Drama 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 Rating Summary Date Reviewer
Stray Cat Rock: Delinquent Girl Boss (1970) Fairly lightweight but ticks along 2024-12-15 Simon
The Black Rose (1965) Mainly of historical interest 2024-05-05 Simon
Cliff Walkers (2021) Solid spy propaganda 2024-01-27 Simon
Stage Door Johnny (1990) A mixed bag 2023-08-24 Simon
The Flying Dragon Mountain (1971) A passable time-waster 2023-08-17 Simon
The Ages of Lulu (1990) Provocative 2022-06-23 Simon
Roja (1992) Disappointing 2022-03-19 Simon
Sanshiro Sugata (1943) Fine, if a little insubstantial 2022-01-22 Simon
Broken Embraces (2009) One of Almodóvar's more grown up films 2022-01-12 Simon
Graveyard Of Honour (Miike) (2002) Less interesting than Fukasaku's original 2021-10-05 Simon
Samui Song (2017) Tries too hard to confound the audience 2021-08-15 Simon
Before We Vanish (2017) Interesting concept but rather sterile execution 2021-03-06 Simon
High & Low The Movie 2: End of Sky (2017) More posing and fighting 2020-12-12 Simon
Sakuran (2007) You love, you lose 2020-10-25 Simon
For Love's Sake (2012) It's a Miike musical 2020-08-31 Simon
Killer's Nocturne (1987) Chin Siu-Ho fights a kangaroo 2020-06-14 Simon
Blind Detective (2013) A glorious mess of a film 2014-01-03 Simon
Kotoko (2011) A journey into a very troubled mind 2012-11-22 Simon
True Legend (2010) Maybe worth a look 2010-12-02 Simon
The Island (1985) Reasonably entertaining. 2009-09-28 Simon
Simply Actors (2007) Mildly amusing 2007-09-29 Simon
Shanghai Shanghai (1990) lacks that 'certain something' 2007-05-18 Simon
Red Sorghum (1987) Worth a watch 2006-06-06 Simon
Last Eunuch in China (1988) ...read review... 2006-01-16 Simon
Jiang Hu (2004) Interesting, if somewhat compromised 2004-07-14 Simon
Enchanting Shadow (1960) The original Chinese Ghost Story 2004-01-19 Simon
Friend (2001) kind of boring 2002-09-29 Simon
Time 4 Hope (2002) A darker side of love story 2002-04-02 Simon
Bakery Amour (2001) Pleasant without being particularly exciting 2001-10-21 Simon

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