Archive for the ‘movies’ Category
Drunken Monkey
January 6th, 2010 by Planet Chocko
Drunken Monkey is a period piece Kung Fu flick depicting the 1930’s era in China. The film was released in 2003 which was directed by Lau Kar Leung, one of the legends of the Shaw Brother studio orchestrators of the past. He directed such classics such as the 36th Chamber of Shaolin, Legendary Weapons of […]
Tags: bakery, drunken monkey, dvd blowout, gordon liu, kung fu, lau kar fai, lau kar leung, mei lai wah, mei li wah, monkey fist, shaw brother, throwback, wu jing
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Movie Review: 'Red Cliff' directed by John Woo
December 1st, 2009 by Planet Chocko
Red Cliff, a film directed by John Woo is an epic period piece Warlord movie that displayed a war infested regime during the Han Dynasty in China. The Lord of Mainland China was convinced by one of his henchmen, General Cao Cao to battle against the Empire of Wu in Southern China to become the […]
Tags: john woo red cliff tony leung
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Orthodox Stance Documentary
November 22nd, 2009 by Planet Chocko
This is my 2nd time watching “Orthodox Stance” , a boxing documentary following the trials & tribulations of an orthodox jew named Dmitriy Salita. Salita is a throwback boxer-jew from the crown heights section of Brooklyn-NYC originally from the Ukraine. Amongst the city & hip hop elements of Crown Heights – Brooklyn, Salita practices Judaism […]
Tags: brooklyn, dmitriy salita, golden gloves, jewish, judaism, new york city, russia, starrett city, ukrain, zab judah
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Harlem Hellfighters documentary
November 22nd, 2009 by Planet Chocko
I finally had a chance to catch up on some movies on my hit list & watched a really entertaining sport documentary. “Harlem Hellfighters” was about a High School football team based in Harlem, NYC which is run under a program hosted by the NFL. Head coach Duke Fergerson stepped up to the plate to […]
Tags: coach duke fergerson, documentary, harlem hellfighters, high school football, new york city
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