Suddenly, epic Chinese movies are everywhere. Red Cliff by John Wood, The Warlords and now, Genghis Khan’s biopic, Mongol. No doubt those periods of war in earlier Chinese times provide rich stories and great filmmaking. Everybody’s jumping on the bandwagon now. I’m waiting for the Asian Epic Movie that satirizes these recent releases.
Mongol is getting …

The most expensive movie ever made in China drops this week. Expect to watch $80 million of swords and horses echoing throughout Asian film houses. John Woo helms this pic and actors include Tony Leung, Takeshi Kaneshiro, Zhang Fengyi, Chang Chen and Lin Chiling. You know Tony Leung right? He acted in Ang Lee’s Lust, …

John Woo’s epic movie, Red Cliff, received its coming out party at the recent Cannes Film Festival. A special nine minute promo was screened. They would’ve shown the whole movie, if only it wasn’t four hours long. Trust me, no butt should sit in a theater seat for that long. Ever. Anyway, some sly …

One of Korea’s finest directors talked about his latest film, Thirst, to CNN. Unfortunately, he gave away its ending, so you might want to fast forward through the first two minutes of the video.
According to BeyondHollywood, the plot centers on the following:
a man who gets the wrong blood transfusion and becomes a vampire as a …

Two posters from the upcoming Tony Jaa move have just been released by Twitch. It’s Jaa’s first directorial effort and a promo trailer recently premiered at the Cannes Film Festival. According to a recent posting by Todd Brown at Twitch, he hits a home run.
Production values are fantastic, both in terms of set design …

The Hong Kong Film Awards took place over the weekend and The Warlords took the top 3 categories: Best Picture, Best Director (Peter Chan) and Best Actor (Jet Li). This Peter Chan directed flick takes place in the mid-1860s. Jet Li, Andy Lau and Takeshi Kaneshiro fight to stop the Taiping Rebellion, but Xu Jinglei, …