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Review of The Lego Movie (2014)

By Kong Rithdee (124) for Bangkok Post (172) on 10 May 2016

The idea that the deadliest weapon in this Lego galaxy is glue, which will make everything permanent and unmovable, shows that childish wit…

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Review of The Revenant (2015)

By Kong Rithdee (124) for Bangkok Post (172) on 10 May 2016

That's why The Revenant is best appreciated at its face value -- as a shell, a beautiful, windswept shell that contains less than it promises…

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Review of The Railway Man (2013)

By Kong Rithdee (124) for Bangkok Post (172) on 10 May 2016

The Railway Man, meanwhile, leaves you with tears and hope. Hell is over, only when it isn't…

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Review of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014)

By Kong Rithdee (124) for Bangkok Post (172) on 10 May 2016

What we have here is a fun, cool and overlong film that we have no problem enjoying while it's playing, only for it to fade quickly from…

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Review of The Lunchbox (2013)

By Kong Rithdee (124) for Bangkok Post (172) on 10 May 2016

Melancholic wit - and a tone of restrained melodrama - is what makes Ritesh Batra's The Lunchbox a small gem…

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Review of American Dreams in China (2013)

By Kong Rithdee (124) for Bangkok Post (172) on 10 May 2016

As for non-Chinese audiences, the movie, a decade-spanning drama-comedy about three buddies who build an English-tutoring empire from…

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Review of Interstellar (2014)

By Kong Rithdee (124) for Bangkok Post (172) on 10 May 2016

Too literal-minded, too conspicuous to leave us with a sense of doubt and apprehension…

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Review of Joy (2015)

By Kong Rithdee (124) for Bangkok Post (172) on 10 May 2016

While Joy is enjoyable enough, perhaps it's time for the director to move on and find new ingredients…

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Review of The Rover (2014)

By Kong Rithdee (124) for Bangkok Post (172) on 10 May 2016

While Michôd may not achieve that transcendental awakening in the vagabonds of this god-forsaken country, they've braved through enough…

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Review of Gone Girl (2014)

By Kong Rithdee (124) for Bangkok Post (172) on 10 May 2016

A dark warning against the cost of domestic bliss, is perhaps a perfect date movie for happy or unhappy couples, since the film's extreme…

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Review of Foxcatcher (2014)

By Kong Rithdee (124) for Bangkok Post (172) on 10 May 2016

In the end, nevertheless, it's the three male leads that bring the human story to the foreground; to me, Channing Tatum's…

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Review of The Impossible (2012)

By Kong Rithdee (124) for Bangkok Post (172) on 09 May 2016

The virtuoso film-making of the wave sequence will beckon you to look, and still, you may also flinch…

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Review of Mama (2013)

By Kong Rithdee (124) for Bangkok Post (172) on 09 May 2016

While Del Toro uses fantasy elements to reach deeper into childhood fear (see Pan's Labyrinth), Mama has flashes of terror then sets back…

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Review of Star Trek Into Darkness (2013)

By Kong Rithdee (124) for Bangkok Post (172) on 09 May 2016

The geeky, bookish old days of Trekkies deciphering every single clue and riddle may remain, but the new Star Trek is more interested in…

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Review of Spotlight (2015)

By Kong Rithdee (124) for Bangkok Post (172) on 09 May 2016

This is an ensemble piece, and each cast member complements the humming energy sparked by one another…

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Review of The Bourne Legacy (2012)

By Kong Rithdee (124) for Bangkok Post (172) on 09 May 2016

Jeremy Renner... fills in Damon's shoes with relish, and better yet, with integrity…

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Review of World War Z (2013)

By Kong Rithdee (124) for Bangkok Post (172) on 09 May 2016

Sometimes it just made me long for the sight of a lunatic zombie gnawing on the leg of some virgin in a backwoods cabin…

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Review of By the Sea (2015)

By Kong Rithdee (124) for Bangkok Post (172) on 09 May 2016

Jolie-Pitt, as director, is wading into the territory of Antonioni's bourgeois disaffection…

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Review of Our Little Sister (2015)

By Kong Rithdee (124) for Bangkok Post (172) on 09 May 2016

Put simply, Hirokazu Kore-eda has made another one of his films: delicate, heart-tugging, sweet but not cloying, a meandering stream of…

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Review of Spectre (2015)

By Kong Rithdee (124) for Bangkok Post (172) on 09 May 2016

What we have and what we enjoy, is Craig's tough charm, Christoph Waltz's slick villainy, Lea Seydoux' slinky beauty, Ralph Fiennes…

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