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Zhang Yi-Shan spends his days dreaming of becoming the chosen disicple of Jackie Chan. Yi-Shan spends his time being bullied at school, Yi-Shan isn’t a weakling by any shot, he’s athletic, but not brainy, so it’s the jock being made fun of by the poetry group basically.

When planning on visiting his grand parents in Beijing he discovers that Jackie Chan is filming a movie in Beijing at the same time! Read the rest of this entry »

Being a child trying to fit in to a crowd can be a bit tedious, but when you’ve moved from America to China , fitting in is almost impossible when you show off to the wrong crowd. Our victim is Dre Parker, he moved with his mother when she was relocated in her job.

After being constantly being hounded and beaten by bullies in his school, he is saved by the local handy man, Mr. Han. Mr. Han confronts the bullies teacher and the two agree that the children will settle their differences in a Open Kung Fu Tournament. Han agrees to train Dre and Dre soon finds himself helping Hans troubled pass… Read the rest of this entry »

Stoo hosts the second part of our four part Jackie Chan Special. Joining him we have James Aylmore and POF12 guest – Mike Maley. We have a good banter discussing two of Jackies highly rated movies from the eighties; Project A and Police Story.

We then continue to briefly discuss the rest of Jackies career between 83 to 89. Upon our original recording of this episode we also provide discussion on a third movie; Miracles. The Miracles discussion is only available in the MEMBERS ONLY portion of the forum as well as 30 minutes extras content. Just a FREE registration away!

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The start of a series of shows covering the career of the legendary Jackie Chan and if you’re a fan or casual viewer, there’s a lot to take in via Ken’s and Brian Kirby’s  (of Shelf Life Clothing and Hong Kong Subtitles) 2 hour discussion of Jackie’s career in the 70s leading up to 1982. Featuring a larger spotlight on specifically Snake In The Eagle’s Shadow and The Young Master, you also get an additional 40 minutes of deleted material in the MEMBERS ONLY portion of the forum. Just a FREE registration away!

(Ken’s note: pardon misid’ing the box office info on The Young Master. The first movie to make 1 million at the Hong Kong Box Office was The One Armed Swordsman.)

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Stoo reports in from the 2010 Terracotta Far East Film Festival and he’s got a review of a very special movie, 2010′s Little Big Soldier. Starring Jackie Chan. Read the rest of this entry »

Every year thousands of Chinese immigrate to Japan in hope of finding a better life for themselves. Our leading man, Steelhead (Jackie Chan) immigrates to Japan in-search of his partner, who traveled to Japan to visit her auntie and never returned. He takes refuge with his young cousin Jie (Daniel Wu) in a tiny apartment filled with dozen other Chinese immigrates.

When discovering that his partner has married and started a new life with wealthy Yakuza under-boss, Eguichi, Steelhead moves on and begins a life of crime where he and his Chinese brothers work their way up through the Yakuza, soon achieving full control of the Shinjuku district of Tokyo.

Unfortunately for them, their rise to power comes with a price. Read the rest of this entry »

We’ve got the information regarding the next set of magazines coming from Jade Screen/Screen Power!

JADE SCREEN: The Ultimate Asian Film Magazine (VOL. 6, ISSUE 5)
Released March 9th, 2010

* Vincent Sze Interview: Kickin it in Hong Kong!
* Richard Harrison: From Shaws to Ninja’s…
* Yang Ik-june: The Breathless Interview!
* Johnnie To’s Vengeance…
* Girls With Guns Revisited!

And for the Jackie Chan Magazine Screen Power;

SCREEN POWER: The Jackie Chan Magazine (VOL. 10, ISSUE 1)
Released February 22nd, 2010

* Little Big Soldier: Review & Photo Gallery
* The Spy Next Door: Review and Photo Gallery
* Armour of God: The Golden Years…
* Allen Keng: Former JC Stuntman (Part 2)

You can order your copies of the magazines from here!