Reviews

Superlative - everyone should see this

Great, a must-see if you like the genre

Good, a decent example of the genre

Watchable, but only for serious genre fans

Unwatchable

Half stars could have gone either way depending on mood.

Movie Name / Release Year	Summary	Date	Reviewer
Blues Harp (1998)	A subtle and complex work	2021-08-24	Simon
Bushido Man (2013)	Awesome fights and surprisingly funny	2021-08-23	Simon
All About Lily Chou-Chou (2001)	Beautiful and harrowing	2021-08-08	Simon
Witching & Bitching (2013)	A wild genre-bending rollercoaster ride	2021-08-07	Simon
Suzhou River (2000)	Drifting along	2021-08-03	Simon
The Wailing (2016)	Lives up to its reputation	2021-07-31	Simon
One-Armed Swordsman (1967)	One of the pillars of martial arts cinema	2021-07-18	Simon
Ghost in the Shell (1995)	Who are you?	2021-07-17	Simon
Gemini (1999)	A surreal and sumptuous period horror from Shinya Tsukamoto	2021-07-07	Simon
Last Life in the Universe (2003)	A more conventionally arthouse film than the director's earlier work	2021-06-27	Simon
Female Convict Scorpion: Jailhouse 41 (1972)	Super stylish and metaphorically rich	2021-06-22	Simon
Lost And Found (1996)	Really quite moving	2021-06-13	Simon
Perdita Durango (1997)	Delicious black comedy with memorable characters	2021-06-10	Simon
Bells Of Death (1968)	Simple but effective story of revenge	2021-06-06	Simon
Mother (2009)	No memories of murder	2021-05-31	Simon
Last Letter (2018)	Another gem from Shunji Iwai	2021-05-30	Simon
Acción Mutante (1993)	Wild and twisted genre mash-up	2021-05-19	Simon
The Host (2006)	Quirky monster movie with added social commentary	2021-05-16	Simon
Memories Of Murder (2003)	Murder, remembered	2021-05-09	Simon
Starship Troopers (1997)	Smart, subversive and gory as hell	2021-05-07	Simon
Castaway on the Moon (2009)	A beautiful piece of magical realism	2021-04-25	Simon
Ninja Scroll (1993)	Peak ninja	2021-04-24	Simon
Have Sword, Will Travel (1969)	Chang Cheh in wuxia mode	2021-04-12	Simon
Miss Zombie (2013)	The PARASITE of zombie films	2021-04-10	Simon
Intimate Confessions of a Chinese Courtesan (1972)	One of the highlights of the Shaw Brothers catalogue	2021-04-01	Simon
The Shadow Boxing (1979)	Corpses don't pee	2021-03-27	Simon
Wira (2019)	Man I hope I never have to fight Yayan Ruhian	2021-03-13	Simon
Enter The Fat Dragon (1978)	Sammo does Bruce justice	2021-03-11	Simon
Bloody Parrot (1981)	Very entertaining!	2021-03-08	Simon
The Rebel (2007)	One way or another we will all end up on that truck	2021-03-05	Simon