James Marsh
Asian Editor;
Hong Kong, China
Originally from England, James has lived in Hong Kong since 2001. He is a programmer for Fantastic Fest, pretty nifty with a pair of chopsticks, yet harbours no aspirations to learn kung fu. When not attending film festivals, watching films, writing about films, or shopping online for Blurays, James is most likely out drinking somewhere, hogging the karaoke mic. Either that or he's asleep and snoring loudly, but that rarely happens. There are just too many films that remain unwatched and not enough hours in the day.
Hey London! Don't Miss THE ECHO OF ASTRO BOY'S FOOTSTEPS This Saturday!
One of the real highlights of Summer 2012 for me was the opportunity to attend Zipangu Fest - a 3-day orgy of some of the most eclectic and avant garde Japanese Cinema, curated by the singular talents of Jasper Sharp...
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Marshy's 10 Favourite Asian Movies of 2012 Part 2
Every six months I like to take stock of the many new Asian films that have played in front of me, and consolidate my favourites into a Top 10 list to share with the Twitch readership. I should point out...
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Review: Gorber & Marsh Duke It Out Over THE LAST STAND
Arnold Schwarzenegger returns to our screens this month in his first leading role since Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines back in 2003. The Last Stand casts him alongside Johnny Knoxville, Forest Whitaker and Peter Stormare in an adrenaline-fuelled neo-Western...
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Listen to an Extract from Clint Mansell's Score for Park Chan-wook's STOKER
One film I'm looking forward to in 2013 more than almost any other, is South Korean director Park (Old Boy) Chan-wook's English-language debut, Stoker. Starring Nicole Kidman, Mia Wasikowska and Matthew Goode, it is a dark, brooding, sensual drama that...
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Review: THE GRANDMASTER Brings Class to the Ip Man Legend
Wong Kar Wai, Hong Kong Cinema's most prestigious auteur, finally delivers his long-gestating biopic of Wing Chun pioneer Ip Man, and it proves an action-packed visual feast. Light on narrative, but oozing Wong's trademark elegance, the film weaves the director's...
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Full Disclosure: Twitch Tackles Its Lists Of Shame (A New Year's Resolution)
Just like opinions and arseholes, everyone's got their List of Shame. Their dirty little secret that they've been hiding from the world, that they fear will ruin their credibility if anyone ever found out, that has haunted them so long...
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Review: 3AM is Thai Horror-ible!
The latest horror anthology to emerge from Thailand is a truly shocking and horror-filled affair, but in all the wrong ways.The anthology film has been a staple of the horror genre for decades, and mirrors the time-honoured tradition of gathering...
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Review: THE GUILLOTINES Fails To Make The Cut
It has been a long and bumpy road for Peter Chan, getting his new production of The Guillotines to the big screen. First announced back in 2009 with Hong Kong's man-of-the-moment Dante Lam at the helm, Teddy Chen then took...
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Masters of Cinema Tease ONIBABA Blu-ray Release With Superb Original Trailer
Responsible for many of the best Blu-ray releases of 2012 in the UK, Eureka's connoiseur label, Masters of Cinema is set to continue its winning streak into the new year with the release of Shindo Kineto's demented classic, Onibaba on...
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Review: CHINESE ZODIAC (CZ12) Sounds the Death Knell on Jackie Chan's Action Career
For his 101st movie, Jackie Chan resurrects his maverick treasure hunter from the Armor of God series to go in search of Chinese relics, only to discover his edge has been replaced by a sickening line in self-aggrandising patriotism....
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Review: THE LAST TYCOON Delivers Pulpy Wartime Thrills
After years of churning out mediocre-at-best rom coms, horror flicks and triad yarns, Hong Kong's foremost schlockmeister, Wong Jing, teams up with producer Andrew Lau and star Chow Yun Fat to deliver his best film in ages. Charting the rise and...
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Masters of Cinema adds Chabrol, Clouzot, more Antonioni, Kawashima and Yamanaka
Eureka Entertainment's connoisseur label, Masters of Cinema, has just announced a new batch of titles hitting UK Blu-ray and DVD in March and April of next year, including fantastic new restorations of films by New Wave auteur Claude Chabrol, Italian...
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BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS Star Wang Xueqi Joins IRON MAN 3
Deadline is reporting that veteran Chinese actor Wang Xueqi, who starred alongside Donnie Yen, Nicholas Tse and Leon Lai in Teddy Chen's 2009 film Bodyguards And Assassins, has been cast in Shane Black's Iron Man 3. Wang's name has long...
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YOUNG AND DANGEROUS: RELOADED Trailer Sees History Repeating
Fresh off making what was essentially a Young and Dangerous style gangster flick with Triad, director Daniel Chan Yee Heng does it for real with the Wong Jing-produced Young And Dangerous: Reloaded. Penned by original scriptwriter Manfred Wong, this reboot...
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Appearances Are Everything in New AMERICAN MARY Trailer
Jen and Sylvia Soska's American Mary was one of the more exciting discoveries of 2012, throwing a sexy spotlight on the otherwise shady world of body modification and backstreet surgeries. Katharine Isabelle (Ginger Snaps) is fantastic as the titular medical...
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Japanese Teaser for STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS Delivers More Bangs!
In this current trend of releasing teasers for trailers of upcoming movies, Paramount has released the first real taste of its big budget sci-fi sequel Star Trek: Into Darkness. Now, even though it runs over a minute, this is apparently...
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Does The New WARM BODIES Trailer Show There's Still Life In Zombie Comedies?
In his relatively short filmmaking career, Jonathan Levine has tried his hand at a few different genres already, and with films such as All The Boys Love Mandy Lane, The Wackness and 50/50 under his belt, it's safe to say...
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NSFW Extended Trailer for CRAZY HORSE: FEU in 3D!
After catching Frederick Wiseman's fascinating expose into the infamous Paris burlesque club on the festival circuit earlier this year, I had to admit that while Crazy Horse was a rivetting and revealing peek behind the velvet curtain, what I really...
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Watch 5 Mins of Kinusaga Teinosuke's Newly Restored GATE OF HELL
After causing a sensation during the silent era with undisputed classics such as A Page of Madness and Crossroads, Japanese director Kinusaga Teinosuke again wowed audiences decades later with this sumptuous drama. Martin Scorsese has hailed Gate of Hell...
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Review: KING KELLY Will Do Anything For Your Attention
Kelly (Louisa Krause) is a terrible human being. Completely obsessed with herself and with how she is perceived by everyone else, she truly believes she is destined for celebrity and stardom...the minute her new boyfriend gets her website up and...
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