James Marsh
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Two years after it was shot, this military heist thriller from producer and co-writer Luc Besson’s troubled EuropaCorp company has finally seen the light of day. But save for some… Read More
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Addiction can be destructive, to ourselves and those around us – but in Colossal, a young New Yorker’s drinking problem has far more cataclysmic repercussions when it manifests as a… Read More
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Ever since playing Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire and his lead role as Edward Cullen in Twilight, British actor Robert Pattinson, now 31, has fought… Read More
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Olivia Cooke and Anya Taylor-Joy cement their positions as two of the most captivating young actresses working today in Thoroughbreds, a wickedly humorous psychodrama straddling the class divide in small-town… Read More
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In this engrossing drama directed by Jang Hun (The Front Line), veteran actor Song Kang-ho ( The Age of Shadows ) delivers an award-worthy performance as taxi driver Kim Man-seob,… Read More
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Sofia Coppola won the Best Director award for her remake of the Clint Eastwood/Don Siegel classic, about a wounded Union soldier, who becomes live-in prisoner to a household of Southern… Read More
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Edgar Wright, the British writer-director of Shaun of the Dead and Hot Fuzz, finally scores his first theatrical release in Hong Kong with Baby Driver. Billed as La La Land… Read More
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A scathing satire on the modern family and the lack of connection between generations, writer-director Shinobu Yaguchi’s Survival Family also speculates humorously about our technological dependency and inability to fend… Read More
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Far more palatable and slickly handled than its predecessor, Wu Jing directs and stars in this wildly implausible, but thoroughly entertaining action thriller. Packed to the gills with Chinese propaganda,… Read More
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Tom Cruise gives his best performance in quite some time as Barry Seal, a former TWA pilot who goes to work for the CIA and Pablo Escobar’s Medellin cartel. (at 10:37) Read More
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Adapted from one of Stephen King’s most successful and popular horror stories, It follows a group of small-town teenagers tormented by a demonic clown. While he has “updated” the story… Read More
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Estranged half-brothers Andrew and Garrett Foster set out to steal a priceless collection of sports cars in director Antonio Negret’s low-rent Fast and Furious knock-off. But the endless parade of… Read More
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When a desperate journalist reopens an unsolved murder case in Gukoroku – Traces of Sin, he exposes a violent world of cutthroat elitism behind the smiling facade of Japanese society.… Read More
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As the Toronto International Film Festival kicks off this week and with the Venice film festival wrapping up this weekend, Hong Kong cinephiles would be forgiven for feeling a little… Read More
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Adapted from Stephen King’s magnum opus, a young boy is transported to the mythical Mid-World, where he finds himself caught in a mythical battle of good vs evil. Read More
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After attracting recognition for his low-budget debut Koala, writer-director Kim Joo-hwan strides confidently into the commercial arena with Midnight Runners. It’s a fast-paced buddy cop thriller that proves the perfect… Read More
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Tokyo Ghoul is an ambitious adaptation of Sui Ishida’s dark fantasy manga by first-time filmmaker Kentaro Hagiwara. It includes a number of intriguing elements from vampire lore and superhero mythology,… Read More
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Florence Pugh gives an incredible performance as a young bride trapped in a loveless marriage who slowly turns from victim into vengeful villainess in William Oldroyd’s electric debut. (at 26:11) Read More
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