Review
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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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Known primarily for his war films and crime dramas, American director Samuel Fuller also directed a quartet of westerns, the last of which being 1957’s Forty Guns. Read my review Read More
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Proof that fine actors giving strong performances are not always enough to save a movie, Maya Forbes’ Infinitely Polar Bear seems too preoccupied with its 70s period setting and zany… Read More
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A sequel in name only to Wilson Yip’s 2005 film, Soi Cheang’s SPL2: A Time For Consequences nevertheless recaptures the exhilarating energy of the original, expanding from Hong Kong to… Read More
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A sequel in name only to Wilson Yip’s 2005 film, Soi Cheang’s SPL2: A Time For Consequences nevertheless recaptures the exhilarating energy of the original, expanding from Hong Kong to… Read More
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Following the incredible success of John Madden’s adaptation of Deborah Moggach’s novel, a return visit to the Rajasthan retirement home seemed inevitable. This time out, novice hotelier Sonny (Dev Patel)… Read More
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Following the incredible success of John Madden’s adaptation of Deborah Moggach’s novel, a return visit to the Rajasthan retirement home seemed inevitable. This time out, novice hotelier Sonny (Dev Patel)… Read More
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