Assuming china is required, the following 14 results were found.
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forest at the film's conclusion, where spirituality and emotions take hold. The film opens on May 8th. THE BUTCHER’S BLADE (China 2026) **** Directed by Liu Wenpu THE BUTCHER’S BLADE is a gritty Chinese wuxia thriller about a low-ranking constable who...
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- Author: Gilbert Seah
- Category: Movie Reviews
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DAY, destined to be a hit as big as Christopher Nolan’s ODYSSEY, is set to open everywhere Friday. THE FURIOUS (HK/China 2025) *** Directed by Kenji Tanigaki After the daughter of Wang Wei (Xie Miao) is kidnapped by a criminal network and he receives no...
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- Author: Gilbert Seah
- Category: Movie Reviews
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a heartfelt one, and her aim of getting the news and stories of abandoned women in Iraq is a sad eye-opener. THE FURIOUS (HK/China 2025) *** Directed by Kenji Tanigaki Action movies make a lot of money. Examples being the John Wick franchise, the Bourne...
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- Author: Gilbert Seah
- Category: Movie Reviews
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that never attempted anything and comes up with nothing. THE DRAMA opens in theatres on April 3rd. Trailer: LIVING THE LAND (China 2025) **** Directed by Hugo Meng LIVING THE LAND immediately brings to mind the pastoral literature classic Pearl S....
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- Author: Gilbert Seah
- Category: Movie Reviews
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film's theatrical release in Germany AMRUM opens at the TIFF Lightbox on Friday, April 17th. A must-see! Trailer: ASSASSIN (China 2025) *** Directed by Zhou Jiuquin ASSASSIN (2025) (also known as Assassination: 1932) is a Chinese historical action-drama...
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- Author: Gilbert Seah
- Category: Movie Reviews
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opens on June 19, 2026, at the TIFF Lightbox, just in time for Pride in Toronto. Trailer: OPERATION HADAL (China 2026) *** Directed by Dante Lam Operation Hadal or Operation Leviathan is a 2025 action war film. It is the follow-up to...
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- Author: Gilbert Seah
- Category: Movie Reviews
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tells the story of a 21st-century Hong Kong VIPPU Inspector who travels back in time to the Warring States period of ancient China. He is involved in a number of important historical events that led to the first unification of China under the Qin...
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- Author: Gilbert Seah
- Category: Movie Reviews
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BLADES OF THE GUARDIANS (China 2025) ***`1/2 Directed by Yuen Woo-ping Based on the comic by Xianzhe Xu, the historical action film BLADES OF THE GUARDIANS is directed by master filmmaker and action director Yuen Woo-ping; boasts an all-star cast...
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- Author: Gilbert Seah
- Category: Movie Reviews
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itself is unstable, which for many really is. BACKROOMS opens in theatres Friday, May 29th. Trailer: CROSSING A DAWN (China 2026) * Directed by Badoun Zhau This Chinese romantic comedy, CROSSING A DAWN, has several things going for it. Firstly, it is a...
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- Author: Gilbert Seah
- Category: Movie Reviews
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him with her limited child funds to kill the monster under her bed. She follows the hitman, her neighbour, one night to Chinatown, where he kills some evil people that he calls monsters. She sees him fighting the lion as in a lion dance and believes he...
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- Author: Gilbert Seah
- Category: Movie Reviews
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it is a matter of time before Feng Xia’s secret is discovered by her family. Actress Joan Chen herself is an immigrant from China, moving to America to launch her career. She was famous after the movie TAIPAN (and later in THE LAST EMPEROR) in which she...
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- Author: Gilbert Seah
- Category: Movie Reviews
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(ITALY 2025) *** Directed by Gabriele Mainetti, When the phrase FORBIDDEN CITY is heard, what immediately comes to mind is China’s largest and most famous palace in all of Chinese history, and it is the largest preserved royal palace complex still...
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- Author: Gilbert Seah
- Category: Movie Reviews
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segment in which shit is being discussed. The homeless man is described as leaving watery shit around, the shit the size of China. And then a reference is made to the recent Japanese film PERFECT DAYS about the man cleaning Tokyo toilets. Jude’s film...
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- Author: Gilbert Seah
- Category: Movie Reviews
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Meanwhile, across 12 time zones, I was WhatsApp-messaging live with a longtime Scottish friend in Macau, China, through every minute of the match. After Scotland's narrow win, he admitted what the statistics made plain: Haiti had been...
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- Author: Meres J. Weche
- Category: City Life
