It’s sort of a continuation of a home movie. But categorizing the film as either a documentary or a narrative would be doing the film a disservice.
Chinese superstar Fan Bingbing received the Golden Mulberry for Outstanding Achievement at the 28th Udine Far East Film Festival on May 1, at the historic Teatro Nuovo in Udine, Italy. The festival stated that the award is presented to artists who not only master their craft but expand its boundaries — something Fan has consistently achieved over the past three decades. Her recent accomplishments, they noted, demonstrate that she has not rested on past success, but continues to reach new creative heights. Fan aspired to become an actress at the age of twelve, and by seventeen had already risen to fame through the hit television series My Fair Princess. Her status as one of China’s most bankable stars was further cemented by Cell…
Renny Harlin directs Aaron Eckhart and Ben Kingsley in a plane-crash meets sharks movie.
Two paramedics stumble upon treasure in an old basement. They accidentally open a dimensional portal, unleashing a cosmic horror-a creature determined to reclaim its gold at any cost.
Distributor Arrow has released its fourth boxset of Shaw Brothers films. The previous three were mentioned here in the Pretty Packaging articles, and this one looks very, VERY similar to them. So I wondered: should I put up an article for this release? I mean, look at them…you might be forgiven in thinking that three is enough. The thing is… this might be my favorite one yet, and that has to do with the contents. The Shaw Brothers studios released a lot of weird horror films in the seventies and eighties, absurdly entertaining films of a unique flavor. And while the earlier Shawscope boxsets focused on Martial Arts and historical swordplay, this one goes for the horror. From Black Magic (1+2) to Hex, to its…
Plus: ‘The Devil Wears Prada 2,’ ‘Two Pianos,’ ‘That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime: Tears of the Azure Sea,’ ‘The Million Dollar Bet,’ ‘Salt Along the Tongue,’
Peter Weller gets a new body in Paul Verhoeven’s first Hollywood film, nicely detailed in the Criterion Channel’s out-of-print edition.
Alfonso Herrera and Nicole Wallace star in the generation-spanning series.