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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? 60 – Il Mare

4 March 2023 knetan PODCASTS, What's Korean Cinema? 01:18:17 0 Comments

Before there was a sassy girl, the ever so luminous Jun Ji-hyun starred in Il Mare, about a mailbox that is a portal to two years earlier. Going back to Korean cinema in the year 2000, with Kenny B and Paul Quinn of Hangul Celluloid. 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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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.

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.

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 29: Mabel Cheung & Alex Law – An Autumn’s Tale

4 April 2020 knetan PODCASTS, The Director's Series, Mabel Cheung & Alex Law 01:37:48 0 Comments

After receiving her first Hong Kong Film Award as Best New Director, Mabel Cheung and her filmmaking and life partner didn’t go back to Hong Kong to expand. No, they stuck to New York, brought over elite talent and an undeniable screen couple to make An Autumn’s Tale. Considered both one of the best Hong Kong movies ever but also a perfect date movie. With Kenny B and Tom K-W.

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.

Running Times:
00m 00s – Intro/Painted Faces Quick-Take
24m 35s – Expanded Mabel Cheung and Alex biography
30m 10s – An Autumn’s Tale production background, reception, actors
55m 18s – An Autumn’s Tale review

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Podcast On Fire Network Bonus Episode 50: Claustrophobia & Break Up 100

14 December 2019 knetan Bonus Episodes 0 Comments

An unofficial episode of The Ekin Hour, Kenny B and Phil G talk the reverse/flashback drama Claustrophobia from 2008 and Ekin opens a café and breaks up with his girlfriend a lot in Break Up 100 from 2014.

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Running times:
00m 00s – Intro/Ivy Ho biography/Claustrophobia background
7m 45s – Claustrophobia review
41m 13s – Lawrence Cheng biography
45m 42s – Break Up 100 review

Podcast On Fire 279: Return To A Better Tomorrow & Feel 100%

20 April 2019 knetan PODCASTS, Podcast On Fire, The Ekin Hour 01:25:25 0 Comments

First we went after Alan Tam, then we set our sights on defaming George Lam and now we tackle another uneven actor that we’ve perceived as being harmful to the movie viewing experience. The face of Young And Dangerous, Chan Ho-Nam himself: Ekin Cheng. For episode 1, we look at the modestly titled Return To A Better Tomorrow by Wong Jing, featuring Ekin as our gun toting lead and the comic book adaptation Feel 100% about the trials and tribulations of being a twentysomething. With Kenny B and Phil G of Eastern Film Fans.co.uk.

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 (briankirby.net) whose awesome clothing line you can find at shelflifeclothing.com.

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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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