Film Reviews New Fist of Fury (1976) 26 May 202026 May 2020 The first film for the defunct Lo Wei Motion Picture Company is a “sequel” to the Bruce Lee classic and its star is a familiar face, that of a young…
Film Reviews The Fearless Hyena (1979) 23 May 202023 May 2020 After becoming a superstar with both Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow and Drunken Master in 1978, it was finally time for Jackie Chan to take the reins on this classic…
Film Reviews Ip Man 4: The Finale (2019) 8 Apr 20208 Apr 2020 Donnie Yen takes a bow in this final installment of the long-running franchise of Bruce Lee’s teacher, Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man. It is the year 1964. Grandmaster Ip Man…
Film Reviews Krrish (2006) 25 Feb 202025 Feb 2020 What do you have when you combine the elaborate musical sequences and romance of Bollywood cinema and the master choreography of Hong Kong legend Tony Ching Siu-Tung? The result is…
Film Reviews City Dragon (1995) 17 Oct 201917 Oct 2019 Before Black Dynamite and Undercover Brother, there was the City Dragon, in this shot-on-video action-comedy that all of a sudden takes a turn into something one would see on Lifetime.…
Interviews… Meet the “White Tiger”: An Interview with Mark Houghton 14 Jun 201910 Jun 2019 If you are a fan of Hong Kong cinema, especially from the late 1980s to mid 1990s, chances are you have seen Mark Houghton. An exponent of the Lau Family…
Film Reviews I am the White Tiger (2018) 14 Jun 201930 May 2019 If you are not a fan of Hong Kong films, you may not know the name of Mark Houghton. However, after seeing this documentary, you will know who he is,…
Film Reviews The Rage of Wind (1973) 13 Jun 201913 Jun 2019 This standard basher with the typical movie rivalry between China and Japan is highlighted by quite a finale between Chen Sing and Yasuaki Kurata. Chen Kwong is a Chinese kung…
Film Reviews Tai Chi Hero (2012) 29 May 201929 May 2019 Stephen Fung concludes his two-part epic that combines the period kung fu film and steam punk genres, and this finale is just as good as the first part. Where we…
Film Reviews Snake in the Monkey’s Shadow (1979) 28 May 2019 First the snake fought the eagle. Now, the monkey takes on the snake in this exciting kung fu film from director Cheung Sum. Ah Lung is a local fishmonger who…
