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The Skyhawk (1974) Movie Review
Although Jet Li may have popularised the role for a new generation with “Once Upon a Time in China”, for most viewers Kwan Tak Hing was, is, and will probably always be legendary hero Wong Fei Hung. Amazingly, the actor played the role in more than a hundred films, one of the last of which [...]
October 17th, 2008 | James Mudge | 0 Comments | Read MoreChocolate (2008) Movie Review
“Chocolate” is a film which has been causing considerable excitement amongst martial arts fans, unsurprisingly given that it is Thai director Prachya Pinkaew’s follow up to his worldwide hits “Ong Bak” and “Warrior King”. Having made a star of Tony Jaa, he here aims to do the same for female Muay Thai fighting sensation JeeJa [...]
October 16th, 2008 | James Mudge | 1 Comment | Read MoreWasting Away (2007) Movie Review
People think that every angle on the zombie movie has been covered. Zombies attack small farmhouse… check. Zombie menace from outer space invades a tiny town and then threatens a small farmhouse… check. Satanic cult performs unholy ritual and causes corpses to rise from their graves and enact revenge on their landlord for not fixing [...]
October 13th, 2008 | Jodie Bass | 0 Comments | Read MoreJack Brooks: Monster Slayer (2007) Movie Review
Ol Jack Brooks has got himself a bit of a problem. You see, when Jack gets mad, Jack gets violent. Which isn’t exactly a good thing for our hero, being that he’s in his mid-20s, stuck in a dead-end job as a plumber, and spends his nights being dragged to night school by his nagging [...]
October 6th, 2008 | Nix | 1 Comment | Read MoreInterview: Brian Yuzna
Brian Yuzna was a special guest at this year’s Grossmann Festival of Film and Wine in Ljutomer, Slovenia, where he was given the newly established ReanimaCat award for special achievements in Horror/Fantasy cinema. He turned out to be a warm, kind, friendly person, always ready to talk to fans and obviously pleased to be in [...]
September 28th, 2008 | Dejan Ognjanovic | 0 Comments | Read MoreThe Happy Life (2007) Movie Review
Although not as well known around the world as the likes of Park Chan Wook or Bong Joon Ho, Korean writer and director team Choi Suk Hwan and Lee Jun Ik have already established themselves as top domestic talent, having won over the critics and smashed box office records with “King and the Clown” and [...]
September 28th, 2008 | James Mudge | 0 Comments | Read MoreThe Case of the Spirit Banana (1994) Movie Review
“The Case of the Spirit Banana”, a film which surely deserves some kind of award for its excellent, and in fact reasonably accurate title, was originally released back in 1994, a late entry into the popular Hong Kong romantic ghost story cycle. It was scripted and directed by Chow Cheung, who was also responsible for [...]
September 28th, 2008 | James Mudge | 0 Comments | Read MoreHansel and Gretel (2007) Movie Review
“Hansel and Gretel” is Korean director Im Pil Seong’s follow up to his debut “Antarctic Journal”, a slow moving slice of ambiguous horror which although visually impressive managed to confound as much as it did chill. For his sophomore outing he has taken a similarly offbeat approach, drawing upon the traditional fairytale for a meditation [...]
September 28th, 2008 | James Mudge | 0 Comments | Read MoreThe Deserted Inn (2008) Movie Review
Mainland China doesn’t produce too much in the way of genre films, and even less that are of the supernatural persuasion. This has been especially true of late, with a recent directive from the notoriously strict State Administration of Radio, Film and Television actively discouraging anything fantastic or horrific. As such, the few that do [...]
September 24th, 2008 | James Mudge | 0 Comments | Read MoreSex is Zero 2 (2007) Movie Review
Given the massive success of “Sex is Zero” back in 2002, a sequel was always inevitable, and now, finally, “Sex is Zero 2” arrives to challenge the sensibilities of viewers everywhere. Unsurprisingly, returning director Yoon Je Kyun was keen to raise the bar from the original, which in this case basically translates to even more [...]
September 23rd, 2008 | James Mudge | 0 Comments | Read More
It looks like a dud. I saw the trailer. Tom is the only person speaking with an American news network ...
nothing they payed fox.... 
OMG!!!! 
