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 62: “Sex Tape”, “God Help the Girl”, “Gone Girl”, “Life of Crime”, “Magic in the Moonlight”, “Maps to the Stars” and 16 others…

Posted on October 5, 2014 by Nick Chen

This month: “Bad Lieutenant”, “La belle personne”, “The Beloved”, “City of Ember”, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, “End of Watch”, “God Help the Girl”, “Gone Girl”, “Goodbye First Love”, “Keep the Lights On”, “Larger than Life”, “Life of Crime”, … Continue reading →

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Film reviews 61: “Lucy”, “Let’s Be Cops”, “The Rover”, “G.B.F.”, “Wings of Desire” and 10 others…

Posted on August 31, 2014 by Nick Chen

This month: “All That Heaven Allows”, “Bande à part”, “Boarding Gate”, “Dirty Work”, “The Exterminating Angel”, “The Family”, “G.B.F.”, “Let’s Be Cops”, “Lucy”, “Magic Magic”, “Panic Room”, “The Rover”, “Secrets & Lies”, “Wings of Desire” and “The Wrestler”. Isn’t it … Continue reading →

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Film reviews 60: “Beyond Clueless”, “Guardians of the Galaxy”, “Joe”, “The Three Colours Trilogy”, “Adventures in Babysitting”, “Zodiac” and 10 others…

Posted on August 11, 2014 by Nick Chen

This month: “Adventures in Babysitting”, “Babel”, “Beyond Clueless”, “Big Night”, “Biutiful”, “Brick”, “Gas Food Lodging”, “Guardians of the Galaxy”, “High Hopes”, “Joe”, “Sans soleil”, “The Sisterhood of the Travelling Pants”, “Three Colours: Blue”, “Three Colours: Red”, “Three Colours: White”, “Transcendence” … Continue reading →

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Film reviews 59: “Lilting”, “Chef”, “T.S. Spivet”, “The Hundred-Year-Old Man…”, “The Double Life of Veronique”, “Career Girls”, “Tip Top” and 9 others…

Posted on July 6, 2014 by Nick Chen

This month: “The Adjuster”, “Austenland”, “Career Girls”, “Chef”, “The Double Life of Veronique” (pictured above), “Fever Pitch”, “Goal!”, “The Hundred-Year-Old Man…”, “Lilting”, “The Past is a Grotesque Animal”, “Restless”, “The Sweet Hereafter”, “T.S. Spivet”, “Tip Top”, “We Are Mari Peva” … Continue reading →

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Film reviews 58: “22 Jump Street”, “Grace of Monaco”, “Edge of Tomorrow”, “Cheap Thrills”, “X-Men: Days of Future Past”, “Fruitvale Station”, “Diana” and 4 others…

Posted on June 6, 2014 by Nick Chen

This month: “22 Jump Street”, “Buffalo ‘66” (pictured above), “Cheap Thrills”, “Diana”, “Edge of Tomorrow”,“Fruitvale Station”, “Grace of Monaco”, “Somebody Up There Likes Me”, “Supporting Characters”, “X-Men: Days of Future Past” and “We Own the Night”. You can read some … Continue reading →

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