Category: Great Movies
Treasure Hunt Review: The actors have done better work elsewhere
A C.I.A. agent is assigned to go to Beijing to look for a hidden “treasure,” which turns out to be a woman who has supernatural…
Ghosts of Mars Review: The film may have been one of John Carpenter’s lesser works
Ghosts Of Mars may have been one of John Carpenter’s lesser works. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t lots of remarkable things about it… Filmmaker…
War 2007 Review: Jason Statham Teams Up With Jet Li
CIA agent Crawford (Statham) squares off against Triad assassin “Rogue” (Li) in this wretched and unbelievably unmotivated shoot-’em-up. Sooner or later, the two will come…
Secrets In The Hot Spring Review: A horror-comedy with heart
A strong chemistry shared by the characters, each with a distinct personality, makes this Taiwanese film watchable. The story: High-school student Xiao Gin’s (Chang Ting-hu) grandparents…
Charlie Chaplin’s The Tramp: One of Cinema’s Most Iconic Scenes From This Movie
One of the most famous scenes in all of cinema was filmed here in the hills above Niles. Along Alameda Creek, a stream that drains…
A Chinese Odyssey 1995 Review: A Classic Hong Kong comedy and martial arts from Stephen Chow
Jeffrey Lau’s A Chinese Odyssey: Pandora’s Box transformed from a critical flop into one of Hong Kong’s penultimate cult films. Looking back it’s pretty baffling…
No Escape Review: Pierce Brosnan’s action movie that worth to watching
One of the more intriguing types of films to me is one that opens my eyes to unfamiliar cultures or climates from around the world. …
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Review: The film is glossy but tedious
Jane Austen would definitely not have approved of this big-screen version of Seth Grahame-Smith’s convoluted bestseller. Jane Austen’s Pride & Prejudice (Kieu Hanh Va Dinh…
The Thousand Faces of Dunjia Review: Mixture of action and comedy
Every day while CFI’s Hollywood readers take in the business of the Chinese film industry. The actual movies can sometimes seem exotic or remote. But…
Left Behind Review: Nicolas Cage’s Movie Is Biblical in Its Silliness
“What is this music?” is the very first thing I wrote in my notebook while watching Left Behind. Two pages later, I wrote again, “No, seriously,…