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Tag: Comedy

Podcast On Fire 330: Comrades, Almost A Love Story & Moonlight In Tokyo

25 March 2023 knetan PODCASTS, Podcast On Fire, (Leon) Lai or Bye 01:36:13 0 Comments

Everybody wins something except Leon Lai but along with Maggie Cheung he appears in the 1996 romance classic Comrades, Almost A Love Story. Also, on the streets of Tokyo, a mentally challenged Leon Lai is looking for his brother and finds a childhood friend played by Chapman To. It’s not as sugary as you think. He also becomes a Korean gigolo, in 2005’s Moonlight In Tokyo from the writers of Infernal Affairs. With Kenny B and Phil G of Eastern Film Fans. Read More

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What’s Korean Cinema? 58 – Art Museum By The Zoo

6 August 2022 knetan PODCASTS, What's Korean Cinema? 01:11:10 0 Comments

Multiple romance stories are being gradually told. One for us. One by and before the characters in 1998’s Art Museum By The Zoo. With Kenny B and Paul Quinn of Hangul Celluloid.

Running Times: 
00m 00s – Intro/reception/on director Lee Jeong-hyang.
26m 58s – Shum Eun-ha biography and discussion.
37m 39s – The remaining films of Lee Jeong-hyang’s
44m 33s – Art Museum By The Zoo review.

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Podcast On Fire 322: The Enigmatic Case & Seven Years Itch

16 July 2022 knetan PODCASTS, Podcast On Fire 01:29:18 0 Comments

Johnnie To makes his first and second film. Neither are called or are like The Mission. From 1980 we find the martial arts mystery film The Enigmatic Case and writer/producer/star Raymond Wong has To call action and cut for his marital farce Seven Years Itch. With Kenny B and Paul Fox of the East Screen West Screen podcast.

Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook group or Twitter (@podcastonfire, @sogoodreviews) and SUBSCRIBE to our iTunes feed.

Music courtesy of Brian Kirby (shelflifeclothing.com).

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Running Times:

00m 00s – Intro/Johnnie To’s early career/box office.
14m 55s – The Enigmatic Case review.
49m 28s – Seven Years Itch box office.
54m 14s – Seven Years Itch review.

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Podcast On Fire 316: The Eagle Shooting Heroes

29 January 2022 knetan PODCASTS, Podcast On Fire 01:08:36 0 Comments

Before there was a completed and released Ashes Of Time, pretty much everyone that ended up being associated with it made something very silly: 1993’s The Eagle Shooting Heroes.

Running times:
00m 00s – Intro/The Eagle Shooting Heroes production background, box office, reception, missing footage.
26m 22s – The Eagle Shooting Heroes review.

Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook group or Twitter (@podcastonfire, @sogoodreviews) and SUBSCRIBE to our iTunes feed.

Music courtesy of Brian Kirby (shelflifeclothing.com).

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Podcast On Fire Network Bonus Episode 56: Whatever You Want

15 May 2021 knetan Bonus Episodes 0 Comments

Michael Wong is the genie of the pearls.

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Podcast On Fire 306: Knockabout & Monkey Kung Fu

27 March 2021 knetan PODCASTS, Podcast On Fire, The Versus Series 01:17:28 0 Comments

 

It’s Monkey Kung Fu, across Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers in this entry of the Versus Series. First up, Sammo Hung’s 1979 kung fu comedy Knockabout starring Yuen Biao and from Shaw Brothers in the same year, John Law’s Monkey Kung Fu. Featuring in a rare starring role master action director and director Ching Siu-tung. With Kenny B and Phil G of Eastern Film Fans.

Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook group or Twitter (@podcastonfire, @sogoodreviews) and SUBSCRIBE to our iTunes feed. Music courtesy of Brian Kirby whose awesome clothing line you can find at shelflifeclothing.com.

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Running Times:

00m 00s – Intro/Knockabout review
44m 25s – Monkey Kung Fu review

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Podcast On Fire 303: Election 2 & The Fun, The Luck And The Tycoon

13 February 2021 knetan PODCASTS, Podcast On Fire 01:52:16 0 Comments

It’s triad election time again, as orchestrated by Johnnie To and with Big Tony out of the way, it’s now Simon Yam vs Louis Koo in Election 2. Also, Coming To America Hong Kong style in the 1990 Chinese new Year comedy The Fun, The Luck And The Tycoon. With Kenny B and Kevin Ma of the East Screen West Screen podcast.

Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook group or Twitter (@podcastonfire, @sogoodreviews) and SUBSCRIBE to our iTunes feed.

Music courtesy of Brian Kirby whose awesome clothing line you can find at shelflifeclothing.com.

Using the discount code POFN10 gives Podcast On Fire Network listeners 10% off at checkout on shop.terracottadistribution.com.

Running Times:

00m 00s – Intro/Election 2 production background and reception
32m 32s – Election 2 review
69m 30s – The Fun, The Luck And The Tycoon reception
76m 35s – The Fun, The Luck And The Tycoon review

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The Podcast On Fire Network aims to provide a large, continually expanding overview of Asian cinema. On the flagshow Podcast On Fire, the big guns out of Hong Kong cinema gets a spotlight through discussion and review while the remainder of the network shows gives you insight into Japanese, Korean, Taiwanese cinema and the history of adult oriented Hong Kong cinema!

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