Shaw Brothers Film Library!
Celestial pictures has been uploading films to a new YouTube Channel–and there is an amazing array of offerings! Watch them all for free in beautiful transfers here. Make sure to check back for new films, too.
10 Things I Liked in 2024
This year, I have actually received “for your consideration” emails from publicists. They are emails asking you to add a particular film to your year end lists, or if you are fancy enough, to vote for the films in various awards. All these emails were promoting Hundreds of […]
Podcast On Fire: “On The Wrong Track!”
Podcast On Fire watches On The Wrong Track (1983)! “Youth gone wild at Shaw Brothers, with Andy Lau and from the director of Naked Killer. With Kenny B and Paul Fox.” Listen here.
Saying Farewell to Shaw Brothers’ Movietown
SCMP has a nice piece on the history of Shaw Brothers’ Studio’s Movietown as it is slated to become apartments and “villas.” “Shaw Brothers’ Movietown studio complex in Hong Kong’s Sai Kung district is being transformed into a residential enclave, a decade after production ceased at the birthplace […]
Kung Fu Bingo Cards!
Hey, check out these swank bingo cards designed by @SweetEmmyCat for her Kung Fu Saturdays livetweets!
Podcast on Fire: When Taekwondo Strikes and Heroes Of The East!
“Continuing the Versus Series, lined up for review is Golden Harvest’s 1973 Angela Mao movie When Taekwondo Strikes. She might take your head off, fighting on the side of the Korean people against the Japanese. Also, in Heroes Of The East, Lau Kar-Leung depicts Chinese versus Japanese martial […]
The Cultural Gutter 