Tsui Hark's visually sumptuous Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame is a strong comeback for the veteran Hong Kong wuxia-maker. Magnificent and cheesy, the latest and most proudly absurd ...

Certain films necessitate certain expectations. Today, it isn’t realistic to go to the movie theater and not have any idea of what you’re going to be watching. Audiences normally want what they expect ...

The cloud wisps that materialize into the written introduction of Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame inform us in stately language that the film is set in the year 689 A.D., when the ...