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		<title>24 City (2008) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 16:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“24 City” is the latest offering from sixth generation Mainland China director Jia Zhangke and sees him continuing to explore themes of the country’s modern history and economic progress. Here, he does this through a semi-documentary that focuses on the story of a munitions factory, once moved across the country and now being demolished to make way for the titular residential development, named after a quote from a Tang Dynasty poem. Jia is easily one of China’s most interesting and challenging directors, and so it should come as no surprise that the film is a complex affair which works on many levels, both metaphorical and intimate. He is also one of the country’s most acclaimed and award winning overseas exports, and as well as performing well at the domestic box office, the film enjoyed a successful run at overseas festivals, screening in competition at Cannes in 2008, with Jia being nominated for the prestigious Golden Palm. 
The film relates the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Palisades Tartan&#8217;s Asian Horror: Essential Collection Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 22:34:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just in time for Halloween, Palisades Tartan has grouped together three of the most successful Asian horror films of recent years in one region 2 DVD collection. Although terms such as ‘essential’ are woefully overused when it comes to such compilations, in this case it certainly rings true, as the three titles are arguably among the most important and influential examples of the modern Asian genre – not least since two of them have been the subject of markedly less successful Hollywood remakes. The films in question, “Audition”, “Dark Water” and “The Eye” also provide a showcase for three highly acclaimed directors in the ever prolific Takashi Miike (still best known in the West for his infamous “Ichi the Killer”), The Pang Brothers (who recently headed for the US themselves with “The Messengers” and a remake of their own “Bangkok Dangerous”) and Hideo Nakata, whose “Ringu” launched the new wave of Eastern horror. 
First up is Miike’s “Audition” which, simply [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On His Majesty&#8217;s Secret Service (2009) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:54:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wong Jing goes back to the old school with “On his Majesty’s Secret Service” a truly madcap period set comedy in the classic early 1990s style. Although the master of the form himself, Stephen Chow, isn’t starring in such films anymore, there’s certainly no reason to stop making them, and in his absence, Louis Koo has stepped up to the plate, accompanied by a great cast of Hong Kong and Mainland stars including Barbie Hsu, Tong Dawei (“Red Cliff II”), Song Jia (“Curiosity Killed the Cat”), Liu Yang (“Bullet &#038; Brain”), Fan Siu Wong (recently in “Ip Man”) and even veteran genre favourite Sandra Ng. 
The plot, such as it is, follows Koo as Royal Dog, an inventor and royal guard, who does his best to protect the rather useless Emperor (Liu Yiwei) and the crazy Empress (Sandra Ng) while trying to handle his feisty fiancé Faithful (Barbie Hsu). His skills are put to the test when a number of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tracing Shadow (2009) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 20:53:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Tracing Shadow” marks the fourth directorial outing for popular Hong Kong Star Francis Ng, and sees him again co-helming with Marco Mak, who he previously worked with on “Dancing Lion”. The film itself is somewhat of a throwback to the glory days of Hong Kong cinema, being a wacky martial arts comedy that focuses on the search for a legendary treasure. Although essentially pretty daft, it does pack in plenty of action, and boasts an appealing cast that includes Ng himself, along with Jaycee Chan (who recently impressed in Jiang Wen’s excellent “The Sun Also Rises”), and actresses Pace Wu (“Marriage with a Fool”) and Xie Na (“Two Stupid Eggs”). 
The film begins during the Ming Dynasty with a gang of martial arts masters from different parts of the country all trying to get their hands on a treasure map which apparently points the way to fabulous riches. After the map disappears near a small village, they all decide to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Metallic Attraction: Kungfu Cyborg (2009) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 18:53:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With so many Chinese films still being called ‘Kung Fu’ something or other, and with the continuing global success of Michael Bay’s blockbuster “Transformer” franchise, “Kung Fu Cyborg: Metallic Attraction” was pretty much inevitable. The Hong Kong director getting in on the act is none other than Jeffrey Lau, who previously had hits with the likes of “A Chinese Tall Story” and the classic Stephen Chow “A Chinese Odyssey” vehicles. Perhaps unsurprisingly given Lau’s predilection for the mass mixing of genres, although the film’s advertising suggested non-stop brawling robots, he delivers something quite different, backed by a top cast of Hong Kong and Mainland stars and some boisterously over the top special effects. 
The film follows Alex Fong (recently in the excellent “I Corrupt all Cops”) as K-1, a state built cyborg who for no discernable reason is sent by his creator (the inimitable Eric Tsang in a small role) to the countryside to partner a small town cop called [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Till Death Shall We Start (1990) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2009 06:55:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally released back in 1990 when the Hong Kong ghost comedy was enjoying somewhat of a resurgence, “Till Death Shall we Start” joined the ranks of films with suspiciously familiar sounding titles, including the likes of “Till Death do we Scare” and “Till Death do us Laugh”. The film was directed by none other than Ricky Lau, who had been responsible for one of the genre’s very best and biggest hits in the form of the immortal “Mr Vampire”. Here, he teams with two of the period’s top comic titles in Anthony Chan (“Happy Bigamist”) and Richard Ng (“Winners and Sinners”) in a manic, bawdy romp that now makes a very welcome return to DVD. 
The film gets off to a lively start, with Anthony Chan as David causing havoc at his wedding when he is revealed by a bunch of low-rent ghostbuster types to be a green haired Cherry Ghost – so called because he died a bachelor, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buttonman (2008) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 18:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Grim crime drama “Buttonman” is the latest offering from rising Taiwanese director Chien Ren Hao, previously responsible for “The Underground Order”. The film is the first from Taiwan to be produced by Hong Kong company Mei Ah, and boasts a suitably impressive cast which includes Francis Ng, Leon Dai, Huang Yue, Terri Kwan and Janet Lee. Although its premise, revolving around a body disposal man, may suggest the potential for a grisly suspense thriller, the film earns kudos for taking a very different and far less conventional route. 
Hong Kong veteran Francis Ng stars as Wei, the titular Buttonman, a man who works freelance for the gangs, cleaning up after murders, and who apparently earned his name for his habit of always buttoning up the top buttons of the dead. His work can include anything from wiping down rooms to chopping up bodies, and he certainly seems to be good at it, being thorough and employing some pretty inventive methods. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pretty Ghost (1991) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 17:12:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s time again for that most uniquely Hong Kong of genres, the ghost comedy romance, with the re-release of the 1991 outing “Pretty Ghost”. The film, which apparently also went under the bizarrely inaccurate title of “Alien Wife” (the film features no aliens, and no wives), marked the directorial debut of Teddy Chan, who went on the helm the likes of “Purple Storm”, the Jackie Chan vehicle “The Accidental Spy”, and the forthcoming “Bodyguards and Assassins”. Offering the usual mix of slapstick gags, ghostly goings on and improbable human-spirit relations, the film handed Tony Leung Ka Fai (“Election”) an early, if not particularly dignified leading role, and boasted a couple of gorgeous leading ladies in the shapely forms of Rosamund Kwan (best known for her roles in the Jet Li “Once Upon a Time in China” films) and Ellen Chan (a popular actress at the time, who also featured in the likes of “Doctor Vampire” and “The Inspector Wears Skirts”). [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Team of Miracles: We Will Rock You (2009) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 16:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Directed by Adrian Kwan, previously responsible for the likes of “The Miracle Box” and the Sam Lee horror “Scaremonger”, turns his attention to the age-old sports underdog story with “Team of Miracles – We Will Rock You”. The film is based on the true story of the Hong Kong homeless football team, following them and their Christian social worker as they try to beat the odds and make it to the Homeless World Cup Finals in Germany. Featuring an amiable cast of familiar Hong Kong and Mainland faces, including Eric Suen and TVB actress Gigi Lai in her last cinema role, the film attempts to inspire and to put forward a universal message of courage in the face of adversity – and generally succeeds, if perhaps not quite in the way that Kwan may have intended. 
The film revolves around Lantern Street in Hong Kong, where social worker Tung (crooner Eric Suen) has spent his life trying to help the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Love Connected (2009) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2009 18:06:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Love Connected” is the latest outing from Hong Kong director Patrick Kong, who previously enjoyed commercial success with the likes of “Nobody’s Perfect”, “Marriage with a Fool” and “Love is Not All Around”. Although 2008 did see him dabble in the horror genre with “Forgive and Forget”, here he returns to more familiar ground with a series of interconnecting tales about love and human relationships, backed by an all star cast of familiar faces. Of course, as usual Kong takes a bittersweet look at romance, though here his touch is somewhat lighter than usual, perhaps unsurprisingly, given that the film hit screens on Valentine’s Day. 
Taking place on February 14th itself, the film revolves around 5 stories and 14 characters, all of whom have their own different experiences of love. The film kicks off with Bo (frequent Kong star Stephy Tang), a quiet flower shop girl who spurns the advances of a singer called Wai (fellow popstar Justin Lo, also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kung Fu Girl (1973) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Aug 2009 20:20:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Kung Fu Girl”, also known as “None but the Brave”, was originally released back in 1973 as a vehicle for Cheng Pei Pei, the former Shaw Brothers martial arts queen, who had been lured back to Hong Kong by Golden Harvest after apparently giving up her career and moving to the US. Having starred in the likes of “Come Drink with Me”, “Golden Swallow” and “The Lady Hermit”, she had chosen to retire at the very top of her profession, and indeed the film marked her second last appearance for almost a decade before she gradually moved back to the genre in the 1980s and 1990s, culminating in her major comeback role in Ang Lee’s 2000 blockbuster “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon”. “Kung Fu Girl” was directed by Lo Wei, a frequent helmer for Golden Harvest who was also responsible for Bruce Lee’s classic “Fist of Fury”. 
Set during the early years of the Republic of China, the film sees Cheng [...]]]></description>
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		<title>God Man Dog (2007) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 02:18:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Originally released back in 2007, “God Man Dog” was the second feature from Taiwanese writer director Singing Chen, following some years after his 2000 award winning debut “Bundled”. His sophomore effort was also a critical success, playing at festivals around the world, and claiming the Tagesspiegel Reader’s Prize at Berlin in 2008. The film now makes a very welcome appearance on region 2 DVD via Terracotta Distribution, and comes with a variety of special features, including cast interviews, a production featurette, deleted scenes, footage from Berlin and more. 
There really is too much going on in “God Man Dog” to easily summarise the plot, but basically it follows a series of seemingly disparate characters as they go through a variety of tests and trials in modern day Taiwan, with religion and fate often being common linking factors. These include an aboriginal man (Ulao Ugan) who turns to Christianity to try and help him beat alcoholism, his daughter Savi, a kickboxer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Forbidden Legend: Sex and Chopsticks 2 (2009) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Jul 2009 16:25:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The category III sexploitation revival continues with “The Forbidden Legend: Sex and Chopsticks 2”, the next instalment of director Chin Man Kei’s adaptation of the Chinese text ‘Jin Pin Mei’, a.k.a. ‘The Plum in the Golden Vase’. Chin is certainly more than qualified to reintroduce viewers to the crazy excesses and pleasures of the form, having been responsible for some of its finest hours during the heyday of the mid 1990s, including “Sex and Zen 2” (Starring none other than Shu Qi) and “The Eternal Evil of Asia”. Thanks no doubt to the presence of a gorgeous bunch of brave actresses and AV starlet beauties, the films have proved a surprise success, hopefully with more of the same on the way, apparently including a forthcoming 3-D sex film set in Ancient China.
The plot begins where the original left off, with Simon Qing (Lam Wai Kin, an old hand at the genre, having starred in “Chinese Erotic Ghost Story” some years [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tactical Unit: Partners (2009) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 05:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Tactical Unit – Partners” is the latest and apparently final entry in the new Johnnie To produced “PTU” series. The film was directed by Lawrence Lau, who also helmed the second in the series, “No Way Out”, as well as a number of other recently acclaimed films such as “My Name is Fame” and “Besieged City”. The film sees the return of regulars Simon Yam, Maggie Shiu, and Lam Suet, who this time are joined by Tang Ho Kwong, Tsui Tin Yau, and EO2 pair Otto Wong and Osman Hung. 
The film finds the PTU squads, led as ever by Sam (Simon Yam) and May (Maggie Shiu) on alert as word spreads than an Indian crime boss called Black Molly has returned to Hong Kong and is recruiting assassins. Velu, one of his top men, who has just been released from prison and is trying to go straight, is dismayed to learn that his brother Sonu has joined the gang [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Storm Riders (1998) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Jun 2009 05:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having reached its tenth anniversary and with a big budget Pang Brothers directed sequel on the way, the remastered re-release of “The Storm Riders” is both timely and welcome. A massive box office hit on its original 1998 release, the film was a milestone in Hong Kong fantasy cinema, boasting a previously unseen quality and quantity of special effects, out doing even Tsui Hark&#8217;s classic “Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain”. Boasting an all star cast headlined by Ekin Cheng and Aaron Kwok and including the likes of Anthony Wong, Shu Qi, Alex Fong and legendary Japanese actor Sonny Chiba, the film was a massive event, and set a new standard for the genre. 
The plot is classical wuxia style mythology, with an evil overlord called Conqueror (Sonny Chiba) trying to take over the martial arts world. After it is prophesised that two young boys called Cloud and Wind are needed to help him complete his domination, he kills their [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Sniper (2009) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 20:40:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“The Sniper” is a film which hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons, thanks to the all-consuming nude photo scandal surrounding star Edison Chen, resulting in a long delay to its release and an apparently drastic cutting down of his role. However, for once this may actually have been a good thing, as the film which has finally emerged is a short, sharp burst of action which comes at a time when there are few and far between genre films of note on Hong Kong screens. The film boasts a talented director at the helm in the form of Dante Lam, whose recent “The Beast Stalker” won acclaim and prizes, and an interesting cast which also includes Taiwan actor-singer Richie Jen (also in Johnnie To’s “Exiled”) and Mainland actor Huang Xiaoming (recently in hit comedy “Fit Lover”). 
The film revolves around a police sniper unit led by the tough Hartman (Richie Jen), whose patience is sorely tested by talented [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Very Short Life (2009) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 05:20:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With Hong Kong cinema not always being known for its sensitive side, a category III rated drama about child abuse and murder may not initially sound like a particularly appetising prospect. Thankfully, “A Very Short Life”, which was written and directed by “Fatal Move” helmer Dennis Law, takes a serious look at the taboo subject, and whilst following in many ways the old fashioned category III true crime blueprint, he generally eschews exploitation in favour of depth and sadness. Inevitably controversial upon its initial release, the film does have a feeling of being torn from the headlines, and draws upon tragic real life cases and events. 
The plot unfolds very much in traditional style, via flashbacks within flashbacks, and police interrogation and confession scenes. The main story is introduced and frequently intruded upon by a fairly needless wrap around of a cop called Cat (played by exploitation favourite Pinky Cheung, who starred in two of the “Raped by an Angel” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wushu: The Young Generation (2008) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2009 05:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a film which is actually about martial arts, it is hard to fault the pedigree of “Wushu – The Young Generation”. Aimed at introducing a new and highly talented bunch of experts, the film also stars the legendary Sammo Hung, and was produced by none other than Jackie Chan. It was directed by Antony Szeto, previously responsible for the fantasy animation “Dragonblade”, and who also provides the action choreography. Concentrating on the positive aspects of wushu and its role as a competition sport, the film was unsurprisingly officially endorsed by the Director General of the State General Administration of Sport, the top governing sports body in China. Thankfully, this doesn’t translate into the film being a too patriotic or flag waving affair, with plenty of action and an upbeat focus on the theme of friendship. 
The film begins as two young boys called Li Yi (Wang Wen Jie) and Li Er (Wang Ya Chao) are taken by their wushu [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Sniper (2009) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 15:41:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hong Kong’s “The Sniper” appeals to me because it’s about those mysterious guys who you never see, but who can kill you from three football fields away, and you’d never know it. When done right, like the 1993 Tom Berenger movie “Sniper” or 2001’s “Enemy at the Gates”, sniping is an art form that makes for great, exciting cinema. While Dante Lam’s “The Sniper” doesn’t quite rise to those levels of greatness, it’s not an entirely bad action movie. Sure, the acting is spotty, there’s that massive blight called the Edison Chen sex scandal that kept the film shelved for over a year, and the script is sketchy, as if whole sections of it were ripped out before the start of production. Nevertheless, for those into movies about snipers and their sniping ways, “The Sniper” is not an entirely bad action movie. If nothing else, at least it’ll remind you that the career suicide of Edison Chen is really not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Iris Chang: The Rape of Nanking (2007) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 17:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Iris Chang &#8211; The Rape of Nanking” is a documentary produced in 2007 by the Toronto based ‘Association for Learning and Preserving the History of WWII in Asia’ to mark the 70th anniversary of the Nanking Massacre. The film is based upon Chang’s bestselling 1997 book “The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II”, and charts her own experiences while drawing upon archive footage and interviews from survivors and experts from China, Japan, Canada, and the United States. The results are heartbreaking, shocking and fascinating, despite the bizarre decision to include dramatic recreations of Chang’s own life. 
In these, the writer, who committed suicide in November 2004, is played by television actress Olivia Cheng, who does at least look vaguely like Chang. However, her scenes are uniformly excruciating and wholly unnecessary, especially given that the documentary also features plenty of actual footage of and interviews with Chang herself. It is truly baffling as to why the producers [...]]]></description>
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