Review
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Vulgar stereotypes, terrible performances and a rambling, incomprehensible plot are just some of the problems with Pee Nak, a horror comedy from Thailand that makes a strong claim for the… Read More
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In 1998, Japanese director Hideo Nakata created Ring, one of the most celebrated Asian horror movies of all time. An adaptation of Koji Suzuki’s chilling bestseller, Ring became a flagship… Read More
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Following in the footsteps of legendary Hollywood satirists Charlie Chaplin, Ernst Lubitsch and Mel Brooks, New Zealand filmmaker Taika Waititi ( Thor: Ragnarok ) sets out to ridicule Adolf Hitler… Read More
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27 years after the events of the first film, The Losers Club are reunited back in Derry, Maine, when Pennywise the clown reappears. Read More
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Last summer, Japanese drama series Ossan’s Love proved a surprise hit, not just in Japan but also in Hong Kong, where it’s screened on ViuTV. Its overwhelmingly positive portrayal of… Read More
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Essentially a young spin on Superbad, three sixth graders find themselves accidentally in possession of a bag of drugs on the same day they are invited to their first kissing… Read More
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Back in 1990, Luc Besson’s stylish French thriller Nikita cast Anne Parillaud as a drug-addicted killer who is transformed into a sexy government assassin. In the decades since, the prolific… Read More
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A deadly gas attack leaves thousands stranded in skyscrapers across Seoul in Exit, the debut feature by writer-director Lee Sang-geun. The action comedy weaves a hugely convoluted scenario, and audiences… Read More
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Kaya Scodelario stars as a competitive swimmer, who ventures into the path of a deadly hurricane in order to find her estranged father, only to become trapped in the crawlspace… Read More
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It’s Halloween, 1968. When a gang of teens are chased into their small town’s haunted house, they discover a book of scary stories that come true in horrific fashion. (at… Read More
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Body-swap comedies seem tailor-made for Korean cinema, where society is so fiercely regimented by a hierarchy based on age and seniority. Seeing a high school student stand up to adults… Read More
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Nick Cheung plays a pathologist station at a mortuary on Christmas Eve, when Richie Jen’s gang of masked criminals descend on the establishment in order to retrieve some incriminating evidence… Read More
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Newcomer Himesh Patel stars as a struggling musician who awakes from a freak global incident to discover that The Beatles never existed – and spies an opportunity to give his… Read More
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After successfully foiling two assassination attempts on the US president in Olympus Has Fallen (2013) and London Has Fallen (2016), this third instalment in the modest-budget action franchise sees the… Read More
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Two of Woody Allen’s most enduring passions – the city of New York and age-inappropriate relationships – are at the centre of his latest comedy, which stars Timothée Chalamet (… Read More
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Benedict Cumberbatch plays Thomas Edison, who goes head to head with Michael Shannon’s George Westinghouse in the race to bring electricity to every home in America. (at 17:30) Read More
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After the success of Senna and Amy, documentarian Asif Kapadia turns his attentions to the world’s greatest living footballer. (at 6:50) Read More
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Anyone bemoaning the lack of mixed martial arts in William Friedkin’s horror classic The Exorcist may very well rejoice at the prospect of director Kim Joo-hwan’s The Divine Fury, a… Read More
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