After seeing a lifetime’s worth of Hong Kong films, I decided I never wanted to live there; when I thought about it, even the idea of a visit made me shudder. Part of it was the certainty that I would …

Witness this special episode recorded at Ed’s chateau high in the Latverian moutain range – we discuss Patricia and Nathan’s trip to Anime Punch, box office figures for 3D Sex and Zen: Extreme Ecstacy, Wilson Yip’s A Chinese Ghost Story …

I hadn’t been on io9 for a while, so I checked it out today and found a whole bunch of shit I wanted to read. There are two great relevant articles too, linked here:

Holy Crap That’s Some Turtle

In …

So I decided to give the Pang Brothers a third chance. They’ve made so many movies, after all, they can’t all be as flawed as The Eye and Re:Cycle, right? But…three strikes and you’re out, boys. Sorry. Forest of Death …

It’s our annual Super Bowl Spectacular episode! That’s right, while all of America was watching the Yankees stomp the Steelers into paste, we were talking about Godfrey Ho’s Devil’s Dynamite, a kung-fu drama so dreadful that two of the Yellow …

Swimmingly, according to this piece at MSNBC. Frankly I’m not sure how appealing a 3D skin flick would be – any kind of pornography that requires gear to enjoy seems a bit off-putting. Then again, when you factor in the …

The Asian Film Awards went down in Hong Kong the other day, and Zhang Yimou was recognized for being an awesome director. I think he’s pretty cool even if House of Flying Daggers was totally boring. Hero negates the lameness …

I want a house. Our apartment just doesn’t cut it anymore. We have too much stuff, too many people, and our cat is too fat. She takes up a couple square feet all on her own. It seems like I’m …

Remember Tony Chan Chun-chuen, the Hong Kong feng shui master who was gunning for a fortune left behind by his 69-year-old lover, real-estate developer Nina Wang? (Not to be confused with the anime character of the same name…)

It seems …

Back when my Jackie Chan fandom was in full swing, I rented Fantasy Mission Force expecting yet another tour-de-force stuntfest from Mr. Chan. Those of you who have seen FMF are snickering already, but bear in mind this was the …

This review contains mega-spoilers. You have been warned!

Inner Senses (Hong Kong, 2002)

Most horror movies have that one scene where the main character tries to tell someone about the ghost/demon/monster/killer, only to be told they’re crazy. Of course, the …

Nobody knows! Well, nobody who wasn’t there – since the press wasn’t allowed in.

CLSA requested Palin’s speech be closed to reporters so she could make an “unfettered” presentation to investors, according to spokeswoman Simone Wheeler. And Palin, whose supporters …