MOVIE REVIEWS
Now showing around town… maybe streaming.
Bird Brained
Sam Quah’s at it again, wading into another Asian Hellhole in The Fire Raven.
Raising Something
Bi Gan’s Resurrection goes down a very, very, very deep Cannes rabbit hole.
Odd Man Out
Come to Against All Odds for a lost WWII resistance tale, stay for Louise Wong with a flamethrower.
A Watery Grave
Third time is not the charm for Dante Lam’s ‘Operation’ series because Operation Hadal is a mess.
Fresh Fruit
Somehow, Da Peng has made what might be the world’s first fruit thriller in The Lychee Road.
Sand Blasted
Zhang Qi’s neo-western noir-thriller Trapped comes really close to greatness.
Billion Dollar Baby
Well, there’s certainly more movie in Jiaozi’s billion-dollar grossing Ne Zha 2.
Zero Sum Filmmaking
You think you know what you’ll get in Detective Chinatown 1900, but you’d be wrong.
The Empire Strikes Again
Wuershan is two-for-two with Creation of the Gods Ii: Demon Force and damn, did he just promise zombies?
Very Vincible
Invincible Swordsman is indeed a movie, with, like, actors and stuff, and Zzzzz…
Let the Game Begin
Huzzah! It’s a new SEA Hellhole Thriller, Octopus with Broken Arms. Brace for impact.
Setting the Bar
Donnie Yen positions himself as more than just an ass-kicker in The Prosecutor.
On Your ‘Mark’
Here’s something you don’t see everyday: the Canuck immigration tale. Behold, Fresh Off Markham.
Burn Baby, Burn
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