Days of Being Wild
An abusive womaniser (the late Leslie Cheung) leaves Hong Kong in search of his birth mother in the Philippines in Wong Kar-wai’s second feature. If As Tears Go By was a […]
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As Tears Go By
A Hong Kong gangster (Andy Lau) goes to great lengths to protect his protégé “Mr Fish Balls” (Jacky Cheung) from Hong Kong loan shark Tony (Alex Man) – that’s right, […]
Da Kath and Kim Code
Look at me Kimmy. Lot at me. Look at moiiiii. Now I’ve got one word to say to you: feature length episode. Made in 2005, between the show’s third and […]
Nobody
From the makers of John Wick, in which Keanu Reeves murdered a bunch of people for killing his dog, comes Nobody, in which Bob Odenkirk murders a bunch of people […]
The Villainess
As far as opening action sequences go, South Korean actioner The Villainess might just have the best: a first-person, single-take fight through corridors packed with scores of assailants, like Oldboy meets […]
The Mitchells vs. the Machines
The EastEnders/Matrix crossover we have all been waiting for arrives in the form of The Mitchells vs. the Machines, a Netflix animated feature about a wacky family caught up in […]
Jug Face
2013 horror movie Jug Face (AKA The Pit) reunites The Woman‘s Sean Bridgers, Lauren Ashley Carter and producer Lucky McKee for another genre gem set at the bloody intersection of […]
Another Round
Four teachers go from listless to Limitless when they test the theory that a steady alcoholic buzz is the key to a happy life in Danish drama Another Round. The […]
The Misfits
In her final film, Marilyn Monroe plays a divorcee in Arthur Miller’s existential Western that culminated in their real-life divorce. Like Hitchcock’s Rebecca, The Misfits starts as a comedy about […]
Those Who Wish Me Dead
Dame Angelina Jolie (that still sounds weird) plays a shit-talking, risk-taking smokejumper (ie. a parachuting firefighter) in Taylor Sheridan’s latest thriller. We can continue to count on Sheridan to deliver […]
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