“Hi, Fidelity” writer director Calvin Poon returns with pan-Asian romantic comedy “Shadows of Love”, this time backed by acclaimed film maker Stanley Kwan (“Rouge”, “Centre Stage”) lending his talents as producer. The film features a high profile lead pairing in Kwon Sang Woo, one of Korea’s top stars, known for his roles in a variety of hit television series such as “Lady President” and “Cinderella Man”, as well as big screens outings “Pain” and “71 – Into the Fire”, and popular Chinese actress Cecilia Cheung (“Legendary Amazons”), continuing her career comeback. The Chinese production (Kwon’s first Chinese language outing) also boasts a supporting cast of up and coming Mainland and Taiwanese talents, including Singer Angela Chang (“10+10”), Jing Boran (“Love in Space”), Jing Tian (“The Warring States”) and male model Sphinx Ting, with all-time favourite Hong Kong character actor Richard Ng (“My Lucky Stars”) on hand in a small but very welcome appearance.
- 12/17/2012
- by James Mudge
- Beyond Hollywood
Wu Ma is a legend when it comes to Kung Fu movies, starring in his first movie at the age of 14 in Lady General Hua Mulan and is still active till this day. Wu must be one of the most recognizable faces in the business, starring in movies such as Encounters Of The Spooky Kind, Dead And The Deadly, The Manchu Boxer, Iron Monkey and lots more. Wu Ma is still making movies to this day, this year he appeared in the movie Game Of Assassins, which also featured Leung Kar Yan and Chen Kuan Tai.
Selected Filmography
1977:Iron Monkey
1980:Encounters Of The Spooky Kind
1980:By Hook Or By Crook
1982:Dead And The Deadly
1986:Righting Wrongs
1987:Chinese Ghost Story
1990:Swordsman
1993:Kickboxer
2012:Game Of Assassins
Background
Wu was born Feng Hongyuan in Tianjin. At 16 he moved to Guangzhou and became a machinist before migrating to Hong Kong in 1960. In...
Selected Filmography
1977:Iron Monkey
1980:Encounters Of The Spooky Kind
1980:By Hook Or By Crook
1982:Dead And The Deadly
1986:Righting Wrongs
1987:Chinese Ghost Story
1990:Swordsman
1993:Kickboxer
2012:Game Of Assassins
Background
Wu was born Feng Hongyuan in Tianjin. At 16 he moved to Guangzhou and became a machinist before migrating to Hong Kong in 1960. In...
- 11/4/2012
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
So far this year I've seen just about four hundred films either theatrically or on DVD. There is no doubt that this number is higher than the average bear. I say that to say this, Frankie Chan's Legendary Amazons is among the worst films I've seen in 2012, and I've seen some shit. There was a brief period before production began that this was a highly anticipated piece of work. Produced by Jackie Chan and directed by Frankie Chan of Armour of God II fame, Legendary Amazons had a pedigree that inspired some hope in film fans that it would be a film to look forward to. Unfortunately, the film is awful, and not even in a fun way. It is awful in a painful,...
- 10/14/2012
- Screen Anarchy
A little behind the rest of the pack, Frankie Chan’s remake (this version is based on the 1972 martial arts classic ‘The 14 Amazons’) Legendary Amazons is finally set to debut in America, via Well Go USA. Cecilia Cheung (Shaolin Soccer), Cheng Pei-Pei (Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon) and Liu Ziaoqing (Plastic Flowers) star as widowed wives who must lead the other widows into battle when the last of a long line of Song generals are killed. Richie Ren (Life Without Principle, Accident) also stars as Yang Zongbao, the last of the Song generals to fall. Bonus materials include a behind-the-scenes featurette and a new, optional (the only option for that in our book, is the Off position) English dub. Legendary Amazons debuts on U.S Blu-ray™, DVD and Digital....October 16th Synopsis: Yang Zongbao is the last man standing in the Yang clan, a family of generals who have dedicated...
- 9/10/2012
- 24framespersecond.net
If you hear the names Moon Lee and Yukari Oshima, then you will probably know that when they come to fight, they bring us hard hitting action. It was the movie Angel(1986) that made people stand up and take notice with Moon, along with her co-star Yukari Oshima now on their way to becoming action stars.
Moon Lee
Other names: 李赛凤
Lee Choi Fong
Moon Lee
Birth date: 14/2/1965
Nationality: Hong Kong
Workplace: Hong Kong
Selected Filmography
1983: Zu: Warriors From The Magic Mountain
1985:The Protector
1985:Mr.Vampire
1986:Angel
1989:Princess Madam
1990:New Killers In Town
1992:Beauty Investigator
2008:Only The Way
Bio
From age 6 to 12, Moon lived in Kaohsiung, Taiwan for 6 years with her father, who had business there. She attended Youchang Elementary School. During her stay in Taiwan, she learned mandarin Chinese and developed her piano and dance expertise. As a result, she often had performances.
When she first...
Moon Lee
Other names: 李赛凤
Lee Choi Fong
Moon Lee
Birth date: 14/2/1965
Nationality: Hong Kong
Workplace: Hong Kong
Selected Filmography
1983: Zu: Warriors From The Magic Mountain
1985:The Protector
1985:Mr.Vampire
1986:Angel
1989:Princess Madam
1990:New Killers In Town
1992:Beauty Investigator
2008:Only The Way
Bio
From age 6 to 12, Moon lived in Kaohsiung, Taiwan for 6 years with her father, who had business there. She attended Youchang Elementary School. During her stay in Taiwan, she learned mandarin Chinese and developed her piano and dance expertise. As a result, she often had performances.
When she first...
- 6/28/2012
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
Over the years having watched many kung fu movies, one person as stood out above the rest as my favorite villain, his name is Fung Hak On.
His presence on screen was fantastic, not only a great fighter and villain, but he is also a very good actor and could show lots of emotion with even one single look (Most look’s ended with someone getting killed though).
Birth-date : 18/9/1949
At the start of his career, Fung started off more as a stuntman and also having brief appearances in movies such as Vengeance, Heroic Ones, Water Margin plus many others. A few years later, the director he was working with at the time Chang Cheh, also had an assistant working with him, going by the name of John Woo. John Woo was just learning the process back then, but Fung was glad to work with Woo on his first ever directorial movie The Young dragons.
His presence on screen was fantastic, not only a great fighter and villain, but he is also a very good actor and could show lots of emotion with even one single look (Most look’s ended with someone getting killed though).
Birth-date : 18/9/1949
At the start of his career, Fung started off more as a stuntman and also having brief appearances in movies such as Vengeance, Heroic Ones, Water Margin plus many others. A few years later, the director he was working with at the time Chang Cheh, also had an assistant working with him, going by the name of John Woo. John Woo was just learning the process back then, but Fung was glad to work with Woo on his first ever directorial movie The Young dragons.
- 6/8/2012
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
Legendary Amazons
Stars: Cecilia Cheung, Xiaoqing Liu, Richie Ren | Directed by Frankie Chan
Let me see if I can get this straight: Legendary Amazons is a Chinese martial arts flick that involves a lot of silly fighting, a morbid love affair and some highly questionable familial bonds. That’s about all I’m sure of right now.
The film, directed by Hong Kong stalwart Frankie Chan (probably most well known for composing music for Wong Kar Wai), follows the predominantly female Yang family’s struggle to keep their only remaining son alive when he is summoned to battle by the emperor. Each of the Yang clan has their own specific skill set and is proficient in battle, so there’s lots of fighting. And betrayal, switched allegiances, returns from the dead and all that good stuff. I think.
Why I’m not quite certain is telling of many of the film’s flaws.
Stars: Cecilia Cheung, Xiaoqing Liu, Richie Ren | Directed by Frankie Chan
Let me see if I can get this straight: Legendary Amazons is a Chinese martial arts flick that involves a lot of silly fighting, a morbid love affair and some highly questionable familial bonds. That’s about all I’m sure of right now.
The film, directed by Hong Kong stalwart Frankie Chan (probably most well known for composing music for Wong Kar Wai), follows the predominantly female Yang family’s struggle to keep their only remaining son alive when he is summoned to battle by the emperor. Each of the Yang clan has their own specific skill set and is proficient in battle, so there’s lots of fighting. And betrayal, switched allegiances, returns from the dead and all that good stuff. I think.
Why I’m not quite certain is telling of many of the film’s flaws.
- 5/16/2012
- by Mark Allen
- Nerdly
Continuing on from the start of our new weekly feature last week, rounding up the new releases coming to DVD and Blu-ray each Monday, we have a brilliant line-up of films making their way to the shelves of your local stores today, and of course the virtual shelves online.
We’re treated to a fantastic set of new films this week – some of the finest of last year – a few excellent TV shows, and a handful of classics that are being given the HD treatment, released on Blu-ray for the first time.
We’re big fans of the Blu-ray format here at HeyUGuys, and can’t recommend it enough to you. If your television has the means to play Blu-rays and you don’t yet have a player, I thoroughly encourage you to treat yourself to one at the nearest possible opportunity. I made the upgrade about two years ago,...
We’re treated to a fantastic set of new films this week – some of the finest of last year – a few excellent TV shows, and a handful of classics that are being given the HD treatment, released on Blu-ray for the first time.
We’re big fans of the Blu-ray format here at HeyUGuys, and can’t recommend it enough to you. If your television has the means to play Blu-rays and you don’t yet have a player, I thoroughly encourage you to treat yourself to one at the nearest possible opportunity. I made the upgrade about two years ago,...
- 5/14/2012
- by Kenji Lloyd
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Hong Kong director Jingle Ma follows up “Love You You” and “Mulan” with more cinematic popcorn in the glossy form of “Speed Angels”. In this latest bid for commercial success and mass appeal, Ma takes the high concept premise of putting good looking actresses behind the wheels of fast cars and throws in pretty much every soap opera style twist imaginable, making for a wacky mix of road racing and tears. The film certainly deserves credit for pulling together an impressive trio of leading ladies, headlined by Rene Liu (“Starry Starry Night”), Tang Wei (“Wu Xia”) and Cecilia Cheung (“Legendary Amazons”), as well as a pan-Asian supporting cast that includes pop star and real life racer Jimmy Lin (“If I Were You”), popular Korean television actor Han Jae Suk (“The Great Merchant”), and Kitamura Kazuki (“Kaibutsu-Kun: The Movie”) and Tanaka Chie (“Cape No.7”) from Japan. The film kicks off with...
- 5/9/2012
- by James Mudge
- Beyond Hollywood
Stick Jackie Chan’s name on anything and chances are I’ll watch it. No kidding. I even plunked down good money to see “Looking for Jackie” and “The Shinjuku Incident”, two films I could have easily lived without. Chan isn’t in veteran director Frankie Chan’s “Legendary Amazons”, but every bit of press surrounding the flick lets you know that our pal Jackie produced the flick. And while the film has received mixed reviews, I’ll still have a look at it as soon as the opportunity presents itself. That’s just the kind of unwavering fan I am. Before jumping to the latest trailer, read this: Formerly titled Lady Generals Of The Yang Family, Legendary Amazons is based on a famous Chinese opera set in the Song Dynasty. When the men of the Yang Clan were massacred in battle, the women, from elderly grandmother to little sisters,...
- 4/6/2012
- by Todd Rigney
- Beyond Hollywood
Produced by The King of Action Cinema, Jackie Chan, Legendary Amazons is an epic martial arts adventure set during the brutal wars between the Song and Xia Dynasties of Ancient China. Paying “homage” to the 1972 Shaw Brothers classic ‘The 14 Amazons.’ this action-packed blockbuster recounts the adventures of the legendary Yang Clan, a courageous and patriotic attack force of warrior women. Each a master of a unique style of martial arts, they are called to fight their greatest ever battle, when an overwhelming army of barbarian invaders threatens to overrun their homeland. Oh, and most important parts - martial arts epic fans take note - it gets released in the UK this coming May...and the trailer looks pretty darn spiffy. Legendary Amazons UK trailer...
- 4/5/2012
- 24framespersecond.net
Cecilia Cheung’s comeback continues with “Legendary Amazons”, a Chinese period epic which also marks the return of Frankie Chan (“A Warrior’s Tragedy”), being his first outing as director in over ten years. Drawing upon the same source material as Cheng Gang’s 1972 Shaw Brothers hit “The 14 Amazons”, the film is another charting the deeds of the heroic and patriotic Yang clan as they fight to defend the land against barbarian invaders, led by their courageous warrior women. With Jackie Chan onboard as producer, the film sees Cheung joined by a host of other top female performers, including Shaw action legend Cheng Pei Pei (star of many classics including “The Lady Hermit” and “Lady of Steel”), Mainland actress Liu Xiaoqing (“The Shadow of Empress Wu”) and Kathy Chow (“Sleepless Town”), with popular Taiwanese actor/singer Richie Jen (“Punished”) and Xiao Mingyu heading up the male contingent and veteran favourite...
- 1/18/2012
- by James Mudge
- Beyond Hollywood
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