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  • My Father Is A Hero (1994)

    November 17, 2004 • Film, ReviewsComments Off on My Father Is A Hero (1994)

    Country: Hong Kong AKA: Letter To Daddy, The Enforcer Director: Corey Yuen Producer: Wong Jing Writer: Sandy Shaw, Wong Jing Action Director: Corey Yuen Cast: Jet Li, Anita Mui, Tse Miu, Yu Rong-Guang, Damian Lau, Ken Lo Running Time: 105 min. Plot:

  • Drunken Master (1978)

    November 17, 2004 • Film, ReviewsComments Off on Drunken Master (1978)

    This movie( along with Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow) boosted Jackie’s career as Jackie Chan, not a Bruce Lee clone! When I saw this movie, I thought it was going to be just another kung-fu film. Boy, was I wrong! This movie had a fight scene in

  • Film studio forms joint venture with distribution

    August 11, 2004 • Film, NewsComments Off on Film studio forms joint venture with distribution

    Mandarin Entertainment (Holding), a movie studio controlled by local comedy producer Wong Pak-ming, has agreed to form a joint venture to expand its media production and distribution network on the mainland. Hong Kong Standard by Eli Lau Mandarin

  • Blast From The Past

    June 28, 2004 • Film, ReviewsComments Off on Blast From The Past

    Johnnie To’s latest film breathes hyperactive new life into an old-style Hong Kong action movie. Time Asia by Bryan Walsh Every good action director knows that before you get the boom, you need the tick, tick, tick. That instant of anticipation occurs

  • Leslie Cheung Tribute 2003

    December 6, 2003 • Events, FilmComments Off on Leslie Cheung Tribute 2003

    On April 1, 2003, the world lost one of its great movie stars; but virtually the entire Asian diaspora knows that we also lost one of our most exquisite pop singers, most seductive sex symbols, most potent gay icons and most beloved celebrities, for Leslie

  • Okinawa Rendezvous (2000)

    December 3, 2003 • Film, ReviewsComments Off on Okinawa Rendezvous (2000)

    A smart and sexy romantic comedy, Okinawa Rendez-vous starts out like lazy summer fluff, but with its gorgeous, all-star cast this souffle is finally very satisfying indeed. Tony Leung Ka-fai is Dat, a bewildered, frustrated police file clerk yearning for a

  • Inner Senses (2002)

    December 3, 2003 • Film, ReviewsComments Off on Inner Senses (2002)

    Cheung Yan, a young woman with a history of mental illness, sees ghosts in her new apartment. She goes to see a psychologist named Jim who tries to help her and ends up falling for her. As Cheung Yan’s symptoms fade, Jim starts having some unnerving

  • Tony Leung Chiu-Wai

    November 17, 2003 • Film, ProfilesComments Off on Tony Leung Chiu-Wai

    Born in Hong Kong 1962, Tony Leung Chui-Wai left school at age 15 to support his family. He worked as a paper boy, then ended up selling home appliances. Following the advice of friend Stephen Chow, he applied for work at TVB. After he was admitted to the