External Reviews

Some of my film reviews have appeared on different websites; I have linked to them here.

VCinema

  • Animal World (2018, China, d. Han Yan. review)
  • Better Days (2019, China, d. Derek Tsang. review)
  • Blue Hour (2019, Japan, d. Yuko Hakota. review)
  • Ciao Ciao (2017, China, d. Song Chuan. review)
  • The Dark Maidens (2017, Japan, d. Saiji Yakumo. review)
  • Didi’s Dream (2017, China/Taiwan, d. Kevin Tsai. review)
  • Dying to Survive (2018, China, d. Wen Muye. review)
  • Fake (2016, Japan, d. Tatsuya Mori. review)
  • Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019, USA, d. Michael Dougherty. review)
  • Jinpa (2018, China, d. Pema Tseden. review)
  • Last Sunrise (2019, China, d. Wen Ren. review)
  • Little Forest (2018, South Korea, d. Yim Soon-rye. review)
  • Love and Other Cults (2018, Japan, d. Eiji Uchida. review)
  • My Identity (2019, Japan, d. Sae Suzuki. review)
  • Ne Zha (2019, China, d. Yang Yu. review)
  • One Night Only (2016, China, d. Matt Wu. review)
  • Please Remember Me (2015, China, d. Zhao Qing. review)
  • She Remembers, He Forgets (2015, Hong Kong, d. Adam Wong. review)
  • Someone in the Clouds (2019, Taiwan, d. Mitch Lin and Gary Tseng. review)
  • The Son of Mountain (2018, China, d. He Zheng. review)
  • Stammering Ballad (2018, China, d. Zhang Nan. review)
  • Still Life of Memories (2018, Japan, d. Hitoshi Yazaki. review)
  • Suburban Birds (2018, China, d. Qui Sheng. review)
  • Tora-San, Wish You Were Here (2019, Japan, d. Yoji Yamada. review)
  • Trace of Breath (2017, Japan, d. Haruka Komori. review)
  • Unlovable (2018, USA, d. Suzi Yoonessi. review)

FilmInk

  • America Town (2017, South Korea, d. Jeon Soo-il. review)
  • Bad Genius (2017, Thailand, d. Nattawut Poonpiriya. review)
  • Battle of Memories (2017, China, d. Lester Chen. review)
  • Beauty and the Dogs (2017, Tunisia, d. Kaouther Ben Hania. review)
  • Believer (2018, South Korea, d. Lee Hae-young. review)
  • Blade of the Immortal (2017, Japan, d. Takashi Miike. review)
  • Bright Weakness (2018, France, d. Guillaume Gallienne. review)
  • Buddies in India (2017, China, d. Wang Baoqiang. review)
  • The Butterfly Tree (2017, Australia, d. Priscilla Cameron. review)
  • Climax (2018, France/Belgium, d. Gaspar Noé. review)
  • Cursed (2016, Australia, d. Britt Kindle. review)
  • Daguerreotype (2017, France/Japan, d. Kiyoshi Kurosawa. review)
  • Dragonfly Eyes (2018, China, d. Xu Bing. review)
  • Double Lover (2017, France, d. François Ozon. review)
  • The Fortress (2017, South Korea, d. Hwang Dong-hyuk. review)
  • From Up On Poppy Hill (2011, Japan, d. Goro Miyazaki. review)
  • Ghost in the Mountains (2017, China, d. Yang Heng. review)
  • God of War (2017, China, d. Gordon Chan. review)
  • Gold (2017, Spain, d. Agustín Díaz Yanes. review)
  • The Guilty (2018, Denmark, d. Gustav Möller. review)
  • Hello Goodbye (2016, Japan, d. Takeo Kikuchi. review)
  • JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond in Unbreakable (2018, Japan, d. Takashi Miike. review)
  • Kung Fu Yoga (2017, China, d. Stanley Tong. review)
  • The Legend of Muay Thai: 9 Sutra (2018, Thailand, d. Pongsa Kornsri, Gun Phansuwon, Nat Yoswatananont. review)
  • The Light of the Moon (2017, USA, d. Jessica M. Thompson. review)
  • Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts (2018, Indonesia, d. Mouly Surya. review)
  • The Mimic (2017, South Korea, d. Huh Jung. review)
  • Mirai of the Future (2018, Japan, d. Mamoru Hosoda. review)
  • Mist and the Maidens (2017, Spain, d. Andrés M. Koppel. review)
  • The Mole Song: Hong Kong Cappricio (2016, Japan, d. Takashi Miike. review)
  • The Monkey King 3 (2018, China, d. Soi Cheang. review)
  • My Friend Dahmer (2017, USA, d. Marc Meyers. review)
  • Namiya (2017, China, d. Jie Han. review)
  • Napping Princess (aka Ancient and the Magic Tablet) (2017, Japan, d. Kenji Kamiyama. review)
  • 1987: When the Day Comes (2017, South Korea, d. Jang Joon-hwan. review)
  • Ocean’s 8 (2018, USA, d. Gary Ross. review)
  • Ocean Waves (1993, Japan, d. Tomomi Mochizuki. review)
  • OtherLife (2017, Australia, d. Ben C. Lucas. review)
  • Rabbit (2017, Australia, d. Luke Shanahan. review)
  • Railway Sleepers (2017, Thailand, d. Sompot Chidgasornpongse. review)
  • Rings (2017, USA, d. F. Javier Gutiérrez. review)
  • Sen Sen (2017, Taiwan, d. Bon An. review)
  • Sky Hunter (2017, China, d. Li Chen. review)
  • Sleeping Beauty (2017, France/Spain, d. Ado Arrietta. review)
  • Tigers Are Not Afraid (2017, Mexico, d. Issa Lopez. review)
  • Tokyo Idols (2017, Japan, d. Kyoko Miyake. review)
  • The Trough (2018, Hong Kong, d. Nick Cheung. review)
  • The Villainess (2017, South Korea, d. Jung Byung-gil. review)
  • Wet Woman in the Wind (2016, Japan, Akihito Shiota. review)
  • The Witness (2018, South Korea, d. Jp Kyu-jang. review)