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Kawaii in Krungthep
B Magazine, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 04/02/2018
» Nowadays, you'd be hard pressed to walk five steps without overhearing someone gushing about their favourite BNK48 idol, or humming the band's indelible earworm Koisuru Fortune Cookie. The all-girl group has emerged as the pop sensation of the moment in Thailand.
No dizzying heights
Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 11/08/2017
» The Dark Tower had every reason to be good. It's an adaptation of a renowned series of novels by Stephen King. It features Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey in leading roles. It's also directed (and scripted) by the man who wrote the 2009 Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, as well as 2012's A Royal Affair, both stellar films.
Finding space in the Spider-Man universe
Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 07/07/2017
» From quizzes and club activities to agonising over an uninterested crush, the high-school experience is fraught with peril for the average teenager. When said teenager has superpowers, and desperately wants to impress Ironman so he can join the Avengers, things can get even trickier, as Peter Parker (Tom Holland) finds out in Spider-Man: Homecoming, the webslinger's solo-debut feature under Marvel's cinematic universe. Trading in the usual cataclysmic conflicts of Marvel's earlier films for a more personal story of responsibility (a Spider-Man staple) and maturity, Homecoming manages to feel like a fresh take on the (arguably) tired Marvel formula, being the best Spider-Man film since 2004's Spider-Man 2.
Sisters are doin' it for themselves
Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 22/06/2017
» Call it teen power. Or the epitome of kawaii culture. Or a great marketing idea. Some may also detect a strange, Lolita-tinted vibe. But with their own TV, anime and manga series, as well as the record for "highest selling musical act in Japan in terms of singles sold", AKB48, with 48 members, are a long-standing Japanese idol girl-group known for their super-cute style and catchy tunes. It has been described as a national phenomenon in its country of origin, with a devoted fanbase that has followed the band's songs and merchandise since its inception over a decade ago in 2005.
In its death throes
Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 26/05/2017
» Six years since its last showing -- On Stranger Tides -- was released in 2011, the Pirates Of The Caribbean is back yet again this week in Dead Men Tell No Tales, the fifth instalment of Disney's whimsical pirate adventure franchise.
The marvel of Logan
Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 03/03/2017
» It's a boundless shame, to say the least, that both Hugh Jackman and Sir Patrick Stewart will both be making their departures from their respective roles as Wolverine and Professor X after Logan, the 10th entry to their long-running X-Men franchise. Doubly so, since both actors have never been as riveting as they are in Logan, one of the best superhero films ever made, telling a very grounded, personal story about a broken man, not a superhero or larger-than-life symbol. In this regard, Logan elevates itself from a superb superhero film to a superb film, period, one that all superhero films to come should strive to emulate.
The sound of silence
Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 16/09/2016
» As is true of most horror films, it's the silent, creeping moments of uncertainty leading up to the jumps-scares that create the most suspense, as audiences tense up in anticipation, hoping against hope that the main characters be spared any horrendous fate lying around the corner. Don't Breathe, the aptly named sophomore feature from director Fede Alvarez (who also did the 2013 remake of Sam Raimi's Evil Dead), embodies this philosophy to the hilt, taking its audience on a relentless train-ride of white-knuckle tension from start to finish.
To Thailand by way of the world
Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 27/05/2016
» When asked which photograph among his deep portfolio is his favourite, former chief photographer for the Associated Press of Southeast Asia David Longstreath recalled a picture he took of a boy standing in front of the chapel that held Mother Teresa's funeral in Calcutta, India.
Til it happens to you
Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 08/03/2016
» It was a sobering afternoon of hard truths following the screening of the documentary, The Hunting Ground at SF Cinema at CentralWorld on Saturday. The film tells the alarming story of sexual assault at many of US universities — including some of their most prestigious — as well as these universities’ appalling efforts in trying to keep these attacks hidden. The powerful and shocking film relies on on-camera testimonies of many young women and men who speak on how they were raped in colleges and how those colleges denied them justice.