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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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Boo Junfeng’s second feature is an absorbing and impactful drama about a young man, who takes a job at the maximum security prison where his own father was executed. Listen… Read More
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Benedict Cumberbatch and Tilda Swinton star in Marvel’s latest superhero entry, introducing audiences to the magical multiverse. Listen to my review Read More
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Oscar-winning documentarian Morgan Neville (2013’s Twenty Feet from Stardom) teams up with acclaimed cellist Yo-Yo Ma to tell the fascinating and emotionally stirring tale of the Silk Road Ensemble. Read… Read More
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Tom Cruise returns for a second outing as Lee Child’s tough guy former army cop, this time taking down gun runners while wrestling with the notion he may be a father.… Read More
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Following the disappointment of his Hollywood debut The Last Stand, director Kim Jee-woon returns home with a riveting espionage thriller that taps into Korea’s recent trend for patriotic Occupation-era period… Read More
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The premise of Jean Dujardin’s latest comedy sounds woefully misjudged. In a remake of the 2013 Argentinean film Corazón de León, the French Oscar winner (for 2011’s The Artist) plays… Read More
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During the Red Army’s defence of the Soviet Union’s western border in 1941, sharpshooter Lyudmila Pavlichenko chalked up 309 confirmed kills – all Nazis. Read my review Read More
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Denzel Washington heads up a diversified septet of gunslingers in Antoine Fuqua’s better than expected remake. Listen to my review Read More
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Gavin O’Connor’s The Accountant sees Ben Affleck play an autistic bookkeeper, whose condition proves to be both a gift and a dangerous burden. Slickly executed yet overly ambitious, the film wrestles with… Read More
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Following the success of superhero film Chronicle and last year’s American Ultra , screenwriter Max Landis turns in another oddball action rom-com with Mr. Right, directed by Paco Cabezas. Read… Read More
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Dante Lam is back to his explosive best with this high octane action thriller following Chinese undercover agents working to bring down a Golden Triangle drug cartel. Listen to my… Read More
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Oliver Stone’s return to form boasts an excellent ensemble cast supporting a fascinating character study of a man who transformed from patriotic marine to America’s most wanted traitor. Listen to my review Read More
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The home invasion thriller gets flipped on its head in this stripped down, smartly executed horror flick that goes to some really dark, sticky places. Listen to my review Read More
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King Kong vs Godzilla. Freddy vs Jason. Cinema loves staging high-stakes bouts between its most iconic characters for our entertainment. Read my review Read More
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Brimming with magic, mystery and monsters, Tim Burton’s latest family fantasy nevertheless manages to feel lethargic and discernibly lacking in any of the director’s trademark visual style. 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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