When a meteor hits the Earth near Glen Canyon, Arizona, it unleashes a rapidly changing alien menace – and only two community college professors, a government scientist, and a trainee firefighter stand in the way of humanity’s total annihilation. It … Continue reading REVIEW: Evolution (2001)
Lars Ericksson (Will Ferrell) and Sigrit Ericksdóttir (Rachel McAdams) are aspiring musicians in an Icelandic fishing community with one dream: to represent their country at the Eurovision Song Contest. When an unexpected accident takes out all of the other candidates, … Continue reading REVIEW: Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020)
Kleinman (Woody Allen) is forcibly woken in the middle of the night by an angry mob, demanding he join them in tracking down a serial killer. Meanwhile the sword-swallower (Mia Farrow) at a local circus leaves her unfaithful clown boyfriend … Continue reading REVIEW: Shadows and Fog (1991)
Three bachelors live together in a lavish New York apartment. While actor Jack Holden (Ted Danson) is shooting a film in Turkey, his baby Mary is left on the doorstep and flatmates Peter Mitchell (Tom Selleck) and Michael Kellam (Steve … Continue reading REVIEW: Three Men and a Baby (1987)
When a track mishap costs a group of Jamaican athletes their shot at the Summer Olympics, they approach retired coach and trainer Irving Blitzer to teach them how to run a bobsled team – based on Blitzer’s long-held belief that … Continue reading REVIEW: Cool Runnings (1993)
When unemployed voice artist Daniel Hillard (Robin Williams) experiences a divorce from his now ex-wife Miranda (Sally Field), he also loses custody of his three children. Desperate to continue spending time with them, he has his make-up artist brother transform … Continue reading REVIEW: Mrs Doubtfire (1993)
Nasa (Eri Tokunaga), a Japanese online columnist, ponders the question of whether men and women can be platonic friends, without romance or sexual attraction getting in the way. To that end, she books a series of sessions with a ‘friend-for-rent’ … Continue reading REVIEW: Rent a Friend (2018)
Office worker Shizuka Suzuki (Ayaka Miyoshi) aspires to climb the corporate ladder in her city firm, but when she takes her niece to a street carnival hypnotist she finds herself to hypnotised. Whenever Shizuka hears music, her life transforms into … Continue reading REVIEW: Dance With Me (2019)
A family of Filipino immigrants living in Seoul have their lives thrown into disarray when their father Don (Nonie Buencamino) hits and kills a pedestrian while driving home. While Don angsts over whether or not to give himself up to … Continue reading REVIEW: Sunshine Family (2019)
Keisuke Korada (Kiichi Nakai) is Japan’s all-time least popular Prime Minister. Coarse, corrupt, foul-mouthed, and sexist, his antagonistic behaviour and punitive policies have delivered him the ire of the Japanese people and an approval rating of 2.3%. When a protester … Continue reading REVIEW: Hit Me Anyone One More Time! (2019)
