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The Roundup: Punishment: Don Lee’s Beast Cop is Back

©Courtesy of Capelight Pictures International Det. Ma Seuk-do makes Jack Reacher and the Rock look puny and weak. South Korea’s criminal underworld refers to him as the “Beast Cop,” but he is an old softie at heart. When the mother of a murdered programmer commits suicide out of grief, he takes it hard, so he…

Eternals, An Epic Hodgepodge Focused On The Academy’s New Standards

The Academy Award winning director Chloé Zhao (for Nomadland) returns to the silver screen with a Marvel blockbuster. The profound insight she conveyed in her socially oriented independent films, gets annihilated by a messy action-hero franchise. Moreover, the movie tries to tick all the boxes of the new Hollywood conduct — defined by the Academy…