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 ...

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 straitstimes.com.
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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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Action Legend John Woo Relives His Hong Kong Days, as Hard-to-See ‘Hard Boiled' and ‘The Killer' Get Another Shot With Audiences

We take it for granted today, but John Woo has one of the most recognizable visual signatures of any living filmmaker. Back in the mid-1980s, what started in Hong Kong reverberated around the world, ...
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Face/Off is Nicolas Cage's unforgettable sci-fi action masterpiece

This epic action flick from an iconic director stars Nicolas Cage and John Travolta as rivals amidst a bombastic sci-fi extravaganza.