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A sign of a classic movie is that it still holds up well against subsequent remakes\reimagining. “The Boxer from Shantung” to the best of my knowledge has been reworked at least twice in “Hero” by Corey Yuen and more recently as “Once Upon a Time in Shanghai”. To it's credit the original holds its own and, in many respects, remains the superior entity despite the evolution of action cinematography and film technique.

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Ma Yung Chen (Chen Kuan-tai) arrives in Shanghai to escape poverty and seek his fortune. Initially, he is only able to find work as a labourer. A chance encounter with the crime lord Tan Si (David Chiang) sets him on his way. A defeat of a travelling Russian strongman only adds to his burgeoning reputation. Romance comes in the form of singer Chin Ling-tzu (Li Ching...

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Ti Lung is known for his awesome catalogue of movies, over the years he was a leading star at The Shaw Brothers Studio and appeared in well over a 100 movies. I have put together a list of movies, which i have enjoyed over the years. *This is not a Top 40 list.

21.Anonymous Heroes (1971)

Cast:David Chiang, Cheng Li, Cheng Miu, Wong Chung

Director:Chang Cheh

Fight Choreographer:Lau Kar Leung, Tong Gaai

22.All Men Are Brothers (1975)

Cast:Chen Kuan Tai, David Chiang, Wong Chung, Bolo Yeung, Danny Lee, Ku Feng

Director:Chang Cheh, Wu Ma

Fight Choreographer:Tong Gaai, Lau Kar Leung, Lau Kar Wing, Chan Chuen

23.Clans Of Intrigue (1977)

Cast:Yueh Hua, Li Ching, Nora Miao, Ku Feng

Director:Chu Yuan

Fight Choreographer:Wong Pau Gei, Tong Gaai

24.Heroic Ones (1970)

Cast:David Chiang, Lily Li, Chan Sing, Chan Chuen, Ku Feng, Bolo Yeung

Director:Chang Cheh

Fight Choreographer:Lau Kar Wing,...

When I think of Wu Xia movies, I immediately think of Shaw Brothers and the many classic they have made over the years. What I love about this genre is many things, the Swordplay, The Characters, Story lines, Setting, Costumes and much more.

Wu Xia, traditionally is a form of literature. But after high demand over the years it’s become involoved in many art forms such as Movies, Opera, Video Games and beyond. This list of 30 Wu Xia movies listed, i hope you’ll like and want to thank my friend Richard Robinson for contributing to the list. If we missed any classics out, its most probably because we honestly forgot at that time or maybe we haven’t seen all the classic Wu Xia movies so far, anyway enjoy the list and let us know what you thought in the commen box at the bottom.

1.Have Sword Will Travel (1969)

Cast: David Chiang,...

When it comes to making features like this one, i love the idea of coming up with my own personal “100 Great Kung Fu Movies” of all time. It is tough choosing just 100 because you know there are many more great Kung Fu movies that are not on the list.

I have decided that to make the list, a movie must have a few hand to hand moments during fight scenes in the movies chosen. If for example its mainly sword play with one fight scene hand to hand it won’t make the list. Its old school “style” Kung Fu movies, not modern day settings.

I understand everyone will have their own personal favorites and some may not agree with my list and that’s fine because it’s nice to have different opinions on this genre which keeps it fresh and alive when having good debates.

Anyway, thank you...

When it comes to making features like this one, i love the idea of coming up with my own personal “100 Great Kung Fu Movies” of all time. It is tough choosing just 100 because you know there are many more great Kung Fu movies that are not on the list.

I have decided that to make the list, a movie must have a few hand to hand moments during fight scenes in the movies chosen. If for example its mainly sword play with one fight scene hand to hand it won’t make the list. Its old school “style” Kung Fu movies, not modern day settings.

I understand everyone will have their own personal favorites and some may not agree with my list and that’s fine because it’s nice to have different opinions on this genre which keeps it fresh and alive when having good debates.

Anyway, thank you...

When it comes to making features like this one, i love the idea of coming up with my own personal “100 Great Kung Fu Movies” of all time. It is tough choosing just 100 because you know there are many more great Kung Fu movies that are not on the list.

I have decided that to make the list, a movie must have a few hand to hand moments during fight scenes in the movies chosen. If for example its mainly sword play with one fight scene hand to hand it won’t make the list. Its old school “style” Kung Fu movies, not modern day settings.

I understand everyone will have their own personal favorites and some may not agree with my list and that’s fine because it’s nice to have different opinions on this genre which keeps it fresh and alive when having good debates.

Anyway, thank you...

When it comes to making features like this one, i love the idea of coming up with my own personal “100 Great Kung Fu Movies” of all time. It is tough choosing just 100 because you know there are many more great Kung Fu movies that are not on the list.

I have decided that to make the list, a movie must have a few hand to hand fight scenes in the movies chosen. If for example its mainly sword play with one fight scene hand to hand it won’t make the list. Its old school “style” Kung Fu movies, not modern day settings.

I understand everyone will have their own personal favorites and some may not agree with my list and that’s fine because it’s nice to have different opinions on this genre which keeps it fresh and alive when having good debates.

Anyway, thank you for taking...

Like millions of you around the world, i love Kung Fu movies. It is the only real genre that keeps me going back for more and that is why i will always love Kung Fu movies.

I know many of you have probably seen many of the movies i will post about, but this is also for anyone new to the genre of Kung Fu and even Swordplay and looking for other movies to enjoy. I hope you enjoy the movies i have listed and please feel free to comment about any of the movies. Part 1-9 also on the website to check out.

1.Boxer From Shantung (1972)

Studio: Shaw Brothers

Director: Chang Cheh, Pao Hsueh Lieh

Cast: Chen Kuan Tai, David Chiang, Cheng Li, Cheng Hong Yip, Ku Feng

Fight Choreographer(s): Lau Kar Leung, Lau Kar Wing, Chan Chuen, Tong Gaai

 

2.Once Upon A Time In China II (1992)

Studio: Film Workshop,...

Like millions of you around the world, i love Kung Fu movies. It is the only real genre that keeps me going back for more and that is why i will always love Kung Fu movies.

I know many of you have probably seen many of the movies i will post about, but this is also for anyone new to the genre of Kung Fu and even Swordplay and looking for other movies to enjoy. I hope you enjoy the movies i have listed and please feel free to comment about any of the movies.

1.Hell’s Wind Staff (1979)

Director: Tony Wong Yuk Long, Tony Liu Jun Guk

Cast: Hwang Jang Lee, Meng Hoi, Meng Yuen Man, Jason Pai Piao

Fight Choreographers(s): Corey Yuen, Chin Yuet Sang, Hsu Hsia, Yuen Shun Yee

Studio: Yuk Long Movies

2.Incredible Kung Fu Master (1979)

Director: Cheung Tung Cho

Cast: Sammo Hung, Tung Wei,...

Plenty of movies here in the States have of course been inspired by allegedly true paranormal events, from The Amityville Horror to The Conjuring.

A sure sign of the success of such films is when the haunted houses at the center of them become tourist attractions in the wake of their release, which is something that's going on big time over in China this weekend.

As reported by The New York Times, this past Thursday night marked the theatrical release of a film called The House That Never Dies (Jingcheng No. 81), which quickly became a smash hit at the Chinese box office. The 3D horror flick has already pulled in $25.7 million, putting it third on the domestic charts.

Like the aforementioned films before it, The House That Never Dies was based on the real-life legend of a mansion in Beijing known as Chaonei No. 81. According to stories, the house was...

Like millions of you around the world, i love Kung Fu movies. It is the only real genre that keeps me going back for more and that is why i will always love Kung Fu movies.

I know many of you have probably seen many of the movies i will post about, but this is also for anyone new to the genre of Kung Fu and even Swordplay and looking for other movies to enjoy. I hope you enjoy the movies i have listed and please feel free to comment about any of the movies.

Avenging Eagle (1978)

Studio: Shaw Brothers

Director: Sun Chung

Cast: Ti Lung, Fu Sheng, Ku Feng, Johnny Wang, Dick Wei

Action Director(s): Tong Gaai, Wong Pau Gei

 

The Magnificent Butcher (1979)

Studio: Golden Harvest

Director: Yuen Woo Ping

Cast: Sammo Hung, Lee Hoi San, Yuen Biao, Fung Hak On, Lam Ching Ying, Chung Fat, Kwan...

Although mainstream horror cinema has been slow to churn out titles, and as of late seems to have opted to focus primarily on remaking the classics of yesteryear, there are a vast quantity of low budget and independent horror films coming out every week. Due to limited means and the microscopic marketing budgets associated with independent filmmaking, it’s easy for quality films to slip through the cracks. In response, we created this recurring segment to explore some interesting horror movies that might have flown under your radar. [If you missed out on our previous lists of forgotten gems, follow the links to Parts One, Two, and Three of our series.] Now we present yet another five horror films from the past five years that you may have overlooked... but should definitely see. Dream Home (2010) It’s difficult to describe this multifaceted film, as it functions on so many different levels. On the surface, it’s a slasher, but it’s also a very dark comedy, and it's packed with social commentary. Hong...

“So Young” sees Chinese actress Zhao Wei stepping behind the camera to make her directorial debut, backed by veteran producer Stanley Kwan (“Rouge”, “Centre Stage”). For her first outing as helmer, the popular “Red Cliff” and “Painted Skin: The Resurrection” star chose to adapt a novel by Xin Yiwu, which follows a collection of friends as they experience love and loss at college and then again in later life. A surprise smash hit at the domestic box office (and recently having been chosen to screen at the 2013 London Film Festival), the film has a top ensemble cast of appropriately youthful talent, headed by Yang Zishan (“In Case of Love”), Mark Chao (“Caught in the Web”) and singer Han Geng (“My Kingdom”). The film begins in the mid-1990s, with Yang Zishan as Zheng Wei, a small town girl who heads to a big city university with hopes of reuniting with...

Title: Drug War Director: Johnnie To Starring: Louis Koo, Sun Honglei, Huang Yi, Li Jing “Breaking Bad” fans, foreign film cineastes and gangster flick aficionados should all find something worthwhile in Johnnie To’s taut, impeccably staged “Drug War,” an involving, atmospheric cops-and-criminals import. For years, To’s films struggled to find Stateside distribution, while lesser action filmmakers burnished their reputations ripping off his style. That changed by degrees with a stretch of films from 2005 to 2007, including “Triad Election,” “Exiled” and “Triangle,” which did mostly boutique box office in the United States but solid home video business for distributor Tartan. The 58-year-old, Hong Kong-born To (whose name rhymes with “row”) often [ Read More ]

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Rarely does a year go by without a new film from the prolific Hong Kong director Johnnie To, and while they may not always make their way stateside, when they do, it's likely worth tracking down. And one to keep on your radar is "Drug War," which is coming to theaters after a festival run last year that saw it hit Toronto, New York, Seattle, London, Rome, Rotterdam and more. Starring Louis Koo, Sun Honglei, Huang Yi and Li Jing, the gritty crime thriller follows a drug manufacturer, who decides to turn informant and help take down the cartel he's been cooking for. But time is of the essence, and the cops only have 72 hours to put the plan in motion, and soon events reach a boiling point. In this exclusive scene, we see the cops and informant beginning to forge their uneasy alliance. It's a solid thriller, one that...

Title: Drug War Well Go USA/Variance Films Director: Johnnie To Screenwriter: Wai Ka-fai, Johnnie To Cast: Louis Koo, Sun Honglei, Crystal Huang, Wallace Chung, Gao Yunxiang, Li Guangjie, Guo Tao, Li Jing, Lo Hoi-pang, Eddie Cheung, Gordon Lam, Michelle Ye, Lam Suet Screened at: Review 2, NYC, 7/2/13 Opens: July 26, 2013 In China the penalty for selling more than 50 mg of methamphetamine is death, which may not be the best idea. If you’re about to be caught, what would stop you from trying to kill the cops? You can’t be executed twice! That idea fuels the “Drug War,” Johnnie To’s movie said to be the first actioner to [ Read More ]

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IFC announced that the network has acquired the rights to air Dream House, or Wai dor lei ah yut ho, a film by director Ho-Cheung Pang. Dream House will air as a part of the IFC Midnight lineup. Official Synopsis: “Cheng Li-sheung is a young, upwardly mobile professional finally ready to invest in her first home. But when the deal falls through, she is forced to keep her dream alive – even if it means keeping her would-be neighbors dead.” IFC Midnight is billed as “a film festival at the touch of a remote button” and viewers can pick and choose between films like The Human Centipede and Beneath The Dark that are currently showing in film festivals around the world. Source: http://www.bloody-disgusting.com/ Related Posts:Film Review: Dream Home (2010)Indie Horror Movie In Memorium Now StreamingThe Man in the Maze: world premiere and trailer8213: Gacy House – Sept...

Dream Home (Wai dor lei ah yut ho)

Stars: Josie Ho, Anthony Wong Chau-Sang, Eason Chan, Michelle Ye, Norman Chu | Written by Ho-Cheung Pang, Kwok Cheung Tsang | Directed by Ho-Cheung Pang

Darker than Satan’s pencil case, Dream Home serves up a healthy hammock full of blood, guts and gore. All of which had me laughing, wincing and most importantly, enjoying for the full 96 minute duration.

If you aren’t familiar with Asian cinema then know this. I love it and Dream Home further exacerbated my enthusiasm for it. Directed by Pang Ho-cheung, Dream Home is the story of Cheng Li-sheung who is a young, upwardly mobile professional that is finally ready to invest in her first home. However, when the deal falls through and after years of saving and searching for her ‘dream home’ she is forced to keep her dream alive, even if it means utilising some...

Year: 2010

Directors: Ho-Cheung Pang

Writers: Ho-Cheung Pang

IMDb: link

Trailer: link

Review by:

Rating: 5 out of 10

[Editor's note: so begins projectcyclops' exhaustive coverage of the GrimmUpNorth Film Festival]

The premise of Dream Home is quite inspired. A woman in Hong Kong works two mind numbing jobs, one in a call centre where she has to deal with abusive recipients to cold calls and another in a high class boutique where the wealthy come to spend oodles of cash. Despite her working hours she still cannot find a decent apartment, and recalls a time when her family lived in a pleasant area long since torn down and replaced with luxury high rise blocks the likes of which she can only dream of affording. Her plan is simple, she’ll murder her way to the top. Kill the residents and the price will fall, free space will become available and she can realise her ambition of getting that ocean view. Unfortunately the inspiration ends...

One of my favourite films from this year’s Frightfest was the remarkable Hong Kong film Dream Home. In my round up of day three of Frightfest I described Dream Home as follows,

“A well crafted film that blends many genres and weaves a fascinating and engrossing story. Touching on the handover, property markets, the economic crisis, female empowerment and gender roles Dream Home is an intelligent and thoughtful film. It is also very sick and twisted in its set pieces. Jumping from a funny and touching scene between two children to scenes of gory violence Dream Home expects the audience to keep up and if they do they will find a rewarding and fascinating film.” (You can also read my full review of the film here)

The official synopsis of Dream Home is,

Cheng Li-sheung (Josie Ho) is a young, upwardly mobile professional finally ready to invest in her first home.

Manchester’s Grimm Up North Festival 2010 rolls out for its second year and runs from Thursday 28th October to 31st October. This year’s line-up has been announced today at a press launch at Odder Bar (which I once got thrown out of as a drunken student back in the day when it was Odd Bar).

There’s really something for everybody, including the absolutely brilliant giallo homage Amer (my favourite film of the year) and the Josie Ho slasher flick Dream Home – which really is a ‘cutting’ satire!

Also playing is cannibal flick We Are What We Are, a movie that brings a whole new meaning to ‘going for a Mexican’ and a new digital print of Dario Argento’s masterpiece Profondo Rosso (Deep Red).

So if you want to wing your way up to the brilliant city of Manchester for four days of horror cinema deluxe, why not?...

The organisers of Grimm Up North, aka GrimmFest, Manchester’s premiere horror festival have today announced the line-up of films that will be showing as part of the 2010 event. A line up which includes a wide mix of horror from all around the globe!

Gala Opening Night

Thursday 28th October, The Dancehouse/Odder Bar

Festivities kick off with a special showing of the 1964 horror/sci-fi classic Last Man On Earth starring Vincent Price – all set to live music from Animat. The electronica collective have been adding their audiological special sauce to movies for some time now, so we’ve invited them along to kick things off in spectacular style!

The North West premiere of new Irish horror Outcast follows – starring James Nesbitt (The Deep/Jekyll), Karen Gillan (Doctor Who), Therese Bradley (Young Adam) and James Cosmo (Highlander), this stylish psychological horror tells the story of a doomed romance between two...

After careful consideration and a lot of hard work, the Grimm Up North team have announced their full festival lineup for 2010. Festival passes are still available for only £75, and individual tickets for all the main screenings will be on sale starting October 1st.

A festival pass provides access to the whole lineup of films, seminars, features, events and more with the exception of the Gala Opening Night events, tickets for which will also be available to purchase separately soon.

Here are all the details on the event, which runs October 28-31 in Manchester, England:

The Gala Opening Night

Thursday 28th October, The Dancehouse/Odder Bar

We kick off with a special showing of the 1964 horror/sci-fi classic Last Man On Earth starring Vincent Price - all set to live music from Animat. The electronica collective have been adding their audiological special sauce to movies for some time now, so we've...

Dream Home opens with statistics about property prices in Hong Kong and a statement about how crazy the city is and that you have you have to be crazy to survive. One such crazy resident of Hong Kong is Cheng Li-sheung (Josie Ho) who wants to buy her dream home but is thwarted at every corner.

In order to secure the flat of her dreams Cheng turns into a murderess and begins dispatching the current occupants of the building in various gruesome ways. These kills are incredibly graphic and also often very inventive. The violence is shocking at times but also filled with black humour and it is a testament to the excellent writing that this works so well within the film as these Grand Guignol elements could so easily unbalance the film and take something away from the complex emotional and socio-cultural themes that help make the film so rewarding.

Director: Lou Ye Writer: Mei Feng Starring: Qin Hao, Chen Sicheng, Tan Zhuo, Wu Wei, Jiang Jiaqi Wang Ping’s (Wu Wei) schoolteacher wife (Jiang Jiaqi) has hired Luo Haitao (Chen Sicheng) to track and photograph her wandering husband who is in the midst of an extra-marital relationship…with a man, Jiang Cheng (Qin Hao). When that love triangle shatters, the Luo becomes Jiang’s rebound; but Luo also has a girlfriend, Li Jing (Tan Zhuo), who works at a counterfeit textile factory. So, once again, Jiang finds himself sharing his man with a woman. The multiple love “triangles” of Spring Fever lack their third side which means there is always a third wheel, and with a third wheel jealousy and animosity abound. (Critics have been quick to pounce on obvious analogies to Jules and Jim.) There lies the drama within Spring Fever. Jiang Chang has no interest in his...

• Meet with a sea of boos when it won the Best Screenplay Prize at Cannes (the boos came from the adjacent theater where a live broadcast was being watched by critics), the helmer behind Suzhou River, Purple Butterfly and Summer Palace (the film that saw motherland China place a ban on the filmmaker from filmmaking, which not surprisingly didn't really work) has found a suitor for a film that plenty, including myself, were indifferent towards. Strand Releasing have picked up a title that fills their Lbgt mandate in Lou Ye's Spring Fever. This is about a young threesome overcome with erotic longings. Luo Haitao has been hired by Wang Ping’s wife to spy on the passionate relationship between her husband and another man, but slowly loses control of the situation. With his beautiful girlfriend, Li Jing, he is drawn in to the affair, overcome by the fever of drunken spring nights.

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Being a big fan of director Lou Ye's previous film Summer Palace, I'm excited to hear that he's back with another film despite the ban being put on him by China's government. Summer Palace debuted in Cannes 2006 without the approval of Chinese censors, who don't take kindly to Lou Ye's film depicting the explicit sexual lives of Chinese students involved in the Tienanmen Square protest. As a result, not only was the film never released in Mainland China, but Lou Ye and his producer were censured and forbidden from making films in the 5 years following.

I'm very glad that rather than abiding to that asinine rule, they've decided to secretly shoot Spring Fever and then label it as a Hong Kong-France production. No doubt Chinese officials will be miffed. The film is also not backing down from the kind of sexuality that made Summer Palace controversial, taking on the story...