Author: Jason Lin

Bridget Jones’s Baby is well worth the long wait and a reflection of life that doesn’t take itself too seriously for its own benefit. Continue reading Bridget Jones’s Baby

Morgan is a film that is just like its title character – while it attempts to explore the dynamics as a synthetic human being, it doesn’t embrace the intrinsic quality of humanity. Continue reading Morgan

While nothing overly fantastic, Pete’s Dragon does exactly what it was meant to – empowering the young ones to step out into the world of unknown as masters of their own decisions and destinies. Continue reading Pete’s Dragon

While Ben-Hur shows gumption of potentially achieving certain greatness, it is sadly reduced to mediocrity due to a lack of strategy. Continue reading Ben-Hur

As the song and dance concludes the film, the audience marvels at the (lack of) merits in a Wong Jing production and how they manage to remain relevant in the dynamic film market of Hong Kong and Mainland China. Continue reading Girl of the Big House

The key objective of telling a good story is forgotten in League of Gods – a film based on a reputable Chinese mythological novel. Continue reading League of Gods

For a Few Bullets belongs to one of the average genre exercises that cater towards the insatiable demand of Chinese consumers for action adventure and romance-comedy productions. Continue reading For a Few Bullets

Despite the potential of the adventures of Chan and Knoxville, Skiptrace is sadly dismissed as another commercial exercise of Chinese film market exploitation. Continue reading Skiptrace

Unless a fan of any of the above listed Asian idols, it is advised to best steer clear from this Hong Kong-South Korean-Chinese production. There is no reward for catching Bounty Hunters. Continue reading Bounty Hunters

DeMonaco’s latest installment of the series is proficiently serious about expanding its genre ambitions to greater heights with a political plot layer over its primary premise promise of purging. Continue reading The Purge: Election Year