For the past one week, Cynthia has been nudging me to watch “Wu Xia”. Normally she is not into Chinese movie, so I was curious. Then I found out that Takeshi Kaneshiro is starring in the movie. I suppose her fascination to Takeshi is like mine to Shu Qi. I was still unmoved until she [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Chinese Film'
Wu Xia – Is Donnie Yen Enough to Save This Film?
July 26th, 2011 8 Comments
Tags: Chinese Film · Donnie Yen · Takeshi Kaneshiro · Tang Wei
Detective Dee And The Mystery Of The Phantom Flame – Intriguing!
October 16th, 2010 7 Comments
This post has been delayed for quite some time as I have a backlog of blog entries piling up by the day. But I have this quirky habit of documenting all the movies I have watched as I gave up collecting stubs that fade. Unless the movie is so bad that all I want is [...]
Tags: Andy Lau · Carina Lau · Chinese Film · Li Bingbing · Tony Leung Ka-fai · Wuxia
Bodyguards And Assassins – One Shouldn’t Be Missed This Year, To Me
December 23rd, 2009 8 Comments
On the same day we were supposed to meet with our friend on his birthday to watch this film, I was reading “Superfreakonomics” in the morning. In this new chapter, it says we often complain about how the old days are better, but more often so it is not the case. After the film, I thought: What [...]
Tags: Chinese Film
The Storm Warriors – Huh? What The …
December 19th, 2009 6 Comments
For the record, I am a huge fan of the Wuxia genre. I am also a fan of the original Chinese comic book series “Fung Wan”. OK, where shall I begin with this second installment? Part one is my casual thoughts, which fans of the movie may disagree. Part two is my deeper albeit random [...]
Tags: Chinese Film · Wuxia