HK Film Review – Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In

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Let go to hold on

I think I have a way through.

Firsts

A few new things just now. Lunar new year, of course, so CNY comedies. A few new ones and some fanfiction, believe it or not.

The Great Magician – what does it all mean?

The Great Magician, a Hong Kong movie from 2012, is a great big bag of snakes. Is it a comedy? Is it a whodunnit? Is it a romance? Is it a war movie? How does it work? Let’s find out today as we play Rewatch and Review, The Great Magician edition.

Just a catch-up

So where am I just now? Hmm… Let’s think.

With Friends Like These

Done some writing. I blame this on Covid nights and having Green Hornet (2011) on repeat due to its feel-good factor, cheap vodka and equally cheap pork scratchings.

Playlist alert

I’m in the middle of a Greent Hornet fanfic just now (based on the movie, not the series so much). Why the movie, you ask? Well I’ve done a whole thing about the difference between the show and the film, and I have to say I’m still a big fan of both, for different reasons.

The 39th Hong Kong Film Awards (2020) – the winners

Well the Hong Kong Film Awards has come and gone this morning (8am in the UK, 3pm in HK) – a staggering 15 minutes of screentime, compared to the grand affairs of 2 hours plus, in previous years. Even with the current pandemic keeping everything online, I still expected something longer and grander than a

Nostalgia vs NOTstalgia part II: Oil Changes and Cappuccinos

A little while ago I mentioned that I had started watching the 1966 TV series The Green Hornet, after a chain of events I’ve already explained. At the end of said post, I promised I would back up part 1 (the homework) with part 2 – the actual commentary. What happened to that? Well not

The 39th Hong Kong Film Awards (2020)

If like me you love a good HK movie, then you may be aware that the film award season is upon us. America’s Golden Globes and their Oscars have been and gone, marked only by the facts that Ricky Gervais wins all the awards just for his mass celebrity roast, and Parasite took home the