[Movie Review] ‘The Rookies (素人特工)’ does a little bit of everything – badly
There’s no doubting the amount of ambition that went into The Rookies (素人特工), which tries so hard to be this mega blockbuster action film by [Click to read more.]
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[Movie Review] ‘Doraemon: Nobita’s Chronicle Of The Moon Exploration’ is adorable and full of cute references to other animes
While Doraemon: Nobita’s Chronicle Of The Moon Exploration isn’t the first movie where Doraemon and company have headed off into outer space, (2015’s Doraemon: Nobita’s Space [Click to read more.]
[Movie Review] ‘Ma’ hews so close to real life that it’s disturbing
Ma is one of those films that defy categorisation. While it’s billed as a psychological horror film, it feels more like a rather unnerving drama [Click to read more.]
[Movie Review] ‘The Lion King’ is an impressive feat of CGI but the voices are awkward
Ever since 2016’s live-action remake of The Jungle Book, it’s been clear that Disney has been honing their CGI technology to generate photorealistic animal characters [Click to read more.]
[Movie Review] ‘Crayon Shin-chan: Dangerous Honeymoon – The Lost Daddy’ takes a back to basics approach
The Crayon Shin-chan franchise started in 1990 and has been ongoing ever since — which begs the question: are there any new stories left to [Click to read more.]
[Movie Review] ‘Child’s Play’ is a brilliant, humorous, gory parable on the dangers of technology
Most horror movies are just that — an excuse for a crazed creature to hunt down hapless human victims in a Gothic and extremely dark [Click to read more.]
[Movie Review] ‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’ delivers on action and characterisation, but has a television feel to it
In this brave new world of cinematic universes which group their movies by “Phases”, much like how television episodes are grouped by seasons, no one [Click to read more.]
[Movie Review] ‘Toy Story 4’ knocks it out of the park again, just ignore Ducky and Bunny
When I first heard that Toy Story 4 was in production, I was honestly quite jaded. Didn’t it end with Toy Story 3? Were they [Click to read more.]
[Movie Review] Entertainingly eerie, ‘Annabelle Comes Home’ doesn’t show much of Annabelle
The thrill of watching an Annabelle movie is seeing the haunted doll herself (itself?) and trying your best to spot whether it moves of its [Click to read more.]
[Movie Review] Slick, delicious action makes up for a stiff lead in ‘Anna’
Allegiances. Assassinations. Treachery. That’s the core of almost every spy movie ever made, and it’s no different in Luc Besson’s Anna. The film doesn’t skimp [Click to read more.]