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Hailed as “the Citizen Kane of bad movies”, The Room first screened in 2003, and has since become something of a cult phenomenon. An amateurish psycho-drama devoid of stars, talent… Read More
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An alien invasion finds its way to Indonesia in this gleefully absurd martial arts/sci-fi mash-up. Just enough fun to give it a pass as mindless late-night entertainment. (at 22:43) Read More
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Much like the Saw franchise, the Insidious films look backwards as eagerly as they move forwards, folding in on themselves to bring dead characters back time after time. This is hardly surprising, as both… Read More
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“I like horror; it’s been very good to me,” says veteran actress Lin Shaye, 74. It is perhaps the understatement of her recent visit to Hong Kong to promote Insidious:… Read More
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The demand for tulips spiralled out of control in 17th-century Amsterdam, with the rich paying exorbitant prices for flowers that retained only fleeting, superficial value. Against this brutal backdrop of… Read More
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Kenneth Branagh directs and dons the ridiculous moustache and outrageous Belgian accent, as Hercules Poirot investigates murder most foul amidst a star-studded carriage of locomotive passengers. Read More
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From The Elephant Man to The Theory of Everything , cinema regularly adopts the struggles of the disabled to illustrate how true beauty and humanity permeates from within. Many such… Read More
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Jessica Rothe plays a sorority girl caught in a time loop on what is not only her birthday, but also the day in which she is brutally murdered. Groundhog Day… Read More
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2017 is fast becoming the year of Wonder Woman. DC’s feminist icon finally arrived on the big screen, wowing audiences in her stand-alone feature before stealing the limelight from fellow… Read More
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DC unites its biggest superheroes to battle an impossible evil, but with so many characters vying for screen time and a troubled production that required extensive reshoots, how would the… Read More
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Casey Affleck and Rooney Mara star in David Lowery’s poetic, philosophical exploration of mortality and time. Read More
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Emma Stone and Steve Carell are uncannily good as Billie Jean King and Bobby Riggs, who squared off on the court for an exhibition match that would change the image… Read More
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Ellen Page and Diego Luna headline this unnecessary yet inoffensive remake of the Joel Schumacher Brat Pack shocker, in which a group of reckless medical students experiment with life beyond… Read More
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Thor teams up with The Incredible Hulk on the distant planet of Sakar, while Hela the Goddess of Death lays waste to Asgard, in Taika Waititi’s comedy-infused space romp. Listen… Read More
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It was back in 2004 when director James Wan (The Conjuring, Fast & Furious 7) burst onto the scene with an effective low-budget shocker that pitted two imprisoned strangers against… Read More
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Avengers stars Elizabeth Olsen and Jeremy Renner reunite for a very different crime-fighting tale in the snow-capped murder mystery Wind River. Following his screenplays for Sicario and Hell or High… Read More
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There are few places in the world more terrifying than prison. For most of us, it is an environment we will never have to experience first hand, but for those… Read More
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Darren Aronofsky stacks the allegories 40 feet high in his experiment cautionary tale, in which a distressed Jennifer Lawrence has her home overrun by sinister strangers. (at 19:12) Read More
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