spotlight - Asian Movie Pulse

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The Sorcerer And The White Snake (2011) a.k.a. Bai She Chuan Shuo

March 8, 2013

7

One of Jet Li's worst performance to date.

85%

Confessions (2010) a.k.a. Kokuhaku

February 20, 2013

3

A sick, twisted tale of revenge with a very unusual protagonist.

85%

Dolls (2002)

May 30, 2012

3

Written and directed by Takeshi Kitano. Starring Miho Kanno, Hidetoshi Nishijima, Tatsuya Mihashi, Chieko Matsubara, Kyoko Fukada and Tsutomu Takeshige. Running time: 113 min. Dolls is a beautiful, clever, original stylization ...

74%

The Flowers Of War (2011)

May 1, 2012

7

On December 13th, 1937, amidst the heavy fog, a handful of frantic civilians and foreigners try to escape the Nanking invasion by the Japanese. Hired to bury a Catholic priest, John, a greedy American mortician (C...

63%

What Women Want (2011)

April 26, 2012

3

“I Know A Woman’s Heart” is a Chinese remake of the film “What Women Want” that came out in 2000 starring Helen Hunt and Mel Gibson. This time director Daming Chen tries his hand at this rom...

Unlucky Stars Capture the Spirit of Hong Kong Cinema

April 23, 2012

0

When it comes to martial arts films, very few dispute the fact that the 80′s and 90′s were a golden era for Hong Kong cinema. Stars like Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, and Yuen Biao hit their stride during this time, and ...