Review
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From the convoluted set-up to its preposterous finale, Kim Byung-woo’s political action thriller defies logic and comprehension at every turn. Eschewing the noirish sheen of so many Korean contemporaries, while… Read More
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Bruce Willis, Samuel L. Jackson and James McAvoy are united for a superhero showdown in M. Night Shyamalan’s ambitious finale of a trilogy we never even knew existed until just… Read More
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Clint Eastwood returns to our screens as a grizzled horticulturalist driven out of business by the Internet, who reluctantly becomes a drug mule for the Mexican cartels to make ends… Read More
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More than a decade since Zhang Yimou’s last foray into the wuxia (martial arts) genre, the celebrated filmmaker returns with Shadow, a visually ravishing tale of intrigue and deception that… Read More
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South Korea was one of many Asian nations brought to their knees by the 1997 financial crisis: it faced imminent bankruptcy and was forced to accept a US$20 billion bailout… Read More
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Following the success of controversial Hong Kong anthology Ten Years, similar offerings from Japan, Thailand and now Taiwan have been produced, with upcoming filmmakers speculating on the fate of their… Read More
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Already a huge awards success, Farrelly takes a more serious tack than his 90s hits, detailing the true story of Doc Don Shirley’s troubled tour of the 60s Deep South.… Read More
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Michael B. Jordan and Sylvester Stallone climb back into the ring to face off against Dolph Lundgren and Florian Munteanu in a film that is as much a sequel to… Read More
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The tea ceremony is one of the classical Japanese arts of refinement, combining a complex series of movements and gestures, with a subtle understanding of the seasons, the weather, poetry… Read More
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In 2011, Taiwanese author Giddens Ko Ching-teng turned his hand to filmmaking – scripting and directing an adaptation of his semi-autobiographical novel You Are the Apple of My Eye. A… Read More
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Drew Goddard’s return to the big screen is a star-studded slice of noirish pulp, featuring an impressive ensemble of Hollywood class. But is it any good? Download the podcast Read More
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It’s become an Internet meme and Netflix claims it’s one of their biggest ever hits, but is this simply a blind retread of A Quiet Place, or is there more… Read More
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“What if [second world war escape epic] The Battleship Island was more like La La Land?” appears to have been the pitch behind Kang Hyeong-chul’s tap-dance-infused prisoner-of-war drama. However, Swing… Read More
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Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh has come to embody for many the quintessential tortured artist. Young, broke and unrecognised in his time, Van Gogh battled mental illness and poverty throughout… Read More
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Surprising absolutely nobody, Michael Bay relinquishes the directorial reins of the Transformers franchise and the results are exponentially better. Download the podcast Read More
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Lee Chang-dong returns to the theme of disaffected youth for his mesmerising story of a love/hate triangle between a young man, an emotionally detached foreigner and the care-free woman caught… Read More
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Another year over, and another 10 films to hold aloft above all others. Enjoy! Download the podcast (at 18:30) Read More
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Max Zhang Jin reprises his role from Ip Man 3, taking centre stage to help defend his neighbourhood from Kevin Cheng’s evil gang of drug dealers. Along the way he… Read More
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