SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST
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Despite being subjected to occasional debacles like The Emoji Movie , there is little argument that we are experiencing a golden era for animated feature films. Read my review Read More
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Adapted from Morio Kita’s beloved children’s book of the same name by La La La at Rock Bottom director Nobuhiro Yamashita, My Uncle is a typically heart-warming affair, anchored by… Read More
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A stirring second world war escape epic featuring some of the biggest names in the South Korean film industry, The Battleship Island is also the most ambitious project yet from… Read More
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Following the success of Wonder Woman, Lucy and Rogue One , Hollywood finally seems willing to support action movies fronted by female stars. Atomic Blonde casts Charlize Theron – who… Read More
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Taiwanese writer-director Giddens Ko Ching-teng follows up his smash-hit debut You Are the Apple of My Eye (2011) with a considerably darker beast. While his second directing effort also takes… Read More
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Reformed supervillain Gru (voiced by Steve Carell) returns to a life of crime, while the minions go in search of a new employer, in the latest instalment of the ever-expanding… Read More
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Adapted from David Harrower’s acclaimed stage play Blackbird, Una broaches the volatile subjects of paedophilia and the reintegration of sex offenders in compelling fashion, thanks in large part to excellent… Read More
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After making waves with 2012’s Confession of Murder, writer-director Jung Byung-gil’s follow-up delivers some of the most kinetic action sequences ever witnessed in a South Korean film. Read my review Read More
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A ruthless headhunter must choose between his career and his family in the directorial debut from veteran producer Mark Williams. Read my review Read More
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Anchored by an energetic central performance from 18-year-old Suzu Hirose, Let’s Go, Jets! repackages the well-worn sports drama into an engaging coming-of-age tale about competitive cheerleading at a remote Japanese… Read More
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Taiwanese director Cheng Wei-hao follows up his supernatural horror film The Tag-Along with the story of a disgraced journalist attempting to solve a forgotten hit-and-run case. Read my review Read More
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Few pastimes are less fruitful than watching someone else play a video game, although this full-length feature does its utmost to prove otherwise. Unlike the seemingly endless stream of Milla… Read More
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Following the success of last year’s What a Wonderful Family!, veteran Japanese filmmaker Yoji Yamada reunites the Hirata clan for a second round of family misfortunes. Read my review Read More
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With The Mummy, Universal Pictures launches its Dark Universe, a series of horror-tinged blockbusters that will reintroduce the studio’s classic movie monsters in a modern-day setting. But not even the… Read More
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During a formidable career that spanned seven decades, filmmaker Andrzej Wajda won an Academy Award and the Palme D’Or, and is widely acknowledged as the godfather of Polish cinema. Read… Read More
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In its 1990s heyday, Baywatch commanded a weekly audience of more than 1 billion viewers worldwide, earning itself the mantle of “the most-watched show on television”. Read my review Read More
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Nominated for Oscars this year for best foreign language film and best make-up and hairstyling, A Man Called Ove is Sweden’s answer to Frank Capra’s Yuletide classic It’s a Wonderful… Read More
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Japanese studio Nikkatsu’s successful run of “roman porno” reboots stumbles with its fourth offering, a leery and unimaginative tale of infatuation and jealousy. Read my review Read More
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