That Demon Within (2014) Movie Review
One of Hong Kong’s top genre directors after a string of hits over the last few years, Dante Lam follows his character-based MMA drama “Unbeatable” with “That Demon Within”. Though it again sees Lam...
View ArticleFirst Trailer for Roy Chow’s Rise of the Legend is Stylish and Action Packed
Does the world really need a reboot of director Tsui Hark’s kung fu classic “Once Upon a Time in China”? Eh, not really. But if someone insists on giving us one, then at least it looks like Roy Chow’s...
View ArticleAndrew Lau’s Revenge of the Green Dragons Drops a Trailer and Poster
I love the fact that the director of the American-Chinese crime drama “Revenge of the Green Dragons” doesn’t even get his name mentioned on the movie’s poster, but Martin Scorsese, who apparently...
View ArticleNaked Ambition 3D (2014) Movie Review
The current trend of raucous, foul-mouthed Hong Kong comedies inspired by Pang Ho Cheung’s hit “Vulgaria” continues with the category III rated “3D Naked Ambition”, which follows Chapman To as an...
View ArticleJustin Lin is Remaking the 1982 Jet Li Movie Shaolin Temple
Justin Lin has tackled muscle cars, military boxers, and criminal Asian kids, and now he’s setting his sights on the Shaolin temple. Lin, who directed the last four “Fast and Furious” movies and is...
View ArticleExtended Trailer for John Woo’s World War II Epic The Crossing
John Woo gets romantic (but somehow still manages to squeeze in plenty of groovy slow motion shots and things exploding and guns shooting machine guns) in his new historical epic “The Crossing.” The...
View ArticleThe Second Coming (2014) Movie Review
Prolific, and often under-appreciated Hong Kong director Herman Yau returns to the category III rated horror of “The Untold Story” and “Ebola Syndrome” with “The Second Coming”, dealing with...
View ArticleThe Huntresses (2014) Movie Review
Popular Korean star Ha Ji Won returns with “The Huntresses”, an action comedy which transplants the “Charlie’s Angels” formula to the Joseon dynasty, with Kang Ye Won (“Ghost Sweepers”) and...
View ArticleMonster (2014) Movie Review
No-one blends and bends genres quite like Korea, though even amongst the country’s most creative directors Hwang In Ho is making a name for himself as a man not afraid to concoct strange cinematic...
View ArticleVenus Talk (2014) Movie Review
Director Kwon Chil In is clearly a man who likes to stick to his favourite subject, namely exploring the experiences of women in modern Korea, following up comedy dramas “Singles”, “Loveholic” and...
View ArticleBlack Coal, Thin Ice (2014) Movie Review
“Black Coal, Thin Ice” has become one of the most talked about Chinese films of the last year following its impressive Golden Bear win at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival. Director Diao...
View ArticleZ Storm (2014) Movie Review
Hong Kong thrillers have been lifting their game of late, with the likes of “Cold War” and “Firestorm” combining big budget action, star power and contemporary political and social concerns to...
View ArticleNetflix Nabs Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Sequel Same Day as IMAX
If you’ve been waiting for Yuen Woo-ping’s “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon II: The Green Destiny,” and you’d rather not brave the IMAX theaters when it opens stateside next year on August 28, 2015,...
View ArticleInnocent Thing (2014) Movie Review
A high school girl’s obsessive crush on her teacher ruins the lives of all concerned in “Innocent Thing”, the latest offering from Korean director Kim Tae Kyun, which sees him reuniting with actor Jang...
View ArticleMelo (2012) Movie Review
Marking the debut of writer/director Roy Lee, “Melo” is a hard-hitting Korean psychodrama which follows the trials of an unfortunate, downtrodden woman whose downward spiral ironically begins just when...
View ArticleThe Eternal Zero (2013) Movie Review
Second World War kamikaze drama “The Eternal Zero” has emerged as one of the most popular films at the Japanese box office of recent years, having topped the list for an impressive eight consecutive...
View ArticleThe 2014 East Winds Film Festival Unveils its Lineup
EAST WINDS FILM FESTIVAL LINE UP SET TO SCARE, EXCITE, AMUSE East Winds, the UK’s only major showcase of East Asian cinema outside of London and the first of its kind in the Midlands, returns to...
View ArticleObsessed (2013) Movie Review
Korean writer director Kim Dae Woo is clearly a man driven to explore human relationships and intimacy, following up steamy costume dramas “The Servant” and “Forbidden Quest” with another sexually...
View ArticleThe Target (2014) Movie Review
“The Target” follows “Cold Eyes” in the recent trend of Korean studios remaking films from around the world, being based upon the 2010 French action thriller “Point Blank” by director Fred Cavayé....
View ArticleBroken (2014) Movie Review
The works of Japanese novelist Higashino Keigo have proved almost as popular in Korea as they have at home, with recent films “White Night” and “Perfect Number” both having been adapted from his works....
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