SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST
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Issue-based films will always court controversy, whether intentionally or otherwise. Regardless of which avenue the plot takes, it will face criticism for the choices it doesn’t make, as well as… Read More
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Since first appearing in 1912, Tarzan has featured in 26 official novels and more than 200 films, making him one of the most ubiquitous action heroes of the 20th century.… Read More
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Thirty-five years after teen idol Hiroko Yakushimaru upended the yakuza genre by spraying a room full of bullets with a shrill cry of “Kaikan!”, schoolgirl mob boss Izumi makes her… Read More
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Retooling last year’s erotic blockbuster Fifty Shades of Grey as a gratingly unfunny sex comedy, Fifty Shades of Black stars Marlon Wayans as tortured young businessman Christian Black, who invites… Read More
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Tackling the salacious subject of sexual fantasies on screen can be a tricky business, as past cinematic efforts will attest. Read my review Read More
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Long after 1981’s Chariots of Fire immortalised “Flying Scotsman” Eric Liddell for refusing to run on a Sunday at the 1924 Paris Olympics, an unofficial sequel arrives, dramatising his later… Read More
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After the surprise success of 2013’s Now You See Me, master illusionists The Four Horsemen reunite for another impossible heist, this time in Macau. Read my review Read More
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From one controversial filmmaker to another, Abel Ferrara’s reverent portrait of Pier Paolo Pasolini’s last day alive serves as both a fan’s impassioned eulogy and a speculative glimpse at what… Read More
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After the Oscar-winning success of Once and the more divisive response to Begin Again, Irish filmmaker John Carney turns a nostalgic eye to the 1980s and his own formative years… Read More
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Aid workers and war reporters are often portrayed the same way in cinema, either as naive idealists or jaded burnouts, living for the job at the expense of everything else.… Read More
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Alejandro Amenabar looks to recapture the supernatural chills of his international hit The Others with Regression, a murky detective thriller set during the “satanic panic” that swept the US during… Read More
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Veteran director Yoji Yamada returns with his first comedy in more than two decades, as a suburban middle-class family is thrown into disarray when the grandparents announce they are getting… Read More
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George Clooney plays a slippery TV financial adviser taken hostage by a desperate investor live on air in the polished but predictable Money Monster, Jodie Foster’s first directing effort since… Read More
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Yoshihiro Nakamura’s first foray into horror in more than a decade proves a cracking return to form, both for the director and the J-horror genre. Read my review Read More
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A new documentary paints an intriguing yet also frustrating picture of North Korea, its director having been granted unprecedented access to Asia’s most secretive nation. Read my review Read More
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While The Walking Dead sees audiences worldwide continue to invite zombies into their homes, undead offerings on the big screen have been comparatively lifeless of late. Shinsuke Sato’s blindly enthusiastic… Read More
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Committed fans of felines and flatulence may find a modicum of entertainment in this threadbare sequel to the hit 2014 movie Neko Samurai (Samurai Cat in English), but for the… Read More
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Hot on the heels of the excellent Veteran , Inside Men is a similarly slick South Korean thriller exposing high-level corruption in equally brutal and compelling fashion. Read my review Read More
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