SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST
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Having made his feature debut with 2014’s The Continent, Chinese celebrity blogger/author/entrepreneur/rally driver Han Han again borrows from his own life experiences for Duckweed, his second directorial offering. Read my… Read More
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A long-gestating passion project for director and co-screenwriter Martin Scorsese, this adaptation of Shusaku Endo’s 1966 novel about Jesuit priests in 17th century Japan is finally arriving on the big… Read More
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Emboldened by the success of last year’s Deadpool , Hugh Jackman and writer-director James Mangold look to push the boundaries of the superhero genre even further with Logan, achieving new… Read More
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Recent successes such as Train to Busan and I Am a Hero have proved that there is still life in the decaying corpse of the zombie genre beyond The Walking… Read More
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It has been a good year for South Korean cinema, producing everything from sumptuous erotic costume dramas ( The Handmaiden ) to adrenaline-fuelled zombie thrillers ( Train to Busan ).… Read More
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Aiming squarely at the lucrative young adult movie audience, The Space Between Us pursues its flimsy lovers-on-the-run premise, complete with science fiction elements and a terminal illness, with a blatant… Read More
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While never allowing events to spiral into full-blown farce, the French comedy News from Planet Mars constantly tests the limits of its somewhat absurd reality, to mostly winning effect. Read… Read More
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For his first feature since the notoriously unsuccessful The Lone Ranger , director Gore Verbinski plunders the depths of horror cinema history to tell a story of nefarious goings-on at… Read More
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One of the most enduring themes in Japanese cinema is the clash between old and new, the struggle of older generations to relate to their successors and preserve traditional aspects… Read More
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The culinary strengths of East and West go head-to-head in Raymond Yip’s cheerfully frivolous new comedy, when a high-end French restaurant opens on the same Hong Kong street as a… Read More
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Picking up immediately after the events of Fifty Shades of Grey , the 2015 adaptation of E.L. James’ best-selling erotic novel, Fifty Shades Darker finds damaged twentysomething billionaire Christian Grey… Read More
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Model-actress Milla Jovovich reprises her signature role for a sixth and supposedly final time in Resident Evil: The Final Chapter, once again battling the nefarious Umbrella Corporation amidst a global… Read More
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Directed by Isao Yukisada (best known for the 2004 teen-romance tearjerker Crying Out Love, in the Centre of the World), this second title of Nikkatsu studio’s new wave of rebooted… Read More
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An American teenager must use his online gaming skills to protect a beautiful Chinese princess in this outdated yet inoffensive fantasy adventure written and produced by Luc Besson, responsible for… Read More
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Combining the nerve-shredding tension of Oscar winner The Hurt Locker with Dead Poets Society’s compassion for wilful adolescence, Land of Mine carefully sidesteps the clunky pun of its title to… Read More
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Making an early bid for worst film of 2017, Chris Chow’s (Strawberry Cliff) remarkably underwhelming psycho-thriller stars Cherry Ngan as a kidnap victim reunited with her wealthy family after 12… Read More
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Following the critical and commercial success of his surveillance thriller Cold Eyes – a remake of the Johnnie To-produced Hong Kong film Eye in the Sky – director Jo Ui-seok… Read More
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Renowned patriot Jackie Chan reaffirms his pledge of allegiance to China in Railroad Tigers, playing Ma Yuan, a Shandong railway worker who leads a plucky band of guerilla fighters in… Read More
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