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Review of You're Ugly Too (2015)

By James Marsh (180) for South China Morning Post (665) on 05 Apr 2016

Tom Comerford's muted cinematography finds a rugged beauty in such an unglamorous region of the Irish countryside, while David Geraghty's evocative…

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Review of The Gift (2015)

By James Marsh (180) for South China Morning Post (665) on 05 Apr 2016

[The movie] twists an awkward encounter with an old high-school acquaintance into a cracking psychological thriller that offers some genuine…

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Review of Tangerine (2015)

By James Marsh (180) for South China Morning Post (665) on 05 Apr 2016

The best LA Christmas movie since Die Hard, Tangerine is destined to become a landmark in American independent cinema…

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Review of The Beauty Inside (2015)

By James Marsh (180) for South China Morning Post (665) on 05 Apr 2016

It's an occasionally touching romance that plays it far too safe…

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Review of The Gift (2015)

By James Marsh (180) for South China Morning Post (665) on 05 Apr 2016

[The movie] twists an awkward encounter with an old high-school acquaintance into a cracking psychological thriller that offers some genuine…

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Review of Journey to the Shore (2015)

By James Marsh (180) for South China Morning Post (665) on 05 Apr 2016

The final product stops short of being genuinely haunting, but its sensitive performances and mournful melancholia linger long in the mind…

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Review of Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse (2015)

By James Marsh (180) for South China Morning Post (665) on 05 Apr 2016

Scouts dances a mostly successful line in splatter gore and gross-out humour, [earning] itself a sleeve-full of merit badges…

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Review of The Choice (1976)

By James Marsh (180) for South China Morning Post (665) on 05 Apr 2016

While The Choice certainly isn't for everyone, there is something refreshing to be wrung from such an unabashedly earnest and wholesome world view…

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Review of The Gift (2015)

By James Marsh (180) for South China Morning Post (665) on 05 Apr 2016

[The movie] twists an awkward encounter with an old high-school acquaintance into a cracking psychological thriller that offers some genuine…

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Review of The Gift (2015)

By James Marsh (180) for South China Morning Post (665) on 05 Apr 2016

[The movie] twists an awkward encounter with an old high-school acquaintance into a cracking psychological thriller that offers some genuine…

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Review of Beltracchi: The Art of Forgery (2014)

By James Marsh (180) for South China Morning Post (665) on 05 Apr 2016

The film is equally frightening…

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Review of The Monkey King 2 (2016)

By James Marsh (180) for Screen International (2,241) on 02 Mar 2016

Big-name stars and dazzling visuals leap off the screen in eye-popping 3D, while the most recognisable chapter of China’s most-beloved literary…

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Review of The Mermaid (2016)

By James Marsh (180) for Screen International (2,241) on 19 Feb 2016

Newcomer Jelly Lin brings a delightfully quirky demeanour to her literal fish out of water…

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Review of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny (2016)

By James Marsh (180) for Screen International (2,241) on 09 Feb 2016

Clocking in at just 96 minutes, Sword of Destiny feels heavily truncated, lacking in narrative substance…

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Review of Mojin: The Lost Legend (2015)

By James Marsh (180) for Screen International (2,241) on 16 Jan 2016

While the sub-par effects make it difficult to become fully immersed in the tomb raiding exploits of the Mojin, the rivalries, romances and…

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Review of Ip Man 4: The Finale (2019)

By James Marsh (180) for Screen International (2,241) on 21 Dec 2015

This time, celebrated action director Yuen Wo-ping, taking over from Sammo Hung, ensures the film’s fight sequences remain the film’s primary…

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Review of Ip Man 3 (2015)

By James Marsh (180) for Screen International (2,241) on 21 Dec 2015

This time, celebrated action director Yuen Wo-ping, taking over from Sammo Hung, ensures the film’s fight sequences remain the film’s primary…

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Review of Point Break (2015)

By James Marsh (180) for Screen International (2,241) on 03 Dec 2015

Core’s incarnation of Point Break is about one thing, extreme sports, and it is no small relief that the film at least handles those sequences well…

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Review of Dragon Blade (2015)

By James Marsh (180) for Screen International (2,241) on 26 Jun 2015

Committed performances, a hefty budget and assured hands behind the camera ensure that Dragon Blade delivers on its promise of sprawling battle…

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Review of ABCs of Death 2 (2014)

By James Marsh (180) for Screen International (2,241) on 01 Oct 2014

As a showcase for emerging international talent, the film is without equal, but as a stand-alone feature it does run a little long…

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