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A nostalgic look at Hong Kong in the 80s and a struggling Band 5 school principal who attempts to put his students straight by training them as a baseball team.… Read More
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A darkly comic satire of Japanese political bureaucracy, Toho’s 29th entry in the Godzilla franchise may prove too talky for some, but still manages to pay loving homage to the… Read More
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Based on a harrowing true story and retold with unflinching poise and skill, Kilo Two Bravo tells the nerve-shredding tale of a unit of British soldiers in Afghanistan who unwittingly… Read More
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After a brace of gritty, socially charged animated films, director Yeon Sang-ho’s live-action debut proves a commercial juggernaut on its way to setting box office records in his native South… Read More
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James Wan produces this feature length adaptation of David Sandberg’s viral video and the results are genuinely chilling. Listen to my review Read More
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Zac Efron teams up with Adam Developed me for his latest does of comedy hijinks, but Anna Kendrick and Aubrey Plaza steal the show. Listen to my review Read More
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One of my favourite movies of 2015 finally gets a theatrical release in Hong Kong. Listen to my review Read More
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Chariot races, galley slaves and the Messiah himself all return for Timur Bekmambetov’s remake of the Charlton Heston classic, but Ben-Hur proves yet another underwhelming blockbuster in a season packed… Read More
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Following the success of Coraline, ParaNorman and The Boxtrolls, stop-motion giant Laika tackles full-blown fantasy in Kubo and the Two Strings, the epic story of an orphaned boy with magical… Read More
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Blake Lively stars in this simple-yet-effective thriller about a lone surfer on a deserted Mexican beach who is attacked by a killer shark. Listen to my review Read More
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Adapted by Taiwanese author turned filmmaker Giddens Ko Ching-teng from his own novel, The Tenants Downstairs ventures into far darker territory than his blockbuster teen flick You Are the Apple… Read More
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Steven Spielberg’s big-screen adaptation of the Roald Dahl children’s classic highlights cinematic strengths but also possible weaknesses in the source material. Listen to my review (at 12:04) Read More
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What could have been a biting satire pitting small-town conservatism against big-city liberalism, How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town plays its suburban sexploits so safely it threatens… Read More
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TVB’s 2014 hit drama series Line Walker gets an expensive spin-off, adding A-list stars and exotic South American locations around Charmaine Sheh Sze-man’s CIB officer Ding, an undercover cop who… Read More
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After learning he has only one day to live, a young man enters into a Faustian pact, bartering his most treasured possessions for more time on earth. Read my review Read More
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For what was only ever a one-joke premise, Yuichi Fukada gets a surprising amount of mileage from the crime-fighting antics of teenager Kyosuke (Ryohei Suzuki), who draws his superpowers from… Read More
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Susanne Bier ventures into the chilly realm of Nordic noir for this dark morality tale, first premiered in September 2014 and anchored by a riveting turn by Game of Thrones… Read More
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Dwayne Johnson and Kevin Hart team up in this fast paced action comedy that proves far funnier than anyone expected. Listen to my review Read More
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