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 30: “Bachelorette”, “The Dictator”, “Ted” and 6 others…

Posted on August 21, 2012 by Nick Chen

This fortnight: “Bachelorette”, “Bedazzled”, “Bernie”, “Caché”, “The Dictator”, “The Five-Year Engagement”, “Take Me Home Tonight”, “Ted” and “Unforgiven”. The average rating is 5.83/10 with film of the fortnight being Unforgiven. Follow @halfacanyon for more. Bachelorette (2012) – 5.5/10 Director/Writer: Leslye … Continue reading →

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Film reviews 29: “The Dark Knight Rises”, “Project X”, “Love and Other Drugs” and 7 others…

Posted on August 4, 2012 by Nick Chen

This fortnight: “Broken Flowers”, “The Dark Knight Rises”, “Dead Man”, “Detention”, “Down by Law”, “Gummo”, “Ira and Abby” (pictured above), “Love and Other Drugs”, “Project X” and “Shallow Grave”. This time, the average rating is 6.2/10 with film of the … Continue reading →

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Film reviews 28: “The Amazing Spider-Man”, “Margaret”, “Hunky Dory” and 10 others…

Posted on July 15, 2012 by Nick Chen

This fortnight: “The Amazing Spider-Man”, “The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie”, “Hunky Dory”, “The Marc Pease Experience”, “Margaret”, “Norman”, “Ocean’s Eleven”, “Ocean’s Twelve”, “Ocean’s Thirteen”, “REC”, “REC 2”, “Silent House” and “Step Brothers”. This time, the average rating is 5.15/10 … Continue reading →

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Film reviews 27: “Take This Waltz”, “Moonrise Kingdom”, “Jeff, Who Lives at Home” and 9 others…

Posted on July 1, 2012 by Nick Chen

This month:  “21 Jump Street”, “Blowup”, “Cloverfield”, “The Comedians of Comedy”, “Hard Eight”, “Jeff, Who Lives at Home”, “Moonrise Kingdom”, “Paris, je t’aime”, “Passenger Side”, “Take This Waltz” and “Wanderlust”. This time, the average rating is 6.21/10 with film of … Continue reading →

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Film reviews 26: “The Avengers”, “Battleship”, “Man on a Ledge” and 10 others…

Posted on May 24, 2012 by Nick Chen

This month:  “2001: A Space Odyssey”, “4.3.2.1”, “American Reunion”, “The Avengers”, “Battleship”, “Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid”, “The Cabin in the Woods”, “The Foot Fist Way” (pictured above), “Iron Man”, “Kill List”, “Man on a Ledge”, “Taxi” and “Tormented”. … Continue reading →

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