The Legend of Fong Sai-Yuk
September 6th, 2010 | by Mike Barnard
While Jet Li runs around shooting the bad guys with new friends Sylvester Stallone, Jason Statham and Dolph Lundgren in
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Tai Chi Master
April 24th, 2010 | by Mike Barnard
Back before Hollywood distracted Jet Li long enough to see him dedicate his time to trashy rap-inspired action thrillers or
City of Life and Death
April 16th, 2010 | by Chris Evans
Lu Chuan’s City Of Life And Death (Nanjing! Nanjing!) is the most brutal, but brilliant, war film I have seen
Protégé
April 18th, 2008 | by Coco Forsythe
Drugs are bad. We know this because the film industry tells us so. Ironically, of course, the film industry is
An Empress and the Warriors
March 23rd, 2008 | by Mike Barnard
When a women takes charge of an army of men, it’s asking for trouble as the ranks of testosterone-fuelled fighters
I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone
November 16th, 2007 | by Mike Barnard
A Malaysian man lies in a coma in a Kuala Lumpur hospital bed. Elsewhere in the city, another man is
Seven Swords
February 24th, 2006 | by Michelle Thomas
China, 1660s. The Ming Dynasty has been overthrown by the invading Machus and the Qing Dynasty firmly established. But, as
Memoirs of a Geisha
January 13th, 2006 | by Jay Richardson
A coquettishly flirtatious, visually lush Cinderella story, Memoirs of a Geisha shimmers with exotic surface beauty, but skimps on historical
House of Flying Daggers
December 26th, 2004 | by Michelle Thomas
Oh dear. My reviews of late have all been so glowingly positive that I’m beginning to suspect that I have
Hero
September 24th, 2004 | by Michelle Thomas
In the 3rd Century B.C., China is divided into seven warring kingdoms, fighting ruthlessly amongst themselves for supremacy. The Kingdom
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