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  A classic's latest incarnation

  Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 15/09/2017

  » Like all entertainment franchises that have ever been described as phenomenal, Death Note has had no shortage of adaptations. Born as a 12-volume Japanese manga series (2003-2006), Death Note has since been adapted into an anime series, five live-action Japanese films, a TV drama and a musical.

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  Siam Square's night of the living dead

  Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 31/03/2017

  » Siam Square needs no introduction. With a history dating back to the 1970s, the shopping district remains the prime meeting spot for today's Bangkok youth, with plenty of shops, restaurants and a building literally made of tutoring schools. It's not the kind of place you'd expect to associate with a horror film, which is exactly what makes Siam Square, the directorial-debut of Pairat Kumwan, so interesting.

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  Zombies as a mid-life metaphor

  B Magazine, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 25/03/2018

  » Most of us still remember her from E.T. -- and that was 36 years ago, when she was seven and playing a girl who connects with the wrinkly extraterrestrial on a quest to go home. She also went on to play a sexy seducer in Poison Ivy (1992), one of Charlie's Angels (2000), a girl with a short-term memory in 50 First Dates (2004), and an accidental songwriter in Music and Lyrics ( 2007).

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  Stone on Snowden

  Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 07/10/2016

  » Director Oliver Stone likes to tell stories of larger-than-life characters. Or not just characters, but real people caught up in the swirl of American history, which is sometimes to say world history: John F. Kennedy in JFK (1991); Jim Morrison in The Doors (1991); Richard Nixon in Nixon (1995); Fidel Castro in Commandante (2003); Alexander the Great in Alexander (2005); and George W Bush in W (2008). The fuzzy line between glory and shame of American policy is also his favourite subject, such as in the Vietnam War-set Platoon (1986), Wall Street (1987), Born On The Fourth Of July (1989) and World Trade Center (2006).

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  Stranger Things remains binge-worthy

  Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 03/11/2017

  » Being the geeky, nerdy man-child that I am, I absolutely loved the first season of Netflix's Stranger Things, the original sci-fi horror series released last year. With all its reverence for geek culture, the 1980s aesthetic and excellent cast, Stranger Things was a love letter to everything I loved, and I loved it for that. It was also a masterclass in suspense, a show that knew how to make you desperate to find out what's next at the end of every episode.

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  Riverdale is nothing like those comics you read as a kid

  Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 19/05/2017

  » Those of us beyond a certain age have most likely heard of Archie comics or at least one of the many offshoots of the Sunday comic-strips such as Jughead, Betty And Veronica or Josie And The Pussycats.

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  When monsters attack

  Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 10/03/2017

  » Kong: Skull Island seems like it tries -- and largely fails -- to present a serious, deep message, even though it often veers into the campy territory so many monster films seem to occupy. Most of the characters -- of which there are unnecessarily many -- are completely devoid of personality or even purpose, getting introduced only to eventually become monster-snacks, offering absolutely nothing to the plot beyond creating a false sense of mortality for the obvious band of destined survivors. The plot, as anyone familiar with King Kong's lore can surmise, is also nothing new, and is actually quite similar to the Peter Jackson-directed King Kong's (2005) plot of a group of outsiders surviving on a hostile island dominated by the giant ape.

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  Jackie Chan goes yoga

  Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 26/01/2017

  » With over 200 films under his belt dating back to the 1960s, Jackie Chan needs no introduction. The popular stuntman, director and actor -- whose long career recently earned him an honorary Oscar for his "extraordinary achievements in film" on Nov 12 last year from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, the first Chinese in history to receive the award -- is back with his latest film, Kung Fu Yoga, a Chinese-Indian production set for Thailand release today.

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  Hunger Games ends with a bang

  Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 20/11/2015

  » The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 2 marks the end of what has now become perhaps one of the most prolific young adult novel series ever, and holy heck is it good. While I wasn't a fan in the beginning, The Hunger Games is one of those series that seems to mature with its audience, now a far cry from the days Katniss was in the lush woods of the first Games arena. 

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  The journey of parenthood

  Life, Kanin Srimaneekulroj, Published on 04/12/2015

  » Released just in time for Father's Day here in Thailand, Baby Steps is the directorial debut of Barney Cheng, the Taiwanese-American actor who once starred in Woody Allen's 2002 film Hollywood Ending, and is also produced by Hsu-Li Kong, the Oscar award-winning producer from Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon. The film received the Tribeca Film Institute All Access production grant in 2014, and was also further funded by the Taiwan Ministry of Culture as well as the City of Taipei.

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