James Marsh
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Miike Takashi’s live-action adaptation of Yu Sasuga’s popular manga series is a star-studded affair but stretches a wafer thin plot to breaking point. Read my review Read More
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Committed fans of felines and flatulence may find a modicum of entertainment in this threadbare sequel to the hit 2014 movie Neko Samurai (Samurai Cat in English), but for the… Read More
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The first-person video game aesthetic gets a big screen airing in this wildly reprehensible guilty pleasure. Listen to my review (at 45:40) Read More
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Cate Blanchett and Robert Redford star as the 60 Minutes team who exposed George W. Bush’s war record – yet found themselves in the firing line. Listen to my review (at… Read More
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Hot on the heels of the excellent Veteran , Inside Men is a similarly slick South Korean thriller exposing high-level corruption in equally brutal and compelling fashion. Read my review Read More
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The city’s expat experience is given the rom-com treatment in this contrived but proficient indie. Listen to my review (at 25:00) Read More
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Mary Elizabeth Winstead and John Goodman are both excellent in this claustrophobic thriller that repeatedly defies expectations. Listen to my review Read More
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An ageing couple’s marriage is put through the wringer when an unexpected letter arrives in 45 Years, a meticulously crafted drama that has won worldwide praise and plaudits for leads… Read More
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James Grady’s novel Six Days Of The Condor was published just a year before Sydney Pollack’s big-screen adaptation, and yet almost every aspect of the story was changed. Read my… Read More
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Angst in all its ugly forms fuels Norwegian filmmaker Joachim Trier’s first English language film, as a family continues to reel from the death of its matriarch five years on.… Read More
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An all-star cast is assembled for more fairytale hijinks that can’t shake off the fact it feels like a live-action Frozen remake. Listen to my review (at 41:05) Read More
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Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard star in this vigorous, blood-and-mud-smeared adaptation of the Shakespeare classic. Listen to my review (at 32:30) Read More
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Charlie Kaufman’s stop-motion drama follows a depressed customer service guru as he goes through a mid-life crisis. Listen to my review (at 25:50) Read More
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Released in 1952, Fixed Bayonets! marked the first studio picture directed by Samuel Fuller, and his second in a row that would depict the still-in-progress Korean War. Read my review Read More
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Martial arts fans anticipating Sammo Hung Kam-bo’s first directorial effort in close to 20 years will be left sorely disappointed by The Bodyguard. Read my review Read More
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Taron Egerton continues his career ascendency with a cracking performance as celebrated British underdog Eddie “The Eagle” Edwards. Listen to my review Read More
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A disparate group of loners, dreamers and extraterrestrials congregate at a restaurant to contemplate their fate in Japanese filmmaker Koki Mitani’s feeble, sluggish comedy. Read my review Read More
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