Click Here for the Shaw
Brothers Release Schedule from Celestial
06/05/03 - News and Links
update
HKL - Bruce Lee anniversary
releases (unconfirmed) to commemorate the 30th anniversary
of his death (20th July 2003):
Way of the Dragon (Platinum
Edition)
Bruce Lee 6 DVD Box Set
(Big Boss, Way of the Dragon, Fist of Fury, Game of Death,
Game of Death Special Features, plus further Special Features
disc)
Documentary Disc (BRUCE
LEE: THE LEGEND and BRUCE LEE: THE MAN & THE LEGEND)
New aspiring martial arts actor
Dean Alexandrou has his own website with news and video downloads
for viewing - www.deanalexandrou.co.uk
Check out www.geocities.com/movie_hobbysite/
- for a general resource for movies, news and communities
on the web. This also includes a section on Asian cinema
HKCinemagic is one of the leading
websites (available in both French and English) on Hong Kong
cinema providing exclusive articles and interviews as well
as an extensive gallery - www.ifrance.com/hkcinemagic
25/04/03 - Sony pictures
site for the May launch of Once
a Thief
Link to preview on Jet Li's new
project: Danny
the Dog
Martial Arts Sale at Play.com
- click
here
Asia Extreme DVD sale at Blackstar.co.uk
- click
here
21/04/03 - Four reviews added!!!
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Shaw Brothers remake of 1972's Boxer
from Shantung
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Another offering from Chang Cheh and
his Venoms
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A look at an early Chor Yuen release
by Celestial
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Lam Ching Ying fights Vampires in
this horror comedy
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18/04/03 - Fox to distribute
Hong Kong Legends titles in the US (Region 1 NTSC)
Fox Home Entertainment has announced
that they are bringing to the US the 'Hong Kong Legends' DVD
Line - considered by most to be the definitive versions of
some of the top Hong Kong DVDs with superior transfers and
plentiful extras. The first wave of Hong Kong Legends DVDs
are set to be released on July 22nd and include: Magnificent
Butcher (directed by Yuen Woo-ping of The Matrix and Iron
Monkey Fame) , Naked Killer [Trailer] , Magnificent Warriors
(with Crouching Tiger's Michelle Yeoh), Hong Kong 1941 with
Chow Yun-Fat, and City Hunter [Trailer] with Jackie Chan.
All the Hong Kong Legend DVDs are presented with new anamorphic
widescreen transfers and Cantonese 5.1 Dolby Digital with
optional English Audio and subtitles. To make good news even
better, Fox has set the MSRP on these titles at $14.98 so
you should be able to get them online for just over $11 each!
Hong Kong Legends continue to
get more star interviews for their extras packed discs, including
Yuen Cheung-yan, Gordon Liu and Leung Kar-Yan (again!)
Plus First Option and Tiger on
the Beat have been announced as future releases
17/04/03 - Some new links
for surfers
New forums on Hong Kong Legends
and Miramax / Disney from Scott
http://pub47.ezboard.com/bhongkonglegends
http://pub46.ezboard.com/bdisneyarebutcheringasianfilms
New martial arts homepage for
John Foo (videos and info)
http://www.jonfoo.co.uk
04/04/03 - Miramax
have managed to acquire the rights for the Shaw Brothers library
for US release. Read more in the Shaw
Brothers section.
Leslie Cheung Funeral condolence
book - www.lesliecheung.com
Obituary at hkentreview.com
01/04/03 - LESLIE CHEUNG RIP
(age 46)
Associated Press Newswires
Copyright 2003. The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.
HONG KONG (AP) - Hong Kong pop
star and actor Leslie Cheung leapt to his death from a five-star
hotel here on Tuesday, local television stations and radio
reported. Cheung, known locally as Cheung Kwok-wing, plunged
to his death from a building in Hong Kong's Central District,
radio RTHK reported on its Web site. Two Hong Kong television
stations carried the same report. Police declined to provide
a full identity but said a man surnamed Cheung, whose given
name included "wing," leapt from a hotel room in
the Mandarin Oriental, a luxury property in Hong Kong's Central
district. Cheung was certified dead at 7:06 p.m. (1106 GMT)
after arriving at Queen Mary Hospital, police said.
A suicide note was found
on the body, police spokeswoman Catherine Chiu said. The 46-year-old
Cheung rose to fame as a singer in the 1980s with a bad-boy
image and followed up with a distinguished film career. One
of few Chinese stars to portray openly gay characters, Cheung
starred in the Oscar-nominated "Farewell My Concubine,"
in which he portrayed a homosexual Chinese opera singer who
falls in love with a fellow performer. Cheung also played
a Hong Kong man who moved to Argentina with his male lover
in Wong Kar-wai's "Happy Together." He also appeared
in other Wong films, including "Days of Being Wild"
and "Ashes of Time." Mandarin Oriental confirmed
a body was found in front of the hotel early Tuesday evening
but declined further comment. "The matter is currently
in the hands of the police," general manager Peter Lowe
told The Associated Press by phone.
Filmography - www.hkmdb.com
