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Hero (Corey Yuen, 1997)

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Hero (Corey Yuen, 1997)

This Is Not What I Expected (Derek Hui, 2017)

This Is Not What I Expected (Derek Hui, 2017)

One of two romantic comedies that tried and failed to unseat the powerhouse Fast & the Furious 8 at the Chinese box office this past May Day weekend, This Is Not What I Expected opens here on Friday, a week after its counterpart Love Off the Cuff. It’s a

The Crossing (John Woo, 2015)

The Crossing (John Woo, 2015)

Here are reviews of the two separately released parts of The Crossing. The Crossing — August 13, 2015 The first part of John Woo’s latest epic (the second part was recently released in China to little fanfare, but isn’t available here yet) is a romantic war movie in the

Wuxia (Peter Chan, 2011)

Wuxia (Peter Chan, 2011)

Known in the US as Dragon, the actual title of Peter Chan’s 2011 film is Wuxia, the name of a genre of both film and literature, a word that is a compound of “wu” (military) and “xia” (chivalry, more or less). Wuxia stories are stories of warrior heroes, knights-errant,

Red Cliff (John Woo, 2009)

Red Cliff (John Woo, 2009)

Five years after his last American film, 2003’s Philip K. Dick adaptation Paycheck, and a long, troubled and expensive shoot plagued by last minute casting changes, John Woo finally released the first half of his epic two-part film Red Cliff. It proved to be a critical and commercial success