REVIEW: Dragonfly Eyes (2018)
Qing Ting (Liu Yongfang) is a young Chinese woman who leaves the security of a Buddhist temple for a job in a large-scale dairy farm. It is there she meets Ke Fan (Su Shangqing), a rebellious and angry young man. … Continue reading REVIEW: Dragonfly Eyes (2018)
REVIEW: As Good As It Gets (1997)
1997 still seems a strange year for Hollywood. For much of the year there seemed to be a growing lesson for the American film industry. The summer was filled with costly misfires: Batman & Robin, The Postman, and particularly Jan de Bont’s disastrous Speed … Continue reading REVIEW: As Good As It Gets (1997)
REVIEW: Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017)
11 year-old Mexican Estrella (Paola Lara) finds herself living on the street when her mother is kidnapped by the terrifying Huascas criminal gang. She is soon taken in by a gang of homeless young boys, but their lives come into … Continue reading REVIEW: Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017)
REVIEW: Roald Dahl’s The Witches (2020)
The late Roald Dahl continues to leave a long shadow over children’s fiction, decades after his death. His personal legacy is an uncomfortable mixture of immense creativity laced with accusations of misogyny and antisemitism, but his literary works – Charlie and … Continue reading REVIEW: Roald Dahl’s The Witches (2020)
REVIEW: Ghost in the Mountains (2017)
Lao Liu returns to his home in Yunan province for the first time in many years. The town is all but abandoned now: of his friends only A Jie still lives there. An ex-girlfriend is by chance passing through on … Continue reading REVIEW: Ghost in the Mountains (2017)
REVIEW: You Don’t Nomi (2019)
September 22 1995 saw the release of one of the most iconic American features of the decade. Seven, a serial killer thriller, was directed by David Fincher from an outstanding screenplay and played by a top-notch lead cast. The mainstream audience … Continue reading REVIEW: You Don’t Nomi (2019)
REVIEW: Daguerreotype (2016)
Daguerreotype sees the young, unemployed Jean (Tahar Rahim) accept an offer to become an apprentice to the photographer Stephane Megray (Olivier Gourmet). Stephane lives in a decaying Parisian mansion with his daughter Marie (Constance Rousseau). He is obsessed with using 19th … Continue reading REVIEW: Daguerreotype (2016)
REVIEW: Greta (2018)
You can elevate a B-grade thriller with a superb cast and world-class direction, but at the end of the day it is still going to have to embrace its pulp roots to remain enjoyable. Producer Jerry Bruckheimer is a long-term … Continue reading REVIEW: Greta (2018)
REVIEW: The Guilty (2018)
Asger Holm (Jakob Cedergren) is a police officer under investigation for the illegal shooting of a suspect. While protesting his innocence, he finds himself restricted to working the emergency telephone lines night after night. On the last night of work … Continue reading REVIEW: The Guilty (2018)
REVIEW: Buddies in India (2017)
Tang Sen (Bai Ke), the son of a recently deceased property developer, is commanded to travel to India to retrieve his father’s will. He is also told to take along with him Wu Kong (Wang Baoqiang), an orphaned martial artist … Continue reading REVIEW: Buddies in India (2017)
