Features
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In Love With… Enter the Clones of Bruce
Nov 25Vasily Pugh shows his love for the 2023 Bruceploitation documentary ‘Enter the Clones of Bruce’ and the actors that got swept up in the bizarre subgenre.
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Lily Li Obituary
Nov 4Andrew Saroch bids farewell to Hong Kong film and television actress Lily Li (李麗麗).
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Two Toothful Tigers – Farewell to Lee Hoi-Sang and Norman Chui
Sep 22Vasily Pugh honours the memory of two recently passed Hong Kong stars with five films from each unmistakable legend.
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Corey Yuen Kwai – A Tribute
Aug 23Andrew Saroch honours the career of Hong Kong director, producer, action choreographer, and actor Corey Yuen Kwai (元奎).
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Cheng Pei-Pei – Remembering The Girl With The Thunderbolt Kick
Jul 29Andrew Saroch looks back at the career of Chinese-American actress Cheng Pei-Pei (鄭佩佩).
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In Love With… Police Story
Jun 11Vasily Pugh revisits Jackie Chan’s 1985 Hong Kong action comedy ‘Police Story’ (警察故事) but is it still as good as he remembers?
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In Love With… Godzilla
Dec 21Vasily Pugh expresses his appreciation for the original 1954 ‘Godzilla’ (ゴジラ) and examines the impact it had on the genre.
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In Love With… I Love Maria
Nov 20Vasily Pugh reveals his love for the 1988 Hong Kong science fiction action comedy ‘I Love Maria’.
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A Tribute To Mang Hoi
Oct 10Andrew Saroch pays tribute to the illustrious career of Hong Kong actor and action director Mang Hoi (孟海).
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In Love With… Shawscope Volume Two
May 31Vasily Pugh splashed his cash on the second collection of Shaw Brothers films from Arrow Video, and he couldn’t be happier about it!
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Richard Ng Obituary
Apr 12Andrew Saroch commemorates the career of Hong Kong actor Richard Ng (吳耀漢).
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Hong Kong Film Never Dies #12: “A dream you don’t have to fight for isn’t a dream.”
Mar 3In the third and final of this three-part series looking at 2022, the revival of Hong Kong films at the local box office continues.
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The Rise And Rise Of Michelle Yeoh
Feb 5Vasily Pugh takes a look back at the career of Michelle Yeoh, examining how she has seemingly reinvented and reinforced her on-screen popularity throughout the decades.
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Hong Kong Film Never Dies #11: “If records refuse to be broken, shatter them.”
Nov 14As the Hong Kong box office continues to prosper, four films have really come out on top and earned themselves a place in HK cinema history.
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Hong Kong Film Never Dies #10: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”
Oct 19Isaac returns with the first of a three-part series looking at 2022, Hong Kong cinema’s year of miracles.
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Book Review: Ask For The Moon by Meredith Lewis
Feb 20Vasily Pugh offers up his opinions on Meredith Lewis’s ‘Ask For The Moon’, a book that examines the practices and works of the Shaw Brothers studios.
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In Love With… Dubbing
Oct 14Vasily Pugh reveals that he still has a soft spot for the English dubs used in the classic Hong Kong films from the past.
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In Love With… Kim Won-Jin in ‘Operation Scorpio’
Apr 20Vasily Pugh remembers the first time that he witnessed the impressive feats of actor Kim Won-Jin in ‘Operation Scorpio’.
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Ng Man-Tat Obituary
Mar 9Andrew Saroch reflects on the career of Hong Kong actor Ng Man-Tat (吳孟達).
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Michelle vs. The Mary Sues
Oct 7Vasily Pugh suffers through one of Hollywood’s most recent female-centric filmmaking efforts and can’t help but compare it with a Hong Kong classic from yesteryear.