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Review of The Secret Life of Pets (2016)

By James Mottram (656) for South China Morning Post (665) on 25 Jun 2016

From cats squeezing themselves into random receptacles to dogs chasing aimless balls, the delight of Pets is in the YouTube-inspired detail…

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Review of Keeper of Darkness (2015)

By Edmund Lee (132) for South China Morning Post (665) on 24 Jun 2016

A genre mishmash that goes from exorcism drama to gangster comedy to zombie horror to supernatural romance…

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Review of The Man Who Knew Infinity (2016)

By Richard James Havis (225) for South China Morning Post (665) on 20 Jun 2016

This biopic makes [maths] seem exciting and necessary, and sets it in a wide human context to appeal to those who have difficulty adding up…

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Review of Independence Day: Resurgence (2016)

By James Mottram (656) for South China Morning Post (665) on 20 Jun 2016

Crucially, Resurgence lacks the heart-pounding tension of the original. The first film, after all, showed we could beat the aliens…

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Review of Fathers and Daughters (2015)

By Richard James Havis (225) for South China Morning Post (665) on 18 Jun 2016

Anyone wishing to experience two hours of misery should buy a ticket for Fathers and Daughters…

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Review of Heidi (2015)

By Edmund Lee (132) for South China Morning Post (665) on 14 Jun 2016

You're not going to hear people talking plot twists or modern spins about this umpteenth take on Johanna Spyri's classic children's story…

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Review of A Bigger Splash (2015)

By James Mottram (656) for South China Morning Post (665) on 13 Jun 2016

Luca Guadagnino is expert at conjuring a pungent, sexually decadent atmosphere - a ringmaster in full control of his circus…

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Review of The Nice Guys (2016)

By Richard James Havis (225) for South China Morning Post (665) on 13 Jun 2016

The Nice Guys' is anarchic, irreverent, juvenile and sometimes downright uncomfortable, but it's also occasionally hilarious…

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Review of Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)

By Richard James Havis (225) for South China Morning Post (665) on 12 Jun 2016

How a director could turn one of literature's most imaginative works into such a humdrum affair is a mystery, but that's just what James Bobin…

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Review of Star Wars (1977)

By Noel Parrott (1) for South China Morning Post (665) on 12 Jun 2016

For two hours and one minute it takes you on a heavenly romp. Don't miss it…

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Review of On Wings of Eagles (2016)

By James Marsh (180) for South China Morning Post (665) on 12 Jun 2016

The Last Race' seems less interested in Eric Liddell's story than in pouncing on yet another opportunity to dramatise Japanese wartime atrocities…

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Review of Now You See Me 2 (2016)

By James Marsh (180) for South China Morning Post (665) on 07 Jun 2016

The plot [is] overly contrived yet preposterously shallow, with performances so underdeveloped you can almost hear the actors counting their…

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Review of Triple 9 (2016)

By Richard James Havis (225) for South China Morning Post (665) on 06 Jun 2016

Director John Hillcoat doesn't bring anything new to the table, but he's crafted such a genuinely riveting movie that the familiarity barely matters…

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Review of Pasolini (2014)

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

Abel Ferrara's reverent portrait of Pier Paolo Pasolini's last day alive serves as both a fan's impassioned eulogy and a speculative glimpse…

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Review of Sing Street (2016)

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

Sing Street pays loving tribute to a decade of woeful fashion choices and the music of Duran Duran, Spandau Ballet and The Cure, while capturing…

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Review of Warcraft (2016)

By James Mottram (656) for South China Morning Post (665) on 04 Jun 2016

Warcraft: The Beginning is less a complex immersive digital experience than a simplified sub-Lord of the Rings tale, pitching humans against…

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Review of Criminal (2016)

By Edmund Lee (132) for South China Morning Post (665) on 30 May 2016

It is ironic that Criminal - which features a maverick neuroscientist character and spins its nutty story around a pioneering brain operation…

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Review of Regression (2015)

By James Marsh (180) for South China Morning Post (665) on 29 May 2016

Despite its Euro-gothic pretensions, the film struggles to sell its far-fetched premise and is further hobbled by a slew of unconvincing performances…

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Review of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Out of the Shadows (2016)

By James Mottram (656) for South China Morning Post (665) on 29 May 2016

This second live-action film [is] a blend of kinetic violence, bizarre aliens and actors the calibre of Laura Linney wondering what on earth…

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Review of The Angry Birds Movie (2016)

By Edmund Lee (132) for South China Morning Post (665) on 28 May 2016

A frenetic kids' film that is chock-full of madcap energy, throwaway sight gags and very silly puns, Angry Birds should most please those who…

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