Train To Busan – Review Andrew Daley October 30, 2016 Reviews Train To Busan has been a blockbuster hit across Asia, setting box office records that haven’t been seen since The Admiral: Roaring Currents was in theatres. Viewers are thrilled, trapped on a speeding train...
Apocalypse Child – Review Andrew Daley June 11, 2016 Reviews Apocalypse Child is a film about Ford, an experienced surfing instructor who has always been told his father was Francis Ford Coppola. Yes, the Francis Ford Coppola, who directed Apocalypse Now in the...
Hime-Anole – Review Andrew Daley May 14, 2016 Reviews Morita Go delivers a disturbingly realistic performance as a psycho-slasher with a multiple personality disorder that rapidly switches during scenes and keeps the audience constantly guessing. The first 40...
The Changing Cinematic Face of Ip Man Andrew Daley April 26, 2016 Analysis, Close-Up, Features Ip Man (or Yip Man as he is sometimes known) has traditionally been an elusive figure for Western audiences far more familiar with his most famous student Bruce Lee. But the legendary Kung Fu Grandmaster has...
Our Little Sister – Review Andrew Daley April 17, 2016 Reviews Koreeda follows in the steps of Western directors such as Ken Loach and Andrea Arnold with Our Little Sister, embracing the social realism genre with three Japanese sisters in this heartwarming insight into...
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny – Review Andrew Daley February 28, 2016 Reviews We’re all here really to see if Sword Of Destiny was worth the decade-plus wait. It totally was. Yuen Woo-Ping’s direction is strong throughout the wicked plot, and leads Michelle Yeoh and Donnie Yen...
Dragon Blade – Review Andrew Daley January 10, 2016 Reviews If you thought audiences had seen everything Jackie Chan has to offer on screen, you thought wrong. This dazzling war epic sees Chan team up with John Cusack in the fight against Adrien Brody’s Roman...
A REAL Scout’s Guide: To the Zombie Apocalypse Andrew Daley November 10, 2015 Analysis, Features, One Off With Halloween behind us, and cinemas panicking about how Scouts can survive an undead outbreak, we offer a REAL Scout’s Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse. So, I’m a Scout, or rather a member of The UK...
Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse – Review Andrew Daley November 6, 2015 Reviews Night of the Living Dead meets Shaun of the Dead as the walking dead attack three bumbling Boy Scouts. Whilst not the best zombie film of the past decade, Scouts Guide to the Zombie Apocalypse brings a lot...
Veteran – Review Andrew Daley November 2, 2015 Reviews Ryoo Seung-wan returns after a two year break with his hilarious box office smash Veteran. Following police inspector Seo Do-cheal (Hwang Jung-min) cracking smuggling rings and taking down big money...
Don’t Think I’ve Forgotten: Cambodia’s Lost Rock and Roll – Review Andrew Daley November 2, 2015 Reviews "Cambodia is deeply routed in music", proudly states one interviewee; and it shows true as locals in the streets dance freely, expressing their love for music. This glimpse into the forgotten past of...
The Wicked – Review Andrew Daley October 31, 2015 Reviews There’s a rumoured witch in the office, the introvert who ruthlessly bullies her co-workers. Park Ju-hui takes centre stage in Yoo Young-sun’s The Wicked, dramatic performances oozing tension and...
Attack on Titan: Part 1 – Review Andrew Daley October 31, 2015 Reviews Whilst it was a Japanese box office behemoth, Attack on Titan fails to deliver on its gargantuan potential in the first of Shinji Higuchi’s manga adaption two-parter. Expansive source material and high...
Women Who Flirt – Review Andrew Daley July 25, 2015 Reviews After the early 2014 success of Aberdeen, Pang Ho-cheung explores new frontiers in the mainland Chinese market in the humorous Women Who Flirt. Tomboyish Angie (Xun) chases the affections of her...
Ant-Man – Review Andrew Daley July 18, 2015 Reviews Ant-Man is the hidden gem of all recent superhero films. Douglas and Rudd battle on a goliath technoscale; facing down corporations, dejected daughters and supervillains alike. This faux-heist escapade...