Search Results for: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon
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Jackie Chan’s ‘Drunken Master’ coming to the Masters of Cinema Series
Feb 22, 2017Eureka Entertainment will release Jackie Chan’s ‘Drunken Master’ as part of the Masters of Cinema Series in April.
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Brotherhood Of Blades
Sep 17, 2016Bathed in nihilism from the opening frames to the last and creates a gradual sense of doom that would befit the most ice-cold thriller of the 40s.
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The 36th Chamber Of Shaolin
Jul 3, 2015Liu Chia Liang’s ‘The 36th Chamber Of Shaolin’ is an important cinematic moment and remains influential not just in Hong Kong film-making, but also globally.
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Yes, Madam!
Jun 30, 2015Ultimately lacking in great cinematography or even much of a plot, the name of the game is to excite the audience in as many ways possible.
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Wu Xia
Jun 28, 2015With some excellent, grounded choreography and a number of allusions to genre legends this is a mature martial arts film that respects its roots.
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Wu Dang
Jun 28, 2015Long gone are the days of high-impact fight scenes; now protagonists, even those as skilled as Vincent Zhao, bounce off of each other like playmates in a wind-tunnel.
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The Twins Effect II
Jun 19, 2015As Donnie Yen says at the film’s conclusion “The future is in the hands of these young people” – on the evidence of ‘Twins Effect II’, this isn’t a comforting thought.
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Treasure Hunt
Jun 16, 2015This fun, frothy and occasionally full on violent concoction mashes so many genres together its surprising ‘Treasure Hunt’ turned out this well made, coherent and well, entertaining.
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The Sword Identity
Jun 6, 2015It’s a languid, leisurely swordplay film that advances at a glacial pace and is defiant in doing so. Yet that is, along with the crisp cinematography, its greatest strength.
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Rush Hour 2
May 19, 2015For the first and last 30 minutes I was truly impressed, and loved every minute although there was a short sag in the middle.
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The Road Home
May 18, 2015Rarely has the simple theme of love been given such a spellbinding presentation as Zhang Yimou’s ‘The Road Home’.
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The Promise
May 16, 2015It will lose most of it’s audience by the 20 minute mark and even those that do manage to stay engaged past that point will likely be sleeping by the time our heroes ‘Fly away into the sunset’.