Shaolin Mantis (1978) - Blu-ray Reiew
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- By Loron Hays
Get those fists ready! It’s time for some hand-to-hand combat as one family is absolutely brought to its knees due to an Emperor’s secret mission. Shaolin Mantis, distributed from 88 Films, opens with David Chiang shadow fighting against ...
Shaw Brothers Classics, Vol. 2: Brothers Five (1970)
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- By Loron Hays
Brothers Five, directed by Lo Wei, is a definite early high water mark for the Shaw Brothers as the production design is absolutely through the roof and the locations are far and wide, making this violent story a beautiful canvas for a whole lot of bloodletting which is Wei’s specialty ...
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Shaw Brothers Classics, Vol. 2: Lady of Steel (1970)
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- By Loron Hays
Lady of Steel features one of my favorite fight sequences as its co-headlining stars - Cheng Pei-Pei and Yueh Hua - “fight” each other to determine just where their allegiances lie. The set design of this village is cool. From balancing on the top of a bridge to running on water and flying to rooftops ...
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Shaw Brothers Classics, Vol. 1: The Golden Sword (1969)
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- By Loron Hays
Snake pits! Swordplay! Cheng Pei-pei having great fun with a secret clan of deadly women! Also featuring a lively song and dance number from Pei-pei herself, one would think The Golden Sword would constantly be one of the most energetic Shaw Brothers productions out there. It’s not. In fact ...
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Shaw Brothers Classics, Vol. 1: The Flying Dagger (1969)
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- By Loron Hays
The Flying Dagger, written and directed by Chang Cheh, takes its homage to filmmaker Akira Kurosawa quite seriously and opens with a monochrome romp in the reed fields as two lovers take some time to enjoy each other. It’s tastefully done, but - because this is a wuxia film - is interrupted ...
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Trailer Watch: THE HANGMAN
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- By Frank Wilkins
Epic Pictures proudly presents the first look at The Hangman, your next suspense fixation. Watch the first trailer and also catch a glimpse of the film's one-sheet movie poster below ...
Shaw Brothers Classics, Vol. 1: Dragon Swamp (1969) - Blu-ray Review
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Jumping right into the 20-year drama of this family saga, Dragon Swamp opens with an attack from a group of angry monks who want the Jade Dragon Sword returned to their monastery. To say they are annoyed by the thieving ways of The White-Faced General, Tang Dachuan (Huang Chung-Hsin) ...
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Unfrosted (2014) - Movie Review
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- By Loron Hays
Both critics and audiences are so divided on Jerry Seinfeld’s surrealist comedy Unfrosted that you would think the apocalypse itself streamed from Netflix into our living rooms on May 3rd. I mean the online hate out there is at an all time high. Wow ...
Shaw Brothers Classics, Vol. 1: The Invincible Fist (1969)
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In which, a watermelon becomes a dangerous weapon! Or at least its seeds do! All joking aside, The Invincible Fist is a wonderfully realized wuxia flick that deserves to be recognized. If not for the incredible use of leafy, green reed fields, then for the fight choreography which has Lo Lieh battling it out ...
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Come Drink With Me (1966) - Blu-ray Review
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A female-led wuxia film is nothing new. I know a lot of people want to give that credit to Ang Lee, but history suggests otherwise. Just because popular American cinema failed to notice what Asian cinema was doing (for a long time!!!) doesn’t mean that it wasn’t happening. Just look at 1966’s Come ...
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