Clement Cheng Interview
Congratulations on your recent win at The Hong Film Awards. Thank-you. I’m not really excited because I can’t take the credit, everyone chipped in. I’m happy because it is ‘Best Picture’ and that’s everyone. In that sense I’m happy. There’s more responsibility now and people are really focusing on my next thing. To me partly … Read more
The Lost Bladesman Review
It seems almost a cliche at this point to reference out how many films Donnie Yen is making right now and it’s also hard to avoid the phrase ‘churning out’ too. This observation is so prevalent because of the reasonably high number of films Yen has made in recent years and the amount of physical … Read more
13 Assassins Review
Edo period Japan and the untouchable brother of the Shogun, the villainous Lord Naritsugu (played wonderfully by SMAP member Goro Inagaki), is out of control and a group of samurai (and a wandering bandit) set out to assassinate Naritsugu before he rises too high and things get far worse. Laying a trap for him and his … Read more
Rules to Follow to Evade Causality Paradoxes or Generally Screwing Your Life Up
Born out of a brief discussion of the TV series Early Edition, in which the main character receives the Chicago Sun-Times a day early and uses the knowledge to change events, a friend asked me what I would do if I was in a similar situation. Would I change things in an effort to help people or … Read more