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John Woo’s first contemporary action film produced in Asia for more than 20 years falls woefully short of the director’s best work. Shot entirely in Japan with a mostly local… Read More
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After a string of scene-stealing supporting roles, a bleach blond Zhang Jin takes the lead in Jonathan Li’s The Brink, as a renegade Hong Kong cop on the trail of… Read More
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When a ten-year-old slum kid is brutally raped and left for dead, her elderly grandmother takes matters into her own hands. Fuelled by a lifetime of oppression and injustice, trapped… Read More
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Denis Villeneuve (Arrival) creates a dystopian future every bit as beautiful, immersive and mind-blowing as Ridley Scott did 35 years ago in this epic science fiction sequel. (at 17:32) Unfortunately… Read More
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Olivia Cooke and Anya Taylor-Joy cement their positions as two of the most captivating young actresses working today in Thoroughbreds, a wickedly humorous psychodrama straddling the class divide in small-town… Read More
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Louis Koo plays a vengeful cop rampaging through Thailand in Paradox, the third instalment of Hong Kong’s SPL action franchise. Director Wilson Yip returns to the helm, as does action… Read More
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Vincent Zhao stars as the eponymous military tactician in Gordon Chan’s sweeping action epic, following the efforts of the Ming army to keep a fleet of fearsome Japanese pirates at… Read More
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At a time when men in certain circles feel compelled and emboldened to weaponise their fragility in the face of advancing feminism, the world needs a hero like Wonder Woman… Read More
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Following a string of direct-to-video animated outings for DC characters in LEGO form, themselves spawned from a series of successful video games, Batman appeared in Phil Lord and Chris Miller’s… Read More
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Vin Diesel resurrects extreme sports secret agent Xander Cage for this belated third entry in the xXx franchise, 12 years after Ice Cube last carried the torch for counter-culture covert… Read More
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Amy Adams and Jeremy Renner talk to the aliens in Denis Villeneuve’s fantastic sci-fi drama. Read my review for ScreenAnarchy’s Best of 2016 list Read More
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Bursting with anarchic energy and awash with lurid colours, The Mole Song: Hong Kong Capriccio surpasses its 2013 predecessor in sheer entertainment value as a consistently ridiculous crime caper. Read… Read More
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Nearly 40 years after Chor Yuen launched his acting career in the Shaw Brothers classic Death Duel, director Derek Yee returns to Gu Long’s source novel for a ravishing new… Read More
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Last year saw Ringo Lam, the acclaimed Hong Kong director behind such action spectaculars as City on Fire and Full Contact, stage a comeback with his first feature film in… Read More
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Body swapping, time displacement and comets of mass destruction all feature prominently in Makoto Shinkai’s heart-wrenching adolescent romance. Read my review Read More
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As its title proclaims, Feng Xiaogang’s bureaucratic satire I Am Not Madame Bovary has no direct connection to Flaubert’s adulterous heroine. Read my review Read More
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Japanese action star Tak Sakiguchi makes a welcome return to the screen in this stripped-down action thriller that sees a deadly super soldier forced out of seclusion and back to… Read More
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Scott Adkins brings redeemed Russian MMA fighter Yuri Boyka back to the screen for the third time, delivering another helping of blistering bloody bouts of carefully choreographed carnage. Read my… Read More
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