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NYAFF 2013 Announces Jay Chou's THE ROOFTOP Plus 22 More Titles

The annual celebration of cinematic goodness that is the New York Asian Film Festival has announced that Jay Chou's The Rooftop will serve as the closing night presentation. They've also announced a raft of premieres and salutes. Here's more from...

COLD WAR Wins Big At The 32nd Hong Kong Film Awards

Cold War, one of Hong Kong's best crime thrillers in recent years, has dominated this year's Hong Kong Film Awards, winning a total of 9 awards: Best Film, Best Director (Longman Leung, Sunny Luk Kim Ching), Best Screenplay (Longman Leung,...

COLD WAR and THE BULLET VANISHES Top HK Film Award Nominations

The nominations for this year's Hong Kong Film Awards were announced earlier today, and predictably, star-studded cop drama Cold War scored 12 nominations, including Best Picture and Best Director nods for its first-time helmers Longman Leung and Sunny Luk. More...

Blu-ray Review: WU DANG (Well Go USA)

China loves epics. If there's anything that China does unusually well, it's throw thousands of people in a field and film them killing each other. What China is less known for is smaller action adventure films. That is usually the...

Chinese Action Flick WU DANG On Blu-ray December 4th, New Trailer Premiere Here!

Our pals at Well Go USA are releasing the Vincent Zhao/Fan Siu Wong martial arts adventure, Wu Dang, on Blu-ray and DVD in the US next week, and they've graced us with an exclusive early look at the trailer. The...

Review: The Sherlockian THE BULLET VANISHES Eschews Ego for Mystery

An arsenal, strange deaths and a ghost bullet all culminate in a twisty confined plot that centres around peculiar officer Song (Ching-Wan Lau as a lesser Crazy Detective than his Johnnie To joint) and already-detective, the young and cock-sure Guo...

New THE BULLET VANISHES Trailer Is Elementary For Nicholas Tse and Lau Ching Wan

Nicholas Tse is enjoying a healthy run of form in recent years, with award-winning turns in The Stool Pigeon and Bodyguards and Assassins, as well as big budget action thrillers like The Viral Factor under his belt. Tse's latest pairs him with...

First Trailer For Martial Arts Film WU DANG

Backed by three strong Kung Fu performers - Vincent Zhao (aka Chiu Man Chuk), Dennis To and Louis Fan - Wu Dang (大武当之天地密码) is the first martial arts film that captures the treasure of Wu Dang Kung Fu and the...

Review: LOVE IN THE BUFF Entertainingly Follows the Laws of Love

LOVE IN THE BUFF director Pang Ho-Cheung is one of the most interesting directors working in the Hong Kong film industry today. His incredible wit and undeniable talent are reflected in his varied filmography, which includes penning the story of...

Competition: Win 1 of 5 Double Passes to See LOVE IN THE BUFF in Australia!

Thanks to our friends at Dream Movie Australia, we have FIVE double passes for the new Pang Ho Cheung film LOVE IN THE BUFF to give away to our Australian readers! This film is the sequel to the 2010 Hong...

HKIFF 2012 Review: LOVE IN THE BUFF Quits Smoking but Keeps Us Laughing

(Giving this review a bump as the film enjoys its official world premiere tonight as opening film of the 36th Hong Kong International Film Festival) Writer-director Pang Ho Cheung's 2010 comedy LOVE IN A PUFF was something of a happy...

China Lion exposes LOVE IN THE BUFF to North America

As local director Pang Ho Cheung is gearing up to premiere two new films at this month's Hong Kong International Film Festival, international distributor China Lion has announced that it already has one of them scheduled for release in North...