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With brilliant fight scenes has Donnie Yen’s time in the spotlight finally come?… (more…)
Yuen Biao makes a martial art out of doing the laundry, but this mashup of genres goes too far for anyone to come out clean… (more…)
There’s something in the air all right… but Beijing Olympics or not, haven’t we seen it all before? (more…)
The latest teaming of director Wilson Yip and star/action choreographer Donnie Yen (Dragon Tiger Gate, S.P.L.) brings the sort of top-notch martial arts we’ve come to expect – so why is it so light on action? (more…)
An insightful look into the life of Asia’s biggest superstar, as likable and endearing as the man himself… (more…)
To celebrate the release of Jet Li latest action yarn, War, we pick out five of our favourite fights from 25 years of his movies. And offer you the chance to submit your own to our list… (more…)
Fans of Kung Fu Hustle are going to enjoy this fun early effort from Stephen Chow and his ’sleeping kung fu’… (more…)
Shaolin Soccer’s Stephen Chow is back and this time he’s doin’ the Hustle… (more…)
Tsui Hark’s follow-up to the classic Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain is a spell blinding feast for the eyes. The special effects are equal anything Hollywood has to offer, but sadly it’s also just as hollow… (more…)
Wong Kar-wai’s recent tweak of his 1994 Swordplay epic, Ashes Of Time, is on limited release at the Renoir cinema London. The original version is typically Kar-wai, beautifully shot by cinematographer Chris Doyle but with a somewhat confusingly narrative. Though I’ve yet to hear the significant differences, his Redux version runs some seven minutes shorter so is unlikely to improve that.
Twitch film reports that Park Chan-wook’s next film, Thirst, will co-produced by a major Hollywood studio. An increasingly common trend, it seems one of the most successful ways studios have of entering the Asian market.
Meanwhile Wu-Jing reports that Jackie Chan will be involved in a TV update of The Shaolin Temple, and Zhau Wen Zhuo will be returning to his role as Beggar Su, with Yuen Woo-ping directing.
Okay, sure it’s Hollywood! Sure it’s a kids movie! But this Rob Minkoff (Stuart Little, The Lion King) movie starring Jet Li and Jackie Chan – together for the first time ever – is a whole lot better than you’d expect! And with action scenes directed by Yuen Woo-ping, there’s plenty for adults too, so if you missed this at the cinema it’s well worth catching up on…
The ground breaking martial art films that broke Jackie Chan as a superstar… (more…)
Hong Kong Legends launch their ‘Ultra-bit’ tag with two formative films from the career of Jackie Chan… (more…)
To celebrate the upcoming release of The Forbidden Kingdom, starring Jet Li and Jackie Chan together for the first time, we have three goodie bags to giveaway – each containing a poster, t-shirt, a War DVD and some sumo men! (more…)
With little more than a week before the UK release of The Forbidden Kingdom, here’s an exclusive clip from the film…!
With the upcoming release of The Forbidden Kingdom in UK cinemas on 11 July, here’s a little more of what you can expect.
Jet Li and Jackie Chan - together for the first time ever…! (more…)
With a couple of months still to go before it’s release in the UK, this trailer for The Forbidden Kingdom might be just enough to keep you going…
The bite size guide for those of you who loved Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, but were too afraid to ask where to go next… these are the ten Hong Kong movies you MUST see! (more…)
A shameless cash in on the Hong Kong pop phenomenon the Twins lands them in Buffy territory, but this very stupid comedy has some of the best fight scenes around… (more…)
Don’t fear the peacocks… Ng See-yuen takes the director’s chair on this sometimes bizarre and often unintentionally funny Bruce Lee cash-in. Baffled? You will be… (more…)
Zhang Che’s landmark film - a bitter tale of revenge and the template for every kung fu movie of the seventies… (more…)
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…)
