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The Director’s Series 3: Nam Nai-Choi – The Seventh Curse

14 March 2012 knetan PODCASTS, The Director's Series, Nam Nai Choi 02:22:51 1 Comment

We’ve reached the part of the coverage where you recognize the movie we cover, the one that almost always enters a discussion of cool Hong Kong horror, splatter and adventure flicks. Nam Nai-choi was behind one such and it’s the subject of discussion this episode… The Seventh Curse! Chow Yun-fat, pipes, bazookas, flying baby worm monsters and blood curses. Strap in as Ken, David and Tom analyze the movie containing some of the best work of certain acting legends.

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Running times:
00m 00s – Intro
12m 15s – Wisely background
19m 45s – Chow Yun-fat bio/discussion
49m 00s – Tom’s views on Chin Siu-ho (Ken and David’s at the 53 minutes, 29 second mark in The Director’s Series 1)
50m 45s – Maggie Cheung bio/discussion
64m 00s – Dick Wei bio/discussion
69m 20s – Elvis Tsui bio/discussion
78m 47s – The Seventh Curse review

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Commentary On Fire 4: Scared Stiff (1987)

30 June 2010 knetan PODCASTS, Commentary On Fire 0 Comments

Strap yourselves in even AFTER watching Lau Kar-wing’s multi-mood classic Scared Stiff as the commentary by Stoo and Ken attempts to deconstruct this wild one out of the busy Hong Kong cinema scene of the 80s. Remember the robot thrusting motion come ending time…

Ken’s note: I meant to say Yuen Wah worked as action director at Shaw’s for a while, not director.

For those without the dvd, the commentary is available timed to video, via this playlist link or the video below:

 

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Podcast On Fire 67: Behind the scenes and do the Shaw’s come marching in THIS time?

30 January 2010 Stoo PODCASTS, Podcast On Fire 0 Comments

In what will be a a fairly common occurrence in 2010, Stoo and Ken become a magnificent duo. You lucky listeners get the first hand scoop at the planning of future theme-podcasts, dvd news including a big Shaw Brothers dvd announcement and what happened to Chow Yun-fat? Read More

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VS: The Postmodern Life of My Aunt (2006)

11 October 2009 lantern-jaw Uncategorized 0 Comments

Postmodern Life of My Aunt 3 (Photo Credit; Cornerhouse)

The tenacious “Aunt” of director Ann Hui’s 2006 film is something of a middle aged battle-axe at odds with the ever changing sprawling city of Shanghai in which she lives (Ye Rutang played by Gaowa Siqin) we join her meeting her nephew Kuan Kuan at the train station. He soon finds his aunt to be something of a weirdo; she lets her birds fly around the flat, has an empty fridge and no mobile phone. Ergo he decides not only to escape her tenacious ways but also to fake his own kidnapping for financial gain. What happens thereafter to the poor Aunt are a series of tragic, events in which characters drift in and out whilst attempting to con “Aunt” Ye Rutang out of her money. For the first half of the movie these events are interspersed beautifully with comedy then things all get a bit too much for Ye Rutang and she retires to live with the afore-mentioned nephew in a smaller industrial town in Manchuria. Read More

“Confucius” trailer hits the web, starring Chow Yun-Fat + Beard

3 September 2009 Stoo Uncategorized 0 Comments

The trailer for Chow Yun-Fats latest project is online! Hopefully this will save Chow Yun-Fat from the pits of fire hell! Remember? Chow Yun-Fat as the horny oldman in Dragonball: Evolution! The film is schedule for release in the Spring of 2010.

Confucius (551 BC-479 BC), was born in the ancient Chinese state of Lu, today’s Qufu City in Shandong Province. He was a great educator, philosopher, a renowned politician and the founding father of Confucianism.  The film focuses on the great philosopher’s life experiences from 51 to 73.

Source; Twitch

The Corrupter (1999)

13 January 2009 Stoo Uncategorized 0 Comments

Corruptor

Plot: Detective Nick Chen (Chow Yun-Fat) is a extraordinary cop who is one of the most decorated officers in the NYPD. Although his fame comes at a price, he is linked closely with the Triads in Chinatown. His job now is to keep the ongoing gang war between the Tong and Fukinese Dragon Triads at bay.

Chen receives a rookie cop by the name of Daniel Wallace (Mark Wahlberg), Chen isn’t happy with new inexperienced partner, but he learns to live with him.

Things start to get complicated when Daniel is approached by a Triad king pin and offers him in on the same deal that Chen’s on, you get us information, we’ll give you information. But as this story unravels nothing is what it seems. Read More

City on Fire (1979)

13 January 2009 Stoo Uncategorized 1 Comment

CityOnFire

Plot: Resigning undercover cop – Ko Chow (Chow Yun-Fat) plans resigning are shattered when brought into the station to have a meeting with his boss, Lau (Yueh Sun). Lau tells him that has one job left to do before leaving the force. The job is to infiltrate a violent gang of jewelery thieves, to gain their trust he must pass himself off as a gun dealer, selling weapons to the gang and then work his way into the gang participating in their next heist.

Ko Chow befriends on of the gangs main men – Fu (Danny Lee), both having similar backgrounds they create a decent friendship between them. But Ko Chow is haunted by past missions when one of his best friends were killed because of him. Ko doesn’t want the same thing to happen twice. Read More

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