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One of the year’s best comedies is a mockumentary about a household of vampires from New Zealand. Listen to my review Read More
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Tom Cruise recruits his Jack Reacher collaborator Chris McQuarrie to helm the fifth instalment of his death-defying spy saga, which this time sees Ethan Hunt and his loyal team of… Read More
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Former Dreamworks animator Raman Hui has scored a major commercial success on his return to Hong Kong with Monster Hunt, a polished fantasy adventure that blends broad comedy with period… Read More
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Ringo Lam’s first feature in 12 years sees the Hong Kong director return to familiar territory, as a former cop and his tearaway younger brother take on a violent gang… Read More
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Channing Tatum returns for the stripper tour to end them all in this hugely entertaining sequel. Listen to my review Read More
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Formulaic perhaps as a superhero origin story, but packed with smart humour & fun character work, Ant-Man is a thoroughly unpretentious and entertaining edition to the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Read More
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John Lithgow and Alfred Molina play an ageing gay couple in Ira Sachs’ delightful comedy drama. Listen to my review Read More
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Packed with action and steeped in tradition, Chen Kaige’s return to the wuxia genre is an exhilarating drama, as concerned with the philosophy behind martial arts as with their lethal… Read More
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This week on Radio 3’s Morning Brew, I talk to Phil about Pierre Coffin’s new animated prequel, Minions, as well as the Sam Raimi-produced remake of the Steven Spielberg-produced horror… Read More
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This week on Radio 3’s Morning Brew I chat with Phil about Terminator Genisys, the latest instalment in the apocalyptic time-traveling robot saga, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger and Emilia Clarke. Then… Read More
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The fifth instalment of the troubled sci-fi time travel series reveals itself to be a frustrating reboot-sequel hybrid, cherry-picking iconic moments from throughout the franchise and reworking them into a… Read More
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On this week’s show we pay tribute to the great Hollywood composer James Horner, before reviewing two of this week’s new releases, Seth McFarlane’s Ted 2 and indie horror flick… Read More
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The New York Asian Film Festival kicks off tomorrow, boasting an impressive array of selections from the best of Asian Cinema past and present. Below I’ve collected together my reviews… Read More
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Known primarily for his war films and crime dramas, American director Samuel Fuller also directed a quartet of westerns, the last of which being 1957’s Forty Guns. Read my review Read More
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Proof that fine actors giving strong performances are not always enough to save a movie, Maya Forbes’ Infinitely Polar Bear seems too preoccupied with its 70s period setting and zany… Read More
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A sequel in name only to Wilson Yip’s 2005 film, Soi Cheang’s SPL2: A Time For Consequences nevertheless recaptures the exhilarating energy of the original, expanding from Hong Kong to… Read More
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On this week’s show I discussed the fourth film in the hugely popular dino-park films, Jurassic World, starring Chris Pratt, Bryce Dallas Howard and Vincent D’Onofrio, and then Phil and… Read More
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A sequel in name only to Wilson Yip’s 2005 film, Soi Cheang’s SPL2: A Time For Consequences nevertheless recaptures the exhilarating energy of the original, expanding from Hong Kong to… Read More
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