Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Martial Arts/ Comedy
Director: Liu Chia-Liang
Year: 1994

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NOT WORTH YOUR TIME
When you create a followup to one of the greatest martial arts films of all time, you had better bring your A game. But legendary director/action choreographer/martial artist Liu Chia-Liang, who has directed such gems as the Tiger On The Beat flicks and […]

Country: United States
Genre: Drama/ Mainstream
Director: Marc Abraham
Year: 2008

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TRASH CINEMA HIGHLY RECOMMENDED MOVIE
As if any additional proof of the perfidy of corporate America was needed, Flash of Genius gives us yet another example of them giving the little guy the shaft.
Bob Kearns (Greg Kinnear) has been inventing little gewgaws since he was 14 years old. […]

Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Action/ Bullet Ballet/ Drama/ Romance/ Suspense
Director: Wong Gam-Din
Year: 1994

Rating:

NOT WORTH YOUR TIME
How is it possible that The Most Wanted is so weak? You’ve got a cast that includes Lau Ching Wan, Kent Cheng, Bowie Lam, and Robin Shou. In fact, the cast is uniformly strong. The basic plot is interesting, too. […]

Country: United States
Genre: Drama
Director: Bertrand Tavernier
Year: 2009

Rating:

NOT WORTH YOUR TIME
It’s easy to see why In The Electric Mist went straight to video. It’s a murder mystery with next to no action, unless you count Tommy Lee Jones beating the crap out of people to get information. There’s a ton of voiceover narration by the […]

Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Action/ Martial Arts
Director: Fung Hak-On
Year: 1991

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TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
The Godfather’s Daughter Mafia Blues is one of those film’s about a legendary character in Hong Kong cinema, the Triad boss with principles. Does such a thing exist? Who knows.
Alex Man takes a break from playing loathesomely sleazy characters to give us Master […]

Country: United States
Genre: Drama
Director: Isabel Coixet
Year: 2008

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TRASH CINEMA HIGHLY RECOMMENDED MOVIE
One of the curses of great intelligence and erudition is the limitless capacity to provide elaborate justification for being a complete ass.
In the case of scholar David Kepesh (Ben Kingsley), he’s so terrified of living life that he skates over the surface of it, […]

Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Action/ Bullet Ballet / Romance
Director: Kirk Wong
Year: 1988

Rating:

TRASH CINEMA ESSENTIAL MOVIE
Gunmen is a classic Golden Age of Hong Kong flick in the hard hitting 80s style.
In the closing days of a civil war in China, Ding Chun-Bei (Tony Leung), and his three compatriots, Chang (Waise Lee), Lau Fook-Kwong (Mark Cheng), and […]

Country: United States
Genre: Drama
Director: David Mackenzie
Year: 2007

Rating:

NOT WORTH YOUR TIME
You know, in some ways, I’m a pretty straightforward guy. If a story presents itself as taking place more or less in the real world, I kind of insist on some sense of reality. The filmmakers can’t present a more or less realistic misc en […]

Country: Hong Kong
Genre: Action/ Bullet Ballet / Romance
Director: Veronica Chan
Year: 1994

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TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
A Taste Of Killing And Romance is one of those ridiculous Hong Kong movies about “nice” assassins. In the opening sequence, we witness Ko Shao (Andy Lau) coldbloodedly kill a car full of people, blowing up the car for good measure, […]

Country: United States
Genre: Drama
Director: Neil LaBute
Year: 2008

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TRASH CINEMA RECOMMENDED MOVIE
Director Neil LaBute likes messing with people and he has a lot of curiousity about social mores. In Lakeview Terrace, he dives headfirst into the thickets of race, class and sexual politics. LaBute manipulates the audience, pushing this button and that button. It’s entertaining enough, […]