Review
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Lau Ching Wan and Tang Wei star in this stodgy period drama based on the lives of Jackie Chan’s parents. Listen to my review Read More
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Singaporean director Ken Kwek joins us to discuss his new film. Listen to my review Read More
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Asia is terrifying. With its obscure languages, stifling humidity, tropical foliage, peculiar deities, dubious military regimes, weird food and proximity to historically hazardous war zones, American citizens would be insane… Read More
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Adam Sandler gets his hands on Patrick Jean’s excellent animated short and turns it into one of the year’s worst films. Listen to my review Read More
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Barry Ward stars as a man returning home after a decade in exile to find a community still in need of his help. Listen to my review Read More
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For its big screen reboot of the classic 60s spy series, Warner Brothers is hoping Guy Ritchie can replicate the success of their earlier Sherlock Holmes adaptations, again favouring witty… Read More
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Dante Lam returns to sports-based drama after the success of 2013’s Unbeatable, which scored US$5.7m at the Hong Kong box office (and US$18.5m in China) to become the year’s most… Read More
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Ed Helms and Christina Applegate lead this part-reboot, part-sequel to the National Lampoon comedy, that is all terrible. Listen to my review Read More
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Josh Trank helms the latest attempt to get the troubled Marvel property to the big screen, but the result is the worst kind of compromise. Listen to my review Read More
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One of the year’s best comedies is a mockumentary about a household of vampires from New Zealand. Listen to my review Read More
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Tom Cruise recruits his Jack Reacher collaborator Chris McQuarrie to helm the fifth instalment of his death-defying spy saga, which this time sees Ethan Hunt and his loyal team of… Read More
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Former Dreamworks animator Raman Hui has scored a major commercial success on his return to Hong Kong with Monster Hunt, a polished fantasy adventure that blends broad comedy with period… Read More
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Ringo Lam’s first feature in 12 years sees the Hong Kong director return to familiar territory, as a former cop and his tearaway younger brother take on a violent gang… Read More
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Channing Tatum returns for the stripper tour to end them all in this hugely entertaining sequel. Listen to my review Read More
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Formulaic perhaps as a superhero origin story, but packed with smart humour & fun character work, Ant-Man is a thoroughly unpretentious and entertaining edition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Read More
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John Lithgow and Alfred Molina play an ageing gay couple in Ira Sachs’ delightful comedy drama. Listen to my review Read More
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Packed with action and steeped in tradition, Chen Kaige’s return to the wuxia genre is an exhilarating drama, as concerned with the philosophy behind martial arts as with their lethal… Read More
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The fifth instalment of the troubled sci-fi time travel series reveals itself to be a frustrating reboot-sequel hybrid, cherry-picking iconic moments from throughout the franchise and reworking them into a… Read More
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