Director – Yuen Woo-Ping – 2026 – China – Cert. 15 – 126m ***** In ancient China, a bounty hunter with his small nephew in tow must transport a man across a desert to Chang’an – out in UK and Ireland cinemas on Friday, April 17th The synopsis opening this review might make it sound like a bad film. […]
Director – Fei Zhenxiang, Guan Hu – 2025 – China – Cert. 15 – 133m The first hour and a half **1/2 The last half hour ****1/2 Chinese islanders under Japanese Occupation in WW2 set out to rescue a thousand plus British prisoners from a sinking, torpedoed ship – streaming on UK VoD from Friday, […]
Director – Yang Yu aka Jiaozi – 2025 – China – Cert. 12a – 143m ***1/2 Two supernatural, child warriors battle a plethora of marmots, dragons and immortals – action-packed, animated, spectacular, Chinese box office juggernaut is out in UK and Ireland cinemas on Friday, March 21st All but destroyed by the events in Ne […]
Director – Sean Wang – 2023 – US – Cert. 15 – 94m ***** A young, Taiwanese-American teenager must deal with issues of ethnicity, family and love in 2008, when social media has become a significant element of growing up – out in UK cinemas on Friday, August 2nd 2008. California. Summer. 13-year-old Taiwanese-American Chris […]