Woo wee!! Thank you Marvel Studios for dropping this high-energy trailer on a sleepy Monday!! This is one of the most anticipated Phase Four of the MCU and if it weren't for Covid, we should've seen Shang-Chi movie by now but the February release had been delayed to September 3, 2021. Poster looks good too, …
Continue reading Trailer Spotlight: Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings
When I watched Ip Man earlier this Summer, someone recommended that I watch The Grandmaster, but unfortunately Netflix Streaming doesn't have it. But thanks to my dear friend Michael from It Rains ... You Get Wet for kindly lending me the dvd via mail. If you're curious which version, it's the Special Edition 2-Disc version …
Continue reading Rental Pick: Wong Kar Wai’s The Grandmaster (2013)
Though I've just blogged about Asian auteurs recently, I figure I should watch one of the Chinese films I've been meaning to see in a while. Glad to see that John Woo's Red Cliff is on Netflix streaming. Despite not really being a fan of far films, I was quite engrossed in this film which centers …
My husband clued me in on this after seeing it on Apple's trailer site. My initial impression was that it reminded me of Bernardo Bertolucci's Chinese epic The Last Emperor I saw in Jr High. Directed by John Woo, the Chinese director returned to his roots after making a string of Hollywood blockbusters — i.e. …
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