News — Hollywood Movies

Judy (2019) - USA   Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia) One of the most delightfully beautiful film of the year comes with the bio-pic of the tragic life of the legendary Judy Garland. In making “Judy”, director Rupert Goold manages to hold the pace and interest of the audience by letting Renée Zellweger produces one of her most critically acclaimed performance for a long time. What makes this film works is down to its underlying message and the ongoing struggle of a fading star trying to survive in this brutal world of reality and criticism.  ...

The Last Thing He Wanted (2020) - USA Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia)This is a total disappointment of a film that boasted with an A-list casting and dampened by a hampered script and direction that is all over the place. A lack of vision from the director Dee Rees never settle for a particular genre instead blends a crime thriller, war journalism and illegal firepower trafficking and family drama all into one spiral of a film. There are many aspect of disappointment that contributed to the failure of the film as a whole and in the...

Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) - USA As the saying goes “I’ll be back!” and just like that we get another “Terminator” rehash that is not only highly unnecessary, but needlessly soulless experience for all involved. In fact, the film is so cheesy that it almost falls in the category of so bad it is good category. Unfortunately it is not the case, as the film starts well and gradually falls apart one terminator fight after another. While it may be fun to see a terminator that refuses to die and come back stronger every time, there goes a time when...

Joker (2019) - USA   Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia)   What is so stunning about “Joker” is the thorough depiction of human condition at its deepest core. We are chilled by the fact that “Joker” is not a mere villain on comic book, but rather a result of the context and surrounding from traumatised childhood abuse to growing up with a hideous uncontrollable laughter to constant battle with mental illness. We get a full picture of a character that is ultimately disturbed, but we understand his motivations and how he became what he is. The...

IT Chapter 2 (2019) - USA Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia)   Bigger is not necessary better is probably what I wanted to say about the latest eagerly awaited “IT Chapter 2”. Whilst the first film set the totally creepy tone and deeper psychological horror / thriller perfectly, “Chapter 2” goes over the top in all aspects, it’s louder, more ambitious and definitely more outrageous. It’s not exactly a bad thing, but some moments are easily better than others and clocking at 170 minutes, there will be sleep induced moments. Director Andy Muschietti smartly allows the...