China Film Journal

華語電影刊

Things tagged as historical.

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Movie Review:Three Kingdoms: Resurrection of the Dragon 《见龙卸甲》

Posted on April 14th by peijin.
None of the recent wuxia martial art epics can seem to avoid the the endemic schlockiness of the genre, so as a viewer we are just content to find one ...
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Children of Huangshi and Three Kingdoms pass censors

Posted on March 17th by peijin.
Well, we think so. The question is whether or not they were even re-summoned to the censors in the first place. After what happened to Tang Wei over her Lust, ...
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Zhang Ziyi to help further the Murdoch empire in China?

Posted on March 12th by peijin.
The China Daily reports that Zhang Ziyi (章子怡) is planning on establishing a film production company with the likes of Wendi Murdoch. Another partner the article mentions is Florence Sloan.One interesting ...