USA
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It was a foregone conclusion that Quentin Tarantino would one day produce his take on the spaghetti western. There are glimpses of this distinctive genre’s style in many of his… Read More
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I caught Rian Johnson’s much-loved indie time-travel thriller when it opened here in Hong Kong, but I had only just landed after a mammoth 48-hour trek from Texas to London… Read More
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I have seen Michael Crichton’s Westworld a number of times, but had never gotten around to watching this 1976 sequel before today. Starring Peter Fonda and Blythe Danner as a… Read More
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Gary Cooper plays the newly-married Marshal, set to leave town and start a new life with pacifist Quaker wife, Grace Kelly, when he learns a vicious criminal is heading into… Read More
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Written and directed by 18-year-old Emily Hagins, this low budget but smartly-observed horror comedy follows a group of high school graduates as they attend a geek convention, only to discover… Read More
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What seemed on the surface to be just another chick-flick rom-com looking to jump on the Glee bandwagon turns out to be a consistently funny, thoroughly entertaining college flick, with… Read More
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Arnold Schwarzenegger stars in his first leading role in almost a decade, as a veteran small-town sheriff forced into action by a South American drug lord, who is heading for… Read More
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A film I watched repeatedly as an impressionable youngster, it has been easily more than a decade since I last watched Walter Hill’s trend-setting buddy actioner. My immediate reaction? Still… Read More
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Steven Soderbergh tackles the world of male strippers in this surprisingly competent and engaging drama. Channing Tatum continues to prove that he’s more than a monosyllabic lunkhead as the likable… Read More
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The Wachowskis team up with Tom Tykwer to tackle David Mitchell’s multi-stranded parable, with polarizing results. Read my review here Read More
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After F.W. Murnau’s move to the USA, this ambitious co-production sees the German director head down to the islands of the South Pacific for a classic tale of forbidden love… Read More
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After the phenomenal success of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings trilogy it was a foregone conclusion that sooner or later we would see The Hobbit adapted for the big… Read More
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After an extended hiatus we have returned! In our latest dispatch Fernando and I discuss the many cinematic delights of this year’s PiFan Film Festival in South Korea, highlightng films… Read More
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I’m not an expert on American history. I’m not even American, and before tonight my knowledge of Abraham Lincoln didn’t stem far beyond acknowledging he was the tall dude with… Read More
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For his debut film, director Josh Trank employs two of the most tired and overused themes in mainstream movies today – superheroes and found footage. For many potential viewers, one… Read More
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A secretive and controversial figure throughout his life, J. Edgar Hoover founded the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) in 1935 and remained its director until his death in 1972. During… Read More
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Following the success of 2008’s Journey to the Centre of the Earth, Warner Bros delivers a second outing based loosely on 19th century science fiction literature. Originally planned to involve… Read More
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For the first time in twelve years, Jim Henson’s iconic puppet characters return to the big screen, but does anybody care? This is the question at the heart of James… Read More
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