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Category: The Director’s Series

The Director’s Series helps you put a name ot some of those favourite movies of yours like Story Of Ricky, Crime Story and The Seventh Curse. Tracking progress (or possibly not) in a continuing series of discussions on various directors!

The Director’s Series 37: Johnny Wang – City Warriors & Bloody Brotherhood

Johnny Wang’s characters turn into sadistic animals so it’s easy to know who to hate and who to root for. Also, Andy Lau joins the violent, cinematic universe of Johnny Wang’s and promptly earns him a little bit more money at the box office. Slicing and dicing coming up. With Kenny B and Tom K-W. Read More

The Director’s Series 36: Johnny Wang – The Innocent Interloper & Fury

After two bloody outings in 1985 at Shaw Brothers, including a shaky mixture of comedy combined with grave violence, Johnny Wang attempts to address the balance by keeping matters light, hard but not brutally gory. Flash forward to the movie after where he starts hurting people again using the heroic bloodshed template. With Kenny B & Tom K-W.

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Running Times:

00m 00s – Intro/The Innocent Interloper cast notes and box office.
13m 50s – The Innocent Interloper review.
38m 58s – Fury box office.
41m 58s – Fury review.

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The Director’s Series 35: Johnny Wang – This Man Is Dangerous & Hong Kong Godfather

A hard kicking and hard punching martial arts action actor takes the leap to hard kicking and hard punching storyteller.  With Kenny B and Tom K-W.

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Running Times:

00m 00s – Intro/Johnny Wang biography.
17m 52s – This Man Is Dangerous reception.
21m 30s – This Man Is Dangerous review.
46m 00s – Hong Kong Godfather reception.
49m 24s – Hong Kong Godfather review.

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The Director’s Series 34: Mabel Cheung & Alex Law FINALE – A Tale Of Three Cities

Mabel Cheung and Alex Law make their Jackie Chan movie but it’s the story of his parents and China’s turbulent history… in feature form. With Kenny B and Tom K-W.

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Running Times:

00m 00s – Intro/The Story Of O (short film) review.
15m 49s – Production background, Tang Wei’s blacklisting, box office.
26m 50s – A Tale Of Three Cities  review

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The Director’s Series 33: Mabel Cheung & Alex Law – Echoes Of The Rainbow

Alex Law sits in the director’s chair for the first time since the 90s and saves a local Hong Kong street, in real life in the process. Also awards and stuff for 2010’s Echoes Of The Rainbow. With Kenny B and Tom K-W.

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Running Times:

00m 00s – Intro/background and reception of Echoes Of The Rainbow
22m 36s – Echoes Of The Rainbow  review

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