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A spell binding and often perplexing vision – it’s Wong Kai-wai’s much anticipated sequel to In the Mood for Love… (more…)

Wisit Sasanatieng’s long awaited follow up to Tears of the Black Tiger is a charmingly naïve and beautiful fairytale for adults – think Amelie with smoking teddy bears and zombie taxi drivers… (more…)

A(nother) 21st century take on an anime fave from the past, former model Eriko Sato gets a flimsy excuse to run around in her underwear and skintight cat suit… (more…)

The secret of eternal youth lies within Aunt Mei’s dumplings, but be warned, they may be an acquired taste… (more…)

A beautiful tale of romance and bitter betrayal, Zhang Yimou’s follow-up to Hero is even better… (more…)

More schlock thrills from the J-Horror Theatre, but this is more Garth Marenghi’s Dark Places than Lars von Trier’s Kingdom Hospital… (more…)

There’s no doubting director Takashi Shimizu’s ability to do some very scary, very unsettling stuff, but has he achieved his potential yet?… (more…)

A thought provoking and beautiful movie, the second movie from Lu Chuan (The Missing Gun) is a real winner – and finally getting the release it deserves… (more…)

Plenty of potential, but way too predictable – this is Asian horror by numbers… (more…)

Shaolin Soccer’s Stephen Chow is back and this time he’s doin’ the Hustle… (more…)

A return to form for Jackie, but this could be way too sentimental for Western action audiences… (more…)

The opener for Takashige Ichise’s J-Horror series is Asian horror by numbers, but with a redeeming finale… (more…)

The book that spawned the cult movie, not to mention the US remake, and led the tsunami of Asian horror movies in the last few years. But is it really that scary?… (more…)

Director Jingle Ma (Silver Hawk) and star Tony Leung (In The Mood For Love, Infernal Affairs) re-unite for a belated but rather disappointing follow-up to Tokyo Raiders… (more…)

Nearly twenty years on from the groundbreaking Akira, was director Katsuhiro Ôtomo’s first feature length anmie since really worth the wait?… (more…)

The Pang Brothers do it again with a worthy scary follow-up to their acclaimed horror The Eye, starring the Gorgeous Shu Qi… (more…)

Not as scary and makes less sense – heck, despite director Takashi Shimuzi being involved what did you expect? (more…)

A solid follow-up to horror anthology Three features segments by Park Chan-wook, Takeshi Miike and Fruit Chan… (more…)

Director Jun Ichikawa’s beautifully understated reading of a short story by Haruki Murakami is a touching study of loneliness… (more…)