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

13 November 2021 knetan PODCASTS, The Director's Series, Mabel Cheung & Alex Law 01:04:14 0 Comments

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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Podcast On Fire 309: Spacked Out

8 August 2021 knetan PODCASTS, Podcast On Fire 01:06:05 0 Comments

A podcast that originally was supposed to be on the Spectrum blu ray of Spacked Out, Kenny B and Paul Fox of the East Screen West Screen podcast discuss the Johnnie To produced Category III rated youth drama from director Lawrence Lau.

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

22 May 2021 knetan PODCASTS, The Director's Series, Mabel Cheung & Alex Law 01:10:05 0 Comments

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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Podcast On Fire 304: One-Armed Swordsman & One-Armed Boxer

2 March 2021 knetan PODCASTS, Podcast On Fire, The Versus Series 01:27:58 0 Comments

Chop Chop. Twice we watch Jimmy Wang Yu lose his arm as we are doing another entry in the Versus Series. He loses it for the first time in 1967’s One-Armed Swordsman at Shaw Brothers for director Chang Cheh and then again in 1972 as he directs himself in One-Armed Boxer. With Kenny B and Tom K-W.

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Running Times:

00m 00s – Intro/One-Armed Swordsman background
26m 13s – One-Armed Swordsman  review
54m 45s – One-Armed Boxer review

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What’s Korean Cinema? 51 – Innocent Thing

3 October 2020 knetan PODCASTS, What's Korean Cinema? 00:55:21 0 Comments

The director of Volcano High goes back to school but throws out the fighty fighty stuff in favour of the psychological, teachers shouldn’t get romantically involved with students, erotic thriller stuff in Innocent Thing from 2014. With Kenny B and Paul Quinn of Hangul Celluloid.

Running Times: 
00m 00s – Intro/Innocent Thing production notes, reception, director Kim Tae-kyun’s absence from directing
25m 58s – Innocent Thing review.

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The Director’s Series 31: Mabel Cheung & Alex Law – The Soong Sisters

29 August 2020 knetan PODCASTS, The Director's Series, Mabel Cheung & Alex Law 01:42:45 0 Comments

Mabel Cheung and Alex Law take their storytelling out of the current and small, intimate arenas of Hong Kong, China and New York and go for scope depicting three female political figures in Chinese history in The Soong Sisters. With Kenny B, Tom-K-W and Paul Fox of the East Screen West Screen podcast.

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Running Times:
00m 00s – Intro/City Of Glass Quick-Take
29m 55s – Biographies of the real life Soong sister and production background of the movie.
53m 48s – The Soong Sisters review

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The Director’s Series 30: Mabel Cheung & Alex Law – Eight Taels Of Gold

20 June 2020 knetan PODCASTS, The Director's Series, Mabel Cheung & Alex Law 01:16:51 0 Comments

Mabel Cheung brings her characters home FROM New York this time around, continues the working relationship with Sammo Hung exploring his dramatic range and he’s paired up with Sylvia Chang for the rural, remote drama Eight Taels Of Gold. With Kenny B and Tom K-W.

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Running Times:
00m 00s – Intro/Now You See Love… Now You Don’t Quick-Take
17m 42s – Eight Taels Of Gold reception/Sylvia Chang biography and discussion
38m 06s – Eight Taels Of Gold review

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