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New York Asian 2018 Interview: Hong Kong Star Stephy Tang On Letting Go With THE EMPTY HANDS
Starting her career in 2002, as part of a CantoPop girl group, Stephy Tang went on to become one of Hong Kong’s most popular singers. Acting followed in a host of light rom-coms and crowd pleasers. With The Empty...
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Review: THE EMPTY HANDS Sees Chapman To and Stephy Tang Reborn
Chapman To writes, directs and stars in this Hong Kong-based karate drama that transforms Stephy Tang from a frivolous starlet into a legitimate martial arts performer. Tang plays the half-Chinese, half-Japanese daughter of a karate master, who discovers upon her...
Hong Kong Cinema's Fresh New Wave
Trivisa was a big winner at this year’s Hong Kong Film Awards but judging by the number of new talents whose films were nominated and awarded, the Hong Kong film industry was perhaps the biggest winner of all, as a...
WTF? Chapman To Is A Horny Time-Travelling Pilot In Wong Jing's FLIRTING IN THE AIR
Chapman To and Dada Chan are reunited onscreen in another raunchy comedy, this time set in the world of playboy airline pilots and sexy stewardesses - that is until Captain Cool (To) and his wingmen are transported back in time...
Hey Australia! Win Tickets To See Chow Yun Fat's FROM VEGAS TO MACAU In Cinemas!
From Vegas To Macau is the latest collaboration between Hong Kong director Wong Jing and star Chow Yun Fat, who of course worked together on the classic gambling film God Of Gamblers and its popular sequel. James Marsh, our Asian...
Review: Chow Yun Fat Wins Big In FROM VEGAS TO MACAU
Chow Yun Fat and writer-director Wong Jing return to the casino floor in this light-hearted action comedy that casts Chow alongside Nicolas Tse and Chapman To as con artists out to take down an international gambling syndicate. With his trademark...
Chow Yun Fat In THE MAN FROM MACAU Trailer: Flying Dice And Whirling Cards
The first trailer for Wong Jing's The Man From Macau features Chow Yun Fat in a return to the world established in 1989's God of Gamblers. It is a crazy universe of flying dice and whirling cards, as the low-res...
Now On Blu-ray From Third Window: VULGARIA & FOR LOVE'S SAKE
Third Window Films continues to impress with their latest pair of Blu-ray releases, Pang Ho-Cheung's Vulgaria and Miike Takashi's For Love's Sake. The films could not be more different from one another, but both are amazing in their own ways....
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...
Third Window Films Gives ScreenAnarchy A Peek Into A Great 2013. Tsukamoto, Miike, Kurosawa, Nakamura, & More!
Our good friends at one of the world's finest DVD distribution labels, Third Window Films, have given us an early look at their 2013 schedule, and it looks awesome!Several of these titles are films we've already previewed for TWF in...
Blu-ray Review: INCREDIBLY EVER AFTER aka MR & MRS INCREDIBLE (FUNimation)
Most people either love or hate Louis Koo. The current star of many medium budget Hong Kong potboilers has a rather unimpressive aura about him that doesn't necessarily distinguish him from other performers. However, he somehow manages to make his...
EXCLUSIVE: Dada Chen Sucks In New Clip From VULGARIA
Already the most successful Hong Kong film of the year, and coming off a Best Actor win at last night's Fantastic Fest Awards, the hilarious Category III comedy Vulgaria is about to hit US theatres courtesy of China Lion, and so we...
PiFan 2012 Review: VULGARIA is Lewd, Crude & Flat-out Hilarious
[After bagging the Netpac Award at PiFan last week, and enjoying weekend previews in Hong Kong ahead of its theatrical release next Thursday, now seems the perfect time to revisit my review from HKIFF back in March] Not content with...
VULGARIA Trailer Gives A Taste Of Its Vulgarity
Director Pang Ho-Cheung has over the years established himself as one of the most interesting directors working in the Hong Kong film industry today. His varied filmography is a testament to his amazing talent, and comedy is clearly one of...
Sexy Nurses Sell Movie Tickets! New VULGARIA Poster
Undoubtedly one of the year's funniest films, Pang Ho Cheung's bawdy comedy Vulgaria is soon to get a theatrical release here in Hong Kong, after a healthy run on the festival circuit at such esteemed showcases as the Udine Far...
NYAFF 2012 Opening Night Screening: VULGARIA
The 2012 New York Asian Film Festival opened with a bang on Friday night with Pang Ho-Cheung's "astonishingly filthy" film industry send-up, VULGARIA. And when we say "bang," we're not talking explosions, here. There wasn't enough money for pyrotechnics in...
HKIFF 2012 Review: VULGARIA is Lewd, Crude & Flat-out Hilarious
Not content with having secured the opening night slot and a probable box office hit with his new rom-com sequel, LOVE IN THE BUFF, writer-director Pang Ho Cheung has completed another uproarious comedy that will also debut at this year's...
Donkey Love And Sexy Nurses In Pang Ho-Cheung's Aptly Titled VULGARIA
Hong Kong's reigning enfant terrible, the prolific and diverse Pang Ho-Cheung will debut his latest feature - Vulgaria - at the upcoming Hong Kong International Film Festival. Pang has never had any issues with pushing boundaries and it appears clear...
Review: ETERNAL MOMENT (Yibai Zhang)
Even though Yibai Zhang (Spring Subway, Lost Indulgence) is somewhat of a critics favorite, his films clearly fail to find their way outside the confines of the Chinese borders. Some lukewarm film fest successes and fringe critical acclaim are not...
