Top 5 Wuxia Films
The Chinese movie genre “wuxia”, meaning “martial or chivalrous hero”, has been getting a lot of attention as of late. I recently reviewed the 2015 festival film darling The Assassin, the famous Taiwanese director Hsiao-Hsien Hou’s fabulous take on the genre. And…
Top 5 Star Wars Casting Could’ve-s
One of the most iconic images associated with The Force Awakens is the image of the cast, new and old, sitting together reading lines and going through the script. Nerds all over the world squinted and read way too much into one…