The powers that be over at Movie-fan Princess, a site dedicated to star of 1960s Cantonese language cinema Connie Chan, have honored me by asking me to contribute some guest reviews. So far I've written two, for the films Girl in Red and She Is Our Senior, both contemporary action thrillers--with an unmistakable James Bond influence--made in 1967. Both are fun, scrappy little B movies with a lot more energy and style than you might expect given their obviously modest means--plus, in the case of Girl in Red, some pretty slamming fight choreography thanks to the masters Lau Kar-leung and Tong Kai. You can check the reviews out here:
Illuminated: “Dark Crossing”
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BBC 4 has a new psychological thriller set on an ocean voyage. “Mike is a
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