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Diva (2012) Movie Review
The Hong Kong music industry comes under the spotlight in “Diva” from hotly tipped director Heiward Mak, who received praise and attention for her earlier outings “High Noon” and “Ex”, and for co-scripting Pang...
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Shadows of Love (aka Repeat I Love You, 2012) Movie Review
“Hi, Fidelity” writer director Calvin Poon returns with pan-Asian romantic comedy “Shadows of Love”, this time backed by acclaimed film maker Stanley Kwan (“Rouge”, “Centre Stage”) lending his talents as producer. The film features...
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They’re Kids! They’re Police! They’re Kid’s Police!
When happens when you take a gritty, hard boiled crime story and fill it with children? You get the oddly amusing action flick “Kid’s Police.” The full-length motion picture is based on the Japanese...
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Chinese Zodiac International Trailer Finds Jackie Chan Skydiving Over A Volcano
I know I’m a few days late on this one, but sometimes life has a tendency to get in the way of my enjoyment of “Chinese Zodiac” promotional material. Instead of shaking my fist...
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Black & White Episode 1: The Dawn of Assault (2012) Movie Review
Popular Taiwanese television action drama “Black and White” makes it to the big screen in suitably bombastic fashion with feature “Black & White Episode 1: The Dawn of Assault”, co-written and directed by series...
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Lan Kwai Fong 2 (2012) Movie Review
Viewers are cordially invited to take a trip back to Hong Kong’s heaving, bump and grind nightlife centre in “Lan Kwai Fong 2”, the sequel to one of the surprise hits of summer 2011....
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Is Kim Jee-woon Planning a Live-Action Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade Movie?
Yes, if Internet reports are to be believed. (And we know how reliable those are. Ahem.) In any case, according to some Korean outlets (via Twitch), South Korean director Kim Jee-woon will be returning...
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First Teaser Trailer for Ken Watanabe’s Remake of Unforgiven
Here’s your first look at a teaser trailer for for “Villain” director Sang-il Lee’s “Unforgiven”, his remake of the Clint Eastwood Western of the same name starring Ken Watanabe as a retired Samurai called...
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U.S. Trailer for Jet Li’s The Sorcerer and the White Snake
Jet Li’s 2011 movie “The Sorcerer and the White Snake” has been out oversees for some time now, and if you could probably find it on import DVD if you’re so inclined. But in...
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Donnie Yen’s The Monkey King Gets A Brand New Teaser
It’s been a while since I’ve covered anything regarding director Soi Cheang’s fantasy martial arts film “The Monkey King.” To be perfectly honest, the movie had slipped off my radar. In order to remind...
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Taiwanese Horror Flick Killing 7 Proves Your Phone Will Be The Death Of You
Do you know what’s scary about cell phones? Nothing! However, that hasn’t stopped a number of filmmakers from turning these bothersome gadgets into plot devices for several otherwise forgettable horror flicks. Although others have...
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Extended Fan Trailer for DragonBall Z – Saiyan Saga Fights its Way Online
I don’t know much about “DragonBall Z”. There was that movie with Chow Yun Fat a few years back that a lot of people really, really hated. I mean, really really hated. I’ve never...
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Harrowing New Full Trailer for The Tower
See, this is why I don’t go into buildings with more than 5 floors. You just never know what might happen, and when it does, I kinda like the option of jumping out the...
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South Korean Hit A Werewolf Boy Heads Stateside
Ah, the story of a teenage girl who falls in love with a teenage boy who happens to be a werewolf. Haven’t we all been there? South Korea apparently fell wacky in love for...
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Sadako (2012) Movie Review
Has it really been nigh on 15 years since the world of horror was changed by a small girl with long black hair and a dirty white dress crawling out of a television set?...
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Smuggler (2011) Movie Review
Shohei Manabe’s manga “Smuggler” makes it to the big screen courtesy of director Katsuhito Ishii, previously known for varied and off beat fare such as “A Taste of Tea”, the bizarre “Funky Forest: the...
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A Millionaire on the Run (2012) Movie Review
“A Millionaire on the Run” is another Korean caper flick that mixes comedy, drama, thrills and social commentary, directed by Kim Ik Ro, who previously worked as assistant director on horror “The Doll Master”...
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Big Tits Zombie Hits Region One DVD, Finally
Here is something to celebrate this holiday season, America, Japanese director Takao Nakano’s 2010 opus, “Big Tits Zombie” (AKA “Big Tits Dragon”), is finally hitting Region 1 DVD TODAY, November 19! If that’s not...
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Deranged (2012) Movie Review
Although early trailers seemed to suggest an Asian stab at the increasingly overpopulated zombie genre, “Deranged” thankfully turned out to be something very different and considerably more intriguing. Directed by Park Jeong Woo (“Big...
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Tim Robbins and Adrien Brody Will Save China in Back to 1942
Lest you think it’s just Hollywood trying to make inroads into China’s massive moviegoing public, you’d be wrong. China is doing its fair share of trying to get more International with its films. You...
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