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REVIEW: Mulan (2020)

December 6, 2020March 1, 2021 Grant Watson

Walt Disney’s ongoing run of live-action adaptations of their past animated hits reaches a fresh height in creative futility with Niki Caro’s Mulan, a non-musical riff on the company’s 1998 hit. It would be deeply unfair to claim this remake is … Continue reading REVIEW: Mulan (2020)

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REVIEW: Bodyguards and Assassins (2009)

February 9, 2020 Grant Watson

In 1906 Hong Kong a team of pro-democracy revolutionaries secretly prepare for the arrival of their leader, Dr Sun Yat-sen. At the same time, a representative of the empire makes preparations of his own – not to greet or defend … Continue reading REVIEW: Bodyguards and Assassins (2009)

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REVIEW: XXX: The Return of Xander Cage (2017)

September 30, 2018October 9, 2020 Grant Watson

“Pandora’s Box”, a technological device capable of seizing control of satellites and crashing them into the Earth, has been stolen. In an attempt to recover it, CIA agent Jane Marke (Toni Collette) enlists the presumed-dead former agent Xander Cage (Vin … Continue reading REVIEW: XXX: The Return of Xander Cage (2017)

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