RTHK RADIO 3
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Distantly evoking the most nihilistic qualities of the Coen Brothers’ brand of small-town noir, Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri arrives in Hong Kong cinemas with a fistful of… Read More
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Chen Kaige’s hugely expensive period supernatural whodunnit boasts incredible sets, expensive CGI but somewhere along the way loses the plot. (at 27:59) Read More
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Liam Neeson applies his very particular set of skills to a New York commuter train in his fourth collaboration with director Jaume Collet-Sera. (at 22:17) Read More
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In 2003, an enigmatic nobody named Tommy Wiseau directed what is now widely considered to be one of the worst films ever made. Featuring a level of tone-deaf ineptitude to… Read More
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Hailed as “the Citizen Kane of bad movies”, The Room first screened in 2003, and has since become something of a cult phenomenon. An amateurish psycho-drama devoid of stars, talent… Read More
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An alien invasion finds its way to Indonesia in this gleefully absurd martial arts/sci-fi mash-up. Just enough fun to give it a pass as mindless late-night entertainment. (at 22:43) Read More
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In the early 90s, a young man joins the Act Up Paris activist group, takes on the government and the pharmaceutical giants and falls in love with a founding member… Read More
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Gary Oldman gives one of the strongest performances of his career as Winston Churchill, in Joe Wright’s otherwise rather flimsy WWII drama. Read More
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Over the past 12 months I managed to watch close to 300 films eligible for consideration in my end-of-year Top 10, but only a select few would make the cut. Read More
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Kenneth Branagh directs and dons the ridiculous moustache and outrageous Belgian accent, as Hercules Poirot investigates murder most foul amidst a star-studded carriage of locomotive passengers. Read More
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The life and achievements of Robin Cavendish, one of Britain’s longest-surviving “responauts”, is the subject of Breathe, the well-intentioned directorial debut from actor Andy Serkis. Read my review Read More
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Jean-Luc Godard, the French New Wave architect regarded by many as one of the greatest filmmakers of all time, is the subject of a new film by Oscar-winning director Michel… Read More
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Often regarded as the modern-day Yasujiro Ozu for his poignant family dramas such as Still Walking (2008) and Like Father, Like Son (2013), Hirokazu Koreeda takes a rare stride into… Read More
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Jessica Rothe plays a sorority girl caught in a time loop on what is not only her birthday, but also the day in which she is brutally murdered. Groundhog Day… Read More
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2017 is fast becoming the year of Wonder Woman. DC’s feminist icon finally arrived on the big screen, wowing audiences in her stand-alone feature before stealing the limelight from fellow… Read More
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DC unites its biggest superheroes to battle an impossible evil, but with so many characters vying for screen time and a troubled production that required extensive reshoots, how would the… Read More
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Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara star in David Lowery’s poetic, philosophical exploration of mortality and time. Read More
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Steven Soderbergh returns with a redneck heist comedy in the spirit of the Coen Brothers, featuring an all-star cast headed by Channing Tatum, Daniel Craig and Adam Driver. Read More
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