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Review of The Jungle Book (2016)

By Edmund Lee (132) for South China Morning Post (665) on 23 May 2016

Alternately exhilarating and terrifying, The Jungle Book offers a hyper-realistic view of the forest as a place of natural hierarchy, unpredictable…

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Review of The Tag-Along (2015)

By Edmund Lee (132) for South China Morning Post (665) on 23 May 2016

The Tag-Along has become one of Taiwan's highest grossing horror flicks in living memory -- without even the benefit of being especially original…

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Review of Heaven in the Dark (2016)

By Edmund Lee (132) for South China Morning Post (665) on 20 May 2016

The subtle differences between stage and film acting are amplified to often enthralling and sometimes painfully contrived effects in this part-adaptation,…

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Review of X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

By Ben Sin (27) for South China Morning Post (665) on 16 May 2016

Following two excellent entries, this third prequel sets out to deliver a grandiose adventure with a cataclysmic dramatic reckoning, but mostly…

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Review of Money Monster (2016)

By James Marsh (180) for South China Morning Post (665) on 10 May 2016

Unfolding like Dog Day Afternoon meets The Big Short, the film attempts to hold the Wall Street elite accountable…

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Review of Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising (2016)

By Edmund Lee (132) for South China Morning Post (665) on 10 May 2016

Nicholas Stoller's film throws up surprises in the way it tackles gay marriage and female empowerment without irony and extracts poignancy…

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Review of Hana's Miso Soup (2015)

By Edmund Lee (132) for South China Morning Post (665) on 01 May 2016

Even if you are allergic to the manipulative tactics of tear-jerking cancer dramas, there's still a lot to savour [here]…

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Review of Race (2016)

By James Mottram (656) for South China Morning Post (665) on 30 Apr 2016

As a way of melding sport and politics, biopic and historical document, Race is an impressive achievement - and one to be savoured…

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Review of Collective Invention (2015)

By Edmund Lee (132) for South China Morning Post (665) on 27 Apr 2016

An ordinary citizen is turned into a mutant fish-man during a faulty genetic experiment in [this] mildly intriguing, if also rather predictable,…

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Review of Mustang (2015)

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

The story of five orphaned sisters as they teeter on the brink of adulthood, Mustang is a tale pregnant with conflict and one that, despite…

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Review of Captain America: Civil War (2016)

By James Mottram (656) for South China Morning Post (665) on 22 Apr 2016

Unlike Avengers: Age of Ultron, this is leaner and more low-key…

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Review of In the Room (2015)

By Edmund Lee (132) for South China Morning Post (665) on 20 Apr 2016

For all its sexually charged sequences, In the Room is really more about the lingering sadness that results from the transient encounters it depicts…

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Review of Hardcore Henry (2015)

By James Mottram (656) for South China Morning Post (665) on 18 Apr 2016

He fights, he stabs, he shoots, he gouges ... there isn't a means of murder Henry doesn't try in this excessive orgy of Looney Tunes cartoon violence…

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Review of Truth (2015)

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

One of Robert Redford's occasional forays into political filmmaking, this small-scale drama is packed with ideas…

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Review of Truth (2015)

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

One of Robert Redford's occasional forays into political filmmaking, this small-scale drama is packed with ideas…

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Review of The Bodyguard (2016)

By James Marsh (180) for South China Morning Post (665) on 18 Apr 2016

Martial arts fans anticipating Sammo Hung Kam-bo's first directorial effort in close to 20 years will be left sorely disappointed by The Bodyguard…

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Review of Marguerite (2015)

By James Mottram (656) for South China Morning Post (665) on 17 Apr 2016

Frot is particularly telling in what might also be called Marguerite's last act - her voice both heartfelt and horrendous as comedy gives way…

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Review of The Dressmaker (2015)

By James Mottram (656) for South China Morning Post (665) on 17 Apr 2016

With Myrtle inexplicably running up haute couture outfits for the locals as part of her unclear scheme, the film is as superficial as a catwalk…

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Review of 10 Cloverfield Lane (2016)

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

An unexpected blend of apocalyptic science-fiction and serial killer styles, it is, for once, completely impossible to guess how the story…

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Review of 45 Years (2015)

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

Haigh's direction is measured and reserved, allowing the talents of his two veteran performers to carry the weight of the unfolding tragedy…

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