Dennis Hui

Dennis Hui

Favorite films

  • Chungking Express
  • 2001: A Space Odyssey
  • The Big Lebowski
  • Pandora's Box

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  • The Brutalist

    ★★★★½

  • Emilia Pérez

    ★★½

  • PTU

    ★★★

  • Aftersun

    ★★★★½

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  • The Brutalist

    The Brutalist

    ★★★★½

    A real treat to see in the cinema. Loved the journey and the destination. It haunts you, lingers, thinking about what it all means, that means it will likely survive the test of time. Enjoyed the intermission too—bathroom and beer break. Let’s f—king go, Brutalist boys!

  • Emilia Pérez

    Emilia Pérez

    ★★½

    It’s like the Arrested Development subplot where Tobias Fünke guises as Mrs. Featherbottom to get back to his family.

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  • Mountains May Depart

    Mountains May Depart

    ★★★★

    A soulful 3 act arc set across 25 years in 21st century China. Loosely centered around one woman, Tao Zhao, who is wonderful here. Jia Zhangke is modern China's most fascinating director. He depicts a nation and a people left behind, sold out, or physically removed by unparalleled and unchecked rapid economic growth and capitalism. The first act love triangle in provincial China in 1999 is the best. The final act goes off the rails a bit with its Harold…

  • Dead Poets Society

    Dead Poets Society

    ★½

    Dead Poets Society: I really disliked this movie. It's at the same time, (1) shamelessly overwrought & heavy-handed, and (2) thinly formed & ultimately kind of empty. #dhfilmreview [C]
    Robin Williams is the best part of the movie, but his character was not a flesh and blood person, he was an idea (or attempted idea) and plot device.
    We literally know nothing about him, his background, or his life. The kids are just as bad; all privileged prep school wannabe bohemian rebels…