Review
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Aaron Kwok Fu-shing is having a very bad day in Peace Breaker, a remake of the 2014 Korean thriller A Hard Day. As a crooked Chinese cop on the streets… Read More
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Steven Soderbergh returns with a redneck heist comedy in the spirit of the Coen Brothers, featuring an all-star cast headed by Channing Tatum, Daniel Craig and Adam Driver. Read More
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Michael Fassbender stars as acclaimed Nordic detective Harry Hole in a high-concept serial killer thriller from the director of Let the Right One In. What could possibly go wrong? Read More
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Touted as the world’s first oil-painted animation, Loving Vincent is set a year after the famous painter’s death, and follows a young man as he attempts to deliver Van Gogh’s… Read More
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A botched suicide pact triggers all manner of spooky shenanigans in The Promise, a formulaic yet effective horror film by Thai writer-director Sophon Sakdaphisit. Read my review Read More
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Emma Stone and Steve Carell are uncannily good as Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs, who squared off on the court for an exhibition match that would change the image… Read More
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Ellen Page and Diego Luna headline this unnecessary yet inoffensive remake of the Joel Schumacher Brat Pack shocker, in which a group of reckless medical students experiment with life beyond… Read More
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Thor teams up with The Incredible Hulk on the distant planet of Sakar, while Hela the Goddess of Death lays waste to Asgard, in Taika Waititi’s comedy-infused space romp. Listen… Read More
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It was back in 2004 when director James Wan (The Conjuring, Fast & Furious 7) burst onto the scene with an effective low-budget shocker that pitted two imprisoned strangers against… Read More
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Faced with losing his job and his family on the same day, a shady municipal officer in contemporary Tehran is forced to make some difficult choices in Blockage, Mohsen Gharaie’s… Read More
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Chapman To writes, directs and stars in this Hong Kong-based karate drama that transforms Stephy Tang from a frivolous starlet into a legitimate martial arts performer. Tang plays the half-Chinese,… Read More
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Avengers stars Elizabeth Olsen and Jeremy Renner reunite for a very different crime-fighting tale in the snow-capped murder mystery Wind River. Following his screenplays for Sicario and Hell or High… Read More
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Produced with full support from the People’s Liberation Army Air Force and crediting dozens of military advisers, Sky Hunter is just the latest slice of Chinese propaganda to glorify the… Read More
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There are few places in the world more terrifying than prison. For most of us, it is an environment we will never have to experience first hand, but for those… Read More
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Adapted from a novel by the bestselling author Keigo Higashino, The Miracles of the Namiya General Store takes a nostalgic dive into Japan’s not-so-distant past, as three adolescents discover a… Read More
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John Woo’s first contemporary action film produced in Asia for more than 20 years falls woefully short of the director’s best work. Shot entirely in Japan with a mostly local… Read More
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After a string of scene-stealing supporting roles, a bleach blond Zhang Jin takes the lead in Jonathan Li’s The Brink, as a renegade Hong Kong cop on the trail of… Read More
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When a ten-year-old slum kid is brutally raped and left for dead, her elderly grandmother takes matters into her own hands. Fuelled by a lifetime of oppression and injustice, trapped… Read More
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