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Meryl Streep and Hugh Grant are both excellent in this disarmingly delightful story of the worst singer ever to play Carnegie Hall. Listen to my review Read More
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Fashion’s status as a legitimate art form and the influence of Chinese art on Western designers are explored in Andrew Rossi’s engrossing documentary about the staging of the Metropolitan Museum… Read More
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Emma Roberts and Dave Franco find themselves playing for their lives when they enrol in a secret new underground mobile game. Listen to my review (at 34:50) Read More
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Two high school friends try to make it as international arm dealers during the Iraq War in Todd Phillips’ first attempt at more serious fare. Listen to my review (at 24:15) Read More
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Foodies may struggle to control themselves during Naotaro Endo’s documentary about the famed Tokyo fish market, as the film is packed throughout with drooling close-ups of glistening sushi grade seafood.… Read More
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A nostalgic look at Hong Kong in the 80s and a struggling Band 5 school principal who attempts to put his students straight by training them as a baseball team.… Read More
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A darkly comic satire of Japanese political bureaucracy, Toho’s 29th entry in the Godzilla franchise may prove too talky for some, but still manages to pay loving homage to the… Read More
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Based on a harrowing true story and retold with unflinching poise and skill, Kilo Two Bravo tells the nerve-shredding tale of a unit of British soldiers in Afghanistan who unwittingly… Read More
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After a brace of gritty, socially charged animated films, director Yeon Sang-ho’s live-action debut proves a commercial juggernaut on its way to setting box office records in his native South… Read More
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James Wan produces this feature length adaptation of David Sandberg’s viral video and the results are genuinely chilling. Listen to my review Read More
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Zac Efron teams up with Adam Developed me for his latest does of comedy hijinks, but Anna Kendrick and Aubrey Plaza steal the show. Listen to my review Read More
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One of my favourite movies of 2015 finally gets a theatrical release in Hong Kong. Listen to my review Read More
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Chariot races, galley slaves and the Messiah himself all return for Timur Bekmambetov’s remake of the Charlton Heston classic, but Ben-Hur proves yet another underwhelming blockbuster in a season packed… Read More
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Following the success of Coraline, ParaNorman and The Boxtrolls, stop-motion giant Laika tackles full-blown fantasy in Kubo and the Two Strings, the epic story of an orphaned boy with magical… Read More
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Blake Lively stars in this simple-yet-effective thriller about a lone surfer on a deserted Mexican beach who is attacked by a killer shark. Listen to my review Read More
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Adapted by Taiwanese author turned filmmaker Giddens Ko Ching-teng from his own novel, The Tenants Downstairs ventures into far darker territory than his blockbuster teen flick You Are the Apple… Read More
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Steven Spielberg’s big-screen adaptation of the Roald Dahl children’s classic highlights cinematic strengths but also possible weaknesses in the source material. Listen to my review (at 12:04) Read More
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What could have been a biting satire pitting small-town conservatism against big-city liberalism, How to Plan an Orgy in a Small Town plays its suburban sexploits so safely it threatens… Read More
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