Romance 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
Pretty Ghost (1991)	Not particularly recommended	2002-04-08	Simon
Days of Being Wild (1990)	Beautiful but perhaps a little boring	2005-07-17	Simon
My Heart Is That Eternal Rose (1989)	Pretty, but a little vacant	2008-02-15	Simon
Iceman Cometh (1989)	Essential for fans of Yuen Biao or Yuen Wah	2005-08-08	Simon
As Tears Go By (1988)	...read review...	2021-05-12	Simon
Dragons Forever (1988)	Classic 80's action/comedy	2006-07-19	Simon
A Chinese Ghost Story (1987)	Seminal work of sublime beauty	2002-12-01	Simon
Flaming Brothers (1987)	Utterly dreadful	2009-09-04	Simon
Dream Lovers (1986)	Not sufficiently filled out	2001-05-27	Simon
Shanghai Blues (1984)	Zany comedy with a human heart	2020-07-13	Simon
An Amorous Woman of Tang Dynasty (1984)	DVD missing nearly half the film?	2004-10-12	Simon
The Wheel of Life (1983)	Moderately interesting anthology film	2024-01-21	Simon
Swordsman and Enchantress (1978)	Chor Yuen adapts Gu Long once again	2024-04-01	Simon
Ghost Of The Mirror (1974)	Pretty Ghost	2002-03-03	Simon
The Venus' Tear Diamond (1971)	May entertain some, but not my cup of tea	2005-07-06	Simon
Trail Of The Broken Blade (1967)	One of the better swordplay films of its era	2003-07-27	Simon
Sons Of Good Earth (1965)	Solid debut from one of cinema's masters	2006-04-24	Simon
The Love Eterne (1963)	Guess I don't like Huangmei Opera!	2004-01-19	Simon
Enchanting Shadow (1960)	The original Chinese Ghost Story	2004-01-19	Simon
Samurai III: Duel At Ganryu Island (1956)	Solid conclusion to the trilogy	2020-09-20	Simon