Movie imagery, which has grown brutal and ugly in many of the new high-tech action pictures, may yet be redeemed by the elegance of martial arts pictures from the East. Zhang Yimou's 'House of Flying ...
LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - In "Hero" (2003), "House of Flying Daggers" (2004) and now "Curse of the Golden Flower," director Zhang Yimou has transformed Hong Kong martial arts/fantasy movies ...
People always describe the fight scenes in martial-arts films as "balletic," which is a fancy way of saying you can enjoy the beauty, grace and athleticism even if you don't like watching people beat ...