Ash Is Purest White, 2018. Written and Directed by Jia Zhangke. Starring Tao Zhao and Liao Fan. SYNOPSIS: ASH IS PUREST WHITE follows the journey of Qiao (Tao Zhao), the moll of a local mob boss who has fallen from grace… Director Jia Zhangke has steadily risen to become a leading figure in the ‘Sixth-generation’ […]
Doom Patrol Season 1 Episode 9 Review – ‘Jane Patrol’
Hasitha Fernando reviews the ninth episode of Doom Patrol… Our ragtag band of misfits have hit a snag; they are at a loss to explain what’s wrong with Jane. But just when they’ve all given up hope, the Negative Entity within Larry comes forth and with the assistance of Cliff, they try to save Jane […]
Doom Patrol Season 1 Episode 8 – ‘Danny Patrol’
Hasitha Fernando reviews the eighth episode of Doom Patrol… Jane part ways with the group momentarily, following Cliff’s psychotic meltdown. She seeks refuge in one of her more outrageous personas; an overtly high-spirited yet volatile character named ‘Karen’ who possesses the power to infatuate individuals. An anxious Cliff and reluctant Rita goes after her. Meanwhile, […]
The Twilight Zone Premiere Review – ‘The Comedian / Nightmare at 30,000 Feet’
Hasitha Fernando reviews the series premiere of The Twilight Zone… The original anthology series created by Rod Sterling set a dizzyingly high benchmark for others to follow. Making its debut in the late 1950’s it proved to be a wild success, thrilling audiences with the macabre and unexpected. Often these phantasmagoric tales were imbued with […]
Doom Patrol Season 1 Episode 7 Review – ‘Therapy Patrol’
Hasitha Fernando reviews the seventh episode of Doom Patrol… Our titular team is in complete disarray. Each reflecting on their painful pasts, which in turn mirror their current predicament. Cliff Steele suffers a mental breakdown in the process. After recovering from it, he suggests they all gather to have a self-led ‘group therapy session’ to […]
Doom Patrol Season 1 Episode 6 Review – ‘Doom Patrol Patrol’
Hasitha Fernando reviews the sixth episode of Doom Patrol… A potential Apocalypse was successfully averted. But our disparate group didn’t survive it completely unscathed. Some are broken within and others without. Dr. Caulder is once again missing, snatched away from them by the devious Mr. Nobody and they were unable to stop him. In a […]
Doom Patrol Season 1 Episode 5 Review – ‘Paw Patrol’
Hasitha Fernando reviews the fifth episode of Doom Patrol season 1… Things are looking rather bleak for our rag-tag band of misfits. The Cult of the Unwritten Book succeeds in their task of unleashing the De-creator; a perpetually glowing eye which gradually disintegrates all things in existence. Cliff and Crazy Jane are trapped in the […]
Doom Patrol Season 1 Episode 4 Review – ‘Cult Patrol’
Hasitha Fernando reviews the fourth episode of Doom Patrol… Episode 3 concluded with our weird-some fivesome being whisked away from Paraguay on a jet. The misadventures in Fuchtopia, raised more troublesome questions than definitive answers. Why was Dr. Caulder present during Mr. Nobody’s transformation? What was the ‘important item’ that he stole from Von Fuchs […]
Comic Book Review – The Prisoner: Shattered Visage
Hasitha Fernando reviews The Prisoner: Shattered Visage… The Prisoner: Shattered Visage takes place 20 years following the events that concluded the 1960’s cult TV series. Alice Drake, an ex-spy fed up with her cyclical routine stumbles across the infamous facility termed the ‘Village’ during a sailing trip gone awry. There she encounters an aged Number […]
Doom Patrol Season 1 Episode 3 Review – ‘Puppet Patrol’
Hasitha Fernando reviews the third episode of Doom Patrol… Our titular motley crew are right back where they started. The shenanigans involving the devious Mr. Nobody and his vortex of mischief served only as a transitory period of torment for our heroes. Nothing new was gleamed by tumbling down that particular rabbit-hole (or Donkey’s throat […]
