Review: Incredibles 2 – “The visual beauty of the thing is astonishing”
Spoiler warning: I don’t discuss the plot of the movie in any detail – not even a synopsis! – but I do talk about who the villain is. If...
Read MoreHey, China! Why do I have to wait so long to watch Spider-Man: Homecoming?
I don’t think I will ever regret moving to China but, boy does it sometimes suck being a fan of Western cinema and moving to China. (That...
Read MoreThat Time I Saw Star Trek Beyond At The Cinema.. In Chinese
“Ni hao. Wo yao yi ge piao na ge. Dui, Star Trek san. Xie xie.” I watched Star Trek: Beyond in Chinese at the cinema by accident and it...
Read MoreReview: Pride & Prejudice & Zombies – Put Your Preconceptions Away
I feel that having entered the cinema to watch Burr Steers’s Pride and Prejudice and Zombies as an objective viewer – being neither a big...
Read MoreDouble Review: Everest, A Walk In The Woods
A Walk In The Woods synopsis: After spending two decades in England, Bill Bryson returns to the U.S., where he decides the best way to...
Read MoreReview: Pitch Perfect 2
What’s a female-driven musical flick about the borderline estranging world of a cappella to do when it gets put up against summer...
Read MoreThe Hobbit Trilogy – A Retrospective
In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. That is how it all began. Not with Weathertop stabbing, Moria Balrogging or Rivendell...
Read MoreReview: Bronx Obama Documentary
Synopsis: This is the surreal tale of Louis Ortiz, an unemployed Latino father who becomes an President Obama impersonator. When he is...
Read More13 Days of Horror: So I Married An Axe Murderer
“I feel like we could be one of those couples who stay together forever.” (Echoes) “Forever. Forever. Forever.” *Thunder and lightning*...
Read More13 Days of Horror: 30 Days Of Night
“You can feel it. That cold ain’t the weather, that’s death approaching.” Synopsis: Barrow is the northernmost settlement in Alaska. The...
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