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John Wick: "I can kill with a pencil."
Riddick: "I can kill with a tea cup."
Sammo Hung: "Hold my leaf."
Tsui Hark turns 71 today. Why not celebrate with a rewatch of one of the best movie trilogies ever made (and the best of the 2010s)?
CAT III Hong Kong flicks you can (should) stream right now in the US:
THE UNTOLD STORY
Shudder
THE SEVENTH CURSE
Prime, AsianCrush/Midnight Pulp
RIKI-OH: THE STORY OF RICKY
Tubi, Fandor, CONtv (via Prime)
EBOLA SYNDROME
iTunes
WITCH FROM NEPAL
Prime, AsianCrush/Midnight Pulp
This is an adaptation of a Japanese novel series called Onmyōji, already adapted numerous times as a manga, a drama, and two films in the early 2000s.
Check out these insane posters.
@JorCru The movies that were best exported recently were the two ATTRACTION films from Fyodor Bondarchuk, you've probably seen/heard of them. But Disney has a Russian branch, and they produce fantasy films specifically for the Russian market. Those films barely ever cross the borders.
From the lower depths to the highest heights of the wu xia pian, we suffered through MULAN and something even worse (yes!) just so we could podcast (in 🇫🇷) about the greatest film of all time: THE BLADE! What about you? What is your most and your least favourite wu xia pian? https://t.co/A9CYj4vDDV
Saw Johnnie To's CHASING DREAM last night at the #NIFFF20. Such a blast of a film. Full of energy, joy, wit. A delightful movie, if slightly predictable in its third act. Tired boxing champion meets wannabe Pop Star. Action musical romcom? Yup. Watch it if you're in Switzerland.
In 1929, Polish miner John Barcoski was beaten to death by Pennsylvania's Coal and Iron Police. His murderers's acquittal led to such public outrage that said police was disbanded. Michael Curtiz directed BLACK FURY in 1935 based on the events. The film was banned in Pennsylvania