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.
You Bet Your Life (1998) Movie Review
Originally released back in 1989, “You Bet Your Life” is a film that could never have been made anywhere but Hong Kong, combining as it does the ghost and gambling genres. Although directed by Liang Jia Shu, also responsible for the Stephen Chow comedy “Love is Love”, the film bears the unmistakable mark of Hong [...]
August 28th, 2008 | James Mudge | 0 Comments | Read MoreThe Invincible Eight (1971) Movie Review
Fortune Star serves up another helping of classic martial action in the form of “The Invincible Eight”, a long unavailable fan favourite that was originally released back in 1971. The film was directed by Lo Wai, a prolific ex-Shaw Brothers helmer, who later became one of the biggest names in the business after working with [...]
August 28th, 2008 | James Mudge | 0 Comments | Read MoreChaos (2008) Movie Review
Although the Hong Kong film industry waxes and wanes, one man can always be relied upon to keep on delivering the goods - Herman Yau. Beloved to cult film fans for his early category III rated classics, including “The Untold Story” and “Ebola Syndrome”, the director has certainly been busy of late, churning out the [...]
August 26th, 2008 | James Mudge | 0 Comments | Read MoreTwo Women in Red Scarves (2006) Movie Review
“Two Women in Red Scarves” is the latest slice of rural drama from Mainland Chinese novelist turned director Han Zhijun, which sees him following up his well-received humanistic ‘Village’ trilogy with more of the same. Again focusing largely on his female characters, he gently explores the lives of women in the Chinese countryside, aiming to [...]
August 24th, 2008 | James Mudge | 0 Comments | Read MoreCherries (2008) Movie Review
“Cherries” is one of those films that comes to DVD with fantastically inappropriate and misleading box art, in this case featuring a variety of naked pictures of lead actress Miao Pu. Needless to say, viewers lured in by this cheap trick (the pictures in question are all taken from one brief scene) will soon find [...]
August 24th, 2008 | James Mudge | 0 Comments | Read MoreBeautiful (2008) Movie Review
With “Beautiful” having been written and produced by grumpy Korean auteur Kim Ki Duk, known for searing explorations of the darker recesses of the human condition such as “Time” and “Breath”, viewers should have a pretty good idea up front of what they are letting themselves in for. Indeed, although the film was actually directed [...]
August 21st, 2008 | James Mudge | 3 Comments | Read MoreMissing (2008) Movie Review
The prospect of “Missing” inspires both hope and trepidation, marking as it does the return of Tsui Hark, the one time golden boy of Hong Kong cinema, who since his peak in the heady days of the 1980s and early 1990s has suffered a slow decline in fortunes. With his highly touted 2005 comeback feature [...]
August 21st, 2008 | James Mudge | 0 Comments | Read MoreThe Music Box (aka Barber, 2006) Movie Review
It’s hard not to view “The Music Box” without a certain amount of melancholy, given that it marks the final outing of acclaimed Chinese director and artist Chen Yi Fei, whose “Evening Liaison” was highly praised at Cannes in 1995. A master painter who studied in New York and whose landscapes regularly fetched high prices [...]
August 21st, 2008 | James Mudge | 0 Comments | Read MoreThe Chaser (2008) Movie Review
Korean film “The Chaser” comes on an incredible wave of critical acclaim, having won the Grand Prize award at the 44th Baeksang Art Awards, as well as the five top prizes at the 45th Daejong Awards including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor, not to mention having been very well received at Cannes. On [...]
August 8th, 2008 | James Mudge | 2 Comments | Read MoreThe Moss (2008) Movie Review
“The Moss” is hotly tipped Hong Kong director Derek Kwok’s follow-up to his much praised debut “The Pye-Dog”, and sees him sticking to the same territory with another gritty tale of urban angst. Here, the tone is somewhat darker, and the film delves even further into the lives of criminals and dirty cops, whilst still [...]
August 7th, 2008 | James Mudge | 0 Comments | Read More
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