Back To The Past offers nostalgia overload and some silly fun

Louis Koo and Raymond Lam return in this sequel to the 2001 TVB series. Despite shoddy CGI and a thin plot, the film delivers energetic, silly fun for fans of the original. Read more at ...

Hong Kong actor and action choreographer Yuen Cheung Yan dies at 69

One of Yuen’s most memorable roles was in Hong Kong movie Kung Fu Hustle. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at ...
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Action Legend John Woo Relives His Hong Kong Days, as Hard-to-See ‘Hard Boiled' and ‘The Killer' Get Another Shot With Audiences

We take it for granted today, but John Woo has one of the most recognizable visual signatures of any living filmmaker. Back in the mid-1980s, what started in Hong Kong reverberated around the world, ...
Los Angeles Times

John Woo on the classic era of Hong Kong action, plus the week’s best movies

Hello! I’m Mark Olsen. Welcome to another edition of your regular field guide to a world of Only Good Movies. As awards season begins to take shape, this week the New York Film Festival announced its ...
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10 Best Non-American Action Movies Of All Time

There are plenty of great action movies from all over the world, and some of the best don't even come from American studios. While many American action movies from the past feature big gunplay and ...
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‘Desperado’ At 30: This Hybrid Of Western Tropes And Hong Kong Action Sensibilities Is Surprisingly Timeless

Funny, in a way, that Desperado isn’t much talked about as a contemporary Western. Maybe it was by default when it first came out, and maybe 30 years is too long for the word “contemporary” to still ...
Variety

Action Legend John Woo Relives His Hong Kong Days, as Hard-to-See ‘Hard Boiled’ and ‘The Killer’ Get Another Shot With Audiences

Where did the idea for shooting with two guns come from? As Woo travels to France’s Lumière Festival to present 4K restorations of his most influential films, he explains the origins of his style. We ...
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Action Legend John Woo Relives His Hong Kong Days, as Hard-to-See ‘Hard Boiled’ and ‘The Killer’ Get Another Shot With Audiences

We take it for granted today, but John Woo has one of the most recognizable visual styles of any living filmmaker. Back in the mid-1980s, what started in Hong Kong reverberated around the world, as ...