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 43: “The Great Gatsby”, “Upstream Color”, “Touchy Feely”, “In a World…” and 9 others….

Posted on May 16, 2013 by Nick Chen

This month: “A.C.O.D.”, “An American Werewolf in London”, “The Comedy”, “Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop”, “Deep Red”, “The Great Gatsby”, “In a World…”, “King Kelly”, “Mr Jealousy”, “Pretty Maids All in a Row”, “Save the Date”, “Touchy Feely” and “Upstream Color” … Continue reading →

Posted in Film review | Tagged Andrew Neel, Baz Luhrmann, Dario Argento, John Landis, Lake Bell, Lynn Shelton, Michael Mohan, Noah Baumbach, Rick Alverson, Rodman Flender, Roger Vadim, Shane Carruth, Stu Zicherman | 3 Comments

Film reviews 42: “Iron Man 3”, “Oblivion”, “The Place Beyond the Pines”, “Spring Breakers”, “Trance” and 8 others…

Posted on April 24, 2013 by Nick Chen

This month: “A.I. Artificial Intelligence”, “Cherry Bomb”, “The Details”, “The Disappearance of Alice Creed”, “Easy Rider”, “The Incredible Burt Wonderstone”, “Iron Man 3”, “Oblivion”, “The Place Beyond the Pines”, “Room 237” (pictured above), “Spring Breakers”, “Starship Troopers” and “Trance”. It … Continue reading →

Posted in Film review | Tagged Danny Boyle, Dennis Hopper, Derek Cianfrance, Don Scardino, Glenn Leyburn, Harmony Korine, J. Blakeson, Jacob Aaron Estes, Joseph Kosinski, Lisa Barros D’Sa, Paul Verhoeven, Rodney Ascher, Shane Black, Steven Spielberg | 4 Comments

Film reviews 41: “Side Effects”, “Oz the Great and Powerful”, “Compliance” and 9 others…

Posted on March 25, 2013 by Nick Chen

Films reviewed this month: “All About Eve”, “All Good Things” (pictured above), “Compliance”, “Five Easy Pieces”, “Gambit”, “The Giant Mechanical Man”, “The Last Days of Disco”, “Logan’s Run”, “Oz the Great and Powerful”, “Peace, Love & Misunderstanding”, “Sex, Lies, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Film review | Tagged Andrew Jarecki, Bob Rafelson, Bruce Beresford, Craig Zobel, Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Lee Kirk, Michael Anderson, Michael Hoffman, Sam Raimi, Steven Soderbergh, Whit Stillman | 2 Comments

Film reviews 40: “Wreck-It Ralph”, “Stoker”, “This is 40”, “Cloud Atlas” and 10 others…

Posted on March 6, 2013 by Nick Chen

This month: “Bad Kids Go to Hell”, “Cloud Atlas”, “For Ellen”, “The Happening”, “Nobody Walks”, “Open Five”, “Open Five 2”, “Racing with the Moon”, “Sidewalks of New York”, “Stoker” (pictured above), ”Tabu”, “This is 40”, “This Means War” and “Wreck-It … Continue reading →

Posted in Film review | Tagged Andy Wachowski, Edward Burns, Judd Apatow, Kentucker Audley, Lana Wachowski, M. Night Shyamalan, Matthew Spradlin, McG, Miguel Gomes, Park Chan-wook, Rich Moore, Richard Benjamin, Ry Russo-Young, So Yong Kim, Tom Tykwer | 1 Comment

Film reviews 39: “Zero Dark Thirty”, “Lincoln”, “I Give It a Year”, “Flight” and 10 others…

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Nick Chen

This month: “Chronicle”, “A Cock and Bull Story”, “Death and the Maiden”, “Dreams of a Life”, “Flight”, “The Hurt Locker”, “I Give It a Year”, “Knife in the Water” (pictured above), “Lincoln”, “Orange County”, “The Sessions”, “Seven Psychopaths”, “Zero Dark … Continue reading →

Posted in Film review | Tagged Ben Lewin, Carol Morley, Dan Mazer, Jake Kasdan, Josh Trank, Kathryn Bigelow, Martin McDonagh, Michael Winterbottom, Mike Mills, Robert Zemeckis, Roman Polanski, Steven Spielberg | 1 Comment