One of the worst parts of Chinese New Year – being pressured to couple up – gets a hilarious satiric treatment in this musical comedy.
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What does a red panda in Tokyo, an editorial assistant in New York City, and – possibly – you have in common? Horrible bosses. Two Netflix comedies tackle the grave issue of power harassment in the office. One of them, unfortunately, ends up sending a problematic message.
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A rookie fighting evil residents with a crowbar, a flashlight, a brick and a pointing finger. Much fun will be had.
Netflix’s Sierra Burgess is a Loser makes some risky bets. The teen flick casts a plus-size girl as the staple ‘uncool’ protagonist, a role typically filled unconvincingly by the Hollywood Homely. Its story revolves around duping someone’s feelings. It flirts with the contentious issue of consent. Too bad it also takes the easy way out.
An angel and a demon lost the antichrist. All will be well, it seems, if showrunner Neil Gaiman stays picky.
A gaming newbie fights, dodges and cusses through dastardly bullet storms to collide with unexpected friends, tragic foes, breathtaking vistas and (almost unhealthy) doses of existential ponderings.
I had pegged Crazy Rich Asians as Hollywood cashing in on stale plots and tropes that Hong Kong drama series had long wrung dry. Then I watched the movie and could not stop thinking about *that* scene.
Can one be unhappy on Happiness Road? The answer is both complicated and simple, depending on who you ask in this movie. The protagonist’s mother (Liao Hui-Jen) would… more
Wes Anderson, the senpai of symmetry and enabler of all who disproportionately fuss over proportions, has done it again with his latest movie, Isle of Dogs. The shots… more