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The Shadow’s Edge(2025)
Jackie Chan’s Performance Jackie Chan delivers one of his strongest performances in the last 10 years. He embraces his age instead of hiding it, portraying a seasoned fighter with emotional…
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Movie Review: Eat Drink Man Woman
Ang Lee’s Eat Drink Man Woman masterfully explores themes of family, love, and personal growth through the lens of food and tradition. The story centers around Chu (Sihung Lung), a…
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A Place Called Silence(2024)
A Place Called Silence: A Redundant Reimagining A Place Called Silence (2022) is a curious cinematic endeavor that, despite its technical prowess, ultimately fails to justify its existence. The film,…
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Blind War(2022) Movie Review
By: John M Jerva Apparently, there’s a new Chinese actioner starring Andy On (Abduction) where he plays a former SWAT member who is blinded while on a mission that goes…
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The Sadness(2021) Movie Review
here are few movies that push the envelope so much that you wonder how they were even able to be released. Movies like Martyrs, Irreversible, Inside ect. Are all films…
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Reign of Assassins(2010) Movie Review
Ten years ago, Lee Ang’s “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” breathed new life into the ‘wuxia’ genre and opened up the world of Chinese cinema to mainstream Western audiences. Had “Reign…
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Vanguard (2020)
I can’t say “Vanguard” is boring, because like someone waving a toy in front of a baby’s face, its color and movement make it distracting. As well as expensive (though…
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Till The End Of The World (2018)
Bearing the distinction of being the first film shot – at least partly – in Antarctica, Wu You Yin’s Till the End of the World follows Wu Fuchun (Mark Chao),…
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Final Recipe (2013)
Having premiered in various festivals in 2013 and 2014, Gina Kim’s Final Recipe had to wait two years to get released anywhere, and has still only come out in Mainland China. A South Korean-Thai…
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