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| Saturday, 12/20/2003 |
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Blind Shaft (2003) Director: Li Yang Cast: Li Yixiang, Wang Shuangbao, Wang Baoqiang, An Jing Synopsis Blind Shaft presents a hugely ironic vision of the Mainland's inexorable thrust towards "socialist" advancement with capitalistic characteristics. Two older miners with murder in their hearts entice a young boy into becoming a casual labourer inside a mineshaft. The first half hour of the film is a stunning introduction into the dark side of China's industrialization programme - essentially an expose of the country's reliance on and exploitation of migrant labourers (and management's callous indifference to the plight of workers in the country's mining industry) - leading to a totally unexpected twist ending that can only boost the credential of director-screenwriter Li Yang. | ![]() |
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Yoga With Almen Wong Cast: Almen Wong Synopsis Yoga, a proven science with origins dating back over 5,000 years. A regular practice brings total wellbeing to your mind, body and spirit. Yoga helps reduce stress, build mental focus, improve confidence and deepen spiritual awareness.
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Black Magic (1975) Director: Ho Meng-hua Cast: Tanny Tien Ni, Ti Lung, Lily Li, Lo Lieh, Ku Feng Genre: Horror Synopsis In a departure from his normal roles, martial arts hero Ti Lung plays Hsu Lo who runs up against an evil black magic practitioner San Kan-mi (Ku Feng). San Kan-mi wants to seduce Hsu's fiancee Wang Chu-ying (Lily Li) and places a death spell on Hsu and a love spell on Wang, hoping to kill two birds with one stone. Another veteran witch doctor comes to the rescue of the spellbound lovers as this bone-chilling tale of good versus evil races to a heart-stopping ending. | ![]() ![]() |
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Cause To Kill, A (1969) Director: Mu Shih-chieh Cast: Ivy Ling Po, Kwan Shan, Chiao Chiao Genre: Thriller Synopsis Ivy Ling Po, star of The Temple of the Red Lotus, tears up the screen as a jealous, murderous movie star, who, like seemingly all "film noir" vixens, wants to kill off her husband. While she's infuriated that the hitman she hires bungles the job, she's delighted that her husband is found guilty for the killer's "murder." There's only one thing between him and execution: his wife's loving and plucky female screenwriter - played by the great Chiao Chiao, co-star of both the One Armed Swordsman films and Jackie Chan's Police Story II. | ![]() ![]() |
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Legends Of Lust (1982) Director: Li Han-hsiang Cast: Tsung Hua, Wang Hsia, Betty Pei Ti, Liu Wu-chi, Liu Tan Genre: Erotic Synopsis With Legends of the Lust, a trilogy of bizarre, carnal bedtime stories, director Li Han-hsiang pushes seals and labels the envelope "warning, not for the faint of heart." These women aren't out to save the country but have sex because they're either sexual object for men (busty Bei Di in "The Immoral Spouse") or they love sex (like hard-core newcomer Liu Wu-chi in "The Child Groom" and the fantasy fulfilling Hsai Wen in "The Cuckold"). | ![]() ![]() |
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Love Without End (1970) Director: Pan Lei Cast: Jenny Hu, Ling Yun, Essie Lin Chia Genre: Drama Synopsis A rare case of a remake that approaches the heights of its classic predecessor, the Shawscope color Love Without End is as touching as the black-and-white original. Jenny Hu is a worthy successor to the late movie queen Linda Lin Dai in the role of a village girl who becomes a nightclub singer and finds true love, only to have it all threatened by fatal illness. Jenny excels in the part, and won the Special Award for Best Acting at the 1970 Golden Horse Awards. | ![]() ![]() |
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| Wednesday, 12/17/2003 |
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Medallion, The (2003) Director: Gordon Chan Cast: Jackie Chan, Lee Evans, Claire Forlani, Julian Sands, John Rhys-Davies, Anthony Wong, Christy Chung Synopsis A Hong Kong cop Eddie Yang (Jackie Chan), teamed with British agent, Watson (Lee Evans) and Nicole (Claire Forlani), hot on the trail of the ruthless international crimelord Snakehead. Eddie gets killed in the line of duty, but then, is resurrected as with super power. With the stakes higher than even before, Eddie must master his new skills in order to survive a showdown with the apparently invincible Snakehead. Jackie Chan takes action to a whole new level in this stunning mix of martial arts, stunts and state-of-the-art special effects. | ![]() |
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Yomigaeri: Resurrection (2002) Director: Akihiko Shiota Cast: Yuko Takeuchi, Tsuyoshi Kusanagi Synopsis In Aso of Kyushu, Japan, thousands of dead people suddenly resurrect from death to their beloved ones. Inspector Heita Kawada (Tsuyoshi Kusanagi) is being assigned to return to his hometown and investigates such strange phenomenon. There he meets his childhood friend, Aoi Tachibana (Yuko Takeuchi), whose boyfriend died for years and wishes him to revive one day. As the answer of the phenomenon is about to be disclosed, these "people" is facing an end of their resurrection... | ![]() |
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Besa Me Mucho (2002) Director: Jeon Yoon Soo Cast: Lee Mi Suk, Chun Kwang Yol Synopsis Young-Hee and Chui-Soo are a happily married couple with four beautiful children. What starts as just another hectic day for this family, turns out to be a day that they will never forget. In the midst of economic crises, Chiu-Soo loses his job and forces a family into choices with irreversible repercussions. Choices rooted in temptation and betrayal. | ![]() |
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Ruan Ling Yu (2003) [Stage Play] Director: Lee Ming Sum Cast: Chiu Woon, So Chong, Lee Pui Shing, Lee Yun Ki Synopsis Focusing on the glamorous life of a movie icon of the time, the playwright highlights the changes in Ruan Ling Yu's private world of art and her complicated love-triangles, ultimately revealing Ruan's personality and her inner being. This is the story about Ruan Ling Yu, the most celebrated movie actress in 30's, about the joy and success of her movie career, about the pain and agony of her personal life. Her life ended suddenly and left the world with a warning against gossips and scandals. | ![]() |
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Boys On The Run (2001) Director: Pol Cruchten Cast: Raquel Beaudene, Ron Perlman, Jesse Littlejohn Synopsis Two young teenage boys, Charlie and Joe, execute a daring escape from a juvenile detention facility and head for the woodlands where they can hunt and fish and avoid adult authority. On their way they meet Raindrop, a girl that flees from her militia-captain Father. Together and with the Militia on their trail they try to escape in the hope of finding somewhere to make a new start of their lives. | ![]() |
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Boxer From Shangtung, The (1972) Director: Chang Cheh Cast: Chen Kuan-tai, Chin Li, David Chiang, Milano Genre: Martial Arts Synopsis A much lauded and analyzed top ten hit, it made superstars of its lead and director. They packed blood-soaked symbolism and dramatic power into the tragic tale of "Ma Yung Cheng" (also the film's Chinese title), who becomes the first Chinese to defeat a professional Russian wrestler, only to find fame more dangerous than he ever imagined. Internationally famous director John Woo served as assistant director on the production and now openly acknowledges its influence. | ![]() ![]() |
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Carry On Con Men (1975) Director: Wang Feng Cast: Liang Tien, Chang Ying, Liang Lan-szu, Terry Liu, Wu Yuan-yi Genre: Comedy Synopsis With characters like "Little Clam," "Crazy Girl," "Sticky Pudding," "Tomboy" and "The Tigress," five popular inmates of the "Big Flower Brothel," it's no wonder that Carry On Con Men is a far more superior cackle of bathroom humor than the original. Clever Chen is back matching wits with Tricky Ching and this time it's personal as it plays more like a peculiar Monty Python sketch than a film sequel. It's a con-test of hilarious con-sequences. | ![]() ![]() |
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Five Venoms, The (1978) Director: Chang Cheh Cast: Kuo Chue, Sun Chien, Chiang Sheng (aka Chiu Kang-sang), Lo Meng, Lu Feng, Wei Pei Genre: Martial Arts Synopsis Chang Cheh struck gold by dropping three Taiwanese Opera performers, a Korean kicker and a muscular Chinese in a super-heroic grand guignol thriller. The result was also known as The Five Venoms, but under any title, it is one of the most popular Shaw films in America, inspiring a soft drink commercial, and even an entire rap music act's world tour. It also spawned a highly popular movie series of high-flying, blade-juggling, flesh-stabbing mayhem featuring the same actors in new stories. | ![]() ![]() |
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Girl With The Long Hair (1975) Director: Ho Fan Cast: Dana, Milan, Frankie Wei, Yu Yang, Terry Liu Genre: Erotic Synopsis Surf, sand, and sex (with emphasis on the latter) are in ample supply in this guilty pleasure, one of the first movies to shoot on location in exotically sleazy Pattaya, Thailand. The erotic "drama," directed by art photographer turned "art" filmmaker Ho Fan, features some of Shaw Brothers' most prominent sex symbols -- most noticeably, Dana, who's the long-haired temptress who sends a married rogue from a swinger's bed to a hospital bed. | ![]() ![]() |
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Invincible Shaolin (1977) Director: Chang Cheh Cast: Lu Feng, Sun Chien, Chiang Sheng (aka Yang Chung-fei), Kuo Chue, Lo Meng Genre: Martial Arts Synopsis Director Chang Cheh, who gave Shaolin films international cinematic respect, is re-united with the The Five Venoms to continue on his mission to bring Shaolin martial art film to even more wondrous heights. In Invincible Shaolin, Ching officials trick Northern and Southern Shaolin martial artists to fight against each other in hopes that they wipe each other out. The monks get wind of the plan, but is it too late? | ![]() ![]() |
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Les Belles (1960) Director: Doe Chin Cast: Linda Lin Dai, Peter Chen Ho, Fanny Fan, Kao Pao-shu Genre: Musical Synopsis Acknowledged as one of the greatest Hong Kong musicals, this lavish Eastmancolor and Shawscope production set a standard in Hollywood-style tune-fests that has rarely been surpassed. It infuses its wispy plot with such style and wit that the results are pure pleasure. It won awards for Best Art Direction, Best Editing and Best Sound Recording while Linda Lin Dai won the Best Actress statuette for her performance as a dancer who finds romance with her boss's pesky son. | ![]() ![]() |
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My Daring Genie (1984) Director: Yang Chuan Cast: Derek Yee (aka Erh Tung-sheng), Cherie Chung Cho-hung, Yi Lei, Feng Shui-fan Genre: Comedy Synopsis One of director Yang Chuan's most delightful romantic comedies, My Darling Genie is based on the classic Chinese myth about a beautiful female genie who travels one thousand years back in time. Cherie Chung Cho-hung stars as a magical girl that lives inside a Chinese umbrella, who helps an honorable young man and his uncle deal with a covetous loan shark. All's well that ends well in this refreshingly funny fantasy adventure. | ![]() ![]() |
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Sexy Girls Of Denmark (1973) Director: Lu Chi Cast: Li Ching, Tsung Hua, Birte Tove, Wang Lai Genre: Erotic Synopsis With a title like this, you were maybe expecting a travelogue about trout fishermen in Wisconsin? No, this censor-baiting romp was shot on location in Copenhagen and expanded the boundaries of just how much could be shown on the Asian screen. Even so, it needed a plot, so it's set in the movie world, where a studio official gets a lot more than he bargains for from one sweet Dane after another. | ![]() ![]() |
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Shadow Boxer, The (1974) Director: Pao Hsueh-li Cast: Chen Wo-fu, Shih Szu, Frankie Wei, Yang Chi-ching Genre: Martial Arts Synopsis Both James Dean and real-life shadow boxing champion Chen Wo-fu died at age 24, before the premieres of their most famous films. But in Chen's tragic case, this last film was also his first. He was ideally suited for the role of construction worker Ku Ting, whose skill at "tai chi" (shadow boxing) is as great as his pacifism. But when his girlfriend is raped by vicious gangsters, he shows everyone the true power and beauty of tai chi. | ![]() ![]() |
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To Kill A Jaguar (1977) Director: Hua Shan Cast: Tsung Hua, Liu Yung, Nora Miao Guest Appearance: Shaw Yin-yin, Ling Yun Genre: Action/Adventure Synopsis To Kill a Jaguar features two alumni that got big breaks starring in Bruce Lee films, Nora Miao, Bruce Lee's love interest in The Big Boss, Fist of Fury and Way Of The Dragon, and Liu Yung who co-starred with Bruce in The Big Boss and Fist of Fury. In To Kill a Jaguar, Liu plays Miao's jilted lover that but he refuses to let go as the film has more twists than a soap opera. | ![]() ![]() |
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Young People (1972) Director: Chang Cheh Cast: David Chiang, Ti Lung, Agnes Chen Mei-ling, Chen Kuan-tai, Irene Chen I-ling Genre: Drama Synopsis Not just the king of kung-fu, Chang Cheh was a versatile director. Young People is his attempt at a teen drama and - looking at it now - it harks back to a more innocent and cornball age. But the charm is its corniness. The longstanding rivalry between a music club and a sports club is compounded by their leaders' mutual interest in a girl. The film is also notable for its fledgling lead actors who would become huge Shaw stars as their career progressed. | ![]() ![]() |
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| Friday, 12/12/2003 |
Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind (1986)
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Running Out Of Time (1999) (Remastered) Director: Johnnie To Cast: Andy Lau, Lau Ching-Wan Synopsis Andy, a handsome elegant young man, has only 14 days left in his life. He burglars a Diamond Trading Company and hence arouses the attention of a Police Negotiator, Sean. Sean believes Andy is challenging his wisdom and courage. He is eager to arrest Andy. An intense struggle triggers off, until Sean discovers the serious illness of Andy. What will Sean do? | ![]() |
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Ghost System, The (2002) Director: Toshikazu Nagae Cast: Chikako Sakuragi, Hiroshi Tamaki, Maria Yanagisawa, Atsuko Rukawa Synopsis An email arrives Misaki's mobile and shocks her with the sender's name, Mai, her best friend who disappeared for a long time. Together with Mai's boy friend, Wataru, they decide to search her and track a mysterious building where they find Ryo, a scientist who tries to contact spirits with her discovery, the "Ghost System". Mai is found out as one of the experiment, but something out there looses control... | ![]() |
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View from the Top (2003) Director: Bruno Barreto Cast: Gwyneth Paltrow, Christina Applegate, Mark Ruffalo, Candice Bergen Synopsis Donna is an idealistic young woman who dreams of becoming an international first-class attendant. As Donna begins her trip under the training of a legendary flight instructor, she encounters more turbulence than even she bargained for. But the real question is whether her bumpy start will force her to leave her dreams behind, or if it will take her on the journey of a lifetime. | ![]() |
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Confidence (2003) Director: James Foley Cast: Edward Burns, Rachel Weisz, Andy Garcia Synopsis A sharp and polished grifter, Jake has just swindled thousands of dollars from Lionel, an accountant for mafia "The King". To repay "The King", Jake pulls off the biggest con of his career. "The King" assigns a henchman Travis to shadow his every move and Jack brings in a blonde pickpocket named Lily to join the crew. At the same time, Jake is being investigated by an FBI agent. Now, Jake and his crew will have to stay one step ahead of both the criminals and the cops to finally settle their debt. | ![]() |
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11'09''01 - September 11 (2002) Directors: Youssef Chahine, Amos Gitai, Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu, Shohei Imamura, Claude Lelouch, Ken Loach, Samira Makhmalbaf, Mira Nair, Idrissa Ouedraogo, Sean Penn, Danis Tanovic Synopsis 11'09''01, September 11 To evoke the sheer scale of the shock wave which followed September 11, To testify to the resonance of the event throughout the world, To better convey the human dimension of this tragedy, To bring reflection to emotion, To give a voice to all, A collective film 11 directors from different countries and cultures 11 visions of the tragic events which occurred in New York City on September 11, 2001 11 points of view engaging their individual conscience Complete freedom of expression. | ![]() |
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| Tuesday, 12/2/2003 |