After nearly getting caught on their last job and hoping to let the heat settle, Popie [Jung Jae-Lee] and his talented crew of thieves are lured to Macau for a big job orchestrated by Popei’... Read more
I’m not sure why Twitch is calling this poster “new art” from Tom Yum Goong 2 AKA The Protector 2 since we did a post about that poster way back in June, but Twitch does ha... Read more
Touted as one of the most anticipated Chinese movie blockbusters of the year, actor-director Stephen Fung’s TAI CHI ZERO is a revisionist take of a classic martial-art movie with a ste... Read more
One of the last films I screened at the 2011 NYAFF was a great Korean film called Bedevilled. It was a favorite at film festivals across the world and also earned a few awards for its parti... Read more
One of the films I was upset about missing at both the New York Asian Film Festival and the Fantasia International Film Festival was Tom Lin’s Taiwanese drama, Starry Starry Night. The film,... Read more
Did you ever watch those Japanese Metal Hero shows like VR Troopers, Ultraman or Big Bad Beetleborgs as a kid? What about Mighty Morphin Power Rangers? If you did, you know the common them... Read more
Back in 1992, writer-producer Wong Jing hit jackpot with his seminal NAKED KILLER — one of the most popular Category III action thrillers filled with gleefully over-the-top performance... Read more
It looks like something pretty big is in the works between China and Japan. The two nations will be co-producing a new action/drama period piece directed by Kiyoshi Kurosawa titled 1905. S... Read more
With The Raid: Redemption hitting Blu-ray and DVD shelves yesterday, we revisit my initial review of the film. I’ve added a review of the 100+ minutes of bonus features to the film review,... Read more
While up in Montreal for the Fantasia International Film Festival, I made it a point to try and catch up with the imaginative mind of one of Japan’s low budget splatter film masters, Norboru... Read more
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