Batman Ninja
Junpei Mizusaki’s time-travelling monkey story is as much the insane spectacle as you’d imagine. Continue reading Batman Ninja
Category: Period
Days of Being Wild
Wong Kar-wai’s second feature is a sturdy foundation for his future legacy. Continue reading Days of Being Wild
The Grandmaster
Wong Kar-wai forgoes his usual genre for this interesting take on the Ip Man story. Continue reading The Grandmaster
Blade of the Immortal
There’s no rest for the wicked in Takashi Miike’s epic manga adaptation. Continue reading Blade of the Immortal
Project A
Three unlikely allies come together to face off against pirates in Jackie Chan’s action comedy. Continue reading Project A
Ninja Scroll
A trio of ninjas face a gauntlet of minibosses in Yoshiaki Kawajiri’s highly influential action period piece. Continue reading Ninja Scroll
The Good, The Bad, The Weird
With an abundance of energy, and some incredible cinematography, Kim Jee-Woon brings much-needed life to the Western genre. Continue reading The Good, The Bad, The Weird
I Was Born, But…
Yasujiro Ozu gives us a quiet, musing mini-masterpiece about childhood in his 1932 silent comedy-drama. Continue reading I Was Born, But…
Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
Takashi Miike tackles honour and humanity in this carefully-crafted samurai drama Continue reading Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
Drunken Master II
A so-so dub does nothing to lessen this great piece of HK action cinema. Continue reading Drunken Master II
The Great Wall
Hardly Zhang Yimou’s best film, The Great Wall features some good ideas but is mostly boring Continue reading The Great Wall
Encounters of the Spooky Kind
Sammo Hung’s take on horror-comedy is funny if sometimes pretty standard Continue reading Encounters of the Spooky Kind
