The last few days have been torturous. I have a crushing work load that I have to get done soon, and it’s been incessantly noisy at home. It’s pushed me to the breaking point.

I’ll never forget the first time I met a conversation partner in Taiwan. She said, “你看起來像電影裡面…的壞人!” Not sure whether I should take it as a compliment or not, I asked her why. She said that guys with shaved heads and goatees and darker skin are always the bad guys. At the [...]

Tonight, I saw Mission Impossible III with JT. It was pretty much what I expected, but there is one thing I’ve been noticing about American movies recently. Recently, it seems like the protagonists go to China a lot more than they used to. Aside from MI3, which I just saw, quite a [...]

20 30 40 is the story of three women living in Táibĕi, a 20 year old (李心潔), a 30 year old (劉若英), and a 40 year old (張艾嘉). Aside from starring as the 40 year old, 張艾嘉 also wrote and directed the movie.

How many coincidences can you accept in a story? If coincidences ARE the story, is there a limit to how many you can stomach? If the answer is yes, this movie is not for you. If you can accept the implausible though, 向左走向右走 has quite a bit to offer. The music, the poetry [...]

The name of this movie, 短信一月追, means “short message, chase for a month”. The first thing that I noticed about this movie is that the main character, 賦佳 (played by 古巨基) sounded just like the people in the CDs that accompany 師大’s textbooks. It’s kind of amazing. I’ve been told by literally dozens of Taiwanese [...]

He was a writer. He thought he wrote about the future but it really was the past. In his novel, a mysterious train left for 2046 every once in a while. Everyone who went there had the same intention…..to recapture their lost memories. It was said that in 2046, nothing ever changed. Nobody knew for [...]

This is where I’ll post reviews of all the Chinese movies I watch. I may occasionally include a non-Chinese film as well. If there’s a Chinese movie you’ve recently seen that is either particularly good or particularly bad, send your review to doubtingtoshuo@gmail.com.