Category: reviews

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Chang Shilei – Niu China

Just as its name in English states, Niu China is the album to showcase what’s new in the Chinese music world. From traditional sounding Chinese ballads to chanson francophone fused with electronic, R&B, Bossa Nova, to a Tango-ish sounding track, all the way to a mind-blowing fusion of Beijing opera with strong rock/electronic sounds.

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Chang-rae Lee – Aloft

Chang-rae Lee’s prose is so lyrical, he could build grocery shopping up as the epicenter of a crisis in singularity, transform clipping toenails into an existential quandary, and make sorting the recycling a prophecy of something tragic in the Greek sense of the word.

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Chappie (2015)

When his quest for a true free-will conscious program is over, engineer Deon Wilson secretly tests it on a police robot that’s been recently damaged on the field, resulting in the child-like Chappie.

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Tim Burton’s adaptation of the popular Roald Dahl novel of the same name could have been great, but ends up a messy flick with one of Depp’s worst performances to date.

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Chef (2014)

Chef has Jon Favreau as the director, writer and star of his latest directorial effort, which not only deals with the love for food, but it simultaneously deals with the passion for cooking as well as showcasing a father-and-son reconnection storyline.

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Chennai Express

An orphan sets on a journey to immerse his grandfather’s ashes in the holy waters of the Rameshwaram, when all he really wants is to party with his friends. Lucky (or not) he’s got Meena to keep him company.