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Dodes'ka-den (1970) One of Kurosawa's later films, and his first filmed in color, I believe. Disjointed intertwining of stories focused on the downtrodden folks living in or near a shanty-town. You've got a bunch of gossiping harpies, drunken louts, henpecked/cuckolded husbands, shrewish...

For Monday's Review, a film that might have slipped under your radar. But well worth your time. A Family (2004) Directed by Jeong-cheol Lee Starring Ae Su, Hyeon Ju, and Hie-sun Park In Korean with English subtitles Film: 4.5 stars (out of 5) Jeong-eun comes home after 3 years to find that...

Re: The Villainess: Thanks for the review: looks good! It's been a while since I've seen La Femme Nikita but it seems to me the above description could apply to that as well. A lot of style, with not so much attention paid to making sure it all made logical sense. Same could be said with...

If I recall, you don't like Eric Tsang. Might not be in your wheelhouse. But I like him as an actor and think he's hilarious in this.

I'm actually better than my wife at guessing Asian ethnicities. We'll be at the mall or walking through the neighborhood, and I'll see a guy, or a family, and say "Chinese" or "Thai" or whatever. She won't be sure. A lot of times there's no way to confirm, but if you catch some of the...

She's 5'9" and built like a supermodel. And looks like Gong Li. She's my wife's younger sister. She's married now, but back in the early 2000s, she was single. And she lived with us.

My sister-in-law looks uncannily like Gong Li. In fact, that first photo in the thread, if it were't for the gold fru-fru, I'd have to take three hard looks to make sure that wasn't my sister-in-law. Which is really weird, because my sister-in-law is Korean and Gong Li is Chinese.

For Monday's review, we'll stay in HK, and with the comedy genre. Something a little more sophisticated than The Seventh Curse LOL. -------------------------------------------------- Men Suddenly in Black (2003) Directed by Ho Cheung Ping Starring Eric Tsang, Teresa Mo, and Chapman To In...

Sounds great! Thanks for the heads-up.

Well, yes. That's what makes it "Wonderfully, over-the-top, extremely silly, Hong Kong Cat III trash." :emoji_relaxed:

For Monday's review I give you a Grade-B bizarro HK low-budget bucket 'o fun: The Seventh Curse (1986) Directed by Nam Lai-Choi Starring Yun-Fat Chow, Maggie Cheung, and Siu-hou Chin In Cantonese or Mandarin with English subtitles Film: 4 stars (out of 5) I got to thinking about grade-B fun...

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I think the production values are just fine. It's an A-List Korean movie, not a HK cheapie. It *is* a costume drama, so the setting is the ubiquitous "historical village / compound" used to film just about every Korean movie set in the Chosun Dynasty, and of course there are no FX or anything...

This week, Monday's Review comes on a Tuesday. So sue me. Untold Scandal (2003) Directed by Je-yong Lee Starring Mi-suk Lee, Do-yeon Jeon, and Yong-jun Bae In Korean with English subtitles Film: 4 stars (out of 5) “Revenge is sweetest when done secretly.” Untold Scandal is a lush...

Gorgeous (1999). Goofy but surprisingly sweet Jackie Chan romantic comedy. For a while I didn't think it was going to work for me, but it grew on me so I can forgive many of its flaws. Shu Qi plays a naive fishing village girl who treats life as her own personal fairy tale--one that takes her...

Re Shaolin Soccer I think this was the first Stephen Chow film I saw. It was all the rage and I bought the (Region 3) DVD blind. I thought it was mildly amusing, but I didn't love it. Same reaction a few years later when I watched Kung Fu Hustle. I actually saw that first run in a U.S...

Kagemusha (1980). One of Kurosawa's last films, it seems to have gotten a less-than-stellar rep among Kurosawa fans as being dense and opaque. Perhaps that's because the film does come across dense and opaque--at least to non-Japanese audiences. I must admit that it was hard to keep up with...

I also liked ...ing very much. I rated it 4 stars and found it quite moving. I should watch it again soon.

Time again for Monday's review... Junk (2000) Directed by Atsushi Muroga Starring Shimamura Kaori, Nobuyuki Asano, and Tate Gouta In Japanese with English subtitles Film: 3 stars (out of 5) Nowdays we’ve got all sorts of interesting zombies. From World War Z to Train to Busan to Shaun of the...

Rage (aka Anger) (2016) sounds really good! Did you see my review for A Chinese Tall Story? Sounds like two (rotten) peas of the same pod LOL. For my contribution, last night I watched The Life of Oharu (1952). Young lady causes her and her family to be exiled from their moderately high...