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Review of The Peanuts Movie (2015)

By Richard James Havis (225) for South China Morning Post (665) on 05 Apr 2016

Older fans of Charlie Brown and Snoopy need not worry: this is an extremely faithful rendition of the strip…

Review of Survivor (2015)

By Richard James Havis (225) for South China Morning Post (665) on 05 Apr 2016

Brosnan has a good time hamming it up as a heartless assassin, but why Jovovich is forced to spend the whole film darting around with black…

Review of Before We Go (2014)

By Richard James Havis (225) for South China Morning Post (665) on 05 Apr 2016

The storyline is so bland it wouldn't even pass master for a daytime soap, and the strangely off-kilter depiction of New York doesn't help…

Review of The Walk (2015)

By Richard James Havis (225) for South China Morning Post (665) on 05 Apr 2016

Petit's adventure and this funereal subtext knit together very well, and in spite of its location, the film avoids sentimentality and prescience,…

Review of Creed (2015)

By Richard James Havis (225) for South China Morning Post (665) on 05 Apr 2016

While it makes the bold move of turning Rocky into a supporting character, this solid slice of mainstream entertainment will please fans of…

Review of Paper Towns (2015)

By Richard James Havis (225) for South China Morning Post (665) on 05 Apr 2016

A smart script peppered with genuinely witty dialogue and some nuanced acting by a young ensemble cast at least keep this coming-of-age story…

Review of Daddy's Home (2014)

By Richard James Havis (225) for South China Morning Post (665) on 05 Apr 2016

Aside from a bit of mild toilet humour, Daddy's Home is a traditional Hollywood seasonal comedy in the mould of National Lampoon's Christmas…

Review of In the Heart of the Sea (2015)

By Richard James Havis (225) for South China Morning Post (665) on 05 Apr 2016

The story is stolid at times, but the dynamic shots of the crew working the rigging and maintaining the boat look accurate and keep everything lively…

Review of The Hateful Eight (2015)

By Richard James Havis (225) for South China Morning Post (665) on 05 Apr 2016

Even though it's a pulp western brimming with the director's usual blood, guts and wry humour, the racial politics are more contemporary in…

Review of Poltergeist (2015)

By Richard James Havis (225) for South China Morning Post (665) on 05 Apr 2016

Despite [its] reverential treatment, Kenan and producer Sam Raimi manage to serve up an effective supernatural horror film that's capable of…

Review of Eddie the Eagle (2016)

By Richard James Havis (225) for South China Morning Post (665) on 05 Apr 2016

The British do underdog stories well, and the good bits come from Edwards' battles with a society that would prefer him to give up on his Olympic…

Review of 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi (2016)

By Richard James Havis (225) for South China Morning Post (665) on 05 Apr 2016

The story of the attack…

Review of Hotel Transylvania 2 (2015)

By Richard James Havis (225) for South China Morning Post (665) on 05 Apr 2016

A rip-roaring monster ball finale, complete with a whopping great punch-up featuring Dracula, Frankenstein, werewolves and bats, more than…

Review of Bridge of Spies (2015)

By Richard James Havis (225) for South China Morning Post (665) on 05 Apr 2016

It's a mellow film which, much like Lincoln, aims for believability rather than excitement…

Review of The Finest Hours (2016)

By Richard James Havis (225) for South China Morning Post (665) on 05 Apr 2016

The storm scenes are exciting and unpredictable, and prove downright scary at times…

Review of Daddy's Home (2015)

By Richard James Havis (225) for South China Morning Post (665) on 05 Apr 2016

Aside from a bit of mild toilet humour, Daddy's Home is a traditional Hollywood seasonal comedy in the mould of National Lampoon's Christmas…

Review of Trumbo (2007)

By Richard James Havis (225) for South China Morning Post (665) on 05 Apr 2016

The story is a neat mix of politics, Hollywood manipulation, and family life…

Review of Hail, Caesar! (2016)

By Richard James Havis (225) for South China Morning Post (665) on 05 Apr 2016

Held together by an effective, if downplayed, Chandler-esque crime yarn, it touches on Marxist theory, theology, hubris, and even synchronised…

Review of Zootopia (2016)

By Richard James Havis (225) for South China Morning Post (665) on 04 Apr 2016

Although it would be stretching things to describe Zootopia as a metaphor for modern society, its underlying message of racial tolerance is…

Review of Bigger Stronger Faster* (2008)

By Richard James Havis (225) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 24 Jan 2016

This everything-but-the-kitchen-sink approach not only makes for pacey entertainment, it also allows director Christopher Bell to delve deep…

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