Dystopian fiction has a very different flavour in 2025. In THE LONG WALK, adapted from Stephen King’s 1979 novel (written as ...

Dystopian fiction has a very different flavour in 2025. In THE LONG WALK, adapted from Stephen King’s 1979 novel (written as Richard Bachman), some nameless war has left the US under a totalitarian ...

Richard is the editor of TheReelBits and Travel While Nerdy. You can see Richard’s complete film diary on Letterboxd. Richard’s book, Moving Target: The History and Evolution of Green Arrow is out now ...

Richard is the editor of TheReelBits and Travel While Nerdy. You can see Richard’s complete film diary on Letterboxd. Richard’s book, Moving Target: The History and Evolution of Green Arrow is out now ...

Released 25 years ago, X-Men was the serious, streamlined leap that set the stage for a new era of superhero cinema. A new millennium was upon us. Having survived the ravages of Y2K and The Phantom ...

A semi-autobiographical journey through late 1970s New Zealand, capturing the angst and music of a transformative era. Jonathan Ogilvie’s semi-autobiographical second feature marks a sharp departure ...

The Sydney Film Festival is over for another year. Long live the Sydney Film Festival. Like clockwork, the rain started on the opening nights of the festival. Nothing says film festival in Sydney like ...

The first sequel of 2021 is this article. The 20 Asian films to watch in 2020 article was easily the most-read piece of the last 12 months. Even The Reel Bits gets thirsty for hits occasionally. Of ...

More than any other year, Asia in Focus has been a massive part of this site in 2021. Until then, here’s a fond look back at the best offerings of the last 12 months. Drive My Car It’s been a bumper ...

A gripping psychological drama that teeters between tension and surrealism, anchored by powerful performances. If ever there was a movie that could be described as a film of two halves, this is ...

A solid, no-frills action thriller that delivers exactly what you’d expect—bone-crunching fights, gruff one-liners, and Statham doing what he does best. Over the last decade or so, actor Jason Statham ...

Mimi Cave flirts with noir intrigue and heightened melodrama, but despite its stylish setup, it never quite digs beneath the surface of its influences. Mimi Cave’s debut feature, Fresh, lived up to ...