Tag: period

Friday One Sheet: 1923

The star-system is not quite dead. Today we are stepping out of the usual 'movie poster' space, albeit looking below, you would never know it. 1923 is prequel series to long-running (and highly franchise-able, apparently) neo-western Yellowstone. Helen Mirren and...

Review: THE HUNTRESSES Misfire in Poorly-Plotted Blunder

Following the recent hits Masquerade (2012) and last year's The Face Reader, period films are set to make a big push into the Korean market in 2014 with at least six big Joseon era films poised to flood the market....

Review: THE FACE READER Is a Terrific Period Yarn

Though absent from Korean marquees this year until now, the period Korean film makes a big comeback with the release of Han Jae-rim's arresting The Face Reader. Sublimely mounted, intriguingly plotted and featuring a terrific cast, this seems the ideal...

Watch Chow Yun Fat In US Trailer For THE ASSASSINS

The iconic Chow Yun Fat stars in Zhao Yiyang's The Assassins, a gorgeous period action epic hitting DVD and BluRay from WellGo USA January 8th. In the year 198 BC, Cao Cao (CHOW YUN FAT), Prime Minister of the Han...