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We had the pleasure of interviewing Hong Kong cinema trendsetter and legend Tsui Hark (the man behind Zu: Warriors From The Magic Mountain, Once Upon A Time In China, Blade, Peking Opera Blues plus much more… not enough can be said so let’s not say too much!) who was kind enough to share with us his thoughts on the past and the now, including on Detective Dee: Mystery Of The Phantom Flame (available now on UK dvd and Blu Ray).

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Fight choreographer and author John Kreng drops by in the conclusion to our Kaiju-themed Japan On Fire. A laid back chat between him and Ken covers a bit of the technical side to the action in the monster movies, John’s love for 70s grindhouse, B-movies, what makes martial acting and why not discuss a bit of RoboCop while we’re also at it.

Also featuring almost  15 minutes of deleted conversations in the Members Only Area , available via a FREE, simple registration on the forum. KEN’S EDIT:Excuse my misidentification of who does the stunt in No Regret, No Return. It’s apparently Sam Wong (who fought Jackie at the beginning of Police Story III).

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Author of  “Eiji Tsuburaya: Master of Monsters: Defending the Earth with Ultraman and Godzilla” shares with Ken the very first childhood Kaiju-exposure, how it’s corrupted him since, comparison of the Godzilla eras and basically verbally writing a love letter to the Gamera-series. Yet another. It’s deserved. Also featuring almost  50 minutes of deleted conversations in the Members Only Area, available via a FREE, simple registration on the forum.

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Playing right now in Hong Kong, Stoo and Ken preview Yuen Woo-ping highly anticipated martial arts movie with special guest Mike Leeder. Also featuring over 20 minutes of worthy deleted conversations (just not worthy for the show…ish) in the Members Only Area, available via a free, simple registration on the forum.  To get you in the mood, also in this show post are trailers for True Legend and production stills. Read the rest of this entry »

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Filmmaker/filmhistorian/trivia machine Ronald L. Strong goes over his fanatic history digging Kaiju. It’s a delightful journey as well as an aggrivating one thanks to a fair few characters taking hold of the Godzilla franchise in the 80s and onwards. Gamera still rocked though!

Don’t miss the Deleted Conversations package running almost 40 minutes available in the FREE Members Only area here

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Finishing our Visible Secrets coverage, Paul Loudon represented Podcast On Fire and interviewed Claustrophobia director Ivy Ho. Before the interview we have the Magnificent Trio discuss last Ivy Ho movies watched and we also cover her biography. Enjoy!

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Coming up on the mighty Podcast On Fire, Ken confesses he knows TOO much about filthy Hong Kong cinema, Stoo is too stupid to get the love for French cinema evident in Johnnie To’s Sparrow and we pay our respect to late cult hero of the Hong Kong cinema screens, Shing Fui-on Also featuring the second part of Stoo’s marvellous interview with John Kreng that offers up among other things his defense of The Master, why it took so long to release and the respective takes on action choreography when done in East vs. the West. Plus the uncut version of the Podcast On Fire promo spot featuring John Kreng in the Members Only area.  Not for the faint of heart.

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