I’m less versed in Japanese cinema than I am Hong Kong, though I’ve seen Akira Kurosawa’s samurai movies and Takashi Miike’s 13 Assassins. I mainly gave 11 Rebels a chance because it’s available in 4K and I’m glad I did. ...
Hoo-ah! It’s been a long time since I saw Scent of a Woman but never forgot the hoo-ah. Shout! Studio’s new 4K is a great opportunity to revisit the hoo-ah and the film itself. I was younger than Chris O’Donnell’s...
Don’t worry about Donnie Yen playing a lawyer. He still has to kick a lot of people. This vehicle got a theatrical release in January but now it’s available at home, including 4K. Beyond Hollywood movies, DVD was a revelation...
I covered the press junket for Kingdom of Heaven and they were already talking about the director’s cut then. Ever since it came out a year later, it’s been the only version of Kingdom of Heaven considered, and the one...
Getting Friday the 13th films on 4K UHD has been a tricky process. Paramount released the original and then put the first sequel in their second Paramount Scares collection. Arrow first put the 2009 remake out and now the previous...
Chang Cheh had many films in Shawscope and other sets that were pretty magnificent. But two moviews with the M word in their title are cool to collect in a small set. The Magnificent Trio is an early effort from...
The Crazies came out a month before Justified premiered in 2010. A month later and Timothy Olyphant may have been more of a marquee name, though he was already coming off Deadwood and the villain in Live Free or Die...
The new Vestron special edition of May was my first time watching the cult movie. Somehow I missed it in 2002 and despite director Lucky McKee having many more films at festivals I covered, and Angela Bettis continuing to appear...
Better Man has the boldest take on celebrity biopics but not only not casting an actor to play Robbie Williams, but not even portraying him as human. Williams and Jonno Davies did the performance capture to show Williams as a...
Eureka keeps helping me fill gaps in my Hong Kong cinema fandom. Next up is The Adventurers, a Ringo Lam movie that I didn’t come across during his ‘90s boom. This is another brutal action drama. Andy Lau plays Wai...