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		<title>Twilight: Behind-the-Scenes Featurette</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:34:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nix</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s another behind-the-scenes look at the upcoming teen vampire/werewolves/supernatural movie &#8220;Twilight&#8221;. This was originally run by MTV, but some clever fellow with YouTube know-how managed to rip it and put it on YouTube for all to see. God Bless those YouTube kids. Catherine Hardwicke directs from a script by Melissa Rosenberg, based on the novels by Stephenie Meyer.
In the movie, a teenage girl risks everything when she falls in love with a vampire. Their Homecoming must suck. Get it? Sorry.
Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson, Michael Welch, Justin Chon, Peter Facinelli, Kellan Lutz, Elizabeth Reaser and Nikki Reed stars.

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		<title>Breaking News (2004) DVD Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2007 03:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With &#8220;Exiled&#8221; and the &#8220;Election&#8221; films winning Johnnie To a level of international popularity and respect rarely enjoyed by Hong Kong directors, it&#8217;s good to see another of his recent efforts finally being released on region 2 DVD through Tartan, namely the critically acclaimed &#8220;Breaking News&#8221;. To an extent the film, which originally came out back in 1994, was one of those which really marked To&#8217;s current renaissance and helped bring his brand of explosive thrills to a wider audience around the world, being selected for the Cannes Festival and winning Best Director at Stiges, as well as being nominated for a number of awards back at home. A ninety minute blast of stylised adrenaline, it serves as a perfect antidote for anyone tired of lacklustre Hollywood action films or as proof positive that the Hong Kong genre has continued to thrive long after John Woo packed up his doves and headed West. 
The film follows a gang of thieves [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Invisible Target (2007) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 20:45:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nix</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Benny Chan&#8217;s &#8220;Invisible Target&#8221; is one of the few Hong Kong films I have been looking forward to seeing in 2007. It joins Donnie Yen&#8217;s &#8220;Flash Point&#8221; and the Johnnie To-Tsui Hark-Ringo Lam collaboration &#8220;Triangle&#8221; as films that I hope will rekindle my enthusiasm for Hong Kong cinema, something that has waned greatly over the years, and continues to decline with every Twins movie that comes out every other week from the former colony. I have already seen and liked (though didn&#8217;t love) &#8220;Flash Point&#8221;, and am eagerly awaiting &#8220;Triangle&#8221;, but for now &#8220;Invisible Target&#8221; has arrived. And the report card? Not bad, but it could have been better.
&#8220;Invisible Target&#8221; stars young Hong Kong studs Nicholas Tse, Shawn Yue, and Jaycee Chan (son of Jackie) as three cops who join forces to pursue a group of dangerous armed robbers led by the very dangerous Jacky Wu (&#8220;Sha Po Lang&#8221;). Each cop has his own motivations: Tse&#8217;s fiancee was killed during [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Undercover (2007) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Sep 2007 04:32:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just in case there were any viewers left out there who hadn&#8217;t quite gotten the point that life for undercover cops in Hong Kong is hazardous and generally depressing comes the cunningly titled &#8220;Undercover&#8221;. All flippancy aside, the film certainly boasts an impressive pedigree, being directed by &#8220;Colour of the Loyalty&#8221; helmer Billy Chung and produced by Andrew Lau whose &#8220;Infernal Affairs&#8221; gave the genre its recent and seemingly endless surge in popularity. 
The story is familiar stuff, following Feng (Shawn Yue, recently in Benny Chan&#8217;s &#8220;Invisible Target&#8221;), an undercover policeman whose return to the force after spending years infiltrating the triads is not going too well. Unsurprisingly, the poor lad is having some trouble readjusting to a law abiding life, and still spends most of his time hanging around with criminal friend Fai (the irrepressible Sam Lee, turning in a performance which though not as gritty as his work in &#8220;Dog Bite Dog&#8221; is at least straight faced enough [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flash Point (2007) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Aug 2007 08:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nix</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hong Kong Police Inspector Jun Ma (Donnie Yen) is a baaaaad man. How bad? When we first see him, he&#8217;s gotten news that a suspect he has been looking for has resurfaced in a gym. Ma proceeds over to the gym, gets in the ring with the suspect, and beats the living Jesus out of him after verbally relating his joy that the chump has finally resurfaced. Later, after he is reprimanded by his superiors for excessive force, a list of complaints that is an arm long, he demands an ending to the proceedings, before chiding them for wasting an hour of his time. This results in his demotion to the police force&#8217;s music department. Mind you, not that that&#8217;s going to stop him. Remember, Jun Ma is a baaaaaaad man.
&#8220;Flash Point&#8221; is a Donnie Yen action movie being sold as a cop/Triad film. Like most Donnie Yen action movies, the cops-and-robbers stuff is merely filler material until the Third [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Closet (2007) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2007 04:53:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aside from the odd on-form outing from the increasingly erratic Pang Brothers, it&#8217;s fair to say that the Hong Kong horror genre has for the past few years been in pretty bad shape, with the majority of releases being content to simply pick up the well-chewed scraps from the modern Asian ghost table. Thankfully, some directors are finally starting to show a little more imagination, as is the case with &#8220;The Closet&#8221; from helmer Dick Tso, previously responsible for such dubious category III classics as &#8220;Chinese Erotic Ghost Story&#8221; and &#8220;Chinese Torture Chamber Story 2&#8243;. His latest effort, while still somewhat bogged down by the lamentable need to feature a long haired female ghost in one capacity or another, does gradually build into something far more interesting, and the result is a modest, though eerily entertaining film which should please genre fans tired of seeing the same old cliché being rolled out time after time. 
The plot follows a David [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women (1985) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jul 2007 18:50:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Released back in 1985, the Shaw Brothers production &#8220;Women&#8221; marked the debut of acclaimed director Stanley Kwan, and was the first of his many films based around female characters, something which has seen him develop a reputation for being one of Hong Kong cinema&#8217;s chief feminist cinematic voices. The film boasts an all star cast, featuring an early role for Chow Yun Fat, who was at the time still trying to establish himself as a serious film actor, and actresses Cherie Chung and Cora Miao. It was a critical hit in its day, garnering an impressive 9 nominations at the 5th Hong Kong Film Awards and helping to establish the director as an exciting new talent in the emerging new wave. 
The plot follows the unfortunate Bao-er (Cora Miao, who had previously won praise for her role in Ann Hui&#8217;s &#8220;Boat People&#8221;), who decides to divorce her husband Derek (Chow Yun Fat, who later worked with Kwan again on &#8220;Love [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Wife is a Gangster 3 (2006) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2007 19:10:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;My Wife is a Gangster 3&#8243; sees director Cho Jin Kyo returning to the popular Korean series, with Taiwanese actress Shu Qi taking over lead duties from original star Shin Eun Kyung and sparing viewers another non-performance from starlet Zhang Ziyi, who had previously been earmarked for the role. Although some might bemoan the absence of Shin, it&#8217;s easy enough to understand; the second sequel needed an injection of fresh blood, with the concept pretty much having run its course with the notably less successful second film. Wisely eschewing any connection to its predecessors, part three attempts to breathe new life into the franchise by offering up a new protagonist, though without straying far from the same basic formula.  
The film follows Aryong (Shu Qi), the Chinese-Korean daughter of a Hong Kong gang boss (veteran Shaw Brothers and &#8220;A Better Tomorrow&#8221; star Ti Lung) who is forced to flee to Korea after making a major faux pas by stabbing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twins Mission (2007) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Apr 2007 19:24:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although Hong Kong pixie popstrels Gillian Chung and Charlene Choi, known (or perhaps dreaded, depending on the viewer&#8217;s disposition) collectively as Twins, have individually been building up respectable bodies of acting work, their past cinematic collaborations have tended to be pretty shoddy efforts. Their films are seemingly strung together by their record company as thinly veiled advertisements for their singing careers, as painfully evidenced by the likes of &#8220;The Twins Effect&#8221; and &#8220;The Death Curse&#8221;. As such, it is hard to approach their latest joint venture, the worryingly named &#8220;Twins Mission&#8221;, without a certain amount of trepidation, though the presence of legendary Sammo Hung and up and coming martial arts sensation Wu Jing does at least offer a glimmer of optimism. 
The plot itself is pretty much what might have been expected, having been lazily written around the lead actresses&#8217; pop personas and the marketing conceit of them being twin sisters (a note for the uninitiated: the two are entirely [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Battle of Wits (2006) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2007 21:26:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nix</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Andy Lau does epic in &#8220;Battle of Wits&#8221;, a mostly forgotten big-budget period film from China, utilizing a pan-Asian cast from Mainland China, Hong Kong, and South Korea. Like its Chinese epic brethrens of 2006, &#8220;Curse of the Golden Flower&#8221; and &#8220;The Banquet&#8221; to name but a few, &#8220;Battle of Wits&#8221; was created with the intention of selling internationally, taking advantage of the market created by 2000&#8217;s &#8220;Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon&#8221;, and held open by hits such as Zhang Yimou&#8217;s &#8220;House of Flying Daggers&#8221;. Alas, it&#8217;s not too hard to see why &#8220;Battle of Wits&#8221; has gone mostly ignored, as the film is overly tedious in its earnestness, and possesses an inability to bring anything worthwhile to the ever-expanding niche in which it seeks to thrive.
Based on a popular manga by Ken&#8217;ichi Sakemi and set during China&#8217;s Warring States period (roughly the 5th to 3rd BC), &#8220;Battle of Wits&#8221; stars Hong Kong superstar Andy Lau as Ge Li, a brilliant [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wo Hu (2006) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jan 2007 04:00:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Right from the start, &#8220;Wo Hu&#8221; has two things counting against it, namely the fact that it is yet another Hong Kong crime film about undercover police infiltrating triad gangs, and perhaps even more seriously, it is produced by none other than the notorious Wong Jing, a man whose name conjures up visions of ass-pinching slapstick and men in chicken suits rather than gripping drama. Fortunately, the film has a steadying hand in the form of director Marco Mak, who previously worked on Wong&#8217;s &#8220;Colour of the Truth&#8221;, easily one of the best films to emerge from the shlockmeister&#8217;s production house. 
&#8220;Wo Hu&#8221; also benefits from an excellent cast of big name stars, as well as the fact that although it certainly falls back on familiar themes, it features a reasonably complex plot which at least attempts to offer the viewer something a little different, rather than simply restating the obvious fact that the lot of the undercover policeman is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Confession of Pain (2006) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jan 2007 06:41:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Confession of Pain&#8221; is the new, much hyped thriller from dynamic directing duo Andrew Lau and Alan Mak, best known for their work on the &#8220;Infernal Affairs&#8221; series. Unfortunately, the film has not fared too well at the hands of critics, though arguably this has been down not only to overly high hopes, but to the fact that the film, shrouded in secrecy for most of its production, had a great deal of its plot revealed before release, either through the press or though its cast, with actress Xu Jinglei annoyingly letting slip vital details regarding her character. Thankfully, the film remains highly enjoyable even for viewers forearmed with knowledge of its various twists and turns, and although uneven, it certainly provides enough in the way of thrills, spills and unlikely laughs to grab the attention. 
Without giving too much of the plot away, the basic set up sees Tony Leung Chiu Wai as Hei, a top Hong Kong policeman [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diary (2006) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jan 2007 17:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In spite of the fact that it is directed by Oxide Pang, who along with his brother Danny is one of Hong Kong&#8217;s most dynamic and talented film makers, &#8220;Diary&#8221; doesn&#8217;t exactly grab the viewer and scream &#8216;watch me&#8217;. This could be for a number of reasons, such as the film&#8217;s rather uninspiring marketing campaign, which seemed unsure as whether to sell it as horror, mystery or mental illness drama. There&#8217;s also the pretty young thing style casting headed by popstrel Charlene Choi, and the basic fact that it is questionable whether the world needs yet another tale of a troubled young woman tormented by visions which may or may not be real. Thankfully &#8220;Diary&#8221; actually turns out to be far better than expected, largely due to Pang&#8217;s technical skills, and he manages to turn something potentially familiar into an atmospheric and disorienting mood piece which, despite a needless &#8216;big twist&#8217; final act, is far more effective than most recent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exiled (2006) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Dec 2006 16:31:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nix</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How can you call yourself a Hong Kong cinema enthusiast and not enjoy Johnnie To&#8217;s latest crime drama &#8220;Exiled&#8221;? It&#8217;s filled to the brim with unspoken pathos, tough men who let their action speak for them, and women who can&#8217;t possibly understand the ways of such men. It is, in a word, pure Johnnie To. For fans of To&#8217;s 1999 movie &#8220;The Mission&#8221;, 2006&#8217;s &#8220;Exiled&#8221; feels like a continuation of that saga. In fact, with the exception of one character, all of the actors from &#8220;The Mission&#8221; have returned to &#8220;Exiled&#8221; in pretty much the same roles they played in 1999 &#8212; except it&#8217;s not the same roles. For you see, &#8220;Exiled&#8221; is a sequel to &#8220;The Mission&#8221;, but it&#8217;s not really a sequel to &#8220;The Mission&#8221;. Get it?
Our tale opens in Macau. It is 1999, and Macau, like Hong Kong two years before it, is about to be handed over to Mainland China from Portuguese rule. A knock on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rob-B-Hood (2006) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Dec 2006 06:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Possibly as a response to never ending jokes about the increasing age gap between him and his co-stars, Jackie Chan&#8217;s latest film &#8220;Rob-B-Hood&#8221; sees him featured alongside a young baby in a typical action packed comedy caper. The film is directed by Benny Chan (&#8220;Heroic Duo&#8221;), a long time collaborator of the Hong Kong superstar, having worked with him previously on the likes of &#8220;Who am I?&#8221; and the recent &#8220;New Police Story&#8221;. Thankfully, the results this time around are far superior to other recent Jackie vehicles such as &#8220;The Myth&#8221;, and although not quite as entertaining or stunt packed as some of his earlier films, once it gets going &#8220;Rob-B-Hood&#8221; does offer a solid mix of laughs and thrills. 
The plot follows Jackie as the vaguely embarrassingly named Thongs, a thief who has an unfortunate habit of gambling away his ill-gotten earnings and who is deep in debt as a result. Along with his partner Octopus (Louis Koo, recently [...]]]></description>
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		<title>On the Edge (2006) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 Nov 2006 05:10:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although viewers might be forgiven for an initial lack of excitement at the thought of yet another Hong Kong film revolving around the angst-ridden life of an undercover policeman, the fact that &#8220;On the Edge&#8221; sees actor Anthony Wong re-teaming with director Herman Yau should be enough to pique the interest. The film certainly marks a return to form for Yau, who after making uncompromising classics such as &#8220;The Untold Story&#8221; and &#8220;Ebola Syndrome&#8221; (both of which feature Wong in excellent performances) has of late been churning out far less remarkable commercial fare like &#8220;Papa I Love You&#8221; and the execrable non-horror &#8220;Dating Death&#8221;. Here, Yau takes what appears to be an overly familiar scenario, turns it around, and by taking a less traditional route, produces something which is very different to the usual tale of betrayal and tainted honour. 
After a prologue which may or may not be showing his death, the film begins as undercover policeman Harry (Nick [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dog Bite Dog (2006) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Oct 2006 19:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Although many Hong Kong thrillers like to style themselves as being gritty and nihilistic, &#8220;Dog Bite Dog&#8221; is one of the few with the guts to actually follow through on such claims, being one of the darkest and brutal films of the last few years. As such, it marks a change for director Soi Cheang, previously known for light horror outings such as &#8220;Home Sweet Home&#8221; and &#8220;The Death Curse&#8221;, though he certainly takes the subject matter between his teeth and succeeds in producing a film which cuts like a knife through the glossy, choreographed violence usually seen in the genre. 
The film begins with a Cambodian assassin named Pang (Edison Chen, &#8220;The Grudge 2&#8243;) arriving in Hong Kong to kill the wife of a top judge. The deed done, he finds himself pursued by the police, including Way (Sam Lee), a detective who is clearly suffering from his own mental problems. Alone and unable to speak the language, Pang [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Miracles: The Canton Godfather (1989) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Oct 2006 04:41:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;The Canton Godfather&#8221; (also known as &#8220;Mr. Canton and Lady Rose&#8221; and &#8220;Miracles&#8221;) is another Hong Kong classic which has been digitally remastered on DVD by Joy Sales. The film, which was originally released back in 1989, was directed, written by and starred Jackie Chan, and apparently remains one of his favourite productions due to the fact that it was one of the few where he enjoyed total artistic control. He used this freedom to craft an extravagantly realised action comedy, packing in plenty of wacky fun, musical numbers and innovative fight scenes. 
The film features a superb supporting cast of favourites such as Anita Mui and Bill Tong, and was a hit not only with audiences, but with the critics as well, with Chan winning himself a Best Actor nomination at the 9th Hong Kong Film Awards. Its worth noting for fans that this new DVD release, in addition to boasting significantly improved picture and sound quality, also contains [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Duel to the Death (1982) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Oct 2006 19:39:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>James Mudge</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Duel to the Death&#8221; is another Hong Kong classic which has been remastered and re-released by Joy Sales, complete with extras including newly edited trailers and interviews. The original film was one of the last of the great Shaw Brothers style martial arts epics, and came out back in 1982, marking the debut of Ching Siu Tung, who went on to direct &#8220;A Chinese Ghost Story&#8221; for producer Tsui Hark. &#8220;Duel to the Death&#8221; has long been regarded as a classic of its kind amongst fans, and is an archetypal example of the genre, complete with battling Shaolin monks, hordes of devious ninjas and a plot packed with righteous heroes, devious villains and dastardly betrayals, all wrapped up with a dizzying array of over the top fight scenes. 
The film focuses on the latest in a series of secret duels between China and Japan that are fought by the two countries&#8217; top fighters, in this case Bo Ching Wan (Damian [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dragon Tiger Gate (2006) Movie Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Sep 2006 07:48:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nix</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Movies based on comic books aren&#8217;t expected to be deep on any level, but the extent to which &#8220;Dragon Tiger Gate&#8221; goes to excising any semblance of respectable storyline borders on impressive. Of course, if you&#8217;re only after groovy martial arts duels and half-baked melodrama, then the film will certainly suffice. Based on the popular comic book by Yuk Long Wong, &#8220;Dragon Tiger Gate&#8221; is directed by Wilson Yip, who produced last year&#8217;s highly entertaining and gritty martial arts/police crime actioner &#8220;Sha Po Lang&#8221; (since re-titled &#8220;Kill Zone&#8221; for Western audiences). Action choreography comes to us courtesy of star Donnie Yen, who is quickly making a name for himself as the guy to go to when Yuen Woo Ping is not available.
&#8220;Dragon Tiger Gate&#8221; opens well enough, with the righteous but brash Tiger Wong (Nicholas Tse) getting into a brouhaha with crimelord Kwun&#8217;s gang at a restaurant. At stake is a plaque that grants Kwun a healthy share of the [...]]]></description>
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