During the hiatus that marked the end of 2018, it was shocking to learn that one of Hong Kong’s top talented directors had passed away. Ringo Lam Ling-Tung, the action film director whose vision would become legendary with his hit films City on Fire and Prison on Fire, passed away on December 29 at […]
Read More A Tribute to Ringo Lam (1955-2018)Hollywood has lost a legend…the legend that is Penny Marshall. Marshall, who gained fame as Laverne DeFazio first in Happy Days then the hit spin-off Laverne and Shirley before becoming one of the most renowned filmmakers alongside her late brother Garry, passed away Monday night at the age of 75. Born Carole Penny Marshall on […]
Read More A Tribute to Penny Marshall (1943-2018)The legend has passed…. Stan Lee, who became an icon with the formation of Marvel Comics, co-creating some of the most beloved characters in comic book history, passed away on Monday at the age of 95. Along with the likes of his brother Larry Lieber and legendary artists Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, Lee and this prolific team […]
Read More A Tribute to Stan Lee (1922-2018)Hong Kong cinema, no, the whole cinematic world, has lost a legend. Raymond Chow, a former executive at the Shaw Brothers Organization who would go on to form the legendary Golden Harvest film company, passed away on November 2 at the age of 91. Under the Golden Harvest label, Chow helped launched the careers of […]
Read More A Tribute to Raymond Chow (1927-2018)“The Bandit” has ridden off into the sunset. Hollywood legend Burt Reynolds has passed away. Reynolds passed away this morning in Jupiter Medical Center in Jupiter, Florida, according to a statement from his manager. Reynolds was already getting his name out there with hits like Deliverance and The Longest Yard when he starred in […]
Read More The Bandit Rides Off: A Tribute to Burt Reynolds (1936-2018)The world is mourning Lois Lane… Margot Kidder, who played the Daily Planet reporter and Superman love interest from 1978 to 1987 in the four big-screen adaptations that featured the late great Christopher Reeve as the Man of Steel, passed away this week at the age of 69. Starting out in films and television in […]
Read More A Tribute to Margot Kidder (1948-2018)This past weekend, Hollywood was rocked by two major losses in the industry. One is an Academy Award-winning director and the other is a former military officer who would become synonymous with a Stanley Kubrick movie and a horror remake. We start with Milos Forman, who passed away on April 13 at the age of […]
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