THE RED SPECTACLES Review: Mamoru Oshii’s Fascinating Dystopian Head Trip
Playing at the Metrograph in NYC from Friday through Sunday!
Retro Reviews
A BETTER TOMORROW III: LOVE AND DEATH IN SAIGON – Shout! Review: Tsui Hark’s Epic Finale To A Chow-Fueled Franchise
The film stars Chow Yun-Fat, Tony Leung Ka-Fai, Anita Mui, and Shih Kien
A BETTER TOMORROW II – Shout! Review: John Woo’s Fully-Loaded Sequel Maxes Out With Guns Blazing!
Starring Ti Lung, Chow Yun-Fat, Leslie Cheung, and Dean Shek
A BETTER TOMORROW – Shout! Review: One Of Hong Kong Cinema’s Finest, Made By One Of Hong Kong Cinema’s Finest
Starring Ti Lung, Chow Yun Fat, and Leslie Cheung
Haymaker 2025 Review: In DRAGONS FOREVER, Chan, Hung and Yuen, One Last Time
The film screens this weekend for the first-annual Haymaker Film Festival!
PEKING OPERA BLUES – Shout! Review: A Revolutionary Classic In Its Own Right
The film is now available from Shout! Factory
THE CAT – 88 Films Blu-Ray Review: Lam Nai Choi’s Last Greatest Meows On A High Note
THE CAT arrives tomorrow on limited edition Blu-Ray from 88 Films
FLAMING BROTHERS Eureka Blu-Ray Review: Keeping Love And Loyalty Alive In Joe Cheung’s Gangster Classic
The film arrives on limited edition Blu-Ray on September 16.
Arrow Video Blu-Ray Review: In PROOF OF THE MAN, A Transcendant Masterpiece
This is one of the best films ever made.
Big Bad III: In CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE PYUN CUT, Love It Or Hate It, This One’s For The Fans
Captain America: The Pyun Cut enjoed its West Coast Premiere as part of the third-edition of the Big Bad Film Fest on the evening of Saturday, August 23.
CITY ON FIRE – Shout! Review: Chow Yun-Fat Feels The Heat In Ringo Lam’s Tastemaker Crime Classic
CITY ON FIRE arrives on Blu-Ray and 4K UHD from Shout! Studios on August 26.
Eureka Blu-Ray Review: In MARTIAL LAW: Lo Wei’s Wuxia World, A Worthy Snapshot Of A Celebrated Director’s Career
• THE BLACK BUTTERFLY• DEATH VALLEY• VENGEANCE OF A SNOW GIRL• Extras• Conclusion Legendary director Lo Wei is front and center once more for another dose of classic Shaw Brothers action by way of Eureka Entertainment with Martial Law: Lo Wei’s Wuxia World. The bundle herein lends restored classics including The Black Butterfly (1968), Death Valley (1968), and Vengeance Of A Snow Girl (1971), along with a lean addition of extras to boot. The bundle also serves up an ample grouping of titles in which Lo himself also makes appearances. In The Black Butterfly, he plays Gai Tian Lui, the sinister head of Five Devil Rock whose collection of wealth is the latest ensnared by The Black Butterfly, a thief who haunts the night stealing from the rich to give to the poor. Efforts to investigate who the mysterious figure is and their whereabouts lead to a remote tavern run […]
Fantasia XXIX Review: In THE BATTLE WIZARD, Pao Hsueh-Li’s Wily Fantasy Kung Fu Adventure
The Battle Wizard screened as part of Fantasia’s 29th edition.
THE TATTOOED DRAGON Eureka Blu-Ray Review: Jimmy Wang Yu Brings The House Down In Lo Wei’s 1973 Classic
Coming to Blu-Ray on July 22 from Eureka Entertainment
DETONATION: VIOLENT RIDERS 88 Films Blu-Ray Review: Japanese Biker Gangs Ride Fast And Live Faster In Teruo Ishii’s 1975 Classic
Coming to Blu-Ray from 88 Films on July 21.
COBRA Arrow Video Review: Crime Is The Disease, And Arrow’s 4K UHD Is The Cure!
Coming to 4K UHD next week from Arrow Video!
THE JET LI COLLECTION – Shout! Review: Not As Legendary, But Still A Plentiful Fistful
This is probably the most I’ve written about Jet Li in a single article.
Please enjoy my review of The Jet Li Collection from Shout! Studios, and share with friends!
THE INVISIBLE SWORDSMAN – Arrow Video Blu-Ray Review: Yoshiyuki Kuroda’s Vivacious Revenge Dramedy
The limited edition Arrow Video release arrives on Blu-Ray on June 24.
EXACT REVENGE Eureka Blu-Ray Review: THE EUNUCH And THE DEADLY KNIVES, Two Thrilling Shaw Brothers Classics
EXACT REVENGE unleashes on Blu-Ray this week from Eureka Entertainment!
HONG KONG 1941 – Eureka Blu-Ray Review: All’s Fair In Love, Friendship And War In Po Chih-Leung’s Classic
Eureka Entertainment will release HONG KONG 1941 via their Masters Of Cinema series on June 17!