James Marsh

How To Be Single

Dakota Johnson, Rebel Wilson, Leslie Mann and Alison Brie are four women desperately seeking love in New York City. Listen to my review (at 32:49) Read More
A Touch Of Zen

Heralded as possibly the greatest martial arts film ever made, King Hu’s A Touch Of Zen stands apart from most other films in the wuxia genre. Read my review Read More
Deadpool

Ryan Reynolds breaks the fourth wall – and all our preconceived notions of Marvel superheroes – in this gleefully Category III-rated comic book adaptation. Listen to my review (at 13:00) Read More
Carol

Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara engage in an elicit romantic tryst in Todd Haynes’ impeccable adaptation of Patricia Highsmith’s novel The Price Of Salt. Listen to my review (at 34:15) Read More
The Choice

The perfect lives of two beautiful people living in an idyllic small-town setting are thrown into chaos when they fall in love in The Choice, the eleventh screen adaptation of… Read More
Mermaid

Stephen Chow Sing-chi infuses his latest romantic comedy with a powerful ecological message, as a beautiful young mermaid is tasked with seducing the rich tycoon who is destroying her ocean… Read More
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword Of Destiny

Michelle Yeoh reprises her role as lovelorn warrior Shu Lien this belated sequel to Ang Lee’s worldwide smash hit wuxia drama, directed by Hong Kong action legend Yuen Wo-ping. Read… Read More
The Good Dinosaur

Pixar’s latest takes their familiar mis-matched buddy format into a strange and uncertain prehistoric setting. Listen to my review Read More
Alvin & The Chipmunks: The Road Chip

The fourth big screen outing for Jason Lee and his trio of CGI rodents. Listen to my review Read More
The Hateful Eight

Quentin Tarantino returns with another bloodsoaked western, starring Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell and Jennifer Jason Leigh. Listen to my review Read More
Spotlight

Mark Ruffalo and Michael Keaton head up this journalism drama that’s proving a major awards contender. Listen to my review Read More
The Monkey King 2

Cheang Pou-soi’s sequel to his own 2014 monster hit ($168m in China alone) is a considerably more coherent and assured production, boasting slick visuals and spirited central performances from Aaron… Read More
The Big Short

Christian Bale, Steve Carell, Ryan Gosling and Brad Pitt bet against the American economy in Adam McKay’s comedy-drama. Listen to my review Read More
Dirty Grandpa

Robert De Niro sinks to a new low when he drags grandson Zac Efron to Miami for one final fling. Listen to my review Read More
Our Brand Is Crisis

It is no easy task to make Sandra Bullock unlikeable on screen, but director David Gordon Green manages just that in his toothless South American political satire that squanders its… Read More
Tag

Opening with a busload of schoolgirls being violently sheared in half by a malevolent wind, Sion Sono’s Tag certainly gets off to a promising start. Read my review Read More
La La La At Rock Bottom

Director Nobuhiro Yamashita, who scored a massive hit with Linda Linda Linda, delivers another musically fuelled comedy drama about a young hoodlum who finds his voice fronting a traditional pop… Read More
Mr. Six

Acclaimed director Feng Xiaogang stars as an ailing, retired gangster, who returns to the fray after a group of rich-kid punks kidnap his teenage son. Read my review Read More