Film Review: The Lobster (2015)
A surreal satire about the nature of modern, romantic relationships, The Lobster centres on a man trying to survive in a dystopian...
Feb 9, 2016
Film Review: Snatch (2000)
A multi-linear, frenetic, convoluted story about a stolen diamond comes to life in Guy Ritchie’s crime comedy, Snatch, thanks to a...
Feb 5, 2016
Film Review: Things We Lost in the Fire (2007)
Flawed in its execution but anchored by two powerful and subtle performances by Halle Berry and Benicio Del Toro, Things We Lost in the...
Feb 2, 2016
Film Review: Sicario (2015)
Darker and more nuanced than your standard Hollywood crime thriller, Sicario explores the murky, lawless barbarism on both sides of the...
Jan 29, 2016
Film Review: Frank (2014)
Co-written by journalist Jon Ronson (best known for the book-turned-movie-adaptation, The Men Who Stare at Goats), Frank follows Jon...
Jan 1, 2016
Film Review: Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
Disclaimer: I’m not a Jedi-level Star Wars fan but I’ve seen all the films and I re-watched the original trilogy some weeks before going...
Dec 25, 2015
Film Review: A Most Violent Year (2014)
The year 1981, which is the setting of A Most Violent Year, was one of the most dangerous times in the history of New York City as...
Dec 18, 2015
Film Review: Hot Fuzz (2007)
As the protagonist of director Edgar Wright’s action-comedy movie, Hot Fuzz, Sgt. Nicholas Angel (Simon Pegg) is the best cop in London....
Dec 4, 2015
Film Review: Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (2011)
Brilliant, glacial, cerebral, meticulous, and complex are all words that can describe this Cold War thriller, based on the 1974 John le...
Nov 27, 2015
Film Review: Spirited Away (2001)
An award-winning film by acclaimed Japanese anime director Hayao Miyazaki, Spirited Away is a truly magical journey through the spirit...
Nov 21, 2015
