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 8: “Toy Story 3”, “Repulsion”, “Date Night” and 13 others…

Posted on August 5, 2010 by Nick Chen

This season: “Bananas”, “Battle Royale”, “Broadway Danny Rose”, “Cul De Sac”, “Dark City”, “Date Night”, “Ed Wood”, “Everyone Says I Love You”, “Lovely and Amazing”, “Radio Days”, “Repulsion” (pictured above), “Shutter Island”, “Sunshine Cleaning”, “The Tenant”, “Toy Story 3” and … Continue reading →

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Film Reviews 7: “Inception”, “Cemetery Junction”, “The Prestige” and 12 others…

Posted on July 21, 2010 by Nick Chen

This season: “American Pie 3”, “Cemetery Junction”, “Dersu Uzala”, “Extract”, “Four Lions”, “Heavenly Creatures”, “I Love You, Man”, “Inception”, “Kickass”, “Oedipus Wrecks”, “Paranormal Activity”, “The Prestige”, “Primer” (pictured above), “Vanilla Sky” and “Win a Date with Tad Hamilton”. This volume, … Continue reading →

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Film Reviews 6: “Avatar”, “Up in the Air”, “Saved by the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas” and 10 others

Posted on March 29, 2010 by Nick Chen

This season: ‘A Serious Man’, ‘Avatar 3D’, ‘Awaken the Dead’, ‘Bottle Rocket’, ‘The Cake Eaters’, ‘Choke’ (pictured above), ‘Ghost Town’, ‘Grosse Point Blank’, ‘Kissing Jessica Stein’, ‘Saved!’, ‘Saved by the Bell: Wedding in Las Vegas’, ‘Thank You for Smoking’ and … Continue reading →

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Film Reviews 5: “An Education”, “Let the Right One In”, “The Princess Diaries” and 9 others…

Posted on January 8, 2010 by Nick Chen

This fortnight: ‘American Psycho’, ‘An Education’, ‘Deconstructing Harry’, ‘Definitely Maybe’, ‘The Devil Wears Prada’, ‘The Invention of Lying’, ‘The King of Comedy’ (pictured above), ‘Let the Right One In’, ‘My Summer of Love’, ‘The Princess Diaries’, ‘Sherlock Holmes’ and ‘Wonder … Continue reading →

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Film Reviews 4: “Fantastic Mr Fox”, “Jennifer’s Body”, “Who Framed Roger Rabbit” and 10 others…

Posted on December 21, 2009 by Nick Chen

This fortmonth: ‘Adaptation’ (pictured above), ‘The Darjeeling Limited’, ‘Fantastic Mr. Fox’, ‘Humpday’, ‘I Love You Beth Cooper’, ‘In Search of a Midnight Kiss’, ‘Jennifer’s Body’, ‘Paper Heart’, ‘Shopgirl’, ‘Sour Grapes’, ‘What’s Up, Doc?’,‘Where the Wild Things Are’ and ‘Who Framed … Continue reading →

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