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Days of Being Wild

Wednesday, December 1st, 2004
Leslie Cheung leads an all-star cast in Wong Kar-wai’s sophomore film… (more…)

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Golden Chicken

Wednesday, December 1st, 2004
An entertaining trip through the social and economic ups and downs of nearly a quarter of a century in Hong Kong - as seen through the more literal ups and downs of a hooker… (more…)

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Golden Swallow

Wednesday, December 1st, 2004
Not the sequel to Come Drink with Me you might be expecting, but a damn fine tale of heroic chivalry from Zhang Che… (more…)

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House Of Flying Daggers

Monday, October 18th, 2004
A beautiful tale of romance and bitter betrayal, Zhang Yimou’s follow-up to Hero is even better… (more…)

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Infernal Affairs

Wednesday, December 1st, 2004
They don’t come much slicker than this - Tony Leung and Andy Lau shine in this classy thriller… (more…)

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Infernal Affairs 3

Friday, September 30th, 2005
Hong Kong’s most successful trilogy finally runs out of steam with a disappointing (and frankly rather pointless) finale – those Godfather comparisons continue… (more…)

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Protege

Monday, February 25th, 2008
A worthy successor to director Derek Yee’s One Night In Mongkok with a fantastic performance by Andy Lau, but a lack of true menace in the film stops this just short of being a classic… (more…)

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Saviour Of The Soul

Wednesday, December 1st, 2004
Corey Yuen and Daniel Lai co-direct this superb comic book nonsense… (more…)

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Young at heart

Sunday, January 8th, 2006
Hong Kong directors are ditching young stars for old veterans who’ve hardly been on screen in twenty years or more, but the real surprise is they’re giving them the best roles (more…)

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