Articles Written by James Mudge
James Mudge is BeyondHollywood.com's longest contributing movie reviewer. Based out of Glasgow, James is our go-to guy for Asian movie reviews old and new. He has a forthcoming book about Asian movies set to be released sometime this century. Maybe.
The Seeding of a Ghost (1983) Movie Review
The crowning ghoulish jewel in the recent wave of Shaw Brothers horror releases is undoubtedly the notorious, long sought after “Seeding of a Ghost”. Directed by Richard Yeung Kuen (who also gave genre fans “Hell Has No Boundary”, a self-styled ‘exercise in eradication’) back in 1983, the film has garnered a reputation for being one [...]
October 27th, 2007 | James Mudge | 0 Comments | Read MoreOldboy (2003) Blu-Ray DVD Review
For their second Blu-ray release Tartan have chosen Korean director Park Chan-wook’s worldwide cult hit and award winner “Oldboy”. Whilst on one hand selecting such a popular title for a flagship release on the new format certainly makes sense, on the other since most of the intended audience will likely have already seen or indeed [...]
October 27th, 2007 | James Mudge | 1 Comment | Read MoreReturn of the Dead (1979) Movie Review
The recent wave of Shaw Brothers horror releases continues with “Return of the Dead”, acclaimed director Li Han Hsiang’s 1979 return to the genre following his 1960 classic “Enchanting Shadow”. Although the presence of Li, who won several awards during his career for the likes of “Empress Wu”, “The Magnificent Concubine” and studio productions, might [...]
October 20th, 2007 | James Mudge | 0 Comments | Read MoreBewitched (1981) Movie Review
Fans of Shaw Brothers horror and indeed of wild exploitation cinema in general have a real reason to celebrate with the release of the long sought after “Bewitched”. Directed by the legendary Kuei Chih Hung, who gave the studio a number of morally reprehensible genre classics such as “Killer Snakes”, “Corpse Mania” and “Hex”, the [...]
October 20th, 2007 | James Mudge | 0 Comments | Read MoreHell Has No Boundary (1982) Movie Review
The DVD blurb for the Shaw Brothers release “Hell has no Boundary” is an amazing piece of hyperbole, hailing the horror film as an ‘exercise in eradication’ which assures that ‘gorehounds will be giddy with joy’ - words guaranteed to send a shiver down the spine of any genre fan, especially those with a taste [...]
October 20th, 2007 | James Mudge | 0 Comments | Read MoreBreaking News (2004) DVD Review
With “Exiled” and the “Election” films winning Johnnie To a level of international popularity and respect rarely enjoyed by Hong Kong directors, it’s good to see another of his recent efforts finally being released on region 2 DVD through Tartan, namely the critically acclaimed “Breaking News”. To an extent the film, which originally came out [...]
October 6th, 2007 | James Mudge | 0 Comments | Read MoreOne Last Dance (2005) DVD Review
For the benefit of those likely to stop reading at the news that what we have here is yet another tale of that most beloved and enduring of cinematic stereotypes, namely the eccentric / melancholy / honourable / love-struck / well-dressed hitman (is there any other kind?), the bottom line is that “One Last Dance” [...]
September 29th, 2007 | James Mudge | 0 Comments | Read MoreThe Evil Twin (2007) Movie Review
The first of the summer 2007 wave of Korean horror films to hit DVD is “The Evil Twin”, marking the directorial debut of Kim Ji Hwan. Thankfully, for those fans who have understandably grown somewhat disillusioned with the genre of late, tired of directors’ reluctance to stray from the confines of the done to death [...]
September 22nd, 2007 | James Mudge | 0 Comments | Read MoreSimply Actors (2007) Movie Review
“Simply Actors” is an all-star Hong Kong comedy, which along with big names Jim Chim (recently in “AV” and “Mighty Baby”) and one half of Twins Charlene Choi in the cast boasts an incredible number of cameos from the likes of (to mention but a few) Chapman To, Eric Tsang, Anthony Wong, Josie Ho, Sandra [...]
September 22nd, 2007 | James Mudge | 0 Comments | Read MoreThe Duel Project: Aragami and 2LDK (2003, 2005) DVD Review
“The Duel Project” is kind of like a less pretentious Japanese version of Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg’s ‘Dogme 95′ so-called vow of chastity in that it enforces a number of rules in an attempt to strip down the film making process to its essentials. Of course here, rather than trying to [...]
September 22nd, 2007 | James Mudge | 0 Comments | Read More
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