Review
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Saoirse Ronan and newcomer Elliott Heffernan star in this war-time drama from Steve McQueen, in which a young lad has to make his way home through a bombed out London.… Read More
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An ambitious, if ultimately unsuccessful, comedy thriller from first-time filmmakers Kurt Yuen, Trevor Choi and Cyrus Lo, Fresh Off Markham packs a number of pointed issues into a triple-stranded, Tarantino-inspired narrative set… Read More
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Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande star in the first part of Jon M. Chu’s all-singing, all-dancing big screen adaptation of the hit musical. Watch my review on RTHK Radio 3: Read More
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Comedian Jimmy O. Yang lands the role of his dreams in Interior Chinatown – stylised on-screen as Int. Chinatown – playing a lowly waiter at a family-run restaurant who discovers he is… Read More
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After scooping the top prize at this year’s Cannes Film Festival, Steve and I finally get a chance to weigh in on Sean Baker’s indie darling, featuring a truly star-making… Read More
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Peter Mescal, Perdo Pascal and Denzel Washington star in Ridley Scott’s belated sequel to his 2000 Oscar-winning classic. (at 15:30) Read More
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Finding your one true love is challenging enough at the best of times, but borders on the impossible when one of you is dead. This is the central challenge facing… Read More
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Gwei Lun-mei and Luke Evans fail to make sparks fly in this sluggish action effort from writer-producer Luc Besson. Read More
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Arriving more than 35 years after the cult classic from 1988, the long-gestating sequel to Beetlejuice finally arrives. Tim Burton, Michael Keaton, Winona Ryder all return, together with a host… Read More
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Andy Lau and Karen mock lock horns over the fate of the city in Hong Kong’s first radiation disaster movie. Read More
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One of my long-running goals for our YouTube channel is to get my co-host Steve to watch more horror movies. This year has been especially strong, but no film more… Read More
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KIm Go-eun and Steve Sanghyun Noh star in E.oni’s mould-breaking romcom. Read More
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The on-screen coupling of Freen Sarocha Chankimha and Rebecca Patricia Armstrong, known collectively as “FreenBecky” to their legions of adoring fans, transitions to the big screen in Uranus 2324, a sprawling… Read More
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Jackie Chan’s latest family-oriented action caper, Panda Plan, closes with a title card stating that “no animals were harmed in the making of this motion picture” before clarifying that “all the animal… Read More
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Nick Cheung Ka-fai plays a former soldier on a quest to take down a Golden Triangle drug cartel in Go for Broke, a ludicrous action thriller from actor-turned-director Marc Ma Yuhe.… Read More
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Rising Korean stars Hong Kyung and Roh Yoon-seo are gifted a romantic vehicle seemingly tailor-made for their inimitable charms in Hear Me: Our Summer. A beat-for-beat remake of the 2009 Taiwanese… Read More
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Pachinko star Kim Minha is accused of murder in Chun Sun-young’s psychological thriller. Read More
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Korean superstar Song Joong-ki jets off on his latest international adventure in director Kim Seong-je’s exasperating Bogota: City of the Lost. The film chronicles the transformation of an impoverished Korean immigrant… Read More
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