So I took Nat’s suggestion and watched Born to Fight, a lovely movie about a militaristic drug gang that takes a small rural village hostage in order to force the release of their leader from prison. And they have a nuclear missle programmed to blow up Bangkok! A policeman decides to tag along with a [...]

I do expect a certain amount of ass kicking from a Jet Li movie. I do think that is a reasonable expectation to have based on his previous work. So Unleashed really bummed me out. I should have known that it wouldn’t be so great, since it does feature Jet Li being turned into a [...]

Was ok. I think you know what you’re going to get when you see a Ridley Scott historical epic. Plenty of big battles, jerky camera, slow motion fighting and blood spurting. I’m not sure if Orlando Bloom, decorative as he is, really had the charisma to pull of his role. He’s fine when killing people, [...]

…was my reaction to Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. I did like seeing Mos Def and Bill Nighy. I also thought the knitting bit was hilarious. Rose Read has been collecting Marvin patterns.

My sister passed on this link to the Narnia Trailer. Tilda Swinton really is the perfect White Witch.

Trailer up!

I ♥ Kung-Fu Hustle! It is a little bit more bloody and just as cartoony as Shaolin Soccer. There were some scenes that were a Looney Tunes short come to life. Stephen Chow makes fun of American blockbusters like Spiderman and the Matrix. Tons of actors from Sholin Soccer appear in the movie. A bunch [...]

New Legend of Shaolin Jet Li and his sidekick son are on the run after their village has been destroyed. They end up saving 5 kids and meeting a thieving mother and daughter who also know kung-fu. Jet Li’s main weapon in this movie is a spear, and there are a bunch of fab fight [...]

I hate losing an hour! I was feeling tired all last week (I worked 2 evening shifts, which was a little exhausting) and I taught a bunch of classes too. I always get weary of teaching a couple weeks before I’m all done for the semester. I have a few classes this week and next [...]

So this was a big knitting and veg-out weekend for me! This is what I watched:
The Emperor and the Assassin - I’ve seen Farewell My Concubine, but somehow I missed seeing this movie which takes place in the third century before China was unified during the warring states period. Lady Zhao (Gong Li) and the [...]