Hardly Zhang Yimou’s best film, The Great Wall features some good ideas but is mostly boring
Category: Period
Encounters of the Spooky Kind
Sammo Hung's take on horror-comedy is funny if sometimes pretty standard
Kuroneko
It might not be the most frightening of films, but it has atmosphere in buckets
The Handmaiden
A talented cast and excellent filmmaking come together to offer director Park Chan-wook another feather in his cap
In the Mood for Love
Heartbreak is inevitable in Wong Kar-wai’s celebrated tale of forbidden love
Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame
Andy Lau leads an all-star cast in Tsui Hark’s historical fantasy mystery
Zatoichi
Takeshi Kitano refuses to take himself too seriously, resulting in a film that is both brutal, and lots of fun
The Asian Cinema Critic 