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In the not-so-good old days, summer used to be a break for more than just students. It was time off from great TV, as broadcast networks aired reruns, sports, and reality competitions while they assumed people were outside having fun. But since the new golden age began, all these TV shows have had to fit in somewhere, and many networks chose to run them during the less competitive summer months.

That’s led to a boon of TV’s best shows popping up when no series dared debut before. So, to honor the latest summer sensation — Netflix’s “Glow” — we’ve gathered the elite qualifiers below and ranked the seasons by overall quality, summer spirit, and re-watchability. To be eligible, seasons needed to be released in the months between June 1 and August 31 during the 21st century. After all, there’s plenty of new options to consider, but sometimes you want...

The end is finally upon us. “The Leftovers” airs its final episode this Sunday on HBO, and with it comes the close of one of television’s all-time great drama series. Over the course of its three-season run, “The Leftovers” has earned acclaim for Damon Lindelof and Tom Perrotta, as well as the ensemble cast, but it would be a shame to say goodbye to this series without spotlighting the men and women behind the camera.

“The Leftovers” and its point-of-view storytelling always allowed different directors to leave their mark on the series. Through memorable sequences and shots, these seven directors made “The Leftovers” an emotionally visceral and downright spiritual experience. It’s safe to say there won’t be another series like it for some time, but television is in good hands as long as these filmmakers are guiding it.

Read More: ‘The Leftovers’ Is the Best Show on...

Will Ferrell's George W. Bush served as one of the special guests at Samantha Bee and Full Frontal's "Not the White House Correspondents Dinner" special Saturday night in Washington, D.C.

"How do you like me now, huh?" "Bush" asked the room as he stamped out a cigarette with his shoe. "The prodigal son has returned. I don't know what that means but it's positive."

"Bush" then commented on his own "strained, contentious" relationship with the press.

"You guys would always sneak up on me with 'gotcha' questions...

On the heels of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.‘s modest yet still meaningful uptick this week in the ratings, Marvel TV chief Jeph Loeb remains bullish on the ABC series’ prospects for Season 5.

RelatedAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D. on the Renewal Bubble: Keep or Cut?

“We’re hopeful” for renewal, Loeb shared with TVLine as he arrived at Freeform’s Upfront presentation on Wednesday afternoon, where Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger and Marvel’s New Warriors were among the new live-action fare being touted.

Going into its April 18 broadcast, S.H.I.E.L.D. Season 4 has been averaging 2.4 million total weekly viewers...

This week’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. featured the return of a familiar face from a previous iteration of the team, in another wild Framework escapade that resulted in a most heroic death.

RelatedAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D. on the Bubble: Keep or Cut?

With a bloodied and bruised Daisy/”Skye” still being held captive at Hydra, Jemma ultimately had no choice but to read in Ward and Mace on the whole truth about the Framework (and his corny, T-shirt-worthy “Team that trusts…” slogan) — which they had a hard time swallowing, given the full lives, rife with love and loss, that they have been “living.

Fox’s 24: Legacy clocked out on Monday night with 3.4 million total viewers and a 0.8 rating (per finals), steady week-to-week and thus holding onto its season low in the demo.

Readers gave the revival’s run an average grade of “B-.”

Related24: Legacy Finale: At the End of the Day, Did Revival Survive Its Bauer Outage?

Leading out of that, Apb (2.7 mil/0.6) also was flat.

Related2017 Renewal Scorecard: What’s Coming Back? What’s Cancelled?

Over on CBS, the already-renewed Kevin Can Wait (5.9 mil/1.1) slipped a tenths in the demo to match a series low. Man With a Plan...

In the highly likely event that you’re still recovering from last week’s Most Memorable Year theme, Dancing With the Stars followed that up on Monday with the perfect chaser: Disney Night. (Thanks, corporate synergy!)

This week, it was once again time to bust out the Mickey Mouse ears and CGI’d woodland creatures, as each contestant performed a routine inspired by Disney’s box office successes. (In other words: literally any Disney movie.)

Below, let’s run through the evening’s strongest and weakest dances:

RelatedApril TV Calendar: 85 Premieres and Finales!

Best Of The Night

Normani Kordei and...

No one who has watched even 30 seconds of “The Leftovers” would tell you it’s a cheery show. HBO’s ambitious, poignant, and periodically gut-wrenching drama often chases one devastating moment with another, occasionally pausing to give the viewer a brief, teary respite — if we’re lucky.

Enter Season 3. In any given episode of “The Leftovers,” tears are a sure thing, but there are scenes that spark tears of joy. From Nora’s awkwardly endearing comebacks (“Fuck your daughter!”) to Kevin’s attempts at family bonding to a giant blow-up doll of Gary Busey, the laughs are there, if you can smile through the pain.

Read More: ‘The Leftovers’ Review: A Very Funny Season 3 Premiere is Bursting With Mysteries, Callbacks, and Ominous Signals

It wasn’t easy, but we’ve rounded up the happiest, most bittersweet moments of “The Leftovers” so far. Between Season 1 and 2, the show only seems to be getting cheerier,...

The prodigal son with a chainsaw hand returns to Elk Grove, Michigan on season 2 of Ash vs Evil Dead, and ahead of the second season's October 2nd premiere on Starz, a new image gallery teases hometown horrors for Ash and friends.

“Ash vs Evil Dead, a 10-episode half-hour series, is the long-awaited follow-up to the classic horror film, The Evil Dead.

The second season roars back into action with Ash leaving his beloved Jacksonville and returning to his hometown of Elk Grove, Michigan. There, he confronts Ruby. The former enemies have to form an uneasy alliance as Elk Grove soon becomes the nucleus of evil.

The cast is led by Bruce Campbell (Evil Dead, “Burn Notice”) in the role of Ash Williams; Lucy Lawless (“Salem,” “Spartacus”) as Ruby Knowby, who now possesses the powerful Necronomicon; Ray Santiago (“Touch,” Meet the Fockers) as Pablo Simon Bolivar, Ash’s loyal sidekick dealing...

(Spoiler alert: This post contains spoilers for the May 1, 2016 episode of “Game of Thrones,” as well as what might be considered book spoilers.) The prodigal son Bran Stark is back on this week’s episode of “Game of Thrones,” and he’s got a new friend: an old man who’s been living in a tree north of the Wall with the last surviving Children of the Forest. Sunday night we got a look at what kind of things the Three-Eyed Raven can do, as he guided Bran through a vision of Winterfell decades before. Bran saw his father, uncle Benjen,...

Sammo Hung is regarded as one of the greatest Kung Fu performers of his generation. His high tempo, hard htting fight sequences have captured audiences all over the world. Future generations will look back and watch in amazement, witnessing one of the very best in world cinema.

Peking Opera Days

The Peking Opera school was run from a small theatre by Master Yu Jim Yuen, this was where Sammo Hung would begin his journey. In them days, the stundents would normally enroll for around 10 years, each day performing gruelling tasks for up to 18 hours a day which included training in the Martial Arts, weapons training, acrobatics, acting and singing. The Peking opera of course brought together Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao, Yuen Wah, Corey Yuen, Yuen Tak and Yuen Mo, who would eventually be known as the 7 Little Fortunes. They took the first name “Yuen” in a sign of...

(1981-1989 – The Three Dragons)

After the early 1980’s, Golden Harvest started to branch out into the modern-day world leaving behind the Kung Fu cinema age and progressing into something massive. From 1981 onwards, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao (The Three Dragons) were about to embark on a sensational journey, progressing from there Kung Fu genre into modern-day Martial Arts and stunt work, something Shaw Brothers were left behind and Golden Harvest was to be the new global company.

Jackie Chan back then headed to the United states to try to break into the international market, but the movies he appeared in didn’t really take off and Jackie was also disappointed with the filming of The Big Brawl. Jackie felt he never had chance to show off his action choreography and wasn’t given the space to add his world of experience to the movie. Although it was Directed...

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 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 time to have a look at my 100 Great Kung Fu movie list and feel free to add any movies in the comment box if they don’t make my list (I have probably forgotten many movies).

Number 1 is based on the choreography and overall movie which to me is a prime example of of...

Golden Harvest started in 1970, after Raymond Chow had left Shaw Brothers studios along with producer Leonard Ho and decided to start there own company and go up against the dominance of Shaw Brothers.

Shaw Brothers had been the leading studio for many years, showcasing legendary Directors, Actors and Marital Artists. Raymond Chow and Leonard Ho knew they had to come with something big and make a huge noise in the world of cinema and indeed they did just that. They made a few movies in 1971 such as The Angry River, Lady Whirlwind and One Armed Boxer. But one Actor stood out over the rest, showcasing his incredible talent for the first time in a big movie and his name was Bruce Lee. When the Big Boss premiered in Hong Kong, the audience cheered and mobbed Bruce after the movie had ended.

Raymond Chow and Bruce Lee

Also at this time...

Since its heyday, kung fu seems to be giving way to other action genres, but could it be making a comeback?

There was a time when everyone was indeed kung fu fighting. Films belonging to the genre, made popular in the 1970s by the late Bruce Lee, helped to boost Hong Kong cinema, not to mention the careers of various Chinese actors such as Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Jet Li. However, in recent years, it seems that the kung fu film is losing the raw bad-assery that fans have grown up watching. As martial arts films are now evolving to feature more computer animation and culture rather than pure, unadulterated violence, has kung fu lost its touch?

The first kung fu film dates back to the late 1930s, when folk heroes and famed martial artists Fong Sai-Yuk and Wong Fei-Hung were immortalised for the first time (they would...

Sammo Hung is one of the greatest Kung Fu stars/choreographers in the history of world cinema, whether he is in front or behind the camera Sammo always gives 100% and this time it’s no different. The Monkey King 2, a sequel to the 2014 box office hit stars Aaron Kwok, Gong Li, Feng Shaofeng and Xiaoshenyang and will see the return of Director Cheang Pou-soi.

The Monkey King 2 will be shot in 3D and will be released in February 2016, in time for Chinese New year. The movie has a budget of Hk$530 million, but without Donnie Yen in the lead role will the movie be as successful as the first outing? time will tell.

Here are a select few of some of the best Sammo Hung movies, which he was action director.

*Warriors Two

*The Victim

*Knockabout

*The Prodigal Son

*Eastern Condors

*Magnificent Butcher (co action with Yuen Woo Ping)

*Ip...

The prodigal son returns in The Flash episode 11, "The Sound and the Fury," as Hartley Rathaway, a.k.a. Pied Piper, makes his debut and threatens to reveal Dr. Wells' secret. No, he doesn't know that Harrison can walk or about that secret room of his. Rather, Hartley warned him of the risks of the particle accelerator. The Flash does stop him, but he may not be locked up for long, as Hartley tells Cisco he knows where Ronnie is.

For more on what happened, check out the recap.

Nominations for the 46th NAACP Image Awards have been revealed and "Belle," "Beyond the Lights," "Dear White People," "Get On Up," and "Selma" are duking it out for the Outstanding Motion Picture Award.

Winners will be announced on Friday, February 6, 2015 in a two-hour televised event on TV One.

The NAACP Image Awards celebrates the accomplishments of people of color in the fields of television, music, literature and film and also honors individuals or groups who promote social justice through creative endeavors.

Here's the complete list of nominees for the 46th NAACP Image Awards:

Television

Outstanding Comedy Series

. "black-ish" (ABC)

. "House of Lies" (Showtime)

. "Key & Peele" (Comedy Central)

. "Orange is the New Black" (Netflix)

. "Real Husbands of Hollywood" (Bet)

Outstanding Actor in a Comedy Series

. Andre Braugher - "Brooklyn Nine-Nine" (Fox)

. Anthony Anderson - "'black-ish" (ABC)

. Don Cheadle - "House of Lies" (Showtime)

. Keegan-Michael Key - "Key & Peele" (Comedy Central)

. Kevin Hart...

"The Leftovers" recently concluded its first season on a high note. This HBO drama series may well reap bids at the upcoming Golden Globes and SAG Awards. And while cast members won't have to chose a single episode to represent their best work at these kudos, they will have to for the Emmys. Take a look below at the breakdown of those with the most potential for awards recognition and our suggestions for episode submissions. After voting in the poll at the bottom of the post, sound off in the comments section as to who you think is the most deserving. -Break- Justin Theroux (Kevin Garvey, Jr.): Best Drama Actor He absolutey must submit the season finale “The Prodigal Son Returns.” He cries twice, first while delivering a eulogy and later while opening up to the reverend about the breakdown of his marriage. And he gets to be a hero,...

40. Night of the Hunter (1955)

Scene: The Preacher on the Horizon

Video: http://youtu.be/9PyNL2ahKwc?list=PLZbXA4lyCtqolaQOAXly96de5FYQlPzqK Just like a few others in this section of the list, Charles Laughton’s brilliant Night of the Hunter isn’t really a horror film, but still sets out to keep the audience on edge. Starring a diabolical Robert Mitchum as a preacher/serial killer Reverend Harry Powell, it follows him as he tries to woo his former cellmate’s widow Willa (Shelly Winters), hoping to learn where he has hidden his bank loot. Powell devises that his children John and Pearl must know, but he struggles to gain young John’s trust. When Willa learns of his plan, Powell is forced to kill her and hide the body, leaving him as sole caretaker of the children, who flee down the river. And then the scene. Having believed they have escaped Powell,...

Hey Deadheads, it’s Ryne from The Moon is a Dead World here with all the horror TV shows for the week. As we move into the Halloween season, more and more will be debuting. This week, Shawn adds Z Nation to the mix, and DEADtime TV finishes off The Leftovers and Teen Wolf. Kevin is on Vacation, so coverage of the rest of his shows will be on hiatus for the time being.

The Lottery: “St. Michael” - Sunday, September 7 at 9 Pm

Perhaps The Lottery has settled into a groove of mediocrity, or perhaps I’m just more willing to allow it to be that way. Whatever the case, I didn’t hate “St. Michael” like I did last episode, nor did I love it; it simply was, and like a Lifetime movie, The Lottery sat there and allowed me to absorb it without much trouble.

The problem that...

A weekly feature in which we spotlight shining stars

The Performer | Justin Theroux

The Show | The Leftovers

The Episode | “The Prodigal Son Returns“

The Airdate | September 7, 2014

Theroux’s work in the first season finale was so moving that it would take a dozen columns to do it justice. Heck, we could write an essay just about the way he played the beleaguered police chief’s Bible reading at Patti’s grave. So let’s focus, why don’t we, on one key scene?

En route back to Mapleton after laying to rest the horrors of Cairo, Kevin was challenged by...

The Leftovers, Season 1, Episode 10, “The Prodigal Son Returns”

Written by Damon Lindelof & Tom Perrotta

Directed by Mimi Leder

Airs Sundays at 10pm Est on HBO

“He’s never coming for us, is he?”

Christine asks this to Tommy in regards to Wayne, but in a series that asks all the Big Questions by virtue of its premise, that’s not the whole story. Whether she realizes it or not, what Christine’s really wondering is if God is coming, and what’s remarkable here is that she could be speaking for every single character in the series, which just goes to show exactly how focused we have come since its strange beginnings.

In its first five episodes, The Leftovers danced around the Sudden Departure that ruled these characters’ lives. Now that it’s finally been being dealt with head on, both by the writers, and by the characters themselves, the real magic has been happening.

I’ve gone back and forth on HBO’s The Leftovers throughout its first season, which always felt like two shows forcefully pressed up against one another.

A lot of that has to stem from the two showrunners, Tom Perrotta and Damon Lindelof, one a delicate writer fascinated by human emotion and the other a divisive bigwig famed for ambitious and baffling television. The Leftovers tried to deliver all the intrigue of Lost combined with the devastating impact of something like Rectify. Was it successful? Occasionally.

At its best, the show was able to balance the two styles, resulting in some truly incredible hours (my favorite is likely still “Guest”), but it wasn’t always an easy watch. I’m still bitter about “Gladys,” a punishing episode (I can never unsee that brutal death by stoning, but no satisfying reason has been given as to why such a shocking scene...

After a torturous week of suspense, The Leftovers concludes its freshman season with a gloriously horrifying finale in which Matt digs Kevin out of a hole (and Patti into one), Jill makes not one but two ginormous life decisions (one for the better, one for the worse), Tom and Christine’s road trip takes a major detour, and the Guilty Remnant brings to fruition its cruel plan for Memorial Day. Care for some details? Read on.

Related The Leftovers Renewed for Season 2

Burial Plotting | The hour opens with the saddest cigarette ad ever – Kevin puffing away over Patti’s dead body,...

"The Leftovers" wrapped up its first season earlier this evening. A review of the finale coming up just as soon as we have different physiques... In the end, it was the goddamn dog that wrecked me. Love it or hate it — and 50-odd savage minutes of "The Prodigal Son" absolutely affirmed my love for it — "The Leftovers" isn't really like anything else on television, past or present. Structurally, it has a passing resemblance to a few other series (including Damon Lindelof's previous one). But in terms of tone and substance, as well as its focus on the emotional and spiritual health of its characters far ahead of any questions of plot, it's an original. Even with the book to adapt(*), there was no real template for Lindelof and Tom Perrotta to follow in crafting a finale for this season. (*) And, for what it's worth, the finale pretty much exhausts...

Critics and scholars often refer to young, accomplished Québécois filmmaker Xavier Dolan as the “enfant terrible” of French-Canadian cinema. This moniker is likely not because Dolan is breaking the rules and conventions of filmmaking though, because for the most part, he is not. Instead, it could be due to how his stories focus on actual enfant terribles, fussy and privileged kids going through issues of sexuality, identity and self-worth.

Dolan is far from the Godard of modern Québécois cinema, but more akin to Truffaut, full of freewheeling energy and insight and throttled by character rather than concept. Just 25 years old, the director is already making one good or interesting film a year and in 2014, he has just given us his most accomplished feature yet, Cannes favorite Mommy, which features the most terrible enfant in any film from recent memory.

That obnoxious and self-serving but charming teenager, Steve (Antonie-Olivier Pilon), is...

Hey, "The Leftovers" peeps. Unfortunately, we have to break the news to you that you'll have to wait until next week to see the new season finale episode 10 of season 1 labeled, "The Prodigal Son Returns," as the show is Mia tonight for some unknown reason. Maybe it's because of the Labor Day weekend or something. I don't know. But go ahead and mark your TV calendars for Sunday night, September 7th at 10pm to see the episode 10. HBO did serve up the promo/spoiler clip (below) for episode 10, last week, in case you haven't checked it out yet. The official synopsis reads like this: "An unexpected ally will help Kevin in escaping a troublesome situation near the town of Cairo. Meanwhile, an elaborate Memorial Day initiative by the Guilty Remnant, will end up, sending Mapleton into major chaos. Holy Wayne will end up, giving one final wish. Tom is going...

Recently, HBO delivered the new,official synopsis/spoilers for their upcoming "The Leftovers" finale episode 10 of season 1. The episode is entitled, "The Prodigal Son Returns," and it sounds like things will get very interesting as an unexpected ally arrives on the scene to give Kevin a helping hand, and more. In the new,10th episode press release: An unexpected ally will help Kevin (Justin Theroux) get out of a jam near the town of Cairo. In the meantime, an elaborate Memorial Day initiative by the Guilty Remnant, is going to plunge Mapleton into chaos. Holy Wayne (Paterson Joseph) will grant a final wish. Tom (Chris Zylka) is going to cope with his new reality. Nora (Carrie Coon) will make a life-changing decision. The episode was written by Damon Lindelof & Tom Perrotta, and it was directed by Mimi Leder. The finale episode 10 is set to air on Sunday night, September 7th at 10pm on HBO.

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.

Crippled Avengers (1978)

Studio: Shaw Brothers

Director: Chang Cheh

Cast: The Vemons, Chen Kuan Tai, Johnny Wang, Dick Wei

Action Director(s): Lu Feng, Robert Tai, Chiang Sheng

Five Elements Ninjas (1982)

Studio: Shaw Brothers

Director: Chang Cheh

Cast: Ricky Cheng, Lo Meng, Chan Wai Man, Wong Wai Tong

Action Director(s): Ricky Cheng Tien Chi,...

Anita Mui 1963-2003

Anita Mui had a fantastic screen presence, an actress and a musician, she also did lots of work for charity. In the 80′s she became a household name within the music world and was dubbed the “Madonna of Asia”. She had a series of shows entitled the “Anita Classic Moment Live Concert” that consisted of eight shows at the Hong Kong Coliseum from 6 to 11 November and 14 to 15 November 2003, which were to be her last concerts before her death.

Anita made some great movies and was always surrounded by a great cast. Some movies you should check out are Behind the Yellow Line, Rouge, The Heroic Trio, Drunken Master 2, Miracles, Saviour of the Soul, Moon Warriors and many more.

Mui was originally cast in Zhang Yimou’s House of Flying Daggers (2004), but she resigned only two weeks before her death. Zhang had reserved her scenes to be shot...

Now in its third year, Locarno’s Carte Blanche will shine the light on Chilean films in post production.

Locarno is to put the spotlight on films from Chile as part of its Carte Blanche initiative, now in its third year.

Seven Chilean films in post production will be screened to international sales agents and festival programmers who are participating in the festival’s Industry Days (Aug 10-12).

A jury will present the best film with $10,800 (10,000Chf) towards the completion of the project.

The initiative, which aims to showcase a number of films in post production from a particular country, kicked off in 2011 with Colombia and was followed by Mexico.

It is supported by the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (Sdc) of the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (Fdfa).

Carte Blanche takes place during the 66th edition of the Locarno Film Festival, which runs Aug 7-17.

The selected films are:

Raul by Matias Venables Brito, produced...

Though China has become an influential piece on the global chess board of late, the roots of cinema can be traced all the way back to the Western world. Following the inception of the movie camera in the early 1880s, films slowly grew in commercial prowess and once Hollywood established itself as an economic powerhouse in the 1920s, the motion picture became king. This western-centric ideology has spanned almost a hundred years, survived two world wars and, to this day, remains the crux of the cinematic world. In fact, the Us was responsible for approximately 62% of the global box office share in 2012. So, while movies such as Hansel & Gretel and Transformers: Dark of the Moon performed better overseas and cinema markets in India and Nigeria continue to grow and diversify; the Us remains the dominant force by quite a margin. And this dominance has consequences.

If the North American film...

Keith Olbermann is getting back into broadcasting.

Turner Sports said Wednesday that it is hiring Olbermann to host its baseball studio show for the postseason. He will team with Hall of Fame pitcher Dennis Eckersley.

Olbermann most recently did a political show at Current TV before he had a falling-out with his bosses. While generally acknowledged to be a smart and witty broadcaster, off-screen battles with executives have kept him jumping to different jobs.

Olbermann was a postseason baseball studio host at both NBC and Fox more than a decade ago.

Read more:

Al Gore and Current TV hit with...

In a segment on Monday about NBA player Jason Collins’ coming out, Epsn analyst Chris Broussard said that as a Christian he does not “agree with homosexuality” and implied that by coming out as gay, Collins is “walking in open rebellion to God and Jesus Christ.”

Broussard has come under fire for that comment, made on the network’s one-hour special episode of Outside the Lines, which focused on Collins’ essay in Sports Illustrated where he announced he is gay, becoming the first openly gay male major American professional sports player.

Broussard said on the segment that “true tolerance and acceptance is being able to…...

Our long national nightmare is over: Nearly one year after filing a blistering, $70 million lawsuit against Current TV, Keith Olbermann and his former employer have reportedly reached a settlement. Specifics of the deal are confidential — and Current TV has declined to comment, while Olbermann has not yet responded to EW’s requests for comment — but according to Deadline, the ousted host was awarded “a significant payout.”

Olbermann brought his nightly political program Countdown With Keith Olbermann to Current after departing from MSNBC in 2011. Upon being let go by Al Gore’s net less than a year later, he accused the...

This is my top 10 favorite kickers in Kung Fu cinema. It is just my personal opinion as there are many great performers out there with amazing ability also. I hope everyone likes my top 10 and please feel free to leave comments at the bottom of the page.

10.Jean Claude Van Damme

Jean Claude is one of the best kickers i have seen out of the Asian movie market. His jumping spin kicks are brilliant, hitting with speed and power, which would take anyone’s head off. Van Damme was also a former member of the Belgium Team that won the European Championships in 1979 in Brussels.

Some of Van Dammes best kicking skills can be watched in movies such as No Retreat, No Surrender, Bloodsport, Kickboxer, Lionheart, Double Impact, The Quest and so on. He recently starred as the main villain in The Expendables 2, which he did a great job,...

Firstly i would like to thank everyone that put questions forward for my first Q&A session on Asian Movie Pulse, myself and everyone on the site would like to thank you for your continued support and hope we can all continue to grow together and make this one of the best sites on the net.

If you put questions forward and they didn’t make it this time, do not worry as we will keep them for the next Q&A session in the near future. So here we go, i hope you enjoy everyones questions and the answers i put forward.

Q1:Do you think the martial arts movie industry has declined over the years, Will we ever have a new consistent jackie chan and jet li movie star? – By:Nile Dragon

A) Hi Nile, it is a bit of a strange one as we know in the 70′s till the late 80′s,...

Tonight, The Office officially begins its final season on NBC, and we'd love to write more about that but we're getting all choked up. Regardless of how you've accepted the series after Steve Carell left, The Office will always hold a special place in our TV-lovin' hearts for seamlessly and hilariously wrapping us around the daily lives of the Dunder Mifflin/Sabre family. And now that our time with Jim, Pam, Dwight and the rest is (sob!) coming to a close, we thought it'd be appropriate to send out our final season wish list to the TV universe to see if any of it comes to fruition. Scroll on through our five ideas, and then add yours in the comments: 1. The Prodigal Son Returns: Even though Carell...

Christopher Nolan's Batman series will reach its zenith this weekend when the capper on the trilogy, "The Dark Knight Rises," blasts its way into the geekosphere.

All you need to do to rise to the occasion is to have watched the previous two films, "Batman Begins" and "The Dark Knight," about a thousand times like we have… or simply read our easily absorbed recap below.

Think of it as Reader's Digest, but with more grappling hooks.

Bruce Wayne Enters the Ninja

At the start of "Batman Begins" Nolan reintroduces us to the Caped Crusader mythos "Memento"-style, flashing forward and backward through Bruce Wayne's formative years as young boy Bruce sees his parents killed, then, years later, college dropout Bruce (Christian Bale) watches their killer, Joe Chill, murdered by the mob. With his plans for direct revenge thwarted, his childhood sweetheart, Rachel Dawes (Katie Holmes), convinces him that vengeance...

Get ready for another superhero series!

This fall on The CW's Arrow, fans will get to follow the exploits of DC Comics' Oliver Queen (Stephen Amell), a playboy who spent five years on a deserted island after a horrific boating accident. The prodigal son will return home and use the alias Green Arrow, a superhero who's super handy with a bow and arrow, to save his precious Star City from the criminals who lie in wait. Arrow has all the trademarks of a great superhero series, including a lost love — Katie Cassidy as Dinah "Laurel" Lance — and the loss of a, spoiler alert, parental figure.

Video: Check out a first look at Arrow

With the premiere of Arrow, The CW has the chance to once again be the home to a long-running superhero series that will not only attract Smallville followers, but also comic book aficionados and fanboys — and even fangirls!

Cast:

Yuen Biao

Lam Ching Ying

Sammo Hung

Frankie Chan

Peter Chan Lung

Chung Fat

Dick Wei

Wai Pak

Lee Hoi San

Chin Yuet Sang

James Tien Chun

Baan Yun Sang

Director:

Sammo Hung

Action Director:

Billy Chan, Sammo Hung, Lam Ching Ying, Yuen Biao

When it comes to the best kung fu movies ever made, The Prodigal Son has certainly got to be up there with the very best. This movie has everything, great fight scenes, great characters, great comedy and top notch choreography. This movie is regarded as one of Sammo’s best and i would have to agree. He as made many kung fu classics, but this as always remained one of my favorites in the genre.

Plot

Leung Jan (Yuen Biao) is a young man in a wealthy family living in Foshan in the mid-19th century. He is a martial artist trained by two instructors in his father’s employ.

5.Corey Yuen

Other names: 元奎

Yuan Kui

Yuan2 Kui1

Cory Yuen

Don Yuen

Yuen Fooi

Nationality: Hong Kong

Workplace: France, Hong Kong, USA

Cory Yuen as been choreographing movies since 1973, is first movie was Chinese Hercules, starring Bolo Yeung. He was a member of the Peking Opera Schools and one of the Seven Little Fortunes. In July 1981, Yuen made his Hong Kong directorial debut in 1982 film Ninja in the Dragon’s Den, along with Hiroyuki Sanada, Conan Lee and Hwang Jang Lee. In June 1985, Yuen made his American directorial debut in 1986 film No Retreat, No Surrender, which marked the film debut of Belgium martial artist actor Jean-Claude Van Damme.

n 1993, he began an alliance and good friendship with action star Jet Li. He directed several of Li’s films, beginning with Fong Sai-yuk and Fong Sai-yuk II, and continuing through The Bodyguard from Beijing, The New Legend of Shaolin and My Father Is a Hero,...

Other names: 钟发

Choy Fat

Chung Faat

Tsui Fat

Zhong Fa

Nationality: Hong Kong

Workplace: Hong Kong

Selected Filmography

1979:Odd Couple

1979:His Name Is Nobody

1980:The Magnificent Butcher

1980:Encounters Of The Spooky Kind

1981:The Prodigal Son

Born 2nd December 1953, Chung studied along with a number of other Hk film stuntmen/actors – in Madame Fan Fok Fa’s Peking Opera School. He started off his movie career as an extra on the movie “Enter The Dragon”, being seen as one of the fighters who takes on Bolo Yeung, when Bolo breaks his neck.

Throughout the early 70′s, Chung would appear in minor roles or most of the time as a stuntman, in movies such as Chinese Hercules, The Tournament, Iron Fisted Monk and Broken Oath. Although these were brief appearances and mostly uncredited, it wasn’t long until Chung was spotted once again by legend Sammo Hung and brought into his team.

Action Director: Adam Chan Chung-Tai

Starring: Zhou Yang, Yuen Biao, Cheng Pei Pei, Jade Xu Huihui

The Legend Of Wing Chun is the latest offering kung fu legend Yuen Biao, also starring Jade Xu, Zhou Yang and legend Cheng Pei Pei.

We have many movies lately focusing of the art of Wing Chun, one of my favorite styles to watch on screen, since Sammo Hung brought it to the screen in movies such as Warriors Two, The prodigal Son and the latest movies Ip Man.

The trailer shows us some great clips, action looks good, it features Shaolin monks, Peking opera and anything with Yuen Biao performing Wing Chun is always worth a watch.

There isn’t much information on this at the moment, apart from the trailer and it as a release date of 2012.

I thought it was about time i did a post on the great vampire buster of all time, yes you got it, lam Ching Ying. This will be listing all the movies and tv series where Lam Ching Ying either stars in or takes on the hopping vampires and evil spirits.

His roles in the Mr.Vampire movies show his skills as an actor, with great comic timing which goes well with his serious acting side, which we normally get to see on screen. This role would make him, not just a big star in Asia but also worldwide as the master of Vampire killers.

Other great movies which he starred in (But not in a vampire movie) were the likes of The Prodigal Son, School On Fire, Eastern Condors, The Magnificent Butcher and Painted Faces.

I have been a big fan of these movies since i first watched Mr.

On Sunday's Game of Thrones, poor Theon Greyjoy found himself not only humbled, but also humiliated in a really icky way.

The prodigal son returned to the Iron Islands but found that even though the Greyjoys' sigil is a kraken, he was not greeted with open arms, tentacled or otherwise. In fact, Theon's every misstep cost him some influence in the War of Five Kings. Who else faltered? Who prevailed? Who should just give up and join Ser Dontos as a jester? TVGuide.com breaks down the power shifts in "The Night Lands"...

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Game Of Assassins is a new movie brought to us by Director Seven Miao and will star Chen Kuan-Tai (Iron Monkey) as a general and leung Kar Yan who plays a vicious king.

“The film follows Chen Kuan-tai’s character General Tu Jia who trains a trio of young fighters to seek revenge on the villainous King of Wei played by Leung Kar-yan, only for one assassins to succumb to the dark side and the temptation of wealth and power. Mr. Vampire director Ricky Lau (Rip) came on board the Game of Assassins project as an executive producer and consultant”.

Ian Powers, who is an American actor/stuntman is also helping out with the project and have both worked together back in the day under Director/Actor Frankie Chan on movies such as The Prodigal Son and Outlaw Brothers. Powers also worked on the highly anticipated ‘Man with the Iron Fists’ project,...

This week's Revenge took dynamic duos to a whole new level. "Treachery" further hinted at what I'd already suspected, that Amanda Clarke could mean the unraveling of Emily's plan to take down her enemies.

But before we look at the twisted sisterhood between Emily and Amanda, we'll run down the rest of the thorns in Emily's side.

Lydia's awake. Awake, talking, and looking damn good for someone who fell off a five story building. It appears the only thing injured was her memory. She didn't remember anything from the weeks before her fall but she certainly looked ticked off.  Imagine what she'll look like when it all comes back to her.

Victoria took the lesson about keeping her enemies close seriously as she moved Lydia into Casa Grayson. Of course, she kicked Conrad out and he could be equally as dangerous, although they hold so much information over each other...

Legendary Amazons is the latest movie brought to us by director Frankie Chan, Based on the legendary story of the widows and daughters of the Yang family who lived during the Song Dynasty.

Jackie Chan is the producer of the movie and at the premier of the movie he spoke about a certain part he actually wanted to play himself, “It’s a pity I’m a man,” he said, “I really wanted to portray a heroine of the family.”

At the attendance in Beijing, along with Jackie Chan and director Frankie Chan were Cecilia Cheung, Cheng Peipei, Liu Xiaoqing, Kathy Chow and Chen Zihan. Jackie and Frankie have worked on movies together in the past such as Operation Condor, Outlaw Brothers and also Drunken Master 2. You will recognize Frankie manly in the Wing Chun based movie The Prodigal Son.

The action choreographer for the movie is one of my...