I love Donnie Yen. Good or bad I’ll pretty much watch any movie he’s in. I was fortunate enough to interview him four years ago when Ip Man 3 was still being developed and this weekend, that... Read more
The highest grossing local film in China’s history is making its way state side this weekend when it releases in both 2D and 3D AMC theaters around the country. Making his feature length dir... Read more
From Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien comes the critically acclaimed film The Assassin, a movie that won the best director award at the Cannes Film Festival earlier this year. The Assassin... Read more
Cafe. Waiting. Love finishes off a trio of excellent films that I watched over the past 24 hours. This quirky, offbeat Taiwanese comedy by director Chiang Chin-lin and written by Giddens Ho... Read more
Based off a popular short manga series, A Farewell To Jinu (money, that is) is billed as a ‘slice of life’ comedy that starts off strongly but slowly begins to lose interest whil... Read more
Billed as a comedy but plays out more like a comedic drama, with a lot less laughs than I imagine director Kei Morikaw was hoping for, Makeup Room fails to shine as a film that portrays the... Read more
Japanese director Lisa Takeba brings to us perhaps one of the quirkiest films you’re likely to see in recent years that’ll leave you laughing and scratching your head simultaneou... Read more
Hibi Rock: Puke Afro and the Pop Star comes from the award wining manga series of the same name. How true it is as an adaptation with no prior knowledge is hard to know, but after an enjoya... Read more
Making its North American premiere tonight at the Japan Cuts festival is Masaharu Take’s comedic sports drama, 100 Yen Love. 32 year-old Ichiko (Sakura Ando) spends her days living in her mo... Read more
Imagine, if you will, if West Side Story was set in what appears to be a post-apocalyptic Tokyo, a grunge looking city reminiscent of The FP mixed with the fighting spirit and collective gan... Read more
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