Cinema

SPL2: A Time For Consequences

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
The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

Following the incredible success of John Madden’s adaptation of Deborah Moggach’s novel, a return visit to the Rajasthan retirement home seemed inevitable. This time out, novice hotelier Sonny (Dev Patel)… Read More
Kingsman: The Secret Service

After the incredible success of teenage superhero flick Kick-Ass, director Matthew Vaughn turns his attentions to another anarchic work from comic book scribe Mark Millar. Kingsman: The Secret Service reinvents… Read More
Parasyte – Completion

Much like how Parasyte Part 1 suffered from being all set-up, so its sequel, Parasite – Completion, is similarly hobbled by being mostly a series of climactic stand-offs and philosophical… Read More
Avengers: Age of Ultron

Hands up anyone else suffering from superhero fatigue? Marvel Studios isn’t solely to blame for this, but the sheer conviction and prolificity with which they have attacked their shared-universe building… Read More
Port of Call

Based on real events, Philip Yung’s latest exploration into Hong Kong’s disaffected youth details the grisly murder of a teenage prostitute and the efforts of an eccentric police detective (played… Read More
Selma

It is staggering to realise that, while featuring as a supporting or peripheral figure in numerous films, Selma is the first big-screen motion picture focused on Martin Luther King, Jr.… Read More
Two Thumbs Up

Long-time screenwriter Lau Ho Leung (Painted Skin, Kung Fu Jungle) makes his directorial debut in this energetic action comedy following a gang of thieves who masquerade as cops to pull… Read More
Insurgent

Part two of the big screen adaptation of Veronica Roth’s bestselling series of YA sci-fi novels boasts a larger budget and sharper hairstyles than its predecessor, but remains incapable of… Read More
Radio Rambles – Cinderella & Selma

This week on Radio 3 I talked about Kenneth Branagh’s new adaptation of the classic fairytale Cinderella, as well as Ava DuVernay’s stirring Martin Luthur King Jr biopic, Selma, which… Read More
Zhong Kui: Snow Girl and the Dark Crystal

Acclaimed Hong Kong cinematographer Peter Pau takes another swing at directing a major motion picture with this grand scale fantasy about legendary demon queller Zhong Kui. Assisted by co-director Zhao… Read More
From Vegas To Macau II

Chow Yun Fat returns for a second helping of comedic hijinks in the follow-up to Wong Jing’s 2014 holiday blockbuster From Vegas To Macau (released in mainland China as The… Read More
Radio Rambles – Fifty Shades Of Grey

Did I mention I’m now on the radio? Starting this year I have been lucky enough to land a regular movie review spot on RTHK Radio 3 here in Hong… Read More
Shaun The Sheep Movie

Aardman Studios return to the big screen in cracking form with another rip-roaring roller coaster of action, smart humour and lovable characters. Shaun The Sheep Movie promises to delight fans… Read More
Taken 3

Liam Neeson’s third outing as over-protective family man Bryan Mills sees him on the run for murder after his ex-wife (Famke Janssen) turns up dead in his apartment. Forest Whitaker… Read More
Birdman

Attempting to review Birdman, the new film from Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, is somewhat trepidatious, not least because midway through the film, troubled protagonist Riggan Thompson launches into a bile-spewing tirade… Read More
The Theory of Everything

One of the most talked-about films this year in the run-up to awards season, The Theory of Everything is an adaptation of Jane Hawking’s book about her understandably strained relationship… Read More
Interstellar

Interstellar is quite possibly Christopher Nolan’s most personal film to-date, a grand spectacle of deep space exploration involving wormholes and theories of relativity, but which ultimately rests on the relationship… Read More