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Rotterdam 2020 Review: BEASTS CLAWING AT STRAWS, Crime Comedy of Bloody Errors, Voracious Greed
One bag of money ensures a battle royale in a dark crime comedy by Kim Yong-hoon.
ILLANG: THE WOLF BRIGADE: Netflix Nabs Near-Global Rights For Kim Jee-woon's Live Action Version of Anime JIN-ROH
Big news from Variety this morning. Streaming powerhouse Netflix have acquired nearly all global rights for Kim Jee-woon's Illang: The Wolf Brigade. This new film from the director of such hits as The Good The Bad The Weird and I...
Toronto 2014 Review: Stylish And Well Performed, SCARLET INNOCENCE Surprises And Delights
Adapted from a Korean folk tale and starting off as a softly lensed romantic melodrama, you'd be forgiven for thinking that Scarlet Innocence, the latest work from noted visual stylist Yim Pil-sung, must be primed for a local audience. Yet...
THE GRANDMASTER Sweeps Asian Film Awards
Wong Kar Wai's martial arts bio-pic of Ip Man, The Grandmaster, took home seven awards including Best Film at the 8th Asian Film Awards, hosted in Macau last night. Wong was named Best Director, while Zhang Ziyi collected the Best...
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TIFF 2013 Review: COLD EYES Looks To The Best For Inspiration
Korean thrillers have earned a reputation for consistency over the years and, though there may only be a few great ones, the majority of them are solid efforts. However, we've come to expect a lot of the same tropes as...
Contest: Win a bunch of awesome REIGN OF ASSASSINS samurai sword umbrellas! (Australia only)
This is an awesome one. Courtesy of our very good pals at Dangerfield and Madman, who will be releasing Reign of Assassins in Australia on DVD and Bluray 22/06.You can be sporting a seriously kick-ass samurai-umbrella. What does that mean exactly? Well see the...
The brilliant REIGN OF ASSASSINS gets an Aussie release!
Madman are going to release Reign of Assassins on DVD and Bluray on the 22nd of June. This is great news as Reign of Assassins is one of my favorite films of last year and has definitely not received the undue attention...
REIGN OF ASSASSINS Review
I admit, I'm quite partial to big-budget martial arts epics. I love films like 14 Blades, The Banquet, Hero and True Legend, now it's time to promote John Woo's latest entry in the genre. Backing director Chao-bin Su, Woo delivers...
REIGN OF ASSASSINS Review
Whenever John Woo has a new film project coming out it spells good times ahead for fans of Hong Kong cinema. The fact that the production of REIGN OF ASSASSINS, a Ming-Dynasty set wuxia drama, was merely overseen by...
A Classic In The Making? The Second REIGN OF ASSASSINS Trailer Says Maybe So.
If I had to pick just one word to sum up the look and feel of the second trailer for John Woo and Su Shao-Bin's Reign of Assassins that word would be timeless. This is Michelle Yeoh back in...
John Woo and Su Chao-Bin's REIGN OF ASSASSINS trailer!
By and far one of my favorite swordplay films of all time is John Woo's Last Hurrah for Chivalry. Love that film. So it pleases my heart and soul to see something like Reign of Assassins come along. Directed by Su...
Promo Reel for John Woo's REIGN OF ASSASSINS
Our first clear look at the actual footage for John Woo & Su Chao-pin's wuxia film Reign of Assassins (Chinese title: Jianyu Jianghu, English translation: Rain of Swords in the Martial Arts World) has surfaced online in the form of...
EFM 2010: First Glimpse Of John Woo's JIANYU JIANGHU!
Now going by the English title of Reign of Assassins, the first promo reel for the John Woo / Su Chao-Bin co-directed feature is available for buyers at the EFM.The footage included is still quite rough, looking to be completely...
First Stills Of Michelle Yeoh In John Woo's RAIN OF SWORDS!
Be still my skeptical heart. After years of being disappointed first by the films that iconic Hong Kong director was announcing as his next projects and then being further disappointed by the fact that he never seemed to actually make...
Poster And Plot Details For John Woo's RAIN OF SWORDS!
"Sounds great, but will it actually get made?" That was the first thought that ran through my head when I first heard that John Woo had cast Michelle Yeoh for a hopefully triumphant comeback as the lead in his Jianyu...
