James Marsh
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Hot on the heels of monster hit Train to Busan, which is on track to become the most successful Asian film of all time in Hong Kong, it’s no surprise… Read More
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Woody Allen reunites Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart for this mostly successful jaunt through 1930s Hollywood and New York’s nightclub scene. Listen to my review Read More
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After the huge success of Bridget Jones’s Diary (2001) and its follow-up The Edge of Reason (2004), Helen Fielding’s wine-quaffing heroine returns for a belated third go-around. Read my review Read More
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Oscar-winning director Clint Eastwood helms this big screen reenactment of the “Miracle on the Hudson”, when US Airways flight 1549 made an emergency landing on New York’s Hudson River in… Read More
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Better than it had any right to be, Mila Kunis’ put upon working mother teams up with Kristen Bell and Kathryn Hahn in a small but significant act of rebellion.… Read More
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Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant are both excellent in this disarmingly delightful story of the worst singer ever to play Carnegie Hall. Listen to my review Read More
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Fashion’s status as a legitimate art form and the influence of Chinese art on Western designers are explored in Andrew Rossi’s engrossing documentary about the staging of the Metropolitan Museum… Read More
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Emma Roberts and Dave Franco find themselves playing for their lives when they enrol in a secret new underground mobile game. Listen to my review (at 34:50) Read More
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Two high school friends try to make it as international arm dealers during the Iraq War in Todd Phillips’ first attempt at more serious fare. Listen to my review (at 24:15) Read More
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Foodies may struggle to control themselves during Naotaro Endo’s documentary about the famed Tokyo fish market, as the film is packed throughout with drooling close-ups of glistening sushi grade seafood.… Read More
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A nostalgic look at Hong Kong in the 80s and a struggling Band 5 school principal who attempts to put his students straight by training them as a baseball team.… Read More
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A darkly comic satire of Japanese political bureaucracy, Toho’s 29th entry in the Godzilla franchise may prove too talky for some, but still manages to pay loving homage to the… Read More
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Based on a harrowing true story and retold with unflinching poise and skill, Kilo Two Bravo tells the nerve-shredding tale of a unit of British soldiers in Afghanistan who unwittingly… Read More
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After a brace of gritty, socially charged animated films, director Yeon Sang-ho’s live-action debut proves a commercial juggernaut on its way to setting box office records in his native South… Read More
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James Wan produces this feature length adaptation of David Sandberg’s viral video and the results are genuinely chilling. Listen to my review Read More
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Zac Efron teams up with Adam Developed me for his latest does of comedy hijinks, but Anna Kendrick and Aubrey Plaza steal the show. Listen to my review Read More
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One of my favourite movies of 2015 finally gets a theatrical release in Hong Kong. Listen to my review Read More
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Chariot races, galley slaves and the Messiah himself all return for Timur Bekmambetov’s remake of the Charlton Heston classic, but Ben-Hur proves yet another underwhelming blockbuster in a season packed… Read More
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