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Review of Baby Driver (2017)

By James Marsh (180) for South China Morning Post (665) on 11 Sep 2017

Wright has affectionately lampooned the horror and action genres in the past, but Baby Driver proves he is now a legitimate action director…

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Review of Manifesto (2017)

By Richard James Havis (225) for South China Morning Post (665) on 11 Sep 2017

In an era when important discussions take place in 140 characters, Manifesto serves as a reminder that back in the 20th century, it was de…

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Review of Colour of the Game (2017)

By Edmund Lee (132) for South China Morning Post (665) on 11 Sep 2017

A mellow look at the tragic ends of several veterans of the criminal underworld, Colour of the Game…

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Review of The Beguiled (2017)

By Richard James Havis (225) for South China Morning Post (665) on 10 Sep 2017

Although it has lashings of antebellum atmosphere, Sofia Coppola's remake of the 1971 Don Siegel/Clint Eastwood American civil war drama lacks…

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Review of An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (2017)

By James Mottram (656) for South China Morning Post (665) on 10 Sep 2017

A stinging rebuttal to all the deniers and detractors who tried to discredit the original Davis Guggenheim-directed film…

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Review of It (2017)

By James Marsh (180) for South China Morning Post (665) on 06 Sep 2017

The film is frequently scary (especially for coulrophobics) and always absorbing, with a measured yet affectionate nostalgia for the period…

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Review of Overdrive (2017)

By James Marsh (180) for South China Morning Post (665) on 05 Sep 2017

Diehard gear-heads may be appeased by the sight of beautifully restored Bugattis and Alfa Romeos, but those looking for genuine thrills should…

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Review of Gukoroku - Traces of Sin (2017)

By James Marsh (180) for South China Morning Post (665) on 04 Sep 2017

Kei Ishikawa's enthralling adaptation of Tokuro Nukui's notoriously complex novel is by turns a grisly whodunit and scathing takedown of the…

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Review of The Sinking City: Capsule Odyssey (2017)

By Edmund Lee (132) for South China Morning Post (665) on 04 Sep 2017

The increasingly absurd societal values of post-handover Hong Kong receive rollicking parody treatment in The Sinking City: Capsule Odyssey,…

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Review of American Made (2017)

By James Mottram (656) for South China Morning Post (665) on 03 Sep 2017

This is one of the more enjoyable Cruise outings in a while, at least for those who prefer to see him sacrifice his indestructible alpha-male persona…

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Review of The Dark Tower (2017)

By Richard James Havis (225) for South China Morning Post (665) on 28 Aug 2017

A bizarre amalgamation of science fiction, magic, monsters and cowboys, The Dark Tower…

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Review of The Only Living Boy in New York (2017)

By Richard James Havis (225) for South China Morning Post (665) on 27 Aug 2017

The Only Living Boy is an odd story in that it's about the very society that it claims to reject…

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Review of A Dog's Purpose (2017)

By Ben Sin (27) for South China Morning Post (665) on 20 Aug 2017

While A Dog's Purpose means well, it ultimately tries too hard to be more than just a standard 'cute pet film', instead ending up pretentious…

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Review of Lady Macbeth (2016)

By Richard James Havis (225) for South China Morning Post (665) on 20 Aug 2017

This startling debut feature by British director William Oldroyd is a beautiful examination of passion, cruelty, manipulation, and downright…

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Review of Dangal (2016)

By Ben Sin (27) for South China Morning Post (665) on 17 Aug 2017

This feel-good sports drama based on true stories entertains and, more importantly, could empower young women to pursue male-dominated industries…

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Review of The Hitman's Bodyguard (2017)

By James Mottram (656) for South China Morning Post (665) on 15 Aug 2017

A buddy film that borrows heavily from the much-better Midnight Run (1988), The Hitman's Bodyguard is foul-mouthed and foul-tempered but rarely…

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Review of Gintama (2017)

By James Marsh (180) for South China Morning Post (665) on 14 Aug 2017

While this chaotic mash-up of sci-fi and period drama aesthetics triggers a relentless sugar rush of visual stimuli, Gintama proves an exhausting…

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Review of I.T. (2016)

By James Marsh (180) for South China Morning Post (665) on 13 Aug 2017

I.T. is a film to turn off - and never turn back on again…

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Review of Annabelle: Creation (2017)

By James Mottram (656) for South China Morning Post (665) on 07 Aug 2017

Mixing minimal CGI with plenty of in-camera visuals (furniture flying, demonic creatures, fingers snapping), it's a horror cauldron that simmers…

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Review of The Battleship Island (2017)

By James Marsh (180) for South China Morning Post (665) on 04 Aug 2017

It's a pity that Ryoo insists on prioritising violence, melodrama and shameless jingoism to the point of exploitation, wringing this real-life…

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