Archive for the ‘movies’ Category
THE CITY OF VIOLENCE (2006)
August 5th, 2010 by Planet Chocko
How on mars did I ever manage to sleep on watching THE CITY OF VIOLENCE? Thanks to a fellow asian cinephile from da Bronx named mondo-curry who gave me some cliff notes & a summer list of Korean & Japanese films that I might gravitate to watch considering my taste of destruction on the Hong […]
Tags: city of violence, dragon dynasty, Jae-mo Ahn, Kil-Kang Ahn, korean action, Seung-wan Ryoo, the city of violence
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L.A. STREETFIGHTERS (1985)
August 2nd, 2010 by Planet Chocko
I finally had a chance to watch L.A. Streetfighters again & boy, she didn’t disappoint! The last time I viewed L.A. Streetfighters was from a crummy ‘previously viewed’ VHS copy that I bought from Tower Clearance on 4th & Lafayette by NYU in the early 1990’s. I remembered being inspired by this movie with its […]
Tags: 1985, bill superfoot wallace, james lew, jun chung, l.a. streetfighers, la streetfighers, phillip rhee, tae kwan do
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THE KING OF MASKS (1999)
July 23rd, 2010 by Planet Chocko
The King of Masks sounds like a high flying, kung fu fighting, revenge seeking type of movie similiar to the Masked Avengers by the Shaw Brothers, but slam on your brakes & abort this mission if you expect it to be because it’s not! The King of Masks was a refreshing & beautiful tale about […]
Tags: Renying Zhou, the king of masks, Tian-Ming Wu, Xu Zhu, Zhigang Zhang, Zhigang Zhao
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MERANTAU: Film screening at NYAFF 2010
July 20th, 2010 by Planet Chocko
The screening of Merantau at the 2010 New York Asian Film Festival was much anticipated by…me! For one, it was the last day of the festival and secondly, I was yearning for a good old thrashing & bashing of a martial arts movie after watching a few dramatic films like Golden Slumber & Castaway on […]
Tags: Edwel Datuk Rajo Gampo Alam, Iko Uwais, indonesian film, Mads Koudal, merantau, new york asian film festival, Pencak Silat, silat, Sisca Jessica
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GALLANTS
July 12th, 2010 by Planet Chocko
The screening of Gallants at the New York Asian Film festival on 7/8, the 2nd to last film of the event brought me tremendous happiness & sadness at the same time because we all knew it was near the end of the festival. The attendance of Bruce Leung & MC Jin at the Gallants showing […]
Tags: andy lau, bruce leung, chan koon tai, chan wai man, gallants, hong kong, jin, lau tak wah, law mong, mc jin, new york asian film festival, nyaff, teddy robin
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GOLDEN SLUMBER
July 8th, 2010 by Planet Chocko
Golden Slumber, a mystery-thriller movie with hints of comedy & action was a nice introduction back into Japanese cinema for this neophyte! I thoroughly enjoyed the film with the few twists & turns offered into the plot even if it was mere fantasy than believable! I can’t wait to watch Yoshihiro Nakamura’s(Director of the movie) […]
Tags: aoyogi, fish story, golden slumber, new york asian film festival, subway cinema, yoshihiro nakamura
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CASTAWAY ON THE MOON
July 5th, 2010 by Planet Chocko
I was stoked as all hell to check out “Castaway on the Moon” at the New York Asian Film festival on the 4th of July partly because I wanted to get a tasting of Korean cinema,partly because the synopsis of the movie sounded promising, & the rest of the the remaining “partly pie” was because […]
Tags: castaway on the moon, korean cinema, lee hey jun, new york asian film festival, subway cinema
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ECHOES OF THE RAINBOW
July 3rd, 2010 by Planet Chocko
Echoes of the Rainbow was the last of a trifecta set of movies that I screened last sunday at the New York Asian film festival. It was a welcome relief to soak in a lighthearted drama as opposed to heavy intense CGI & glorified kung fu slaughterings. Hey, even a Hong Kong phooey kung fu […]
Tags: echoes of the rainbow, hong kong 1960, sandra ng, simon yam
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EASTERN CONDORS
July 2nd, 2010 by Planet Chocko
It’s been a hot minute since the last time I watched Eastern Condors in the late 1980’s! This goes back to the time when Eric B & Rakim, Boogie Down Productions, Big Daddy Kane, & EPMD where called to order and when this skinny asian cat(Heathcliff now) held up a boom box to his shoulder […]
Tags: dick wei, eastern condors, hong kong, joyce godenzi, new york asian film festival, sammo hung, subway cinema, yuen biao, yuen wah
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Remembering BRUCE LEE!
July 1st, 2010 by Planet Chocko
After screening IP MAN 2 at the New York Asian Film Festival, I couldn’t help but reminisce about one of Ip Man’s most famous students, the late great Bruce Lee! I never get tired of watching a then 24 year old Bruce Lee doing an audition/screen test for a role in Green Hornet! He would […]
Tags: audition, bruce lee, green hornet, ip man, kung fu, wing chun, yip man
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BODYGUARDS AND ASSASSINS
July 1st, 2010 by Planet Chocko
On paper, Bodyguards and Assassins with kickass Donnie Yen on the cast, & the story of Dr. Sun Yat Sen & the revolution against the Ching government to revive China back to it’s people sounds like a win,win,win situation! Even the struggles with Teddy Chan, the director of the movie who had many obstacles with […]
Tags: bodyguards and assassins, cung le, donnie yen, hong kong film of year, sun wen, sun yat sen, teddy chan
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STORM WARRIORS
June 30th, 2010 by Planet Chocko
I thought I would of raised my martian snausage nose up to such a film as Storm Warriors with all it’s magic,mystic, & wire-fu acts of self inflicting honor, but to be honest I actually enjoyed the freak show! The film was like a done up whore complete with fake boobs, long legs,pretty face, & […]
Tags: aaron kwok, cloud, comic book, ekin cheng, godless, hong kong comic, nameless, new york asian film festival, nicholas tse, simon yam, storm riders, storm warriors, wind
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