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Review: MASTER Z: IP MAN LEGACY, What's Wrong With Vengeance
Wire-fu master Yuen Woo-ping directs Max Zhang in a superlative martial arts action drama, also starring Michelle Yeoh and Dave Bautista.
Jackie Chan's POLICE STORY 1 & 2 Headline Action-Packed Slate from Eureka Entertainment
Hong Kong action classics Police Story and Police Story 2 are coming to Blu-ray in gorgeous new 4K restorations, as part of a loaded slate of upcoming releases from Eureka! Entertainment. It’s been a little while since we checked...
An Ideal Partnership - The films of Director Yuen Woo Ping and Actor Donnie Yen Part 2
1993 was quite the year for Yuen Woo Ping, with him directing 3 films within the year as well as working as action choreographer on another. After working together on Iron Monkey (1993), both Woo Ping and Donnie Yen moved...
Hong Kong goes West - When Hong Kong film makers attempt to break the Western market - part 3
2000’s Even though Rush Hour was a critical and financial success, Jackie Chan chose not to solely focus on the American market. Following Rush Hour, Chan would go on to star in the romantic comedy Gorgeous (1999), a very different...
Jackie Chan, Charles Bronson Join Masters of Cinema in April
Eureka Entertainment just announced that martial arts classic Drunken Master will be joining the Masters of Cinema series in April, together with Walter Hill's Hard Times starring Charles Bronson and James Coburn. Sexy coming-of-age cult favourite The Blue Lagoon will...
Interview: Yuen Woo Ping, a TRUE LEGEND
Yuen Woo Ping, an influential filmmaker best known for his work in action choreography, is responsible for some of the most memorable fight scenes in the history of cinema. In Chinese-speaking countries, his work has earned him the title of...
Review: CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON: SWORD OF DESTINY Should Have Stayed Hidden
In regards to this Netflix original, setting the bar impossibly low barely helped tolerate the arduous two-part viewing experience of this martial-arts mess. Sullying Ang Lee’s beautiful vision of the vintage source material, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon: Sword of Destiny...
Yuen Woo-ping And Tsui Hark Team Up For MIRACLE FIGHTERS Remake
A pair of Hong Kong film icons are teaming up for the first time in over a decade to bring a new version of an old classic to the big screen.Film Biz Asia report that Yuen Woo-ping will direct a...
Johnnie To Announces Three New HK Projects At EFM
As the Chinese New Year approaches fans of HK cinema have been given a reason to start celebrating a little earlier this year. Eclectic Hong Kong filmmaker Johnnie To is announcing three new projects at EFM in Berlin this year....
Trio Of New Johnnie To Projects Now In Production, Including Hong Kong Historical Anthology With John Woo, Tsui Hark, Ringo Lam And More!
One thing that nobody will ever be able to accuse Hong Kong auteur Johnnie To of is being lazy. An incredibly prolific and genre hopping director, To frequently has multiple projects on the go simultaneously and that appears to be...
CROUCHING TIGER 2: Donnie Yen Out? Andy Lau In? TWC Says, "Nope."
The Weinstein Company have issued an official statement about this:Los Angeles, CA (January 16, 2014)David Thwaites, producer of the CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN DRAGON sequel and Harvey Weinstein, Co Chairman of The Weinstein Company issued the following statement: "The article that...
ONCE UPON A TIME IN SHANGHAI: Philip Ng, Andy On And Sammo Hung Lay The Old School Beat Downs In Theatrical Trailers
The Wong Ching Po directed, Yuen Woo Ping choreographed martial arts film Once Upon A Time In Shanghai is rapidly approaching its theatrical release in Chinese speaking territories and that means the arrival of the proper theatrical teaser and trailer....
More Kung Fu Goodness In Second Trailer For Keanu Reeves' MAN OF TAI CHI
Want to see more of Tiger Chen kicking some serious ass and Keanu Reeves getting downright evil? Then look no further to the second Chinese domestic trailer to the martial arts film Man of Tai Chi. It also has footage...
Watch The Making Of A Fight Scene In Keanu Reeves' MAN OF TAI CHI
More behind-the-scenes videos for Keanu Reeves' directorial debut Man of Tai Chi have arrived via Mtime, with one focusing on the making of the fight scenes. Among the stunt team responsible for designing the fight scenes is veteran action director...
Get Behind The Scenes Of Keanu Reeves' MAN OF TAI CHI
A behind-the-scenes video for Keanu Reeves's directorial debut Man of Tai Chi has arrived, via Mtime. Running five and a half minutes, it provides an inside look at the production team and includes some footage from the film. In the video,...
Yuen Woo Ping To Direct ZU WARRIORS In 3D For Tsui Hark
It's Yuen Woo Ping this week here at ScreenAnarchy. Only yesterday we heard news the prolific director and veteran stunt coordinator would direct the sequel to Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and not to be outdone, Hong Kong filmmaker Tsui Hark...
First Poster and Stills for Keanu Reeves' MAN OF TAI CHI
The first poster and stills for Man of Tai Chi, Keanu Reeves' directorial debut, have been released. The pictures show Tiger Hu Chen (who was a key member of the Matrix stunt team) as the film's main character, and Reeves...
