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Review: IP MAN 3, The Legendary Teacher Returns In Fine Form

In Ip Man 3, Donnie Yen returns for another outing as legendary martial arts instructor Ip Man. Still under the direction of Wilson Yip, the newest installment trades Sammo Hung for Yuen Wo-ping as action choreographer, ensuring that the extended...

IP MAN 3D With Donnie Yen Finally Moving Forward

First announced about two years ago, Donnie Yen will finally be reprising the role of Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man in the third installment of Pegasus Motion Pictures' hugely popular film franchise, according to Variety. Following the enormous success of the...

Review: SAVING GENERAL YANG is Solid with Glimpses of Greatness

Journeyman director Ronny Yu (The Bride With White Hair, Fearless) delivers his first film in seven years, a solid if unremarkable retelling of the legendary Yang family, with sporadic visual flourishes but a lightweight script that fails to develop its...

Ronny Yu's Epic SAVING GENERAL YANG Gets an Epic New Trailer

Based on a classic series of beloved books and plays, Ronny Yu's Saving General Yang is an old school wartime epic, starring veteran Hong Kong actor Adam Cheng as the titular General, and Ekin Cheng as the elest of his...

Ronnie Yu's SAVING GENERAL YANG Trailer Soaks The Ground With Blood

One thing is very clear. General Yang had better be one very, very important man to justify the amount of carnage being carried out in his name in Ronnie Yu's Saving General Yang.One of Hong Kong's finest, Yu makes his...

MAGIC TO WIN Review

It is unclear exactly what happened to Wilson Yip, but after a hugely successful run, from SHA PO LUNG in 2005 to IP MAN 2 in 2010, he appears to have lost his mojo. Earlier this year he attempted to...

There Be Lightsabers In The US TV Spots For Wilson Yip's MAGIC TO WIN

Hitting US theaters via China Lion on December 9th, Ip Man director Wilson Yip takes a turn into fantasy with Magic To Win. Wu Jing, Louis Koo and Raymond Wong star in a comedy about dueling magicians whose weapons of...

First trailer for Wilson Yip's MAGIC TO WIN

It looks like martial arts fans' love affair with Wilson Yip is going to continue through its rocky period for the foreseeable future. After delighting fans around the world, and picking up thousands of new ones, with SPL, FLASHPOINT and...

Ronny Yu begins SAVING GENERAL YANG

Production began this week on Ronny Yu's RMB 200 million epic family drama SAVING GENERAL YANG, starring Adam Cheng and Louis Koo as the patriarch and first son respectively. Based on a hugely successful series of books and plays, the...

IP MAN 2 Review

The magic Hong Kong action duo, (Wilson) Yip and (Donnie) Yen, are back for more. After the first Ip Man film became quite the success a sequel couldn't be avoided, even more so because the current Yip Man hype (with...

Win IP MAN 2 on DVD or Blu-Ray! [UPDATED]

[The contest is now closed. Winners will be notified soon. Thanks for participating.] Well Go USA's DVD and Blu-Ray release of Ip Man 2 will hit the street on Tuesday, April 19th. ScreenAnarchy has teamed up with Well Go to offer...

Blu-ray Review: IP MAN 2 COLLECTOR'S EDITION

Ip Man 2 is a film that has been covered pretty thoroughly by ScreenAnarchy over the last year and a half.  Most of the reviews have been pretty positive.  I didn't give my take on it, but I think it...

US Trailer For IP MAN 2 Brings The Good Stuff

Wilson Yip's Ip Man movies may very well end up going down as the very finest moments of star Donnie Yen's career. More than any others these are the films that Yen seems to have been born to star in,...

Go Behind The Scenes Of IP MAN 2

How do you make a martial arts movie? Well, we've got a look behind the scenes at one of the best in recent days to give you an idea.International superstar Donnie Yen reprises his iconic role as the real-life kung...

Hey Toronto! Get Your Ass Whupped By Donnie Yen! One Night Only Screening Of IP MAN 2!

Hey Toronto! Got some time this coming Friday - that'd be tomorrow - that you want to fill with some kung fu mastery? Because Ip Man 2 is getting a one night only screening at the Toronto Underground Cinema at...

AFFD 2010: IP MAN 2 Review

[Our thanks to Liz Reed from MangaLife.com for this review, which has a slightly different perspective, since Liz hasn't seen the sequel's inspiration -- yet.] Ip Man 2 is not about ass-kicking Sifu (Master) Ip Man showing Westerners who's boss....

Fantasia 2010: IP MAN 2 Review

[Ip Man 2 is screening at the Fantasia Film Festival later today so we take this opportunity to revisit James Marsh's earlier review of the film.]IP MAN 2 picks up the action in 1950 as Ip Man, with young son...

NYAFF 2010: IP MAN 2 Review

Wilson Yip's saga continues, this time it's Hong Kong, 1950. Having just arrived and penniless and friendless, Ip Man, the master of Wing Chun style martial arts, faces first the complex local martial club hierarchy, then yet another abusive foreign...

NYAFF 2010: IP MAN 2 Review

[Ip Man 2 screens as part of the New York Asian Film Festival later today with the iconic Sammo Hung in attendance and so we take this opportunity to revisit James Marsh's earlier review of the film.]IP MAN 2 picks...

Ten Minutes of Awesome for IP MAN 2

Perhaps I'm committing a disservice to our fellow ScreenAnarchy readers by giving away too much footage from Wilson Yip's Ip Man 2 since it would ruin some of the surprise but being an anxious guy that I am for all...