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Burn After Reading (2008) Movie Review
Joel and Ethan Coen make comedies with a body count, and “Burn After Reading” is no exception. It starts off with the demotion of Osborne Cox (John Malkovich), an unpleasant f-word spewing and irascible CIA agent. Instead of suffering the demotion, he quits his job, telling Katie, his cold British wife (Tilda Swinton), that he’ll [...]
September 17th, 2008 | Bodhi Grrl | 1 Comment | Read MoreIronside 426 (1977) Movie Review
Proving that the Hong Kong film industry’s obsession with tales of undercover cops infiltrating the triads is by no means a wholly modern phenomenon is “Ironside 426″. Certainly, the film’s plot could be mistaken for that of a great many similarly themed recent releases, covering much of the same tricky moral ground, and as such [...]
September 5th, 2008 | James Mudge | 0 Comments | Read MoreThe Lazarus Project (2008) Movie Review
John Glenn’s “The Lazarus Project” (formerly called “The Heaven Project” during production) is one of those movies that are tailor-made for DVD viewing. It’s a small psychological thriller about one man’s life that moves at its own deliberate pace, assured in the knowledge that it has what it takes to get from Point A to [...]
September 2nd, 2008 | Nix | 0 Comments | Read MoreHuman Lanterns (1982) Movie Review
“Human Lanterns”, one of the most controversial and infamous Shaw Brothers titles gets another airing on DVD thanks to Image Entertainment. Directed by Sun Chung (who made a number of hits for the studio, including his classic “Rendezvous With Death”), the film was originally unleashed back in 1982 during the final years of the production [...]
August 29th, 2008 | James Mudge | 0 Comments | Read MoreVice Squad 633 (1979) Movie Review
“Vice Squad 633″ is a slice of hardboiled Hong Kong cop action which was originally released back in 1979, when the new wave was starting to break and the genre was shifting to favour gritty realism over black and white heroism. Hua Ren, also responsible for the similarly themed “Payoff”, directed the film with action [...]
August 28th, 2008 | James Mudge | 0 Comments | Read MoreYou 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 MoreInterview: Roger Corman
Roger Corman was a special guest at this year’s Grossmann Festival of Film and Wine in Ljutomer, Slovenia, where he was given the Vicious Cat award for life achievement. Still vital at 82 and enthusiastic about his films and the fresh DEATH RACE remake (which he co-produced), Corman talked to the festival audience and also [...]
August 27th, 2008 | Dejan Ognjanovic | 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 More
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