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The Good Earth **** (1937, Luise Rainer, Paul Muni, Walter Connolly, Tilly Losch, Jessie Ralph) – Classic Movie Review 2025
Director Sidney Franklin’s famous 1937 epic drama scored Luise Rainer her second Best Actress Oscar (after the previous year’s The Great Ziegfeld) and she and Paul Muni earned much deserved praise for their roles as […]
The Grandmaster *** (2013, Tony Chiu Wai Leung, Ziyi Zhang, Jin Zhang) – Movie Review
Writer-director Kar Wai Wong films a beautifully crafted, dazzling tribute to the 30s era kung fu martial-arts master Ip Man, the man who trained Bruce Lee. This Oscar-nominated biopic is overflowing with gorgeous cinematography and jaw-dropping […]
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon ***** (2000, Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh) – Classic Movie Review 1326
Director Ang Lee’s dazzling, Oscar-winning 2000 epic martial-arts thriller is an instant modern classic. After a couple of box-office failures in America, this glorious-looking Chinese movie reconnected the director with a wide public in a sweet surprise success […]
The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor *** (2008, Brendan Fraser, Jet Li, Maria Bello, John Hannah, Luke Ford) – Classic Movie Review 1121
Brendan Fraser is back in 2008 as dashing adventurer Rick O’Connell, in this belated, not quite so good second sequel, desperately missing Rachel Weisz, who alas refused to reprise her role as Evy. The film […]
Hero **** (2002, Jet Li, Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung, Zhang Ziyi) – Classic Movie Review 1105
In ancient China, a defence officer called Nameless (Jet Li) sets out to best the three killers, Broken Sword (Tony Leung), Flying Snow (Maggie Cheung) and Moon (Zhang Ziyi) who are hell bent on killing […]
Red Corner **** (1997, Richard Gere, Bai Ling, Bradley Whitford) – Classic Movie Review 1014
Director Jon Avnet’s strong, fired-up 1997 thriller stars Richard Gere as an American lawyer who is in Beijing for TV contract work. He has a one-night stand, wakes up next to a dead young woman […]
Spy Game **** (2001, Robert Redford, Brad Pitt, Catherine McCormack) – Classic Movie Review 693
The most heroic golden boys of their generations, Robert Redford and Brad Pitt, obviously enjoyed working together when they first teamed when Redford starred Pitt in his 1992 fly-fishing movie, A River Runs Through It. […]