How Hong Kong movies The Wicked City and 2000 AD rewrote the city’s cinema rule book

Tsui Hark-produced alien flick Wicked City and Gordon Chan’s 2000 AD were ambitious projects that tried things new to the ...

Peacock Adds Underrated John Woo Action Movie Today

One of John Woo‘s underrated action movies has finally found a new streaming home in Peacock, more than two years after it ...

HK has another hit movie. Can such flicks save the industry from terminal decline?

At least 10 cinemas have shut since 2024 as operators struggle to stay afloat. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...
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John Woo on the classic era of Hong Kong action, plus the week’s best movies

Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies. As awards season begins to take shape, this week the New York Film Festival announced its ...
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When Hong Kong Cinema Ruled the World

There’s a scene early on in John Woo’s Bullet in the Head (1990) that remains one of the most extraordinary things I’ve ever seen in a movie. Tony Leung and Fennie Yuen are having a teary-eyed breakup ...