Born in Shanghai on 14 July, 1942, Yueh Hua (aka Elliot Ngok), migrated to Hong Kong in the 1960s and started his acting career after joining Shaw Brothers in 1965. He came to fame for his role in the 1966 wuxia classic Come Drink with Me. In the 1960s and 70s, he starred in numerous Shaw Brothers productions such as Web of Death, 12 Gold Medallions, Monkey Goes West, 14 Amazons, Vengeance of … Continue reading →

Renowned cult Japanese filmmaker Shinya Tsukamoto (Tetsuo: The Iron Man, Tokyo Fist) is prepping his latest project, Zan (translates to Kill), a samurai film that stars Yu Aoi (Rurouni Kenshin) and Sosuke Ikematsu (Mozu: The Movie). We don’t much as far as plot details, but given Tsukamoto’s shocking body of work (to quote Kyle Warner: “Shinya Tsukamoto is, at his core, a horror filmmaker… Tokyo Fist is not a horror film, but it’s clear it was … Continue reading →

The shooting starts this weekend on cult director Albert Pyun’s (Cyborg, Nemesis, the Sword & the Sorceror) ambitious fantasy actioner BAAD: Bad Ass Angels & Demons. The film stars Mia ScozzaFave as Arch Angel Azrael, Fulvia Santoni as Arch Angel Gabriel, Kenzi Phillips, Noa Lindberg as the demon Lilith, Glenn Maynnard as the Demon God Maalik, Ermina Perez as the demon Naraka, Brandy Mason, Chloe Brown, Sheila Krause, Zach Muhs and … Continue reading →

The long-awaited Indonesian action film The Night Comes for Us (read our review), ill finally be seeing the light of day October 19th on Netflix. Helmed by Timo Tjahjanto – 1/2 of the “Mo Brothers” directing duo (Macabre, Killers, Headshot) – The Night Comes for Us is a neo-noir hitman thriller that stars Joe Taslim (The Raid), Iko Uwais (The Raid 2), Sunny Pang (Headshot) and Julie Estelle (Macabre). Taslim plays Ito, a former triad enforcer must protect a young girl … Continue reading →

While we’re all anxiously waiting for a possible The Raid 3, Gareth Evans (Merantau), the creator of The Raid franchise is currently putting final touches on his latest film, Apostle (read our review), which will premiere on Netflix on October 12th. Apostle follows a man who travels to a remote island and attempts to rescue his sister after she’s kidnapped by a religious cult. The group demands a ransom for the sister’s return, undermining the man’s resolve … Continue reading →

Visionary director Park Chan-wook (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, The Handmaiden) is getting ready to unleash a six-episode AMC/BBC mini-series based on John le Carre’s spy novel The Little Drummer Girl. The series follows Charlie (Florence Pugh), an actress whose vacation misadventures walk her right into a global intelligence role that forces her to take on a literal deadly role. Alexander Skarsgård co-stars as Becker, an Israeli agent tasked with bringing her into the international … Continue reading →