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 ...

Not entirely a movie about getting a facelift, though a really ancient version of cosmetically going under the knife does seem to factor in, Painted Skin: The Resurrection is in fact a mystical ...

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.

According to demon lore, it takes hundreds of years to attain human form. Even then, lacking a human heart, a demon cannot experience the true pains and passions of existence. However, there is a ...

A smash hit on its recent release in China, “Painted Skin: The Resurrection” offers an over-the-top mix of fantasy, adventure and romance that plays as a fussy, convoluted mess. In an ancient world in ...

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 ...

Today’s generation of filmgoers and filmmakers forget that at the very heart of the first cinematic techniques known as “special effects,” there was a shade of mystery and mysticism as well. This ...

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 ...