the same time, it will be easily criticised by both movie and foodie snobs. Despite being currently among the most watched movies on Netflix, the hit drama-thriller Hunger has also divided audiences and critics.
A romance blossoms in Verona
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 09/09/2022
» Netflix's latest original Love In The Villa seems to have all the ingredients for a good romantic comedy from a Shakespeare-inspired love story, a beautiful countryside setting, protagonists with quirky personalities, and even a sassy gay best friend who's always there to give advice to the main character. But unfortunately, Love In The Villa also has flaws that make it nothing more than another run-of-the-mill rom-com out of Netflix's assembly line.
A mindless buddy comedy
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 02/09/2022
» It seems Kevin Hart has established himself as one of the most in-demand actors in the buddy comedy genre. Within a few years, we've seen Hart pair up with celebrity actors from Will Ferrell (Get Hard, 2015), The Rock (Central Intelligence, 2016) and Ice Cube (Ride Along, 2016) to Woody Harrelson (The Man From Toronto, 2022).
A disjointed effort
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 04/03/2022
» 'A storm in a teacup" is probably the proper word to sum up Restless (Sans Répit), a new French crime thriller. It's a story in which the main character gets involved in an unfortunate accident and causes trouble. Although a problem may seem minor initially, when trying to fix it, things escalate to the point of chaos. Like the Coen brothers' Burn After Reading (2008), which had a premise of fake blackmailing that turns into senseless murders, Restless is similar but has more action and thriller elements. While some may enjoy the action and tension these situations create, a lack of character development and predictable storyline makes movies like Restless less memorable than they should.
A spoof gone too far
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 04/02/2022
» Don't get confused if you start watching the American comedy-thriller miniseries The Woman In The House Across The Street From The Girl In The Window and feel like you have seen it before. For whatever reason, The Woman In The House is a revamped version of the plot of another Netflix original titled The Woman In The Window, which came out last year and featured Amy Adams.
Reimagining a franchise
Life, Tatat Bunnag, Published on 01/10/2021
» Japanese anime, a genre loved by many, has taken the world by storm, especially over the past few years. And with Star Wars being a pop-culture phenomenon and one of the biggest sci-fi franchises on the planet, some may have wondered how an non-American-made computer-animated Star Wars movie besides The Clone Wars (2008) and The Bad Batch (2021) would look. Fortunately, we now know with the release of Star Wars: Visions, a nine-episode anime series featuring independent stories written for the Star Wars universe and for fans looking for something different. The first season is now available on Disney+, which recently dropped all the episodes.