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 35: “Skyfall”, “The Master”, “Excision” and 9 others…

Posted on November 6, 2012 by Nick Chen

This month: “Edward Scissorhands”, “Excision”, “Ghost Dog: The Way of the Samurai”, “Ken Park”, “The Ladykillers”, “Love Liza”, “The Master”, “Le Silence de Lorna”, “Skyfall”, “Slacker”, “Transformers” and “Vamps”. The average rating is 6.17/10 with film of the month being The Master. … Continue reading →

Posted in Film review | Tagged Amy Heckerling, Coen brothers, Jean-Pierre Dardenne, jim jarmusch, Larry Clark, Luc Dardenne, Michael Bay, Paul Thomas Anderson, Richard Bates Jr, Richard Linklater, Sam Mendes, Tim Burton, Todd Louiso | 4 Comments

Film Reviews 34: “Frankenweenie”, “On the Road”, “Ruby Sparks” and 12 others…

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Nick Chen

This fortnight: “The Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans”, “The Ballad of Jack and Rose”, “Comedian”, “Fitzcarraldo”, “Frankenweenie” (1984), “Frankenweenie” (2012), “Leaving Las Vegas”, “The Letter”, “On the Road”, “Ruby Sparks”, “Seeking a Friend For the End of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Film review | Tagged Christian Charles, Dylan Southern, Ingmar Bergman, Jay Anania, Jonathan Dayton, Lorene Scafaria, Lynn Shelton, Mike Figgis, Pat Collins, Rebecca Miller, Tim Burton, Valerie Faris, Walter Salles, Werner Herzog, Will Lovelace | Leave a comment

Film Reviews 33: “Looper”, “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”, “Damsels in Distress”, “Grizzly Man” and 12 others…

Posted on October 6, 2012 by Nick Chen

This fortnight: “The Aristocrats”, “The Art of Getting By”, “The Awful Truth”, “Beauty and the Briefcase”, “Damsels in Distress”, “Daydream Nation”, “Everything Must Go”, “Grizzly Man”, “Holiday” (pictured above), “Iron Man 2”, “Looper”, “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”, “The … Continue reading →

Posted in Film review | Tagged Dan Rush, David Mackenzie, Gavin Wiesen, George Cukor, Gil Junger, Harmony Korine, Jon Favreau, Leo McCarey, Michael Goldbach, Paul Provenza, Penn Jillette, Rian Johnson, Stephen Chbosky, W.S. Van Dyke, Werner Herzog, Whit Stillman | 1 Comment

Film Reviews 32: “To Rome With Love”, “Premium Rush”, “Prometheus”, “La Dolce Vita” and 11 others…

Posted on September 22, 2012 by Nick Chen

This fortnight: “Dark Shadows”, “The Do-Deca-Pentathlon”, “La Dolce Vita” (pictured above), “The French Connection”, “Fright Night” (1985), “Fright Night” (2011), “The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters”, “Lola Versus”, “The Passion of Joan of Arc”, “Pierrot Le Fou”, “Premium … Continue reading →

Posted in Film review | Tagged Carl Theodor Dreyer, Craig Gillespie, Daryl Wein, David Koepp, Federico Fellini, Jay Duplass, Jean-Luc Godard, Mark Duplass, Ridley Scott, Seth Gordon, Tim Burton, Tom Holland, William Friedkin, Woody Allen, Zal Batmanglij | Leave a comment

Film Reviews 31: “Anna Karenina”, “The Watch”, “Barry Lyndon” and 10 others…

Posted on September 9, 2012 by Nick Chen

This fortnight: “About Cherry”, “Anna Karenina”, “Barry Lyndon”, “Comes a Bright Day”, “The Conversation”, “Heat”, “Hi Custodian”, “Kids”, “Mister Lonely” (pictured above), “Pi”, “Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story”, “Walk the Line” and “The Watch”. This time, the average rating … Continue reading →

Posted in Film review | Tagged Akiva Schaffer, David Longstreth, Francis Ford Coppola, Harmony Korine, Jake Kasdan, James Mangold, Joe Wright, Michael Mann, Simon Aboud, Stanley Kubrick, Stephen Elliott | Leave a comment