TRANSPORTED BY COREY YUEN: Meeting the martial arts movie maestro.
When I first became a fan of Asian action cinema, there was a vast amount of disinformation written about the genre. One enterprising journalist seized on the prevalence of ‘Yuens’ in the Hong Kong...MORE ›
GIVE THE MAN A HAND: THE ‘PROTÉGÉ’ AWARDS FOR TEN MOST SHOCKING HK MOVIE MOMENTS.
‘Protégé’ is a great movie, but it’s a hard one to summarize on a video sleeve. Yes, I have to admit, that is not Daniel Wu’s hand holding the gun on the sleeve, but we have made all five extra...MORE ›
FROM SOUTHAMPTON TO SOUTH CHINA: JEFF LAU REMEMBERS THE LONG ROAD TO ‘FONG SAI YUK’.
Triple threat writer/director/producer Jeff Lau is one of the many unsung heroes of Hong Kong cinema, a multi-hyphenate who has delivered hit films for some of the biggest names in the business. Despite...MORE ›
36th CHAMBER REVISITED: The influences and the influence of a kung fu classic (part two)
36th Chamber of Shaolin was released in Hong Kong on the 2nd of February, 1978. It earned almost HK$3m at the local box office, and was the fifth most successful film of the year. (The top film was a Michael...MORE ›
36th CHAMBER REVISITED: The influences and the influence of a kung fu classic (part one)
I am delighted that, through our friends at Momentum, the Dragon Dynasty edition of 36th Chamber of Shaolin is finally getting a UK DVD release. I first saw the film when it was released on VHS by Warner...MORE ›
‘FIVE FINGERS’ FOREVER: ‘KING BOXER’ REMEMBERED
Given the success we enjoyed in the UK with the earlier Hong Kong Legends brand, it was only a matter of time before Dragon Dynasty came to England. Through our partners at Momentum, we’re launching...MORE ›
