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 57: “Bad Neighbours”, “Godzilla”, “Frank”, “Blue Ruin”, “The Earrings of Madame de…”, “Two Lovers”, “Exotica” and 8 others…

Posted on May 16, 2014 by Nick Chen

This month: “8 Minutes Idle”, “Les Amants du Pont-Neuf” (pictured above), “Another Year”, “Bad Neighbours”, “Being There”, “Blue Ruin”, “Buried”, “The Earrings of Madame de…”, “Exotica”, “Frank”, “Godzilla”, “Green”, “Lola Montès”, “Pipe Dream” and “Two Lovers”. Also, you can read … Continue reading →

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Film reviews 56: “The Voices”, “Obvious Child”, “They Came Together”, “The Amazing Spider-Man 2”, “Boyhood”, “Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter” and 9 others…

Posted on April 30, 2014 by Nick Chen

This month: “The Amazing Spider-Man 2”, “Boyhood”, “Coming Home”, “Half of a Yellow Sun”, “Ilo Ilo”, “Irma Vep”, “Kumiko, the Treasure Hunter”, “Lilja 4-ever” (pictured above), “Monkey Business”, “Obvious Child”, “Permanent Record”, “Short Term 12”, “The Temp”, “They Came Together” … Continue reading →

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Film reviews 55: “Noah”, “Muppets Most Wanted”, “Veronica Mars”, “Don Jon”, “Eyes Without a Face”, “Laurence Anyways” and 13 others…

Posted on April 6, 2014 by Nick Chen

This month: “Au revoir les enfants”, “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels”, “Don Jon”, “Eyes Without a Face” (pictured above), “The Game”, “Get Low”, “I Know Where I’m Going!”, “Laurence Anyways”, “The Long Day Closes”, “The Machine”, “Muppets Most Wanted”, “My Dinner with … Continue reading →

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Film reviews 54: “Nymphomaniac”, “Her”, “The Lego Movie”, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”, “Crystal Fairy” and 14 others…

Posted on March 2, 2014 by Nick Chen

This month: “August: Osage County”, “Crystal Fairy & the Magic Cactus and 2012”, “Dallas Buyers Club”, “The English Teacher”, “The Girl in the Park”, “Godzilla”, “The Grand Budapest Hotel”, “Grudge Match”, “Her”, “The Lego Movie”, “Letter from an Unknown Woman” … Continue reading →

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Film reviews 53: “The Wolf of Wall Street”, “American Hustle”, “Anchorman 2”, “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”, “Last Vegas”, “Delivery Man” and 7 others…

Posted on January 13, 2014 by Nick Chen

This month: “American Hustle”, “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues”, “Calendar”, “Casino” (pictured above), “Delivery Man”, “The Departed”, “Last Vegas”, “Meek’s Cutoff”, “Nashville”, “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty”, “Shampoo” “The Strange Vice of Mrs Wardh” and “The Wolf of Wall … Continue reading →

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