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Operation Condor – Review
Jackie is a talented special agent who is used for dangerous undercover work. The government employs him to try and find some gold that the Nazis allegedly left in Northern Africa 40 years ago. He soon discovers that he is not the only one searching for the gold; there are people willing to kill to get their hands on it. Click for the full review...
Warriors Of The Rainbow: Seediq Bale – Review
An indigenous clan-based people living in harmony with nature find their way of life threatened when violent interlopers from another culture arrive, intent on seizing their natural resources and enslaving them. Click for the full review...
Inseparable – Review
“Inseparable” is somewhat of a landmark event, being one of the first Chinese films to feature a bona fide Hollywood star in a lead role. A young man with problems at home and work befriends his odd neighbor. Click for the full review...
The Elephant on the Bike – Review
Dong-gyu is a disabled man who lives on society’s fringe, unable to cope with the disapproval of those who stare at his damaged hand. As an 11-year-old boy, he was bullied because of his handicap and rode his bicycle alone. Aware of his struggle, his loving father often took him to the zoo to show him the elephants, which didn’t have any hands but could do anything. Click for the full review...
Speed Angels – Review
Speed Angels is blazingly commercial and wastes tons of talent and furthering the notion that director Jingle Ma is a competent gun-for-hire and nothing more. Sadly, he wrote and produced Speed Angels too. Tang Wei's cute dorkiness is appealing, but let's hope this is a one-off. Click for the full review...
Operation Condor 2: The Armour of the Gods – Review
Echo Bridge Entertainment finally brings over, in my opinion, one of Jackie Chan's best films because it proves that Chan is a one-man moviemaking machine with this one. The basic set-up is that an evil cult who wants all five pieces of the armor of God know that only one person who is able to get the pieces, the "Asian Hawk"! Click for the full review...
Pornostar – Review
A young man decides one day to start killing yakuza. After he kills his first two he gets roped into helping a wannabe gangster and his bumbling underlings to perform a hit. While things work out in the beginning, this young psychopath quickly becomes more trouble than the gang expected. Will they be able to rid themselves of him, or will they be his next victims? Click for the full review...
Castle Under Fiery Skies – Review
The film opens in 1576 when king Oda Nobunaga wishes to build a 5-storeyed Azuchi castle on a mountain fronting a lake that is believed to be the center of Japan. Master carpenter Okabe Mataemon's design is approved as he is allotted the task to make the most grand and lavish castle in Japan in a span of three years. The tribulations that he faces to complete the mammoth task is what the film is about. Click for the full review...
Spellbound – Review
Spellbound is a 2011 South Korean supernatural romantic comedy film, starring Son Ye-jin and Lee Min-ki. It is about a magician who falls in love with a woman who can see ghosts. It was written and directed by Hwang In-ho which also marks his directorial debut! Click for the full review...
Monsters Club – Review
Having abandoned modern civilization, Ryoichi lives an isolated, self-sufficient life on a snow-covered mountain and sends mail bombs to the CEOs of corporations and TV networks. One day, he encounters a mysterious creature in the forest. That night, his older brother, who had committed suicide, appears before him at his cabin. The apparition takes Ryoichi beyond a door, where Ryoichi learns the truth about his family. Click for the full review...
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