The title of Peter Ho-Sun Chan’s “The Warlords” alone was evidence enough that this epic Chinese period film was going to be a dudes-only film, but that didn’t stop me. Three reasons: Takeshi Kaneshiro, Jet Li and Andy Lau. As most Hong Kong film fans know, they are something of a trinity. Such is the case in The Warlords as the story revolves around a bromance portrayed by the trinity. A more complicated Three Musketeers comes to mind. More »

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On the list of films I’ve recently watched, John Woo’s The Killer falls right in line after a long chain of kiddie films Alice in Wonderland, Castle in the Sky, Ponyo and My Neighbor Totoro. Naturally, I was in for a treat — John Woo’s The Killer is purely for the big kids. More »

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Like the ninjas we are, we launched a giveaway of a Ninja Assassin Blu-ray. That giveaway has ended and now it’s time to announce the winner. Drum roll, please. More »

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Peter Ho-Sun Chan’s The Warlords is waging war (opening) in theaters this Friday, April 2. Ninginers, it’s up to you to aid The Warlords into victory, by playing The Warlords pin game. The Warlords stars Jet Li as General Pang, who barely survives a brutal massacre of his fellow soldiers by playing dead, and joins a band of bandits led by Er Hu (Andy Lau) and Wu Yang (Takeshi Kaneshiro). After fighting back attackers from an helpless village, the three men take an oath to become “blood brothers,” pledging loyalty to one another until death, but things quickly turn sour and the three men become embroiled in a web of political deceit, and a love triangle between Pang, Er Hu and a beautiful courtesan (Wu Jing-Lei). More »

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Earlier this month we launched a giveaway of The Host 2-disc collector’s edition DVDs. The giveaway has since ended and now it’s time to announce our three lucky winners. Drum roll, please. More »

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The United States film studio Warner Brothers is currently in the process of securing the rights to Tite Kubo’s hit manga Bleach. Looks like Warner is interested into making a full-length Bleach movie for North American fans. More »

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Heads up Los Angelenos, you’ve got an opportunity to attend a free screening of The Warlords starring Takeshi Kaneshiro, Jet Li and Andy Lau before it officially hits theaters April 2. Read on for more details: More »

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Say hello to Slumdog Millionaire star Freida Pinto, your (maybe) new Bond girl. Rumor has it that Pinto is the latest addition to the list of Bond girls including Grace Jones, Halle Berry, Eva Green, Diana Rigg and Ursula Andress. Pinto’s got the looks and the charm to be be playing the next Bond girl in the upcoming James Bond movie which will start filming this summer in the UK and Afghanistan. I definitely approve. Well played, director Sam Mendes! More »

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Ninja Assassin was released this week on Blu-ray and DVD. If you weren’t ninja enough to snag your own copy, you should be happy to know that there’s no such thing as ‘not being ninja enough’ at Ningin. How so? We’re giving away one copy a Ninja Assassin Blu-Ray to one lucky person! More »

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Hey there Ningin-Assassins! Rain’s second American film Ninja Assassin is released! Good news to people who loved the movie or didn’t see it, but want to see it. More »

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Last week, it was revealed that Taiwanese-American singer Leehom Wang would be directing a new, unnamed film (instead of producing a new album…). New details about the movie have recently been divulged! More »

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Children of Ningin, you are all so devoted to Mother — the Bong Joon-ho film of the same name, that is. Unlike previous films we’ve recently done pin games for, Mother was actually quite the hit among film critics. It shows in this week’s Rottentomatoes score for Mother. More »

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I’m not talking Bong Joon-Ho’s mother per se, but his mystery thriller film Mother that’s out in theaters today starring Korean megastar Won Bin. Surprisingly, it wasn’t Won Bin’s character as a mentally disabled Do Joon who stole the show, but Do Joon’s crazy passionate mother. Hence the name of the film. More »

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Zhou Shaomou, author of the Chinese online novel Tale of the Blue Crows, is suing the creator of the movie Avatar, James Cameron, claiming that Cameron stole ideas from Zhou’s novel. More »

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Hayao Miyazaki’s Kiki’s Delivery Service does indeed deliver. What, you might ask? 105 minutes of a great animated film that’s a coming-of-age story for a young witch named Kiki. Kiki isn’t a witch like you’d imagine witches to be. She’s more of a kind-hearted, Glenda from the Wizard of Oz type of witch. More »

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In anticipation of Bong Joon-Ho’s Mother opening in theaters this Friday, we’re giving away three The Host (2-disc collector’s edition) DVDs to three lucky people. The Host, Bong Joon-ho’s previous work, is Korean monster flick that made waves in Korea in 2007. The waves were so strong, I caught it at my local theater then and I can tell you — you can’t miss out on this movie. More »

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After starring in the action/comedy “Little Big Soldier” (大兵小将), it looks like Taiwanese-American singer Leehom Wang will be staying in the movie industry a little while longer. More »

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Ponyo is to Hayao Miyazaki as Little Mermaid is to Disney. Growing up it’s always been a childhood dream of mine to become Ariel from The Little Mermaid — red hair, sea shell bra and all. There wasn’t a pool in sight that I didn’t reenact Ariel emerging from the water to do the famous, fierce Ariel hair-toss-out-of-the-water move. Having just seen Ponyo, I feel like I ought to take back all those embarrassing childhood memories. More »

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After the incredible failure of his television drama “The Pandamen,” it looks like Jay Chou is leaving the film industry (finally) and returning to his home field of music. Rumors are now flying about a recent filming he had at a toy store dressed as Spiderman. More »

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Oh, mother. It’s been awhile since we’ve done a film pin game! With Bong Joon-ho’s Mother out in theaters March 12, it’s only fitting that we have a Mother pin game. For those of you who aren’t Mother-lovers yet, the film stars everyone’s Korean celeb crush Won Bin. In Mother, Won Bin’s plays a cognitively impaired individual who gets accused of murder. His mother in the film is determined to prove him innocent. More »

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