Month: November 2019
White Vengeance 2011: Chinese Historical Film With Epic Battle Scenes
Daniel Lee is clearly working his way up on the budget tables. After years of operating in (elevated) B territory, White Vengeance [Hong Men Yan]…
Will ‘The Suicide Squad’ of James Gunn Be R-Rated?
One of the top comic book movies I’m looking forward to checking out the most is writer-director James Gunn’s reboot of The Suicide Squad starring Idris Elba…
‘Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker’ TV Spot: The Final Battle Commences
Happy Thanksgiving! While most of us are taking the day off to stuff our faces, Star Wars rests for no one. There’s a new action-packed Rise of Skywalker TV…
Early Man review: a gloriously funny tale of stone-age stragglers
It’s so important to choose the right materials for the task at hand, and when it comes to animating a pig nervously giving a back…
Movie Review: Pettyfer finds Gothic darkness on “Back Roads”
Watching Alex Pettyfer play scenes in which he’s in psychotherapy in his directing debut, “Back Roads,” the temptation is overwhelming to put the actor himself…
Asterix: The Secret Of The Magic Potion Has Many Surprises – Including Jesus as a Druid
Next week sees the UK and Ireland release of the CGI cartoon movie Asterix: The Secret Of The Magic Potion, based on Asterix, the most…
Netflix’s New Romance “Irreplaceable You” Puts the ‘Jerk’ in Tearjerker
Irreplaceable You telegraphs exactly what you ought to be FEELING or THINKING about the characters in any given scene. It’s unnecessary, to say the least….
Crystal Fortune Run: A Hong Kong 1990s Science Fiction-Thriller
Crystal Fortune Run (Bao Phong Nhan) is a science fiction-thriller from Hong Kong attempts to blend the grittiness of noir-ish Blade Runner-type cyberpunk with the sweeping…
Will Henry Cavill’s Superman Appear in Black Adam?
The recent news that the long-awaited Black Adam movie will finally be coming to our screens, discussions about what the film will involve have grown rampant, with…
Shanghai Affairs Review: A 1990s Martial Arts Movie Directed by Donnie Yen
Donnie Yen stars as a righteously-inclined doctor who, with his young assistant, travels to a distant town to set up a new practice. Almost immediately,…