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Looking Glass (2018) - USA   Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia)     Lately, Nicolas Cage is making a lot of movies, low budget and mostly on VOD. Not necessary a bad thing for his fans and mostly observers that all feel that Cage may well shine once again. In this film, Cage does a decent job as peeping tom slash creepy motel owner with a troubled wife played quite convincing by TV actress Robin Tunney. What we get is a slow burner thriller with plenty of mood and setting that build up to an in...

Europe Raiders 歐洲攻略 (2018) - Hong Kong / China     Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia)   The third instalment of the “Raiders” series continue to focus on style over substance and showcase the coolness and charisma of its main star Tony Leung Chiu Wai. If this is a showreel for Leung’s credentials for becoming the first Asian James Bond, then there is probably nobody more cool with ease and have the acting chops to back it up too. Director Jingle Ma made “Tokyo Raiders” on the back of 90s cinematic success of Hollywood -  “Charlie...

Big Brother (2018) - Hong Kong     Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critic Circle of Australia)   Being a pet passion project for Donnie Yen, “Big Brother” is a good film that is equally emotional, engaging and also provides enough well meaning social commentary to boot. It is rare that the best moments in a Donnie Yen film is not a fight scene, but rather Yen as teacher helping his students in out of the box fashion in loggerhead with the out dated and highly competitive Hong Kong education system.    Yen has always been a visionary, his films...

Tomb Raider (2018) - USA     Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia)    One of the best thing about the latest Tomb Raider reboot is the way our key heroine (played by the wonderful and raw Alicia Vikander) remains rather grounded and extremely human. Whilst Angelina Jolie made the video game heroine as a sex icon, Vikander made her like a strong modern day female character. Teaming with “Into the Badlands” superstar Daniel Wu, the duo venture into the brutal forest of the devil’s island in search of the holy grail and her long lost father....

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (2018) - USA     Reviewed by Andrew Chan (Film Critics Circle of Australia)   In line with Asian Americans representation, Netflix releases just at the right moment one of the best teen romantic comedies and coming of age film in 2018. The fact that Netflix is having a bad run of poor films add to this success and with the diverse casting, making this a sweet win for all. Vietnamese American Lana Condor is cast as the lead protagonist and manages to defy most genre cliches to come up with a fresh...