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Category Archives: News
Eason Chan does Jackie in ‘Keep Calm and Be a Superstar’
On January 18th, Hong Kong star/recording artist Eason Chan (Office, Dream Home) is delivering kung fu slapstick with Keep Calm and Be a Superstar (read our review), a fun-filled comedy from director Vincent Kok (Gorgeous). With its obvious references to Jackie Chan’s Drunken Master and Police Story, expect what the film promises: The laugh of your life. Keep Calm and Be a Superstar also stars Danny Chan (Ip Man 3, Kung Fu Hustle), Wilfred Lau (Full Strike), Benz Hui (From Vegas … Continue reading
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Seijun Suzuki: The Early Years. Vol. 1 | Blu-ray & DVD (Arrow Video)
RELEASE DATE: February 13, 2018 On February 13, 2018, Arrow Video is releasing the 4-disc Blu-ray + DVD set for Seijun Suzuki: The Early Years. Vol. 1 – Seijun Rising: The Youth Movies. Read the official details below: Making their home-video debuts outside Japan, this diverse selection of Nikkatsu youth movies (seishun eiga) charts the evolving style of the B-movie maverick best known for the cult classics Tokyo Drifter (1966) and … Continue reading
Exclusive: Interview with Hong Kong filmmaker Herman Yau
With dozens of credits as a cinematographer and director, Herman Yau is one of the most prolific filmmakers ever to have worked in Hong Kong cinema. His most notorious films have come in the horror genre, especially the extreme classics Bunman: The Untold Story and Ebola Syndrome. A return to this shocking cinema comes in the guise of The Sleep Curse, and a reunion with the legendary Anthony Wong. We had the … Continue reading
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Find out what to expect from Neeson’s The Commuter
Liam Neeson’s latest movie, The Commuter, sees him pair up once more with Jaume Collet-Serra. Find out what you are going to get with this review. Continue reading
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Find out if McGregor delivered the goods with Notorious
Notorious is a documentary tracing Conor McGregor’s career, and it provides some insights into the superstar. Find out more with this review. Continue reading
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The Best Action Movies from the 1980s
The 1980s didn’t just give us mullets and shoulderpads. They also were the time in which some of the finest action films ever made were produced! Continue reading
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R100 (2013) Review
Director: Hitoshi Matsumoto Cast: Nao Omori, Shinobu Terajima, Hitoshi Matsumoto, Ai Tominaga, Eriko Sato, Naomi Watanabe, You, Suzuki Matsuo, Atsuro Watabe, Gin Maeda, Katagiri Hairi, Lindsay Kay Hayward, Mao Daichi Running Time: 94 min. By Paul Bramhall Any discussion on director Hitoshi Matsumoto inevitably brings up a comparison with Takeshi ‘Beat’ Kitano. Much like Kitano, Matsumoto is also a famous Japanese TV personality that started off as (and still is) … Continue reading
Re:Born (2016) Review
Director: Yuji Shimomura Cast: Tak Sakaguchi, Yura Kondo, Takumi Saito, Mariko Shinoda, Akio Otsuka, Orson Mochizuki, Kenta Akami, Masaya Kato, Rina Takeda, Yoshitaka Inagawa Running Time: 100 min. By Paul Bramhall The swansong of Tak Sakaguchi (here billed as Tak ∴), Re:Born has certainly had one of the more interesting journeys to the screen. Having been plucked from Japan’s underground street fighting circuit by director Ryuhei Kitamura to headline the 2000 cult hit Versus, Sakaguchi has maintained a … Continue reading
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Tagged Masanori Mimoto, Rina Takeda, Tak Sakaguchi, Yuji Shimomura
New World (2013) Review
Director: Park Hoon-jung Writer: Park Hoon-jung Cast: Lee Jung-jae, Choi Min-sik, Hwang Jung-min, Song Ji-hyo, Park Sung-woong, Kim Yoon-seong, Na Kwang-hoon, Park Seo-yeon, Choi Il-hwa Running Time: 134 min. By Martin Sandison Filmmaker Park Hoon-jung has a limited filmography, but as the credited screenwriter on the all-time masterpiece I Saw the Devil, he started off his career very strongly. His 2nd film as director – following 2011’s The Showdown – is New World, an off-the-wall mix of gangster … Continue reading
Posted in All, Korean, News, Reviews
Tagged Choi Min-sik, Hwang Jung-min, Lee Jung-jae, Ma Dong-seok, Park Hoon-Jung
The best Asian movies of 2017 and what to look out for in 2018
The year 2017 was once again a very successful year for Asian cinema. While Hollywood may be ruling the world with their vast array of superhero movies and family dram, Asian cinema continues to flourish. The most successful Asian movie of 2017 was Wolf Warrior 2, which actually raked in more than Wonder Woman and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales and just a fraction less than … Continue reading
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Reset | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)
RELEASE DATE: February 6, 2018 Director Yoon Hong-seung (The Target) joins forces with Jackie Chan (as producer) for the Korean/Chinese production titled Reset (read our review), which is heading to Blu-ray & DVD from Well Go USA on February 6, 2018. When her son is kidnapped, the inventor of a time machine (Yang Mi of The Bullet Vanishes) teams up with multiple versions of her future self to rescue him. Reset also stars Wallace Huo (The … Continue reading
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Memoir of a Murderer (2016) Review
Director: Won Shin-yun Cast: Sul Kyung-gu, Kim Nam-gil, Kim Seol-hyun, Oh Dal-su, Shin Ki-joon, Hwang Seok-jeong, Gil Hae-yeon, Kim Han-joon, Kim Dong-hee, Kim Jung-young Running Time: 128 min. By Paul Bramhall There’s been many variations on the serial killer trope in Korea, often framed within a variety of genres. From the horror of Tell Me Something, to the mystery of Memories of Murder, to the visceral thrills of I Saw the Devil. Director Won Shin-yun’s latest delivers yet another variant … Continue reading
Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) Review
AKA: Star Wars: Episode VIII Director: Rian Johnson Cast: Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, Andy Serkis, Lupita Nyong’o, Domhnall Gleeson, Anthony Daniels, Gwendoline Christie, Kelly Marie Tran, Laura Dern, Benicio del Toro, Veronica Ngo, Justin Theroux, Togo Igawa, Amanda Lawrence Running Time: 152 min. By Kyle Warner Right, so before we get started: I am going to talk about the new Star Wars movie. If you want … Continue reading
‘Blade of the Immortal’ proves Asian-inspired cinema is still critically successful
If you look at this brutal dissection of the flop film Ghost in the Shell starring Scarlett Johansson, you can see that there were inherent problems with the thinking behind the movie. The movie managed to offend vast swathes of Asian cinema fans with its decision to whitewash the character list, and hinted, rather alarmingly, at the era of Asian-inspired films being popular coming to an end. Sure, the movie still made an … Continue reading
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Thunderbolt Fist, The (1972) Review
Director: Chang Il-ho Producer: Runme Shaw Cast: Chuen Yuen, Shih Szu, James Nam, Fang Mien, Tung Lam, Lee Ka Ting, Wong Chin Feng, Yukio Someno, Gam Kei Chu, Chan Feng Chen, Cheung Hei Running Time: 86 min. By Paul Bramhall In the history of kung fu cinema, 1972 was one of the most significant years. The Shaw Brothers studio had imported several experienced directors and martial artists from Korea, and in this particular year … Continue reading
Posted in All, Chinese, News, Reviews, Shaw Brothers
Tagged Chieh Yuan, Chuen Yuen, James Nam Gung Fan, Shih Szu
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