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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Chen Sicheng follows up romantic anthology Beijing Love Story (2014) with this high-energy crime caper in which a down-at-heel detective in Bangkok’s Chinatown goes on the run after being implicated… Read More
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After breaking box office records in China with his 2012 film, Painted Skin: The Resurrection, director Wuershan returns with the star-studded fantasy adventure Mojin – The Lost Legend, which follows… Read More
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Michael Fassbender and Kate Winslet star in Danny Boyle’s inventive biopic of the controversial Apple founder. Listen to my review Read More
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No sooner has The Hunger Games been laid to rest than another dystopian sci-fi franchise is born with this big-screen adaptation of Rick Yancey’s warmly received young-adult page turner. Read… Read More
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Hong Kong cinema has long been sympathetic to the plight of the city’s sex workers, but Venus Keung Kwok-man’s slapdash sequel to last year’s The Gigolo, with its nonsensical depiction… Read More
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Boxing films, like all sporting yarns, are often less about the game than the rigorous framework it provides for discipline, focus and getting your life back on track. Read my… Read More
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An inspirational event that captured the world’s attention, the 2010 Copiapo mining accident in Chile – in which 33 miners were trapped underground for 69 days – seemed tailor-made for… Read More
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Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg square off in this high energy comedy, as they both vie for the love of Linda Cardellini and her children. Listen to my review Read More
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Leonardo DiCaprio hauls himself through the wilderness to a possible Oscar in Alejandro G. Inarritu’s epic survival tale. Listen to my review Read More
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Jennifer Lawrence reteams with David O. Russell and Robert De Niro to tell the origin story of the Miracle Mop. Listen to my review Read More
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In the years since Hayao Mayazaki announced his retirement as the de facto king of Japanese animation, many have pointed to Mamoru Hasoda to take up the mantle. Read my… Read More
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