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.

Every Tom DiCillo film reviewed

Posted on September 2, 2011 by Nick Chen

Reviewed: Johnny Suede (1991), Living in Oblivion (1995), Box of Moonlight (1996), The Real Blonde (1998), Double Whammy (2001) and Delirious (2006). I was going to email Tom DiCillo a link to this page, but his blog indicates he can’t … Continue reading →

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Sellotape this post over your calendar because it’s…

Posted on August 31, 2011 by Nick Chen

Kenicky’s Official List of Films to be Excited About: Another Earth Plot: Another planet Earth appears in the sky. The main character is driving a car when she sticks her head out of the window to have a look, then … Continue reading →

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Film Reviews 18: “Your Highness”, “Limitless”, “The Terminator”, “Sucker Punch” and 20 others…

Posted on August 8, 2011 by Nick Chen

This month: “The Adjustment Bureau”, “Beastly”, “Beautiful Lies”, “Cedar Rapids”, “Cry Wolf”, “The Grudge 2”, “Hall Pass”, “happythankyoumoreplease”, “Immaturi”, “Insidious”, “Julia & Julia”, “Limitless”, “May” (pictured above), “The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek”, “Out of Sight”, “Paris, Texas”, “Sucker Punch”, “Sunshine”, … Continue reading →

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Screamplay

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Nick Chen

I gave up on my modern adaptation of Oedipus Rex, but I am now halfway through writing a sci-fi screenplay. It’s called If You Don’t Know Amy By Now. It’s heavily influenced by  this Do the Right Thing tribute:

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Film Reviews 17: “No Strings Attached”, “It’s Complicated”, “Aliens”, “The Seventh Seal” and 24 others…

Posted on July 3, 2011 by Nick Chen

This month: “Aliens”, “Anchorman”, “Blue Velvet”, “Chungking Express”, “Crash”, “Diggers,” “Dirty Pretty Things”, “Frankie and Johnny”, “Howl’s Moving Castle”, “Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark”, “It’s Complicated”, “Junebug”, “Kind Hearts and Coronets”, “Laputa: Castle in the Sky”, … Continue reading →

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