Wu Ershan's supernatural costumer combines technical razzle-dazzle with a competently told yarn that allows its stars to shine. For 500 years, fox demon Xiaowei (Zhou Xun) has been encased in ice as ...

Painted Skin is based on one of Pu Songling's classic short stories about a fox spirit that feasts on human hearts in order to maintain her lovely, youthful appearance.

Painted Skin is based on one of Pu Songling's classic short stories about a fox spirit that feasts on human hearts in order to maintain her lovely, youthful appearance.

It's refreshing to see something so retro grace screens once again, however silly it might be. "Painted Skin" is a welcome throwback, regardless of how successfully it treads familiar waters. By ...

Dubiously billing itself as "the first Eastern supernatural movie from China" -- what about "The Promise," for starters? -- costumer "Painted Skin" weighs in as an off-the-shelf drama-actioner that ...