Author Archives: Nick Chen

About Nick Chen

26-year-old journalist who's written for places like Total Film, Sight & Sound, Little White Lies, Complex, SFX Magazine, Dazed and Confused, Grolsch Film Works, London Calling, Vice, and a bunch of other places. Why pencils have razors. Based on a book. Screenwriter. Buzz word. London. Twitter: @halfacanyon. Lesser known Olsen brother. Multiple instances of words misused contemporaneously.

Film reviews 67: “It Follows”, “Catch Me Daddy”, “Cake”, “Coherence” and 8 others…

Posted on February 27, 2015 by Nick Chen

This week’s reviews: “Cake”, “Catch Me Daddy”, “Christmas in July”, “Coherence”, “Freaky Friday”, “Half Baked”, “Hello, I Must Be Going”, “It Follows” (pictured above), “Jerichow”, “The Mirror”, “Paradise” and “Planes, Trains and Automobiles.” The average rating is 5.73/10. Follow @halfacanyon … Continue reading →

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Film reviews 66: “Inherent Vice”, “Ex Machina”, “Big Hero 6”, “Kingsman: The Secret Service”, “A Most Violent Year”, “Love is Strange” and 11 others…

Posted on February 9, 2015 by Nick Chen

This month: “Alphaville”, “Atlantic City”, “Big Hero 6”, “Black Moon”, “Bride Wars”, “Elevator to the Gallows”, “Ex Machina”, “Le feu follet”, “Inherent Vice”, “Kingsman: The Secret Service”, “Love is Strange”, “A Most Violent Year”, “Nowhere”, “Possession” (pictured above), “Selma”, “Le souffle … Continue reading →

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Film review: “Jupiter Ascending”

Posted on February 3, 2015 by Nick Chen

Directors/Writers: Andy Wachowski, Lana Wachowski Starring: Mila Kunis, Channing Tatum, Eddie Redmayne, Douglas Booth, Sean Bean, Tuppence Middleton Theatrical release: 6 February 2015 “I just don’t remember Cinderella puking.” If you want to see a princess be rescued by a … Continue reading →

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Film reviews 65: “Birdman”, “Big Eyes”, “The Theory of Everything”, “Enemy”, “American Sniper” and 8 others…

Posted on January 17, 2015 by Nick Chen

This month: “All the President’s Men”, “American Sniper”, “Big Eyes”, “Birdman”, “Claire’s Knee”, “Deep End” (pictured above), “Enemy”, “The Lunchbox”, “Margin Call”, “The State I Am In”, “The Theory of Everything”, “Unbroken” and “The Woman in Black: Angel of Death”. … Continue reading →

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Kenicky’s 2014 film roundup

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Nick Chen

If you don’t read this now, you’ll regret it. Maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon and for the rest of your life. Yes, it’s that time of year when trees start to die, and my annual film roundup … Continue reading →

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