MOVIE REVIEWS
Now showing around town… maybe streaming.
Good ‘Gods’
Finally. Not the Monkey King! Creation of the Gods kicks off with Kingdom of Storms.
Fake It to Make It
Dark’s Louis Hofmann travels back in time to play the ballsy title figure of The Forger.
Adulting 101
Léa Seydoux is an absolute star in Mia Hansen-Løve’s sexy, smart, mid-life drama, One Fine Morning.
More Like Bronze
Do you know anything about Golda Meir? No? Well, you’re not going to from Golda.
No Laughing Matter
Note: Au Cheuk-man’s very dramatic Stand Up Story has hardly any stand up comedy in it.
Self-Centred
Daishi Matsunaga takes on seminal Japanese LGBTQ+ novel Egoist and does not embarrass himself.
Talking a Big Game
Danny and Michael Philippou come really, really close to horror greatness in Talk to Me. But, please. No more dead family.
Bad Habits
Can someone please give The Nun her own movie instead of pacifying us with The Nun II?
Who’s This Now?
If you don’t already know Kenji Miyazawa, you won’t know him after Father of the Milky Way Railroad.
Butleeerrr!
G.But is back already, and until he gives us our Den of Thieves sequel, we’ve got Kandahar.
More than Equal
Third time’s a charm for the Fuqua-Washington whup-ass team in the satisfying The Equalizer 3.
Save Yourselves
People, we have a contender for 2023’s biggest turkey. I give you: Onpaku.
Riding High
Adele Lim’s Joy Ride is straight up funny AF, whether you’re Asian, American, female, male or other.