MOVIE REVIEWS
Now showing around town… maybe streaming.
‘Seoul’ Searching
Director Davy Chou explores adoption, identity and the military-industrial complex (!) in Return to Seoul.
Wisp of a Thing
Whisper of the Heart’s second adaptation is as misguided as it is gauzy and predictable.
‘Wandering’ Away
Frant Gwo cements a billion-dollar soft power franchise with The Wandering Earth II.
Sticky Stuff
Todd Field’s Tár goes way, way, way beyond simply being a movie about so-called ‘cancel culture’.
Night Shift
Huh? No twist in M Night Shyamalan’s Knock at the Cabin? Nope, just old fashioned tension.
Growing Pains
Mabel Cheung turns documentarian for her portrait of a Ying Wa generation in To My Nineteen-Year-Old Self.
Cleared for Take-off
Yes, guy! Plane is Gerard Butler’s annual late winter punch-up, and it’s one of his best.
Picking a Fight
Donnie Yen does his martial thing in the latest adaptation of Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, Sakra.
By the Book
A Guilty Conscience looks like it might ride the legal thriller wave currently crashing over Hong Kong.
‘Wedding’ Belle
If it’s January it must be time for a goofy J.Lo movie, so hello Shotgun Wedding. Bless.
Just a Doll!
The creepy and funny M3GAN carries on the grand tradition of homicidal dolls.
Far From the Tree
Florian Zeller focuses on the second part of the family in his second feature film The Son. Mostly, anyway.
We Have a Contender
Nothing quite like some Guy Ritchie-style kinetic violence and snappy dialogue. Get me Snatch.