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There’s no shortage of fantastical allegories in literature and film, through which children wrestle with life’s trials, and in this regard J.A. Bayona’s follow-up to his 2012 disaster drama The… Read More
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Happy New Year everyone! As is customary at this time, I like to poll all of you to see which of the year’s cinematic offerings were your favourites. It was… Read More
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Counting down my favourite movies of the year. Read More
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While the Chinese film industry remains on track to become the world’s largest within the next few years, a bona fide crossover hit continues to prove elusive. Read my review Read More
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An insipid Twilight knock-off so lame it frequently slips into unwitting parody, Fallen switches out vampires and werewolves for an assortment of banished angels. Read my review Read More
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Michael Fassbender and Marion Cotillard reunite with director Justin Kurzel for this big screen adaptation of the hugely popular video game franchise. (at 14:50) Read More
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Jennifer Lawrence and Chris Pratt are trapped in space alone together in Morten Tyldum’s fluffy yet morally questionable space adventure. Read More
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In the mid-1970s, Japan’s oldest studio, Nikkatsu, looked to combat dwindling box office returns with a series of softcore “Roman Pornos” (meaning “romantic pornography”) Read my review Read More
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Felicity Jones, Donnie Yen and Riz Ahmed headline this standalone Star Wars prequel, which ventures into surprisingly dark territory and often feels more like a war movie than a typical… Read More
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Almost as ubiquitous as stories about provincial country life, or tales of strained relationships between parents and their children, Japanese cinema is awash with the misadventures of struggling young musicians.… Read More
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Following her impressive comeback in 2014’s Pale Moon , once-controversial actress Rie Miyazawa gives a heart-wrenching performance in Her Love Boils Bathwater as a terminally ill matriarch determined to reconcile… 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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Epitomising Japan’s “visual kei” glam rock image, X Japan have weathered a series of tragic challenges and endured as one of the most popular heavy metal bands of the last… Read More
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Cinema offers up so many heartwarming rags to riches stories, of ordinary people overcoming the odds to excel at their one true passion, that when presented with a staggering true… Read More
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Part 2 of today’s show – vampires and lycans are at it again, Mel Gibson makes a triumphant return, while Derek Yee resurrects one of his classic wuxia roles. Read More
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Part 1 of today’s show – Michael Fassbender, Alicia Vikander and Rachel Weisz star in Derek Cianfrance’s adaptation of M.L. Stedman’s acclaimed tear-jerker. Read More
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The covens reopen once again in the increasingly repetitive Underworld saga, dramatising the centuries-old turf war between vampires and Lycans, their werewolf rivals. Read my review 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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