Reviews Index

Note: all reviews are by Grant Watson except where noted.

A

  • Adrift in Tokyo (2007, Japan, d. Satoshi Miki. review)
  • The Adventurers (2017, Hong Kong/China/Czech Republic, d. Stephen Fung. review)
  • Air Doll (2009, Japan, d. Hirokazu Kore-eda. review)
  • Aladdin (2019, USA, d. Guy Ritchie. review)
  • Alien Covenant (2017, USA, d. Ridley Scott. review)
  • Alita: Battle Angel (2019, USA, d. Robert Rodriguez. review)
  • All is True (2018, UK, d. Kenneth Branagh. review)
  • All-Round Appraiser Q: The Eyes of Mona Lisa (2014, Japan, d. Shinsuke Sato. review)
  • Amadeus (1984, USA, d. Miloš Forman. review)
  • American Animals (2018, USA/UK, d. Bart Layton. review)
  • An American Tail (1986, USA/Ireland, d. Don Bluth. review)
  • Anastasia (1997, USA, d. Don Bluth and Gary Goldman. review)
  • The Andromeda Strain (1971, USA, d. Robert Wise. review)
  • Angel Heart (1987, USA, d. Alan Parker. review)
  • L’Animale (2018, Austria, d. Katharina Mückstein. review)
  • Annihilation (2018, USA/UK, d. Alex Garland. review)
  • Another Child (2019, South Korea, d. Kim Yoon-seok. review)
  • Ant-Man and the Wasp (2018, USA, d. Peyton Reed. review)
  • Appaloosa (2008, USA, d. Ed Harris. review)
  • April and the Extraordinary World (2015, France/Belgium/Canada, d. Christian Desmares and Franck Ekinci. review)
  • April Story (1998, Japan, d. Shunji Iwai. review)
  • Aquaman (2018, USA, d. James Wan. review)
  • Aquarius (2016, Brazil, d. Kleber Mendonça Filho. review)
  • Arctic (2018, Iceland, d. Joe Penna. review)
  • Arrival (2016, USA, d. Denis Villeneuve. review)
  • The Art of Self-Defense (2019, USA, d. Riley Sterns. review)
  • Asako in Ruby Shoes (2000, South Korea, d. E. J-yong. review)
  • Ask Dr Ruth (2019, USA. d. Ryan White. review)
  • The Assassin (2015, Taiwan, d. Hou Hisao-hsien. review)
  • Assassination Classroom (2015, Japan, d. Eiichiro Hasumi. review)
  • Assassin’s Creed (2016, France/USA, d. Justin Kurzel. review)
  • At Eternity’s Gate (2018, USA/UK/France, d. Julian Schnabel. review)
  • Avengers: Infinity War (2018, USA, d. Anthony and Joe Russo. review)
    • Avengers: Endgame (2019, USA, d. Anthony and Joe Russo. review)

B

  • Bacurau (2019, Brazil, France, d. Kleber Mendonça Filho and Juliano Dornelles. review)
  • Bad Boys for Life (2020, USA, d. Adil El Arbi and Bilall Fallah. review)
  • A Ball at the Anjo House (1947, Japan, d. Kimisaburo Yoshimura. review)
  • Balloon (2018, Germany, d. Michael Bully Herbig. review)
  • The Beach of the Drowned (2015, Spain, d. Gerardo Herrero. review)
  • Beautiful Accident (2017, China, d. Ho Wi Ding. review)
  • Beauty and the Beast (2017, USA, d. Bill Condon. review)
  • Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story (2018, UK, d. Steve Sullivan. review)
  • Belladonna of Sadness (1973, Japan, d. Eiichi Yamamoto. review)
  • La Belle Epoque (2019, France, d. Nicolas Bedos. review)
  • Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blache (2018, USA, d. Pamela B. Green. review)
  • Beowulf (1999, USA, d. Graham Baker. review)
  • Beyond Beauty: Taiwan from Above (2013, Taiwan, d. Chi Po-lin. review)
  • Beyond the Reach (2014, USA, d. Jean-Baptiste Leonetti. review)
  • The BFG (2016, USA, d. Steven Spielberg. review)
  • The Bird People in China (1998, Japan. d. Takashi Miike. review)
  • Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (2020, USA, d. Cathy Yan. review)
  • Black Bear Forest (2016, Taiwan, d. Lee Hsiang-hsiu. review)
  • Black Coal, Thin Ice (2014, China, d. Diao Yinan. review)
  • Black House (1999, Japan, d. Yoshimitsu Morita. review)
  • Black is King (2020, USA, d. Beyoncé Knowles-Carter. review)
  • BlacKkKlansman (2018, USA, d. Spike Lee. review)
  • Black Panther (2018, USA, d. Ryan Coogler. review)
  • Black Sun (1964, Japan, d. Koreyoshi Kurahara. review)
  • Black Test Car (1962, Japan, d. Yasuzo Masumura. review)
  • Blade Runner 2049 (2017, USA, d. Denis Villeneuve. review)
  • Blame! (2017, Japan, d. Hiroyuki Seshita. review)
  • Blockers (2018, USA, d. Kay Cannon. review)
  • Blood Vessel (2019, Australia, d. Justin Dix. review)
  • Bloody Milk (2017, France, D. Hubert Charuel. review)
  • Blue Ruin (2013, USA, d. Jeremy Saulnier. review)
  • The Boar King (2014, Taiwan, d. Kuo Chen-Ti. review)
  • The Bodyguard (1992, USA, d. Mick Jackson. review)
  • Bodyguards and Assassins (2009, Hong Kong. d. Teddy Chen. review)
  • The Body Remembers When the World Broke Open (2019, Canada. d. Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers and Kathleen Hepburn. review)
  • Bombshell (2019, USA. d. Jay Roach. review)
  • Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000, USA, d. Joe Berlinger. review)
    • Blair Witch (2016, USA, d. Adam Wingard. review)
  • The Boxtrolls (2014, USA, d. Graham Annable and Anthony Stacchi. review)
  • A Boy and his Samurai (2010, Japan, d. Yoshihiro Nakamura. review)
  • Brave Father Online: Our Story of Final Fantasy XIV (2019, Japan, d. Teruo Noguchi and Kiyoshi Yamamoto. review)
  • Bride of Frankenstein (1935, USA, d. James Whale. review)
  • Bridge of Spies (2015, USA, d. Steven Spielberg. review)
  • Bringing Out the Dead (1999, USA, d. Martin Scorsese. review)
  • Buddha in Africa (2019, Sweden/South Africa, d. Nicole Schafer. review)
  • Bullet Ballet (1998, Japan, d. Shinya Tsukamoto. review)
  • Bumblebee (2018, USA, d. Travis Knight. review)

C

  • The Call of the Wild (2020, USA, d. Chris Sanders. review)
  • Candleshoe (1977, USA, d. Norman Tokar. review)
  • Captain Marvel (2019, USA, d. Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. review)
  • Captain Morten and the Spider Queen (2018, Estonia/Ireland/Belgium/UK, d. Kaspar Jansis. review)
  • Caravan of Courage: An Ewok Adventure (1984, USA, d. John Korty. review)
  • Cargo (2009, Switzerland, d. Ivan Engler and Ralph Etter. review)
  • Cha Cha for Twins (2012, Taiwan, d. Yang Yi-chien, Jim Wang. review)
  • The Challenge (1982, USA, d. John Frankenheimer. review)
  • Charter (2020, Sweden, d. Amanda Kernell. review)
  • Children of Men (2006, USA/UK, d. Alfonso Cuarón. review)
  • Chongqing Hotpot (2016, China, d. Yang Qing. review)
  • Christopher Robin (2018, USA, d. Marc Forster. review)
  • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe (2005, USA, d. Andrew Adamson. review)
    • The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian (2008, USA. d. Andrew Adamson. review)
    • The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010, USA. d. Michael Apted. review)
  • Claustrophobia (2008, Hong Kong, d. Ivy Ho. review)
  • Clear and Present Danger (1994, USA, d. Phillip Noyce. review)
  • The Cloverfield Paradox (2018, USA, d. Julius Onah. review)
  • Cold Pursuit (2019, USA, d. Hans Petter Moland. review)
  • Collective Invention (2015, South Korea, d. Kwon Oh-kwang. review)
  • The Commuter (2018, USA, d. Jaume Collet-Serra. review)
  • The Company of Wolves (1984, UK, d. Neil Jordan. review)
  • The Conjuring 2 (2016, USA, d. James Wan. review)
  • The Constable (2013, Hong Kong. d. Dennis Law. review)
  • Cool Runnings (1993, USA, d. Jon Turteltaub. review)
  • Cop Car (2015, USA, d/ Jon Watts. review)
  • Cosmic Rescue: The Moonlight Generations (2003, Japan, d. Shinsuke Sato. review)
  • Cowboys & Aliens (2011, USA, d. Jon Favreau. review)
  • Crackerjack (2002, Australia, d. Paul Moloney. review)
  • Crazy Rich Asians (2018, USA, d. Jon M. Chu. review)
  • Creature from the Black Lagoon (1954, USA, d. Jack Arnold. review)
  • Creed II (2018, USA, d. Steven Caple Jr. review)
  • Crumbs (2015, Spain/Ethiopia/Finland, d. Miguel Llansó. review)
  • Culloden (1964, UK, d. Peter Watkins. review)
  • The Curtain Rises (2015, Japan, d. Katsuyuki Motohiro. review)
  • Cutie and the Boxer (2013, USA, d. Zachary Heinzerling. review)

D

  • Dad’s Suit (2018, Taiwan, d. Hung Po-hao. review)
  • Dagon (2001, Spain, d. Stuart Gordon. review)
  • The Dancer (2016, France, d. Stéphanie Di Giusto. review)
  • Dance With Me (2019, Japan, d. Shinobu Yaguchi. review)
  • Dark Blue (2002, USA, d. Ron Shelton. review)
  • The Darkest Minds (2018, USA, d. Jennifer Yuh Nelson. review)
  • The Dark Tower (2017, USA, d. Nikolaj Arcel. review)
  • The Dead (2010, UK, d. Jon Ford and Howard J. Ford. review)
  • Deadpool 2 (2018, USA, d. David Leitch. review)
  • Dear Mr Gacy (2010, Canada, d. Svetozar Ristovski. review)
  • Death in Brunswick (1990, Australia, d. John Ruane. review)
  • Deep Blue Sea (1999, USA/Australia, d. Renny Harlin. review)
  • Deep Rising (1998, USA, d. Stephen Sommers. review)
  • Deerskin (2019, France, d. Quentin Dupieux. review)
  • Democrats (2014, Denmark, d. Camilla Nielsson. review)
  • Demonlover (2002, France, d. Olivier Assayas. review)
  • The Deserted (2017, Taiwan, d. Tsai Ming-liang. review)
  • Destination Wedding (2018, USA. d. Victor Levin. review)
  • Destruction Babies (2016, Japan, d. Tetsuya Mariko. review)
  • Detective Bureau 2-3: Go to Hell, Bastards! (1963, Japan, d. Seijun Suzuki. review)
  • Dick Tracy (1990, USA, d. Warren Beatty. review)
  • Dilili in Paris (2018, France/Germany/Belgium, d. Michel Ocelot. review)
  • Dirty God (2019, Belgium/Ireland/Netherlands/UK, d. Sacha Polak. review)
  • Dirty Ho (1979, Hong Kong, d. Lau Kar-leung. review)
  • The Disaster Artist (2017, USA, d. James Franco. review)
  • Disorder (1986, France, d. Olivier Assayas. review)
  • Doctor Sleep (2019, USA, d. Mike Flanagan. review)
  • Doctor Strange (2016, USA, d. Scott Derrickson. review)
  • Don’t Breathe (2016, USA, d. Fede Álvarez. review)
  • Downhill (2020, USA, d. Nat Faxon and Jim Rash. review)
  • Downtown Torpedoes (1997, Hong Kong, d. Teddy Chen. review)
  • Dragon Blade (2015, China, d. Daniel Lee. review)
  • Dream Home (2010, Hong Kong, d. Pang Ho-cheung. review)
  • Dreams for Sale (2012, Japan. d. Miwa Nishikawa. review)
  • Drive (2002, Japan, d. Sabu. review)
  • Drug War (2013, Hong Kong/China, d. Johnnie To. review)
  • Duckweed (2017, China, d. Han Han. review)
  • Dumbo (2019, USA, d. Tim Burton. review)
  • Dumplin’ (2018, USA, d. Anne Fletcher. review)
  • Dunkirk (2017, UK/USA/Netherlands/France, d. Christopher Nolan. review)
  • Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains (2019, China, d. Gu Xiaogang. review)

E

  • The Elephant Man (1980, USA/UK, d. David Lynch. review)
  • An Elephant Sitting Still (2018, China, d. Hu Bo. review)
  • Enemy at the Gates (2001, France/Germany/USA, d. Jean-Jacques Annaud. review)
  • The Endless (2017, USA, d. Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead. review)
  • The End of Summer (1961, Japan, d. Yasujiro Ozu. review)
  • Enola Holmes (2020, USA, d. Harry Bradbeer. review)
  • The Equalizer (2014, USA, d. Antoine Fuqua. review)
  • The Equation of Love and Death (2008, China, d. Cao Baoping. review)
  • Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga (2020, USA, d. David Dobkin. review)
  • Every Secret Thing (2014, USA, d. Amy Berg. review)
  • Evolution (2001, USA, d. Ivan Reitman. review)
  • Executive Decision (1996, USA, d. Stuart Baird. review)
  • Ex Machina (2014, USA/UK, d. Alex Garland. review)
  • Eye in the Sky (2007, Hong Kong, d. Yau Nai-Hoi. review)

F

  • Face/Off (1997, USA, d. John Woo. review)
  • The Fairy (2011, France/Belgium, d. Dominique Abel, Fiona Gordon and Bruno Romi. review)
  • The Falcons (2018, Iceland, d. Baldur Björn Arnarsson. review)
  • Family Business (1989, USA, d. Sidney Lumet. review)
  • Far and Away (1992, USA, d. Ron Howard. review)
  • The Farewell (2019, USA. d. Lulu Wang. review)
  • The Fate of the Furious (2017, USA, d. F. Gary Gray. review)
  • The Favourite (2018, USA, UK, Ireland, d. Yorgos Lanthimos. review)
  • Fighting with my Family (2019, USA/UK, d. Stephen Merchant. review)
  • Figures in a Landscape (1970, UK, d. Joseph Losey. review)
  • The Final Cut (2004, USA/Canada/Germany, d. Omar Naim. review)
  • Fires on the Plain (2014, Japan, d. Shinya Tsukamoto. review)
  • First Blood (1982, USA, d. Ted Kotcheff. review)
  • First Man (2018, USA, d. Damien Chazelle. review)
  • For Sama (2019, Syria/UK. d. Waad al-Kateab and Edward Watts. review.)
  • The Fountain (2006, USA, d. Darren Aronofsky. review)
  • Four Lions (2010, UK, d. Chris Morris. review)
  • Frankenstein (1931, USA, d. James Whale. review)
  • Free and Easy (2016, China, d. Geng Jun. review)
  • Free Fire (2016, UK, d. Ben Wheatley. review)
  • Friday the 13th (1980, USA, d. Sean S. Cunningham. review)
    • Friday the 13th Part 2 (1981, USA, d. Steve Miner. review)
    • Friday the 13th Part 3 (1982, USA, d. Steve Miner. review)
    • Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter (1984, USA, d. Joseph Zito. review)
    • Friday the 13th Part V: A New Beginning (1985, USA, d. Danny Steinmann. review)
    • Jason Lives: Friday the 13th Part VI (1986, USA, d. Tom McLoughlin. review)
    • Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1987, USA, d. John Carl Buechler. review)
    • Friday the 13th Part VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan (1989, USA, d. Rob Hedden. review)
    • Jason Goes to Hell: The Final Friday (1993, USA, d. Adam Marcus. review)
    • Jason X (2001, USA/Canada, d. James Isaac. review)
    • Freddy vs Jason (2003, USA, d. Ronny Yu. review)
    • Friday the 13th (2009, USA, d. Marcus Nispel. review)
  • Frost/Nixon (2008, USA. d. Ron Howard. review)
  • Frozen II (2019, USA, d. Chris Buck and Jennifer Lee. review)
  • Full Strike (2015, Hong Kong, d. Derek Kwok and Henri Wong. review)
  • Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened (2019, USA, d. Chris Smith. review)

G

  • Galaxy Turnpike (2015, Japan, d. Koki Mitani. review)
  • Game Night (2018, USA, d. John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein. review)
  • Gatao 2: Rise of the King (2018, Taiwan, d. Yen Cheng-kuo. review)
  • Gemini Man (2019, USA, d. Ang Lee. review)
  • Get Out (2017, USA, d. Jordan Peele. review)
  • Ghost in the Shell (2017, USA, d. Rupert Sanders. review)
  • Giants and Toys (1958, Japan, d. Yasuzo Masamura. review)
  • The Gift (2015, USA, d. Joel Edgerton. review)
  • The Girl in the Spider’s Web (2018, USA, d. Fede Álvarez. review)
  • The Girl on the Train (2016, USA, d. Tate Taylor. review)
  • Glass (2019, USA, d. M. Night Shyamalan. review)
  • Glory to the Filmmaker! (2007, Japan, d. Takeshi Kitano. review)
  • Godzilla (1984, Japan, d. Koji Hashimoto. review)
    • Godzilla vs Biollante (1989, Japan, d. Kazuki Omori. review)
    • Godzilla vs King Ghidorah (1991, Japan, d. Kazuki Omori. review)
    • Godzilla: King of the Monsters (2019, USA, d. Michael Dougherty. review)
  • Golden Orchestra! (2016, Japan, d. Hosokawa Toru. review)
  • Gone in 60 Seconds (2000, USA, d. Dominic Sena. review)
  • Good-bye (2020, Japan, d. Aya Miyazaki. review)
  • Goodbye, Dragon Inn (2003, Taiwan, d. Tsai Ming-liang. review)
  • The Grandmaster (2013, Hong Kong, d. Wong Kar-wai. review)
  • Granny Poetry Club (2019, South Korea, d. Kim Jae-hwan. review)
  • The Great Battle (2018, South Korea, d. Kim Kwang-sik. review)
  • The Greatest Showman (2017, USA/Australia, d. Michael Gracey. review)
  • The Great Muppet Caper (1981, USA/UK, d. Jim Henson. review)
  • The Great Wall (2016, USA/China, d. Zhang Yimou. review)
  • Grosse Pointe Blank (1997, USA, d. George Armitage. review)
  • Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2 (2017, USA, d. James Gunn. review)
  • The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018, UK, d. Mike Newell. review)

H

  • Hail, Caesar! (2016, USA, d. Joel Coen and Ethan Coen. review)
  • Half the Picture (2018, USA, d. Amy Adrion. review)
  • Happy Death Day (2017, USA, d. Christopher Landon. review)
  • The Happytime Murders (2018, USA, d. Brian Henson. review)
  • Harmony: The Five Frequencies Saga Part I (2018, Australia, d. Corey Pearson. review)
  • The Hateful Eight (2015, USA, d. Quentin Tarantino. review)
  • The Haunting (1963, USA, d. Robert Wise. review)
  • Haze (2005, Japan, d. Shinya Tsukamoto. review)
  • Heat (1995, USA, d. Michael Mann. review)
  • Heavy Craving (2019, Taiwan, d. Hsieh Pei-ju. review)
  • Hellraiser (1987, UK, d. Cliver Barker. review)
    • Hellbound: Hellraiser II (1988, UK, d. Tony Randel. review)
    • Hellraiser III: Hell on Earth (1992, USA, d. Anthony Hickox. review)
    • Hellraiser: Bloodline (1996, USA, d. Alan Smithee. review)
  • Here Comes Hell (2019, UK, d. Jack McHenry. review)
  • Her Sketchbook (2017, Japan, d. Masaya Ozaki. review)
  • Hidden Figures (2016, USA, d. Theodore Melfi. review)
  • The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (2005, UK/USA, d. Garth Jennings. review)
  • The Hitman’s Bodyguard (2017, USA, d. Patrick Hughes. review)
  • Hit Me Anyone One More Time! (2019, Japan, d. Koki Mitani. review)
  • Hocus Pocus (1993, USA, d. Kenny Ortega. review)
  • Honeyland (2019, North Macedonia, d. Tamara Kotevska and Ljubomir Stefanov. review)
  • Hook (1991, USA, d. Steven Spielberg. review)
  • Horrors of Malformed Men (1969, Japan, d. Teruo Ishii. review)
  • Hounds of Love (2016, Australia, d. Ben Young. review)
  • House of Hummingbird (2018, South Korea, d. Kim Bora. review)
  • The Hunt for Red October (1990, USA, d. John McTiernan. review)
  • The Huntsman: Winter’s War (2016, USA, d. Cedric Nicolas-Troyan. review)

I

  • I Am Not a Witch (2017, UK/France, d. Rungano Nyoni. review)
  • I Am Not Madame Bovary (2016, China, d. Feng Xiaogang. review)
  • The Ice Pirates (1984, USA, d. Stewart Raffill. review)
  • In Another Country (2012, South Korea, d. Hong Sang-soo. review)
  • In a World… (2013, USA, d. Lake Bell. review)
  • Inside (2007, France, d. Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury. review)
  • In the Aftermath (1988, USA, d. Carl Colpaert. review)
  • Ip Man (2008, Hong Kong, d. Wilson Yip. review)
  • The Island That All Flow By (2016, Taiwan, d. Chan Ching-lin. review by Travis Johnson.)
  • I Stand Alone (1998, France, d. Gaspar Noé. review)
  • It (2017, USA, d. Andy Muschietti. review)
    • It: Chapter Two (2019, USA, d. Andy Muschietti. review)
  • It Follows (2014, USA, d. David Robert Mitchell. review)
  • I Wish (2011, Japan, d. Hirokazu Kore-eda. review)

J

  • Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016, USA, d. Edward Zwick. review)Jane Got a Gun (2016, USA, d. Gavin O’Connor. review)
  • Jellyfish Eyes (2013, Japan, d. Takashi Murakami & Yoshihiro Nishimura. review)
  • JK Rock (2019, Japan, d. Shunji Muguruma. review)
  • John Wick Chapter 2 (2017, USA, d. Chad Stahelski. review)
    • John Wick Chapter 3: Parabellum (2019, USA, d. Chad Stahelski. review)
  • Jojo Rabbit (2019, USA. d. Taika Waititi. review)
  • Joker (2019, USA. d. Todd Phillips. review)
  • Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons (2013, China, d. Stephew Chow. review)
  • Judy & Punch (2019, Australia, d. Mirrah Foulkes. review)
  • Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017, USA, d. Jake Kasdan. review)
  • Jurassic World (2015, USA, d. Colin Trevorrow. review)
    • Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018, USA, d. J.A. Bayona. review)
  • Justice League (2017, USA, d. Zack Snyder. review)

K

  • Kaiji: The Ultimate Gambler (2009, Japan, d. Toya Sato. review)
  • Kaili Blues (2016, China, d. Bi Gan. review)
  • Kikujiro (1999, Japan, d. Takeshi Kitano. review)
  • The Killing of Two Lovers (2020, USA, d. Robert Machoian. review)
  • Kindergarten Cop (1990, USA, d. Ivan Reitman. review)
  • The Kindergarten Teacher (2018, USA, d. Sara Colangelo. review)
  • The King (2019, UK, Australia, Hungary. d. David Michôd. review)
  • King Arthur: Legend of the Sword (2017, USA, d. Guy Ritchie. review)
  • King Kong Escapes (1967, Japan/USA, d. Ishiro Honda. review)
  • King of Thorn (2009, Japan, d. Kazuyoshi Katayama. review)
  • The Kitchen (2019, USA. d. Andrea Berloff. review)
  • Knife + Heart (2018, France/Mexico/Switzerland, d. Yann Gonzalez. review)
  • Koko-Di Koko-Da (2019, Denmark/Sweden, d. Johannes Nyholm. review)

L

  • Lady and the Tramp (2019, USA, d. Charlie Bean. review)
  • Lady Bird (2017, USA, d. Greta Gerwig. review)
  • Lady in the Water (2006, USA, d. M. Night Shyamalan. review)
  • La La Land (2016, USA, d. Damien Chazelle. review)
  • The Land Before Time (1988, USA, d. Don Bluth. review)
  • Land of Hope (2012, Japan, d. Sion Sono. review)
  • Lara Croft: Tomb Raider (2001, USA, d. Simon West. review)
  • The Last Painting (2017, Taiwan, d. Cheng Hung-i. review)
  • The Last Princess (2016, South Korea. d. Hur Jin-ho. review)
  • Leave No Trace (2018, USA, d. Debra Granik. review)
  • The Legend of the Holy Drinker (1988, Italy, d. Ermanno Olmi. review)
  • Leon: The Professional (1994, France, d. Luc Besson. review)
  • Licence to Kill (1989, UK. d. John Glen. review)
  • Life (2017, USA. d. Daniel Espinosa. review)
  • Like a Boss (2020, USA. d. Miguel Arteta. review)
  • Lion (2016, Australia, d. Garth Davis. review)
  • The Lion King (2019, USA, d. Jon Favreau. review)
  • Little Joe (2019, UK/Austria/Germany, d. Jessica Hausner. review)
  • Little Women (2019, USA. d. Greta Gerwig. review)
  • Logan (2017, USA, d. James Mangold. review)
  • Long Day’s Journey into Night (2018, China, d. Bi Gan. review)
  • Long Dream (2000, Japan, d. Higuchinsky. review)
  • The Long Kiss Goodnight (1996, USA, d. Renny Harlin. review)
  • Long Shot (2019, USA, d. Jonathan Levine. review)
  • Long Time No Sea (2018, Taiwan, d. Heather Tsui. review)
  • The Looming Storm (2017, China, d. Dong Yue. review)
  • Lost and Love (2015, China/Hong Kong, d. Peng Sanyuan. review)
  • The Lost City of Z (2017, USA, d. James Gray. review)
  • Lost Highway (1997, USA/France, d. David Lynch. review)
  • Lost in Paris (2016, France/Belgium, d. Dominique Abel and Fiona Gordon. review)
  • Love and… (2015, South Korea, d. Zhang Lu. review)
  • Love Sarah (2020, UK, d. Eliza Schroeder. review)
  • Loving You (1995, Hong Kong, d. Johnnie To. review)
  • Lu Over the Wall (2017, Japan, d. Masaaki Yuasa. review)

M

  • The Mad Monk (1993, Hong Kong, d. Johnnie To. review)
  • Magic Kitchen (2004, Hong Kong, d. Lee Chi-ngai. review)
  • The Man (2017, Denmark, d. Charlotte Sieling. review)
  • A Man in a Hurry (2018, France, d. Herve Mimran. review)
  • The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018, Belgium/France/Portugal/Spain/UK, d. Terry Gilliam. review)
  • Margin Call (2011, USA, d. J.C. Chandor. review)
  • Marlina the Murderer in Four Acts (2017, Indonesia, d. Mouly Surya. review)
  • Martyrs (2008, France/Canada, d. Pascal Laugier. review)
  • Mary and the Witch’s Flower (2017, Japan, d. Hiromasa Yonebayashi. review)
  • Mary Poppins Returns (2018, USA, d. Rob Marshall. review)
  • Massacre Gun (1967, Japan, d. Yasuhara Hasebe. review)
  • Matthew Barney: No Restraint (2006, USA, d. Alison Chernick. review)
  • The Meg (2018, USA/China, d. Jon Turteltaub. review)
  • Menashe (2017, USA, d. Joshua Z. Weinstein. review)
  • Midsommar (2019, USA/Sweden, d. Ari Aster. review)
  • The Milkwoman (2005, Japan, d. Akira Ogata. review)
  • The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018, USA/UK, d. Desiree Akhavan. review)
  • Les Miserables (2019, France, d. Ladj Ly. review)
  • Missing (2019, Hong Kong, d. Ronnie Chau. review)
  • Mission Impossible (1996, USA, d. Brian De Palma. review)
    • Mission: Impossible Fallout (2018, USA, d. Christopher McQuarrie. review)
  • The Modern Lovers (2019, Japan, d. Atsuro Shimoyashiro. review)
  • Momotaro, Sacred Sailors (1945, Japan, d. Mitsuyo Seo. review)
  • Monday (2000, Japan, d. Sabu. review)
  • The Monkey King (2014, China, d. Soi Cheang. review)
    • The Monkey King 2 (2016, China, d. Soi Cheang. review)
  • Monster Hunt (2015, China, d. Raman Hui. review)
  • Moomins and the Winter Wonderland (2017, Finland/Poland, d. Jakub Wronski and Ira Carpelan. review)
  • The Moon-Spinners (1964, USA, d. James Neilson. review)
  • Mortal Engines (2018, New Zealand/USA, d. Christian Rivers. review)
  • mother! (2017, USA, d. Darren Aaronofsky. review)
  • Mrs. Doubtfire (1993, USA, d. Chris Columbus. review)
  • The Mummy (1932, USA, d. Karl Freund. review)
  • The Mummy (1999, USA, d. Stephen Sommers. review)
    • The Mummy Returns (2001, USA, d. Stephen Sommers. review)
  • The Mummy (2017, USA, d. Alex Kurtzman. review)
  • The Mute (2018, Poland/Belgium, d. Bartosz Konopka. review)
  • My Life as a Zucchini (2016, France/Switzerland, d. Claude Barras. review)
  • The Mystery of Henri Pick (2018, France, d. Rémi Bezançon. review)
  • My Uncle (2016, Japan, d. Nobuhiro Yamashita. review)

N

  • The Name of the Rose (1986, France/Germany/Italy, d. Jean-Jacques Annaud. review)
  • Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind (1984, Japan, d. Hayao Miyazaki. review)
  • The Navigator: A Medieval Odyssey (1988, Australia/New Zealand, d. Vincent Ward. review)
  • Nightbreed: The Director’s Cut (1990 (original film), USA, d. Clive Barker. review)
  • Night Crossing (1982, USA, d. Delbert Mann. review)
  • The Night Eats the World (2018, Franch, d. Dominique Rocher. review)
  • The Nightingale (2018, Australia. d. Jennifer Kent. review)
  • 1917 (2019, UK/USA. d. Sam Mendes. review)
  • 1922 (2017, USA. d. Zak Hilditch. review)
  • Nobody to Watch Over Me (2008, Japan, d. Ryoichi Kumizuka. review)
  • Number One (2017, France/Belgium, d. Tonie Marshall. review)
  • The Nun (2018, UA, d. Corin Hardy. review)
  • The Nutcracker and the Four Realms (2018, USA, d. Lasse Hallström and Joe Johnston. review)

O

  • The Olive Tree (2016, Spain, d. Icíar Bollaín. review)
  • On Body and Soul (2017, Hungary, d. Ildikó Enyedi. review)
  • Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (2019, USA. d. Quentin Tarantino. review)
  • On the Edge of Their Seats (2020, Japan, d. Hideo Jojo. review)
  • Onward (2020, USA, d. Dan Scanlon. review)
  • Our Huff and Puff Journey (2015, Japan, d. Daigo Matsui. review)
  • Our Shining Days (2017, China/India, d. Wang Ran. review)
  • Our Time Will Come (2017, Hong Kong/China, d. Ann Hui. review)
  • Outlaw King (2018, USA/UK, d. David McKenzie. review)
  • Out of Inferno (2013, China, d. Danny and Oxide Pang. review)
  • Overheard (2009, Hong Kong, d. Alan Mak and Felix Chong. review)

P

  • Parasite (2019, South Korea. d. Bong Joon-ho. review)
  • The Perfection (2019, USA. d. Richard Shepard. review)
  • Personal Shopper (2016, France, d. Olivier Assayas. review)
  • Pet Sematary (2019, USA, d. Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Widmyer. review)
  • Phase IV (1974, USA, d. Saul Bass. review)
  • Pink and Gray (2016, Japan, d. Ikao Yukisada. review)
  • Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl (2003, USA, d. Gore Verbinski. review)
    • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest (2006, USA, d. Gore Verbinski. review)
    • Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (2007, USA, d. Gore Verbinski. review)
    • Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides (2011, USA, d. Rob Marshall. review)
    • Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2017, USA, d. Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg. review)
  • Pitch Perfect 3 (2017, USA, d. Trish Sie. review)
  • Planes, Trains and Automobiles (1987, USA, d. John Hughes. review)
  • Planetarium (2016, France/Belgium, d. Rebecca Zlotowski. review)
  • Planet of the Vampires (1965, Italy/USA, d. Mario Bava. review)
  • Plunkett and Macleane (1999, UK, d. Jake Scott. review)
  • Pokémon: Detective Pikachu (2019, USA/Japan, d. Rob Letterman. review)
  • Portrait of a Beauty (2008, South Korea, d. Jeon Yun-su. review)
  • The Post (2017, USA, d. Steven Spielberg. review)
  • Prayer for a Lost Mitten (2020, Canada, d. Jean-François Lesage. review)
  • The Predator (2018, USA, d. Shane Black. review)
  • Princess Iron Fan (1941, China, d. Wan Guchang and Wan Laiming. review)
  • Prisoners (2013, USA, d. Denis Villeneuve. review)
  • Proxima (2019, France, d. Alice Winocour. review)
  • Psychic School Wars (2012, Japan, d. Ryousuke Nakamura. review)
  • The Purge: Election Year (2016, USA, d. James DeMonaco. review)
    • The First Purge (2018, USA, d. Gerard McMurray. review)

Q

  • Quantum of Solace (2008, USA/UK, d. Marc Forster. review)
  • Quick Change (1990, USA, d. Howard Franklin and Bill Murray. review)
  • A Quiet Place (2018, USA, d. John Krasinski. review)

R

  • Radio Days (1987, USA, d. Woody Allen. review)
  • Rafiki (2018, Kenya, d. Wanuri Kuhui. review)
  • Railroad Tigers (2016, China, d. Ding Sheng. review)
  • Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018, USA, d. Rich Moore & Phil Johnston. review)
  • The Rambling Guitarist (1959, Japan, d. Buichi Saito. review)
  • (Rambo) First Blood (1982, USA, d. Ted Kotcheff. review)
    • Rambo: First Blood Part II (1985, USA, d. George P. Cosmatos. review)
    • Rambo (2008, USA, d. Sylvester Stallone. review)
    • Rambo: Last Blood (2019, USA, d. Adrian Grunberg. review)
  • Rampage (2018, USA, d. Brad Peyton. review)
  • Raw (2016, France/Belgium, d. Julia Ducournau. review)
  • Ready Player One (2018, USA, d. Steven Spielberg. review)
  • The Reaping (2007, USA, d. Stephen Hopkins. review)
  • Rebels of the Neon God (1992, Taiwan, d. Tsai Ming-Liang. review)
  • Red Mist (2008, UK, d. Paddy Breathnach. review)
  • Red Pier (1958, Japan, d. Toshio Masuda. review)
  • Red Road (2006, UK/Denmark, d. Andrea Arnold. review)
  • Rent a Friend (2018, Japan, d. Maiyu Akiyama. review)
  • The Replacement Killers (1998, USA, d. Antoine Fuqua. review)
  • Residue (2020, USA, d. Merawi Gerima. review)
  • Revenge (2017, France. d. Coralie Fargeat. review)
  • Robin Hood (2018, USA, d. Otto Bathurst. review)
  • Robo Rock (2007, Japan, d. Taikan Suga. review)
  • The Rock (1996, USA, d. Michael Bay. review)
  • Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion (1997, USA, d. David Mirkin. review)
  • Rouge (1987, Hong Kong, d. Stanley Kwan. review)
  • Rough Night (2017, USA, d. Lucia Aniello. review)

S

  • Sadako vs Kayako (2016, Japan, d. Koji Shiraishi. review)
  • Sadako (2019, Japan, d. Hideo Nakata. review)
  • The Satellite Girl and Milk Cow (2014, South Korea, d. Jang Hyung-yun. review)
  • The Sea Hawk (1940, USA, d. Michael Curtiz. review)
  • Season of the Witch (2011, USA, d. Dominic Sena. review)
  • The Secret of NIMH (1982, USA, d. Don Bluth. review)
  • Seven Years of Night (2018, South Korea, d. Choo Chang-min. review)
  • Shadow (2018, China. d. Zhang Yimou. review)
  • Shaft (2000, USA, d. John Singleton. review)
    • Shaft (2019, USA, d. Tim Story. review)
  • Shadows and Fog (1991, USA, d. Woody Allen. review)
  • The Shallows (2016, USA. d. Jaume Collet-Serra. review)
  • The Shape of Water (2017, USA, d. Guillermo Del Toro. review)
  • Shazam! (2019, USA, d. David F. Sandberg. review)
  • Shock Wave (2017, Hong Kong/China, d. Herman Yau. review)
  • Side Effects (2013, USA, d. Steven Soderbergh. review)
  • Silverado (1985, USA, d. Lawrence Kasdan. review)
  • Sleepy Hollow (1999, USA, d. Tim Burton. review)
  • Slow West (2015, New Zealand/UK, d. John McLean. review)
  • Smilla’s Sense of Snow (1997, Denmark/Germany/France, d. Bille August. review)
  • Snow White: A Tale of Terror (1997, USA, d. Michael Cohn. review)
  • Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018, USA, d. Ron Howard. review)
  • Song of the Sea (2014, Ireland, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, d. Tomm Moore. review)
  • Sparrow (2008, Hong Kong, d. Johnnie To. review)
  • Spider-Man 2 (2004, USA, d. Sam Raimi. review)
  • Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017, USA, d. Jon Watts. review)
    • Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019, USA, d. Jon Watts. review)
  • Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018, USA, d. Bob Persichetti, Peter Ramsey, and Rodney Rothman. review)
  • Spirited Away (2001, Japan, d. Hayao Miyazaki. review)
  • The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018, USA, d. Susanna Fogel. review)
  • Starman (1984, USA, d. John Carpenter. review)
  • Star Trek: The Motion Picture (1979, USA, d. Robert Wise. review)
    • Star Trek III: The Search for Spock (1984, USA, d. Leonard Nimoy. review)
  • Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017, USA, d. Rian Johnson. review)
    • Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019, USA. d. J.J. Abrams. review)
  • Stonehead (2017. China, d. Zhao Xiang. review)
  • Street Fighter (1994, USA, d. Steven E. De Souza. review)
  • Strange Magic (2015, USA, d. Gary Rydstrom. review)
  • Submergence (2017, USA/France/Spain, d. Wim Wenders. review)
  • Sudden Death (1995, USA. d. Peter Hyams. review)
  • Suicide Club (2001, Japan, d. Sion Sono. review)
  • Sun Valley (1996, China, d. He Ping. review)
  • Sun in the Last Days of the Shogunate (1957, Japan, d. Yuzo Kawashima. review)
  • The Sun’s Burial (1960, Japan. d. Nagisa Oshima. review)
  • Sunshine Family (2019, South Korea. d. Kim Tai-sik. review)
  • Super Furball (2018, Finland. d. Joona Tena. review)
  • Sweet Country (2017, Australia. d. Warwick Thornton. review)
  • Swing Kids (2018, South Korea. d. Kang Hyeong-cheol. review)
  • Swordsmen in Double Flag Town (1991, China, d. He Ping. review)

T

  • T2 Trainspotting (2017, UK, d. Danny Boyle. review)
  • Table 19 (2017, USA. d. Jeffrey Blitz. review)
  • Tag (2015, Japan, d. Sion Sono. review)
  • The Tag-Along (2015, Taiwan. d. Cheng Wai-hao. review)
  • The Taking of Pelham One Two Three (1974, USA, d. Joseph Sargent. review)
  • The Taking of Pelham 123 (2009, USA, d. Tony Scott. review)
  • Terminator: Dark Fate (2019, USA. d. Tim Miller. review)
  • Terra Formars (2016, Japan, d. Takashi Miike. review)
  • Thirteen Ghosts (2001, USA, d. Steve Beck. review)
  • 31 (2016, USA, d. Rob Zombie. review)
  • Thor: Ragnarok (2017, USA, d. Taika Waititi. review)
  • Threads (1984, UK, d. Mick Jackson. review)
  • Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri (2017, USA/UK, d. Martin McDonagh. review)
  • 3 From Hell (2019, USA. d. Rob Zombie. review)
  • Three Men and a Baby (1987, USA, d. Leonard Nimoy. review)
  • Three Resurrected Drunkards (1968, Japan, d. Nagisa Oshima. review)
  • Tin Men (1987, USA, d. Barry Levinson. review)
  • Titan AE (2000, USA, d. Don Bluth, Gary Goldman. review)
  • Togo (2019, USA, d. Ericson Core. review)
  • Top End Wedding (2019, Australia, d. Wayne Blair. review)
  • Toy Story 4 (2019, USA, d. Josh Cooley. review)
  • Twister (1996, USA, d. Jan de Bont. review)
  • Two-Way Stretch (1960, UK, d. Robert Day. review)

U

  • The Uchoten Hotel (2006, Japan, d. Koki Mitani. review)
  • Udon (2006, Japan, d. Katsuyuki Motohiro. review)
  • Under the Blossoming Cherry Trees (1975, Japan, d. Masahiro Shinoda. review)
  • Under Siege (1992, USA, d. Andrew Davis. review)
    • Under Siege 2: Dark Territory (1995, USA, d. Geoff Murphy. review)
  • Underwater (2020, USA. d. William Eubank. review)
  • Underworld (2003, USA/UK/Germany/Hungary, d. Len Wiseman. review)
    • Underworld: Evolution (2006, USA, d. Len Wiseman. review)
  • Unforgiven (2013, Japan, d. Lee Sang-il. review)
  • Us (2019, USA. d. Jordan Peele. review)
  • U.S. Marshals (1998, USA, d. Stuart Baird. review)

V

  • Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (2017, France, d. Luc Besson. review)
  • Villain (2010, Japan, d. Lee Sang-il. review)
  • The Virgin Queen (1955, USA, d. Henry Koster. review)
  • Visible Secret (2001, Hong Kong, d. Ann Hui. review)
  • The Void (2016, Canada, d. Steven Kostanski and Jeremy Gillespie. review)
  • Vox Lux (2018, USA, d. Brady Corbet. review)

W

  • Walker (2012, Taiwan/Hong Kong, d. Tsai Ming-liang. review)
  • The Wandering Earth (2019, China, d. Frant Gwo. review)
  • War for the Planet of the Apes (2017, USA, d. Matt Reeves. review)
  • Where Are You Going? (2016, Hong Kong, d. Yang Zhengfan. review)
  • Whiskey Tango Foxtrot (2016, USA, d. Glenn Ficarra and John Requa. review)
  • Wild Berries (2003, Japan, d. Miwa Nishikawa. review)
  • The Wild Boys (2017, France, d. Bertrand Mandico. review)
  • The Wild Goose Lake (2019, China, d. Diao Yinan. review)
  • Wind Blast (2010, China, d. Gao Qunshu. review)
  • Winter’s Child (1989, France, d. Olivier Assayas. review)
  • Winter of Discontent (2012, Egypt, d. Ibrahim El Batout. review)
  • The Wolf’s Call (2019, France, d. Antonin Baudry. review)
  • The Wolf Man (1941, USA, d. George Waggner. review)
  • Woman in the Photographs (2020, Japan, d. Takeshi Kushida. review)
  • Wonder Woman (2017, USA, d. Patty Jenkins. review by Grant Watson, review by Tehani Croft.)
  • The Woodsman and the Rain (2011, Japan, d. Shuichi Okita. review)

X

  • XXX: The Return of Xander Cage (2017, USA, d. D.J. Caruso. review)

Y

  • Yan (2019, Japan/Taiwan, d. Keisuke Imamura. review)
  • A Year Full of Drama (2019, Estonia, d. Marta Pulk. review)
  • You Can Succeed, Too! (1964, Japan, d. Eizo Sugawa. review)
  • Young Sherlock Holmes (1985, USA, d. Barry Levinson. review)
  • Young Thugs: Nostalgia (1998, Japan, d. Takashi Miike. review)
  • Your Name (2016, Japan, d. Makoto Shinkai. review)

Z

  • Zombieland: Double Tap (2019, USA, d. Ruben Fleischer. review)