Bring on the creepy girls
Friday, February 22nd, 2008With two more Hollywood remakes of Asian Horror’s to (ahem) look forward to, The Eye and One Missed Call, the Guardian’s Joe Queenan looks at the genre, and why American gets it so wrong…
Archive for February, 2008
Butterfly & Sword
Wednesday, February 27th, 2008Just another early 80s wire-fu movie – or at least it would be if not for the performances of leads Tony Leung and Michelle Yeoh and some fine action from Ching Siu-tung… (more…)
Cinema: Protégé
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008The new film by director Derek Yee (One Night In Mongkok) and starring Andy Lau and Daniel Wu is released by Liberation Entertainment in the UK.
DVD: Flash Point
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008Director Wilson Yip and star/action choreographer Donnie Yen have teamed up for a third time after Dragon Tiger Gate and S.P.L. to present Flashpoint. Billed as a ‘back-to-basics’ return to realism in Hong Kong movies, it features full contact combat and use of the ‘Mixed Martial Arts’ style that Bruce Lee pioneered.
The 2-disc DVD is released in the UK by Showbox/Cine Asia on 31 March 2008.
It’s Chinese New Year!
Friday, February 8th, 2008Happy New Year everyone - it’s the year of the Rat!!!
Jackie Chan mourns death of father
Friday, February 29th, 2008Jackie Chan’s father, Charles, has died at a Hong Kong hospital, news reports said Wednesday. He was 93.
Read more about this story on the International Herald Tribune »
My Blueberry Nights at UK cinemas
Friday, February 22nd, 2008Wong Kar-wai’s first English language film, My Blueberry Nights, starring Norah Jones, is on release in the UK from today.
The official site can be found here:
http://www.myblueberrynightsmovie.co.uk/
Protege
Monday, February 25th, 2008A worthy successor to director Derek Yee’s One Night In Mongkok with a fantastic performance by Andy Lau, but a lack of true menace in the film stops this just short of being a classic… (more…)
Shinobi
Thursday, February 7th, 2008A nicely played and well-directed swordplay film – but haven’t we seen it all before? (more…)
Swordsman III: The East Is Red
Wednesday, February 13th, 2008The bizarre and often baffling follow up to Swordsman II sees Brigette Lin reprising her role as Asia the Invincible… (more…)
Three films by Tsai Ming-liang
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008An introduction to the work of director Tsai Ming-liang, both beautiful and confrontational. We look at I Don’t Want To Sleep Alone, The Wayward Cloud and Goodbye Dragon Inn. Just don’t expect a lot of dialogue… (more…)
