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| Saturday, 1/31/2004 |
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Battle Royale II (2003) (DTS) Director: Kinji Fukasaku, Kenta Fukasaku Cast: Takeshi Kitano, Aki Maeda, Tatsuya Fujiwara Synopsis 3 years after the event in Battle Royale's, the 2 survivors Nanahara and Nakagawa form the "Wild Seven" to against the BR Act and the Government. In response, the Government sends a class of junior-high students to catch and kill Nanahara in 3 days. These students are divided in a team of 2 and trapped in an isolated island and put on lethal electronic necklaces. If one student is murdered on the spot, his partner's electronic necklace will be activated and get kill instantly... | ![]() |
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| Saturday, 1/24/2004 |
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Imposter, The (1975) Director: Pao Hsueh-li Cast: David Chiang, Chen Kuan-tai, Danny Lee (aka Li Hsiu-hsien), Wang Chung, Chen Ping Genre: Action/Adventure Synopsis With the cast list, you would almost expect this to be another Chang Cheh film. Two of Chang's proteges, David Chiang and Chen Kuan-tai go head-to-head in The Imposter which sees cinematographer Pao Hsueh-li back in the director's chair. Chiang plays Ko Liang, as master of disguise who puts his seven faces to good use when he goes to the aid of two young guardsmen Tseng Yung (Danny Lee) and Tseng Kan (Wang Chung) who have been framed by Captain Lo (Chen Kuan-tai) for murder. | ![]() ![]() |
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Lady Is The Boss, The (1982) Director: Lau Kar-leung Cast: Lau Kar-leung, Hui Ying-hung, Gordon Liu, Wang Yu, Chang Chan-peng Genre: Martial Arts Synopsis The pre-eminent martial art moviemaker Liu Chia-liang (aka Lau Kar-leung) came up with the novel idea for this exciting and hilarious cultural, generational, and kung-fu clash. He plays a martial art master so set in his ways that his kung-fu school may be closed down. That is, until a hip, young, beautiful marketing woman arrives to take over, setting off a battle of the sexes, the ages, and even with the local crime king! | ![]() ![]() |
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Maid From Heaven, A (1963) Director: Ho Meng-hua, Chen Yu-hsin Cast: Ivy Ling Po, Fang Yin, Pan Ying-tse, Chang Li-chu, Shirley Huang Genre: Period Drama Synopsis It took two directors, three assistant directors, and four cinematographers to capture this remarkable epic about life in the Heavenly Palace. Fang Ying began her career as the title character, who decides that life on Earth would be more rewarding. And given that this was years before Chang Cheh would introduce "yanggang (macho)" cinema to Hong Kong, the man she falls in love with is played by a woman: Ivy Ling Po -- then also a newcomer. | ![]() ![]() |
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New Tales Of The Flying Fox (1984) Director: Liu Shih-yu Cast: Alex Wan Chi-leung, Felix Wong Yat-wa, Tai Pei-ling, Hui Ying-hung, Chen Szu-chia, Ku Kuan-chung Genre: Martial Arts Synopsis In the great tradition of Hsu Tseng-hung's The Silver Fox and Chang Cheh's Legend of the Fox comes this exciting adventure, where the only thing between all the clan leaders and certain death is one young woman. But that young woman is Hui Ying-hung, the remarkable star of legendary director Liu Chia-liang's classics My Young Auntie and The Lady is the Boss. If any one can save them, it's her, with the help of Thundering Mantis star Liang Chia-jen and action director Lo Chiang. | ![]() ![]() |
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| Tuesday, 1/20/2004 |
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Star Runner (2003) Director: Daniel Lee Cast: Vanness Wu, Kim Hyun Joo, Shaun Tam, Andy On, Wong You Nam Synopsis To start a new life from a heartbreaking love, May Kim comes to HK as a Korean lecturer. Bond, one of May's students, is a wild guy and enjoys free fight. With different cultural and social background, they begin in a hostile relationship but end up admiring each other and becoming lovers. Bond always dreams of fighting with the untouchable idol–Tank. When his dream is going to come true, Kim's ex-boyfriend suddenly appears... | ![]() |
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Park, The (2003) Director: Andrew Lau Cast: Bo Bo Chan, Tiffany Lee, Derek Tsang, Cheung Wing Hong Synopsis Fourteen years ago, a little girl fell down from the ferris wheel in an amusement park and died. Since then, the park is seemed to be cursed. After several similar accidents, it was ordered to close down. This day, Yen and her friends step into this deserted piece of land looking for her missing brother... | ![]() |
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Miss Du Shi Niang (2003) Director: Raymond To Cast: Michelle Reis, Daniel Wu, Lydia Sum Synopsis Miss Du is a famous prostitute and hopes to find her Mr. Right some day. When she meets an attractive scholar King, she ignores her master's warning and risks everything to be with him. But Miss Du is a sensitive woman with strategic mind, she uses different methods to test how real is his love to her. Unluckily, promise and love sometimes is much weaker than what we expect. | ![]() |
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| Friday, 1/16/2004 (Second Update) |
| Friday, 1/16/2004 (First Update) |
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Warriors Of Heaven And Earth (2003) Director: Ping He Cast: Jiang Wen, Nakai Kiichi, Wang Xueqi, Vicki Zhao Wei Synopsis Set in the ferocious Gobi Desert, the story follows two protagonists, Lieutenant Li (Jiang Wen) and Japanese emissary Lai Xi (Nakai Kiichi) - both first-class warriors and master swordsmen. After decades of service to the Chinese Emperor, Lai Xi longs to return to Japan, but is instead sent to the West to chase wanted criminals. His only passport back to Japan is to capture and execute Lieutenant Li, a renegade soldier wanted for leading a violent mutiny when he refused orders to kill female and child prisoners. Li and Lai Xi battle, but finally agree to delay their final personal fight until the caravan carrying Wen Zhu and a Buddhist monk is brought to safety. The monk, however, is carrying a sacred and powerful pagoda that attracts the attention of the region's ruthless overlord, Master An (Wang Xueqi). Lai Xi and Lt. Li, accompanied by Li's former posse of soldiers, who have forsaken their peaceful new lives to return to his side, must face the cruelty of the desert, the region's barbaric bandits and the brutality of the overlord's men before they can finally face one another. | ![]() |
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Crazy First Love (2003) Director: OH Jong-rok Cast: CHA Tae-hyun, SON Ye-jin, YOO Dong-geun Synopsis Tae-il is a super problem child of Kang High. He has an incredible IQ of 148, but he's only interested in marrying his first love Il-mae. Young-Dal, Il-mae's father openly declares that he would allow Tae-il to marry his daughter if he could be admitted to the Law School of Seoul National University and pass the Judicial Examination. From then on, Tae-il's ultimate missions are to study and protect Il-mae from all the sleazeballs who approach her! | ![]() |
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Freddy Vs. Jason (2003) Director: Ronny Yu Cast: Robert Englund, Ken Kirzinger Synopsis It's been nearly ten years since Freddy Krueger invaded peoples' dreams to exact his deadly form of revenge and murder. But now, his memory has been systematically erased by the town. Freddy hence resurrects the equally iconic madman, Jason Voorhees, to instill fear on Elm Street again, creating a window of opportunity for him to emerge. But Freddy soon discovers that Jason isn't willing to cease his murderous ways. Now, with a terrified town in the middle, the two titans of terror enter into a horrifying showdown of epic proportions... | ![]() |
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| Thursday, 1/15/2004 |
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Beyond The Great Wall (1959) Director: Li Han-hsiang Cast: Linda Lin Dai, Chao Lei, Hung Po, Chu Mu, Chiang Kwong-chao, Chang Tsui-ying Genre: Period Drama Synopsis Linda Lin Dai gives a soul-stirring performance as a real-life beauty tricked into sacrificing herself for the good of the Chinese people. Truth is revealed too late, she kills herself. Life imitates art. Linda committed suicide years later. | ![]() ![]() |
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Five Shaolin Masters (1974) Director: Chang Cheh Cast: David Chiang, Ti Lung, Alexander Fu Sheng, Chi Kuan-chi, Meng Fei Genre: Martial Arts Synopsis Fans thought that Chang Cheh couldn't out-do his previous star-making box office hits, but once this landmark saga hit the screen, they had to raise their expectations once again. The story was simplicity itself: Shaolin renegades fight against their Manchu oppressors and traitorous collaborators. But the finest martial art actors, led by revered choreographers Liu Chia-liang and his brother Liu Chia-yung, created emotionally involving action sequences of unparalleled effect. | ![]() ![]() |
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Guess Who Killed My Twelve Lovers? (1969) Director: Wu Chia-hsiang Cast: Jenny Hu, Chin Han, Irene Chen I-ling, Li Kun, Shih Tien Genre: Drama Synopsis Jenny Hu, Shaw Brothers' gorgeous Chinese-German star, was given her first comedy character in the wild and wacky Guess Who Shot My Twelve Lovers. Part farce, part romance, part musical, Jenny plays a ravishing lady accused of slaying her many boyfriends. She flees to Lantau Island where she seduces leading man Chin Han. But will he become Victim #13? Described as "a comedy of belly laughs and chilling murders", it is a unique entry in the Hong Kong theater of the absurd. | ![]() ![]() |
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Holy Flame Of The Martial World (1983) Director: Lu Chin-ku Cast: Liu Hsueh-hua, Mok Siu-chung, Mary Jean Reimer, Pai Piao, Kuo Chue, Liu Shao Chun Genre: Martial Arts Synopsis This internationally popular tale of a brother and sister seeking vengeance for the death of their parents through the mythical yin/yang Holy Flame technique is an eye-filling epic. Kuo Chue (aka Philip Kwok), famous as the star of Chang Cheh's internationally famous "Venom" film series, both co-stars and choreographs this impressive tale - leading to a vaunted "action director" career with both the 007 thriller Tomorrow Never Dies and the cult classic Brotherhood of the Wolf to his credit. | ![]() ![]() |
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Rose, Be My Love (1966) Director: Chin Chien Cast: Li Ting, Kwan Shan, Pat Ting Hung, Ling Yun, Ching Miao Genre: Drama Synopsis Not a love triangle but a love rectangle, Rose, Be My Love is a romantic drama that represents the high standards achieved by Shaw Brothers in both star power and technical polish. Set on the eve of Pearl Harbor and Hong Kong's invasion by the Japanese, the tragic romance takes on added poignancy in light of the future fate of leading lady Li Ting, the "Rose" of Rose, Be My Love who committed suicide a mere three months after the movie's release. | ![]() ![]() |
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Sentimental Swordsman, The (1977) Director: Chu Yuan Cast: Ti Lung, Ching Li, Derek Yee (aka Erh Tung-sheng), Yu An-an, Yueh Hua Genre: Martial Arts Synopsis One of director Chu Yuan's crowning achievements, The Sentimental Swordsman epitomizes the lone, virtuous, heroic swordsman with a twist. The Oedipus complexed swordsman Li Hsin-huan, magnificently portrayed by the highly popular Ti Lung, is a hero with weaknesses; he drinks and believes in love and emotion thereby losing his girlfriend via tricked honor. It's payback time. Chu creates romantic worlds lavishly infused with flamboyant atmospheric settings as evident by this film receiving the 1978 Golden Horse Best Cinematography Award. | ![]() ![]() |
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Yellow Muffler, The (1971) Director: Inoue Umetsugu Cast: Betty Ting Pei, Tsung Hua, Paul Chin Pei, Irene Chen I-ling, Shen Yueh-ming, Ling Ling Genre: Musical Synopsis Inoue Umetsugu is one of the rare film-makers who have not let the barrier of language and race come between him and his art. In The Yellow Muffler, he takes on the glitzy world on nightclub performers. Two sisters, Ching-ping (Irene Chen I-ling) and Pai-hung (Betty Ting Pei) struggle to find a workable act after their magician father and younger sister leave to try their luck in Taiwan. A good friend gets them cast in a new movie, and the rest is history ... | ![]() ![]() |
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| Wednesday, 1/14/2004 |
| Tuesday, 1/13/2004 |
| Black Magic (1975) | Cause To Kill, A (1969) |
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Legends Of Lust (1982) | Love Without End (1970) |
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Jan 15
Beyond the Great Wall (1964)
Five Shaolin Masters (1974)
Guess Who Killed My Twelve Lovers (1970)
Holy Flame Of The Martial World (1983)
Rose, Be My Love (1966)
Sentimental Swordsman, The (1977)
Yellow Muffler, The (1972)
Feb 5
Imposter, The (1975)
Lady Is The Boss, The (1983)
Maid From Heaven, A (1963)
New Tales Of The Flying Fox (1984)
Feb 19
Chinatown Kid (1977)
Forbidden Past, The (1979)
Hex (1980)
Lust From Love Of A Chinese Courtesan (1984)
Moonlight Serenade (1967)
| Monday, 1/12/2004 |
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Death Curse, The (2003) Director: Cheang Pou-Soi Cast: Twins (Charlene Choi & Gillian Chung), Boy'z (Steven Cheung & Kenny Kwan), Alex Fong Synopsis The medical scientist Tin distributes his heritage among his 8 children before he dies. They were brought up by different mothers and have not met each other before. Under the supervision of Lawyer Cheung, the 8 siblings must gather and pray in their father's old haunted mansion every midnight, otherwise they will lose his/her right of inheritance. On the night the phantom of Tin returns, they see Tin's corpse wandering around the house and many strange things happened. Is he still alive or dead? | ![]() |
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Floating Landscape, The (2003) Director: Carol Lai Cast: Ekin Cheng, Karena Lam, Liu Ye, Su Jin, Huang Jue Synopsis Maan, haunted by the death of her lover, struggles to accept a new life. She goes to Qingdao in search of the landscape that her lover spoke of in his final days. There, she meets a young postman, Lit who runs along with Maan every day in the landscape search. While Lit gradually falls for Maan's beauty and passion, she can only think of her lost-lover and the painting... | ![]() |
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Princess Blade, The (2001) Director: Shinsuke Sato Cast: Hideaki Ito, Yumiko Shaku Synopsis In a land closed off for over 500 years, people lives in an undesirable life. Yuki is an orphan raised by a group of professional assassins and is the best killer among the clan. One day, she was told by one of the victims that her mother was murdered by her leader, Byakurai. She tries to kill him but it fails. In an escape, Yuki meets Takashi, a member of the rebel forces. While both are betrayed by their leaders, trust and romance grow between them. Meanwhile, Byakurai is making plans to hunt down Yuki and kill her. | ![]() |
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Doraemon – Nobita And The Winged Braves
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Heaven (2002) Director: Tom Tykwer Cast: Cate Blanchett, Giovanni Ribisi Synopsis Set in Turin, Italy. Philippa is deeply disappointed by the police's lax investigation following her husband's drug death. So she decides to take the revenge - places a bomb in the dealer's cover office. However, the bomb goes off unplanned and kills 4 innocent people. Filippo, a young police officer, falls in love with this beautiful woman, he believes in her innocence, and comes up with a plan that will give her freedom. | ![]() |
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Ghost Of The Needle (2003) Director: Brian Avenet-Bradley Cast: Brian Avenet-Bradley, Cheri Christian, Leigh Hill, Greg Thompson Synopsis Jacob, a fine-art photographer, secretly lures women to his studio to kill them and take their portrait. When Jacob meets his next victim, Aimee, and tries to poison her, she struggles, hurling Jacob down a flight of stairs and knocking him unconscious. Once he awakes, he knows his secret is being disclosed and someone is trying to kill him. Now, and for the first time, he experiences an emotion...fear. | ![]() |
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Swimming Upstream (2003) Director: Russell Mulcahy Cast: Geoffrey Rush, Judy Davis Synopsis It is based on a true story of a youth from Brisbane, Australia, who overcame family dysfunction to become a world-class athlete. Born into a large family and convinced by his father that he will never amount to the achievements of his brothers, it is only when Tony displays an extraordinary swimming talent that he feels he has a shot at winning his father's heart. But Tony also begins to realize his own self-worth in the process. | ![]() |
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Breathing Room (1996) Director: Jon Sherman Cast: Dan Futterman, Susan Floyd Synopsis Kathy and David are a typical young New York couple. Their romance has been on and off because David can't bring himself to say "I love you". 29 Days before Christmas, David plans to relocate in Ho Chi Minh City. To test the depth of their true feelings, they try not to see each another from Thanksgiving until Christmas. Now, here comes the answer of the age old question – How long do you wait until you know this love is the right one? | ![]() |
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Second Name (2002) Director: Paco Plaza Cast: Erica Prior, Denis Rafter, Trae Houlihan, Craig Stevenson Synopsis Theodore Logan, a respected and successful businessman, drives his car towards a secluded forest and commits suicide. Daniella begins an investigation into her father's mysterious suicide. In her search, Daniella finds her loving father who dedicated his life to making his daughter happy disappears and now sees a heartless, cruel and dangerous man. Beneath the peaceful surface of her small town, it lurks a web of lies and mysteries which push her to the verge of madness. | ![]() |
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Knockabout (1979) Director: Sammo Hung Cast: Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao, Leung Ka Yan Genre: Action Synopsis Two young outcasts, Taipao and Yipao, are knocking about in the world, loiving on nothing but their natural wiles. Bad luck, however, dogs their every step. For instance, the moment they con a gold-smith out of 20 tales of gold, Fatty the Beggar makes away with their loot, substituting the gold with stone. Not knowing the substitution, the two go the a casino and makes a killing, only to be beaten and thrown out when they produce the "gold". Then they try to cheat a restaurant owner, and in no time somebody cheats them out of their last worldly belonging. The two realize their own inadequacy and go about to find a teacher to learn kung fu... | ![]() |
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