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Movie Reviews Published by The Straits Times (Singapore) - Page 9 of 31

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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…

Review of Unbroken (2014)

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

The movie's biggest error comes from its assumption that depiction equals explanation…

Review of The Canyons (2013)

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

Two problems that plague too many films labelled as erotic thrillers cling to this work: It is neither erotic nor much of a thriller…

Review of Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)

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

This is risk-taking, melodramatic stuff, but handled well…

Review of Transformers: Age of Extinction (2014)

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

If you feel that Frozen or Maleficent gave you an overdose of positive female role models, then Tessa's wailing and waiting for her father…

Review of Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)

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

There is an awful lot of rose-tinted nostalgia here for a time when women sat passively while powerful men threw wealth at them, but the interesting…

Review of The Maze Runner (2014)

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

This film, based on a best-selling young-adult novel, works so well because the story comes without the traits that viewers have come to associate…

Review of Whiplash (2014)

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

Like a classic jazz tune, this movie takes a simple theme -- what is an acceptable price for artistic greatness…

Review of Sex Story: Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)

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

There is an awful lot of rose-tinted nostalgia here for a time when women sat passively while powerful men threw wealth at them, but the interesting…

Review of American Gigolo (1980)

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

The journey from point A to point B might have been more direct, though given the film's lush visuals and many iconic New York settings, it…

Review of Sex.Violence.FamilyValues. (2013)

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

The verdict, now that it is time to see the film as a film and not a cultural sticking point, is that it is worth anyone's time to give it a watch…

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