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Daily Archives: November 17, 2023
Movie Review: “Eye for an Eye (Mu zhong wu ren)” a Chinese take on the “Blind Swordsman” Myth
“The Blind Swordsman” is figure of movie and myth who first came to life as a hero of a post-World War II novel by Japanese writer Kan Shimozawa. That sightless samurai popped up in Japanese films, with variations turning up … Continue reading
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Movie Review: Disney’s dashed “Wish” for an animated holiday classic
Walt Disney famously said for us to “remember that this whole thing was started with a dream and a mouse.” But as omnipresent as mouse ears are in Disney’s identity, it is the sentimental “When you wish upon a star” that … Continue reading
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