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 89: “Spider-Man: Homecoming”, “The Mummy”, “Dunkirk”, “Song to Song”, “The House”, “Until the End of the World” and 5 others…

Posted on July 25, 2017 by Nick Chen

This month:  “The Aviator’s Wife”, “Day Night Day Night”, “Dunkirk”, “The House”, “Mikey and Nicky”, “The Mummy”, “Mysterious Object at Noon”, “Song to Song”, “Spider-Man: Homecoming”, “Take Care of Your Scarf, Tatiana”, and “Until the End of the World” (pictured … Continue reading →

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Film reviews 88: “Baby Driver”, “After the Storm”, “Colossal”, “It Comes at Night”, “Snowpiercer”, and 9 others…

Posted on June 26, 2017 by Nick Chen

This month: “After the Storm”, “Baby Driver”, “Berlin Syndrome”, “Bushwick”, “La Cérémonie” (pictured above), “Colossal”, “Gifted”, “It Comes at Night”, “Marjorie Prime”, “Mother”, “Okja”, “Snowpiercer” and “Wilson”. Follow @halfacanyon for the same with less detail. After the Storm (2017) – … Continue reading →

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Film reviews 87: “Alien: Covenant”, “Snatched”, “Sandy Wexler”, “Rules Don’t Apply”, “The Discovery”, “Mindhorn” and 13 others…

Posted on May 20, 2017 by Nick Chen

This month: “Alien: Covenant”, “Bed and Board”, “La Ciénaga”, “Dead Men Don’t Wear Plaid”, “The Discovery” “The Final Girls”, “Ghost”, “Good Kids”, “The Man Without a Past”, “Mindhorn”, “Rules Don’t Apply”, “Russian Dolls”, “Sandy Wexler”, “Snatched”, “Shadow Dancer”, “A Simple … Continue reading →

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Film reviews 86: “Get Out”, “Ghost in the Shell”, “Logan”, “Hacksaw Ridge”, “L’Auberge Espagnole”, and 15 others…

Posted on April 11, 2017 by Nick Chen

This month: “About Schmidt”, “L’Auberge Espagnole” (pictured above), “Basic Instinct”, “Breaking Away”, “Chocolat”, “Disorder”, “The Founder”, “Get Out”, “Ghost in the Shell” (1995), “Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence”, “Ghost in the Shell” (2017), “Hacksaw Ridge”, “The Holy Girl”, “The … Continue reading →

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Film reviews 85: “20th Century Women”, “The Edge of Seventeen”, “Why Him?”, “The Lego Batman Movie”, “Jackie” and 19 others…

Posted on February 19, 2017 by Nick Chen

This month: “Beginners”, “The Birds”, “Céline and Julie Go Boating”, “Cold Water”, “The Edge of Seventeen”, “8 Women” (pictured above), “Fanny and Alexander”, “Home”, “Inside Man”, “Irma Vep”, “Jackie”, “The Lego Batman Movie”, “Medicine for Melancholy”, “Mo’ Better Blues”, “Night … Continue reading →

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