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  • ‘Election’ Films Rise to the Top of the Hong Kong Gangster Class

    June 23, 2007 • Film, NewsComments Off on ‘Election’ Films Rise to the Top of the Hong Kong Gangster Class

    ‘Election’ Films Rise to the Top of the Hong Kong Gangster Class Washington Post by Stephen Hunter Washington Post Staff Writer If the subject is movies and you say “Hong Kong gangster,” you cannot but evoke, fairly or not, the great

  • Hope for languishing Hong Kong film industry

    April 13, 2007 • Culture & Trends, FilmComments Off on Hope for languishing Hong Kong film industry

    What a difference a year makes. It was all doom and gloom for the Hong Kong film industry when its premiere film awards were given out last year. What a difference a year makes. It was all doom and gloom for the Hong Kong film industry when its premiere film

  • Jackie Chan, Jet Li in Monkey King

    April 13, 2007 • Film, NewsComments Off on Jackie Chan, Jet Li in Monkey King

    Jackie Chan-Jet Li movie has U.S. teen trying to rescue Chinese monkey king Canadian Press by Min Lee HONG KONG (AP) – Jackie Chan and Jet Li’s first movie together will be about an American teenager’s fantasy journey to ancient China to

  • Weinsteins Dynasty

    May 27, 2006 • Film, NewsComments Off on Weinsteins Dynasty

    Bob and Harvey Weinstein unveiled a new label Tuesday called Dragon Dynasty, under which the Weinstein Co. will release Asian films. HollywoodReporter.com Titles will include “Ong Bak 2,” “The Protector” (aka “Tom Yum

  • Forty-five Screens and Nothing to Watch

    February 22, 2005 • Culture, Film, LifestyleComments Off on Forty-five Screens and Nothing to Watch

    Take the time. Support good film. Because if we have another year where “Taxi” is #1 in its first week out, I’ll be looking for you. And I fight dirty. Sun Star Online by Alex Grantham I don’t think the public understands how the movie

  • Sony Classics Acquires Zhang Yimou’s House of Flying Daggers

    May 14, 2004 • Film, NewsComments Off on Sony Classics Acquires Zhang Yimou’s House of Flying Daggers

    Sony Pictures Classics today announced the acquisition of the North American rights to Zhang Yimou’s House of Flying Daggers. Press Release Sony Pictures Classics today announced the acquisition of the North American rights to Zhang Yimou’s House

  • Chasing the Dragon

    July 30, 2003 • Film, NewsComments Off on Chasing the Dragon

    You can’t walk into a multiplex these days without seeing the impact of the martial arts film. From “The Matrix” to “Charlie’s Angels” to Quentin Tarantino’s upcoming homage to the genre, “Kill

  • The Ring has made Japan hot in Hollywood

    November 2, 2002 • Film, NewsComments Off on The Ring has made Japan hot in Hollywood

    Japanese movies eyed for makeover. ‘The Ring’ has made Japan hot in Hollywood Japan Times With “The Ring,” the horror film based on the 1998 Hideo Nakata hit “Ringu,” sailing past the $100 million mark in the United States,