Yin Zhou (Kris Phillips) takes the throne of the Shang dynasty due to carefully crafted sinister machinations and betrayal and teams up with an evil fox spirit in the guise of the daughter of a former enemy to ensure his control is unchallenged. Meanwhile venerated monk Jian Ziya is given a scroll by the gods…
Last Hurrah for Chivalry Blu-ray [Criterion Collection]
It has been twenty-five years since Criterion released John Woo’s The Killer and Hard Boiled on DVD. While they elected not to release them on blu-ray (with them being put out in mediocre releases by Dragon Dynasty instead), Criterion FINALLY returns to the well of the great John Woo, this time going all the way…
Blu-ray Review – Come Drink With Me – Arrow Video
King Hu’s ‘Come Drink with Me’ was not the director’s first, nor his best film, but it could be argued that it would be the film of his that had the most impact on cinema. The Shaw Brothers produced Wuxia epic from 1966, basically kickstarted Shaw Brothers studios run of martial arts films, and basically…