In the Interviews category...

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Benny Chan exclusive interview – Shaolin

Wednesday, 7 September, 2011

‘Willie Chan, Jackie Chan, Frankie Chan, Benny Chan… We’re all related. That Momma Chan was a very busy lady!’… (more…)

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Oooooh er, missus! easternKicks gets all saucy with the director of the new 3D Sex And Zen: Extreme Ecstasy movie, Christopher Sun Lap-Key. But you’d almost think it was more of a ‘chick flick’ to hear him describe it… (more…)

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We take an in-depth peek behind the scenes at one of the UK’s biggest and most-loved independent distributors of Asian film, Cine-Asia, with executive director of its parent company Showbox, Steve Rivers… (more…)

Tsui Hark

With Detective Dee and the Mystery of Phantom Flame just out on UK Blu-ray and DVD, we chat to the New Wave Hong Kong director and massively influential film producer Tsui Hark… (more…)

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Andy Lau, interviewed!!!

Friday, 24 June, 2011

We talk to Andy Lau, star of Infernal Affairs, House Of Flying Daggers, The Warlords and much, much more about working with Tsui Hark and Sammo Hung on Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame, upcoming release Shaolin and working with Ann Hui again… (more…)

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Based on his own recollections, Robert Lee talks about the new Blu-ray and DVD release Young Bruce Lee, starring Aarif Rahman, Tony Leung Ka-fai and Christy Cheung, and the highs and lows of having one of the world’s most famous movie stars as a brother… (more…)

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We chat to Aarif Rahman, star of new Bruce Lee biopic Young Bruce Lee (aka Bruce Lee, My Brother), based on the recollection of Bruce’s own younger brother Robert… (more…)

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We talk to Lee Byung-hun (A Bitterweet Life, The Good, The Bad, The Weird, G.I. Joe) about his latest collaboration with Kim Jee-woon, revenge thriller I Saw The Devil(more…)

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As Takashi Miike’s 13 Assassins is released this Friday, we’re publishing this revealing interview with the prolific filmmaker himself…! (more…)

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We talk to director John H. Lee about his transition from romantic drama to action films with the impressive war story 71 – Into The Fire(more…)

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In the last of our Ip Man 2 interviews, we chat again to bonafide kung fu film legend Sammo Hung about Ip Man’s success and his starring role in the sequel… (more…)

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Jang Cheol-soo interview

Monday, 28 February, 2011

We talk to Jang Cheol-soo, once assistant director to Kim Ki-duk now making a real impact with his intelligent slasher film Bedevilled(more…)

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We speak to Stockport-born, now Vancouver-based, Darren Shahlavi about working with his all time heroes Donnie Yen and Sammo Hung on Ip Man 2, and the joys of being a bad guy… (more…)

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Ip Man 2 is coming – oh yes! – and in the first of three interviews we chat again to star Donnie Yen about working with Sammo Hung, his favourite on-screen opponent, and much more besides… (more…)

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We chat to Takashi Shimizu, director of the Ju-On: The Grudge series and Shock Labyrinth 3D, about the process of making 3D movies, that cameo in Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl, and how keen he is to move away from directing in the horror genre – yes, even a romantic comedy…! (more…)

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Im Sang-soo: A Class Act

Monday, 20 December, 2010

‘Maybe I should have called it something different!’ Im Sang-soo talks to us about The Housemaid, which caused a stir at this years Cannes… (more…)