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A superior monk defeats the monstrous Tree Demon, but notes that she will return in 100 years. Sure enough, 100 years later the ruined temple has turned into the haunt of ghosts who are all beholden to the Tree Demon. Another monk and his young disciple inadvertently find themselves in the temple as they shelter from a rainstorm, but the elderly monk senses evil and goes out to battle the Tree Demon. While alone in the temple, the young disciple is plagued by a beautiful ghost who wants to seduce him, but giving in to the temptation would destroy him as a monk, so he resists. Soon, the ghost and the young monk fall in love, but they must battle their own feelings as well as fighting the Tree Demon and her minions if they are to save their souls....

This is the third and final episode in a trilogy of ghost stories, and in essence it repeats the first film but with new characters. The Tree Demon is the same and there were monks and beautiful female ghosts in the earlier movies, but the beauty of this trio of films is their sheer wackiness - lots of flying people, martial arts moves, a mile-long tongue that is pretty gross, glowing Buddhas and snakes, lots of snakes. Just don't think too much about the plot and enjoy the goofiness of it all; lots of fun!

A little girl is carrying around an egg that she believes will eventually hatch an angel. A cynical young warrior encounters her and sees it as his duty to travel with her through the post-apocalyptic world they evidently inhabit. What will happen if/when the egg hatches?

This 1985 animated film is primarily known because of the subsequent films of its two creators: director Mamoru Oshii became famous for "Ghost In the Shell," and art director Yoshitaka Amano subsequently steered the "Final Fantasy" franchise. But as far as "Angel's Egg" goes, well, I kinda hated it. It meandered, it went nowhere, it almost made me fall asleep a few times and at other times the jarring music almost gave me a headache. In the end, I think maybe it's a creation myth - or maybe not. In any case, not my cup of tea; I'm only grateful that, at 82 minutes, it was over pretty soon.

Sam Lee (Wei Tung) was once a revered stunt choreographer in Hong Kong action films; after a tragic accident on set, he leaves the profession and works as a physical therapist for 20 years. When his old friend, the director Cho (Yin-Gor To), asks him to return for Cho's final movie, he at first demurs, but when he learns that Wai (Philip Ng), now a superstar who got his start with Sam, is involved, Sam agrees. He brings in young Long (Chun-Him Lao) as his stunt coordinator, but finds that the profession has changed a lot: known for his insistence on perfection ahead of safety, he now keeps finding his instincts restrained by what he considers weakness. Can Sam really fit in with the new system of filming in Hong Kong, or is this last chance truly his swan song?

It's always interesting to see a movie about making movies, and this one is no exception. The stunts are stunning, of course, but even more so when you see how the stuntmen go about achieving the filmed effects. The film looks very good, and also very scrappy, but it is the performances that stand out the most. For example, Wei Tung's Sam is in some ways quite a sad man, but in others very much a jerk, and the viewer can see that, really, he deserves all the broken relationships he endures, whereas his young protege Long (played by Chun-Him Lao) gets a close-up look at his childhood idol's feet of clay. Recommended.