The hit Netflix series Three-Body Problem has boosted enough interest in the sci-fi IP that the film adaptation has finally landed a director. Chinese filmmaker Zhang Yimou will direct the upcoming feature version of the sci-fi novel, which is entering the early days of production. During the opening forum of the Shanghai International Film Festival, […]
Movie Review – Cliff Walkers (2021)
Cliff Walkers, 2021. Directed by Zhang Yimou. Starring Hewei Yu, Yi Zhang, Hailu Qin, Haocun Liu, and Yawen Zhu. SYNOPSIS: Four Communist spies conduct a covert operation to extract a former prisoner of war from the puppet state of Manchukuo, but not everything goes according to plan. Zhang Yimou can best be described as a […]
Zhang Yimou’s Shadow gets a poster and trailer
Ahead of its US release next month, a poster and trailer have arrived online for director Zhang Yimou’s (Hero, House of Flying Daggers) upcoming action drama Shadow which stars Chao Deng, Li Sun, Ryan Zheng, Qianyuan Wang, Jingchun Wang, Jun Hu, Xiaotong Guan, and Lei Wu; take a look here… With SHADOW, director Zhang Yimou […]
The Best Movie Action Scenes of 2017
Harrison Abbott on the best movie action scenes of 2017… It’s that time again. That’s right, it’s time for arbitrary lists that subjectively rank the best/worst things of the year! This one is about 2017’s decent catalogue of cinematic action scenes, which means there’s likely a lot of omissions to piss you off. With that in […]
Movie Review – The Great Wall (2016)
The Great Wall, 2016. Directed by Yimou Zhang. Starring Matt Damon, Jing Tian, Pedro Pascal, Willem Dafoe, Hanyu Zhang, Eddie Peng, Lu Han, Kenny Lin, Junkai Wang, Zheng Kai, Cheney Chen, Xuan Huang, and Andy Lau. SYNOPSIS: European mercenaries searching for black powder become embroiled in the defense of the Great Wall of China against a […]
