MOVIE REVIEWS
Now showing around town… maybe streaming.
‘Crisis’ of Imagination
In part one of Herman Yau Summer 2024, Crisis Negotiators won’t make you forget the original, but it’s still better than part two.
Age Before Beauty
How to Make Millions Before Grandma Dies isn’t for everyone, but its target audience is going to go bananas.
Family Business
For a first film with a huge shadow looming over it The Watchers isn’t bad. It’s just not great.
‘Boys’ Will be ‘Boys’
If they’re coming for me it could be with a walker if Bad Boys: Ride or Die is any indication.
There be Wails Here
52-Hertz Whales takes the voiceless metaphor a bit far, but as J-melodrama goes it’s better than most.
Shaky Foundation
Japan dives into YouTube as a source for movies with The Floor Plan. There’s a reason stuff on YouTube is 15 minutes.
That’ll Do, George
Bring your earplugs because when we say Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga roars, we mean that.
Almost MIghty ‘Oak’
Ken Loach (allegedly) puts a ribbon on a stellar career with the just fine The Old Oak.
Up and Away
Fan fiction? An Il Mare riff? Suicide jokes? A Balloon’s Landing is just weird and ballsy enough to be enjoyable.
A Dark ‘Day’
Director Kim Sung-su proves action and tension can be married to political history in 12.12: The Day.
Monkeying Around
All you’ll really remember from Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes is the mo-cap monkeys you can’t tell from the real thing.