Six home releases from August 2023 first published by Little White Lies as entry 179 in my Cinema Psychotronicum column Includes capsules of: A Moment of Romance, Weird Science, Gregory’s Girl, Three Ages, Time Bandits, The Last House on the Left (2009) A Moment of Romance (1990) Benny Chan’s feature merges crime flick and romance, while…
Running Out Of Time (1999) / Running Out Of Time 2 (2001) first published by Little White Lies, as entry 158 in my Cinema Psychotronicum column It does not take long to find out why Johnnie To’s feature is called Running Out Of Time. For it begins with a man, Cheung Wah (Andy Lau), walking…
Infernal Affairs (Mou gaan dou) first published by Movie Gazette, 12 Nov, 2003 “I wish you guys every success in the police force – good luck, officers”, says Sam (Eric Tsang) to a line-up of young recruits. Except that Sam is a Triad boss, and the recruits are young criminals who have agreed to infiltrate…