Hiding in the shadows of a bus shelter, the career criminal Zhou (Ge Hu) meets the mysterious Liu Aiai (Kwei Lun-mei). He was expecting his wife. She insists she has come on her behalf. Across the road from a police … Continue reading REVIEW: The Wild Goose Lake (2019)
When Irish convict Clare (Aising Franciosi) suffers an unimaginable injustice, she sets out across the Tasmanian wilderness on a quest for revenge. Aiding her on her travels is an Indigenous tracker named Billy (Baykali Ganambarr), who faces personal tragedies of … Continue reading REVIEW: The Nightingale (2018)
Stéphane (Damien Bonnard) kicks off his first day as a member of a Parisian street crime unit with fellow officer Gwada (Djibril Zonga) and arrogant commanding officer Chris (Alexis Manenti). They are tasked with patrolling the community of the notorious … Continue reading REVIEW: Les Misérables (2019)
Former cellist Charlotte Willmore (Allison Williams) travels to Shanghai to re-connect with her former tutor Anton Bachoff (Steven Weber). While there she meets and forms an immediate connection with Anton’s latest young protégé Lizzie (Logan Browning). When they head on … Continue reading REVIEW: The Perfection (2019)
A crew of armed robbers undertake a series of meticulously planned jewel heists, led by the anonymous “Hollow Man” (Tony Leung Ka-Fai). At the same time an under-confident recruit, code-named Piggy (Kate Tsui), is inducted into one of Hong Kong’s … Continue reading REVIEW: Eye in the Sky (2007)
Hacker and vigilante Lizbeth Salander (Claire Foy) is hired by a computer programmer to steal his top-secret application Firefall – a computer program that can hack into any nuclear launch facility and fire its missiles. Soon Salander is on the … Continue reading REVIEW: The Girl in the Spider’s Web (2018)
“Mother” (Jennifer Lawrence) wakes up in an isolated house in the country, where she lives with “Him” (Javier Bardem) her poet husband who suffers terribly from writer’s block. When a stranger (Ed Harris) unexpectedly arrives with a not-entirely-truthful story, closely … Continue reading REVIEW: mother! (2017)
Villain, a Japanese drama directed by Lee Sang-il, is a curious experience. It’s about the murder of a young woman along a country road, although its focus is very much on those still-living who are affected by her death. At … Continue reading REVIEW: Villain (2010)
A police officer in a northern Chinese city is the sole survivor of a horrifying shoot-out that leaves both criminals and his fellow officers dead. Five years later, he is an alcoholic security guard. A former colleague drags him back … Continue reading REVIEW: Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014)
Michael MacCauley (Liam Neeson) is a former police detective turned insurance salesman. Each day he takes the Hudson line into New York City and back again, sharing his train with a familiar group of fellow passengers. One day Michael is … Continue reading REVIEW: The Commuter (2018)
