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Looks like our little post about the demise of California Tower has made it big-time. The story was included as a citation, or footnote, in the Wikipedia entry for the beloved Wong Kar Wai film, Chungking Express.
For decades, Hong Kong movies captivated audiences around the world with a magical combination of action, romance and comedy all rolled into one. Another important trait they often shared were amazing soundtracks!
Don’t Go Breaking My Heart (單身男女,) a Mandarin language film starring Daniel Wu, Louis Koo, and Gao Yuanyuan, is an inventive romantic comedy set…
Like the hitman he portrayed in the 1989 film, The Killer (喋血雙雄,) Chow Yun Fat has had a hard time escaping his past. Though…
The trailer for the upcoming film Gallants is yet more proof in our theory that Hong Kong films are making a comeback. A nod…
It’s been a long time since I’ve been impressed with a Hong Kong movie poster. In fact, most of the recent local films have…
Shawn Yue, Miriam Yeung and Pang Ho-Cheung Every decade seems to bring new challenges to the Hong Kong film industry. Over the years there’s…
It’s difficult to overstate the importance of Tsui Hark’s Film Workshop to Hong Kong cinema in the mid 80’s thru 90’s. The company epitomized…
The past week has been a blur of films, receptions, after-parties and late night snacks. Hong Kong has been the epicenter of the Asian…
Sunday night the convention center was abuzz with two star-studded premieres marking the start of the 33rd Hong Kong International Film Festival. The cast…
The thirty-third Hong Kong International Film Festival kicks off at the end of the month. It stretches from March 22nd until April 13th, with…
How many kicks and punches did I witness in the last week? Probably more than most people see in a lifetime! Donnie Yen’s Ip…
I have a theory that any Hong Kong movie with the word “Beast” in the title can’t be half bad.* With that in mind,…
Last night I checked out the premier of A Decade of Love, a film that was originally supposed to be screened as part of…
[photopress:sixth_floor_rear_flat_movie.jpg,full,pp_image] Tuesday night I headed out to Megabox in Kowloon Bay for the premiere of 6th Floor Rear Flat 2. The film is a…
[photopress:Hong_Kong_film_festival_HK.jpg,full,pp_image] The 32nd Hong Kong International Film Festival is set to begin on March 17th. This is the time of year you get to…
Feeling kind of bored on Tuesday night, I decided to head over to Causeway Bay to catch Lau Ching Wan‘s new film, Mad Detective….
[photopress:n3405815_34081921_5162.jpg,full,pp_image] In perhaps the most celebrity-filled event since the Hong Kong Film Awards, Dragon-i hosted the launch of Rio Active Mints, a new luxury…
Last night I went half-way around the west side of Hong Kong Island to a development called the Cyberport to check out a film….
It’s been a month or two since I watched The Departed, the Hollywood remake of the Hong Kong film, Infernal Affairs. I can’t help…
Last year during ROCKIT music festival I bumped into actor Daniel Wu and he was sporting some really long hair. He told me that…
After returning from a long trip I recently got a chance to catch up on my Hong Kong movies! Dog Bite Dog, the new…
My friend Takuya came to Hong Kong initially as a model from Japan. He recently went through training to become an actor, (and learn…
Actually, my first trip to Hong Kong was to attend the H.K. International Film Festival back in 1998. Since then, I’ve attended the fest…
The most major holiday in Hong Kong is Chinese New Year. It falls on a different day each year, and this is when people…
I’m looking forward to checking out the new Johnnie To film ELECTION. I was walking through the MTR and saw the poster today. I…