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Review of Gender Wars (2015)

By John Lui (420) for The Straits Times (Singapore) (616) on 22 Nov 2017

As they did in Sunshine, [Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris] adroitly walk the line between poking fun at the characters - here, Carell's pathetic,…

Review of Battle of the Sexes (2017)

By John Lui (420) for The Straits Times (Singapore) (616) on 22 Nov 2017

As they did in Sunshine, [Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris] adroitly walk the line between poking fun at the characters - here, Carell's pathetic,…

Review of Wind River (2017)

By John Lui (420) for The Straits Times (Singapore) (616) on 22 Nov 2017

But premise aside, everything else about this movie feels fresh and powerfully authentic…

Review of Justice League (2017)

By John Lui (420) for The Straits Times (Singapore) (616) on 16 Nov 2017

Gone is the semi-pornographic depiction of muscles and male angst, and also missing is the grey-on-grey colour scheme…

Review of The Kid from the Big Apple 2: Before We Forget (2017)

By John Lui (420) for The Straits Times (Singapore) (616) on 15 Nov 2017

There is a scene in which he grieves for his long-lost wife at a home altar that is a masterclass in melancholy…

Review of All I See Is You (2017)

By John Lui (420) for The Straits Times (Singapore) (616) on 15 Nov 2017

While this has interesting moments, Foster seems unable to follow the story into as deep or dark a place as it should go and the ambiguity…

Review of A Ghost Story (2017)

By John Lui (420) for The Straits Times (Singapore) (616) on 08 Nov 2017

This might ultimately be not much more than an exercise in visual montage, but with the help of a powerful score from Daniel Hart, the effect…

Review of Suburbicon (2017)

By John Lui (420) for The Straits Times (Singapore) (616) on 08 Nov 2017

Matt Damon is fine as salaryman Gardner, as is Julianne Moore, doubling as wife Rose and her twin sister Margaret, but there is too much here…

Review of Yasmine (2014)

By John Lui (420) for The Straits Times (Singapore) (616) on 08 Nov 2017

Things take a surreal left turn in the final third…

Review of Victoria & Abdul (2017)

By John Lui (420) for The Straits Times (Singapore) (616) on 08 Nov 2017

[STephen Frears] seems to have run out of ideas, despite Dench's riveting turn as Queen Victoria, Empress of India…

Review of Jupiter Ascending (2015)

By John Lui (420) for The Straits Times (Singapore) (616) on 07 Nov 2017

Somewhere in this overlong and over-elaborate mess of a space opera, there is a story begging to emerge, if only the Wachowski siblings would…

Review of The Expendables 3 (2014)

By John Lui (420) for The Straits Times (Singapore) (616) on 07 Nov 2017

Other than the more kid-friendly format, the computer-generated special effects have been amped up to ludicrous science-fiction levels, perhaps…

Review of X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014)

By John Lui (420) for The Straits Times (Singapore) (616) on 07 Nov 2017

The action setpieces here are spectacular, packed with ingenious displays of mutant teamwork and never overstay their welcome…

Review of Trance (2013)

By John Lui (420) for The Straits Times (Singapore) (616) on 07 Nov 2017

British director Danny Boyle has delivered a thriller that takes place inside the thoughts of one character and it proves to be a head trip…

Review of 7 Letters (2015)

By John Lui (420) for The Straits Times (Singapore) (616) on 07 Nov 2017

As short film devices go, this dynamic might not be the most original, but Tong generates real laughs and genuinely tearjerking moments from…

Review of San Andreas (2015)

By John Lui (420) for The Straits Times (Singapore) (616) on 07 Nov 2017

The end result might be a melange of scenes taken from other films, but in a summer season groaning with sci-fi and superhero sequels, this…

Review of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

By John Lui (420) for The Straits Times (Singapore) (616) on 07 Nov 2017

The maudlin moments of overwrought emotion feel poorly integrated with the action sequences, which, as in all sequels, are longer and louder…

Review of Jersey Boys (2014)

By John Lui (420) for The Straits Times (Singapore) (616) on 07 Nov 2017

The most likeable element in the film is not the people but the earworm-quality songs which, even after all this time, sound fresh and irresistibly…

Review of Captain Phillips (2013)

By John Lui (420) for The Straits Times (Singapore) (616) on 07 Nov 2017

The praise is deserved…

Review of If I Stay (2014)

By John Lui (420) for The Straits Times (Singapore) (616) on 07 Nov 2017

Two sins -- emotional button pushing and fantasy pandering -- loom large in this visualisation of the 2009 bestseller by Gayle Forman…

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