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| The Shoe Fairy | Hong Kong/Taiwan | 2006 |
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| Bet to Basic | Hong Kong | 2006 |
| # 49 Days | Hong Kong | 2006 |
| # Shopaholics | Hong Kong | 2006 |
| # Cocktail | Hong Kong | 2006 |
| My Kung Fu Sweetheart | Hong Kong | 2006 |
| Groundwalk | Hong Kong | 2006 |
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| Here are some very short remarks about 15 books on Bollywood. |
| YTSL sends in her impressions of the 2006 Hong Kong International Film Festival |
| Michael Wells once again writes elegantly about some films he saw in two festivals dedicated to classic Chinese films from long ago - here & here |
| Some pictures I came across in a book on the legendary actress, Ruan Lingyu |
| I had wanted to write up reviews on many more Korean films than this, but I just haven't had the time unfortunately - so for now just these films |
| I have posted this elsewhere but figured I may as well put it on my own site - so here is my Top 10 Korean films from 2005 |
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| We Shall Overcome Someday (Pacchigi) | Japan | 2004 |
| Always, Sunset on Third Street | Japan | 2005 |
| # Hit Man File | Thailand | 2005 |
| Girlfriend, Someone Please Stop the World | Japan | 2004 |
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| Some more picts from lobby cards - Kickboxer's Tears, Red Dust and Her Name is Cat |
| One more of the sites film raters comes through with her HK Top 10 film list - from Elif Kaya |
| Michael Wells finally gets around to Seven Swords and throws in his two cents as an addition to his Tsui Hark Report |
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| Oh! My Zombie Mermaid | Japan | 2004 |
| Linda, Linda, Linda | Japan | 2005 |
| # Rice Rhapsody | Hong Kong | 2005 |
| Perhaps Love | Hong Kong | 2005 |
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| I stumbled across a number of Lobby cards of some HK films and scanned some of the picts - Eastern Condors, Robotrix, Flying Daggers - more to come |
| Michael Thomason weighs in on HK film in 2005 and his Top 10 film picks |
| Here are 3 HK 2005 Top 10 lists and comments - more to come later this month - from YTSL, Steve Barr and myself. Thanks to these folks for doing this. |
| Michael Wells wakes from his winter slumber and offers up two essays on Japanese cinema - The Water Magician and Part 3 of "Early Autumn" |
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| # Fearless | Hong Kong | 2006 |
| Bayside Shakedown series | Japan | Var. |
| Aegis | Japan | 2005 |
| Midnight, My Love | Thailand | 2005 |
| Crying Tiger | Thailand | 2005 |
| Hands in the Hair | Hong Kong/China | 2005 |
| # Moonlight in Tokyo | Hong Kong | 2005 |
| # A Chinese Tall Story | Hong Kong | 2005 |
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| A few more picts - Miriam Yeung who annoys me to no end, Maggie Q who doesn't and Michelle Reis who never could - here, here and here |
| For your reading pleasure - a lengthy and terrific essay called "Out of Okiku's Well: Women in post-Ringu J-Horror" |
| The first pictures of 2006 - two Chinese Geisha's - Zhang Ziyi and Michelle Yeoh (Michelle, what were you thinking for some of these?) |
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| Wait Till You're Older | Hong Kong | 2005 |
| Home Sweet Home | Hong Kong | 2005 |
| # The Promise | China/HK | 2005 |
| Dreams Come True | Hong Kong | 1960 |
| Big Bad Sis | Hong Kong | 1976 |
| Happily Ever After | Hong Kong | 1960 |
| The Lark | Hong Kong | 1964 |
| Ankhen | India | 1968 |
| Nagin | India | 1976 |
| Ajanabee | India | 1974 |
| Lamhe | India | 1991 |
| Bruce Lee and I | Hong Kong | 1975 |
| Kunoichi: Lady Ninjas/Deadly Mirage | Japan | 1998 |
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| The last pictures of 2005 - who else but Maggie Cheung - here, here and here |
| Just a few pictures of Kristy Yeung. She doesn't seem to make many more films any more and sticks primarily to TV - but she is looking better than ever here |
| More pictures I can throw out - Rosamund Kwan 1, 2, - Vivian Hsu 1, 2, - Karena Lam 1, 2 |
| Four out of five doctors recommend not ingesting so much cuteness at one sitting - so please be careful - The Twins - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 |
| Some brief comments on a bunch of books I recently read on Japanese cinema. |
| Winter cleaning continues - picts of Vicky Zhao, Pinky Cheung 1, 2, Christy Chung 1, 2 and Diana Pang Dan |
| For some reason I had no picts of Zhang Ziyi on this site - so even though I don't think these capture her beauty that well - here are some 1, 2 |
| More pictures - emptying out my cupboards - Athena Chu, Niki Chow here and here and the R2 sisters Racine and Rosanne Wong here and here |
| Angelica Lee and Kate Yeung - here, here and here |
| Whatever happened to Gigi Leung - never thought I would say it but I kind of miss her - whats Ekin done with her - lots of picts of her here - 1, 2, 3, 4 |
| More picts since I am still having trouble capturing dvd images - Cheung Man still looking yummie, Tiffany Lee still looking young and the Yipster looking large |
| Some pictures of Cecilia Cheung and of course a few more of Hsu Chi |
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| # Sha Po Lang | Hong Kong | 2005 |
| Shoot My Darlin' | Japan | 1997 |
| # Dragon Squad | Hong Kong | 2005 |
| # All About Love | Hong Kong | 2005 |
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| My final pictures of Connie Chan Po-chu - here and here. |
| We have added one more person to the Ratings Grid! Sarah Knight has been kind enough to share her opinions on too many HK films. |
| I am delighted to add Elif Kaya to the Ratings Grid. She is a big fan of Asian films and is always willing to tell you what she likes and what she doesn't! |
| An overview of the rise and fall of the Shaw Brothers studio has been written up by Tom Green - check it out here |
| A fifth sick puppy has been added to the Ratings Grids - Mike has seen way too many movies and will have his own HK movie site up soon - 2004 2005 |
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| # Election | Hong Kong | 2005 |
| # Bullet Wives | Thailand | 2005 |
| # Curse of the Sun | Thailand | 2004 |
| # Everlasting Regret | Hong Kong/China | 2005 |
| # The Myth | Hong Kong/China | 2005 |
| # Company | India | 2002 |
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| As an ongoing feature, a Ratings Grid has been put up for HK films from 2004 and 2005 with the ratings of four of us so far. |
| More Connie Chan pictures - 1, 2, 3 and 4 more pages of them |
| And here are some more pictures of the great Connie Chan - 1, 2, 3 - and still more to come! |
| Here are some pictures of Connie Chan - more to come |
| Michael Wells continues with his reports on Early Autumn: Masterworks of Japanese Cinema at Moma. |
| Michael Wells has Part 1 on his field reports on Early Autumn: Masterworks of Japanese Cinema at Moma. |
| Some pictures of the legendary Japanese singer/actress Hibari Misora |
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| The Golden Sword | Hong Kong | 1969 |
| Sad Whistle/Tokyo Kid | Japan | 1949/1950 |
| # Black | India | 2004 |
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| Picts of Rosamund Kwan who looks better the older she gets, Vicky Zhao and Jade Leung who seems to get bustier the older she gets!. |
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| # Drink, Drank, Drunk | Hong Kong | 2005 |
| Fear of Intimacy | Hong Kong | 2005 |
| Barsaat | India | 2005 |
| It Had to Be You | Hong Kong | 2005 |
| # Seven Swords | Hong Kong | 2005 |
| Set Up | Hong Kong | 2005 |
| Tom Yum Goong, Sars Wars | Thailand | 2005/2004 |
| AV | Hong Kong | 2005 |
| # Mob Sister (Ah Sou) | Hong Kong | 2005 |
| The Eye 10 | Hong Kong | 2005 |
| The Hand/ EROS | Hong Kong | 2005 |
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| Some might ask whether this site already has enough pictures of Hsu Chi - the answer is of course: no, never. |
| Some pictures of Yoyo Mung and Cathy Tsui from Maxim magazine |
| Lots of picts of Brigitte Lin from a book from China - here, here, here, here, here and here |
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| # Initial D | Hong Kong | 2005 |
| Yaowarat, Butterfly in Grey | Thailand | 2003/2002 |
| Bangkok Loco, The Overture | Thailand | 2004 |
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| Women on the Run | Hong Kong | 1993 |
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| Female Slave Ship | Japan | 1960 |
| # Color of the Loyalty | Hong Kong | 2005 |
| Zeiram I and 2 | Japan | 1991/1994 |
| # Legend of the Dragon | Hong Kong | 2005 |
| Lady Black Cat | Hong Kong | 1966 |
| # Divergence | Hong Kong | 2005 |
| Kaal | India | 2005 |
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| More Bollywood picts - co-starring with Jackie in his next film - Mallika Sherawat & Celina, Priyanka, Preity |
| Lots of Bollywood actresses - Tabu, Diya Mirza, Bipsasha Basu, Neha Dhupia and Shilpa Shetty |
| I have for better or worse decided to review some Japanese films here |
| Italdesign has completely revised his Top 10 list of Chinese films |
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| I'll Get You One Day | Connie Chan, Nancy Sit, Kenneth Tsang | 1970 |
| Dragon Fortress | Connie Chan Po-chu, Kenneth Tsang, Suet Nei | 1968 |
| Just for Fun | Frankie Chan, Sally Yeh, Wu Ma, Melvin Wong | 1983 |
| # House of Fury | Anthony Wong, The Twins, Stephen Fung, Daniel Wu | 2005 |
| # Slim Till Dead | Anthony Wong, Cherrie Ying | 2005 |
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| More Bollywood babes - Aishwarya, Lara Dutta, Celina Jaitley and Kajol's baby sister Tanisha |
| Bollywood picts - Amisha Patel, Esha Deol, Koena Mitra, Mallika Sherawat, Bipasha Basu |
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| Interpol | Tang Ching, Margaret Tu Chuan | 1967 |
| # Colour Blossoms | Teresa Cheung, Keiko Matsuzaka | 2004 |
| Mad, Mad, Mad Sword | Tien Ching | 1969 |
| # Seoul Raiders | Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Hsu Chi, Richie Ren | 2005 |
| It's Always Spring | Julie Yeh Feng, Helen Li Mei | 1962 |
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| One of the great gangster films comes from Bollywood - Anabela reviews Satya |
| From the great star of Hot Cop in the City - Tiffany Lee - a few picts |
| My Top 10 Hong Kong films for 2004 and other Asian film favorites |
| Anabela takes on Lagaan and swears never to watch cricket ever again |
| Here are 2 pages of picts of Rosanne and Racine Wong - a.k.a. R2 - both impressive in "Ab-Normal Beauty" |
| Here are some picts of older actors I came across in a magazine - can anyone help ID many of them? |
| Some pictures of Hsu Chi, Faye Wong and the scandalous Teresa Cheung |
| It's not quite Bollywood, it's not quite Hollywood - it's Bride and Prejudice - a review by Anabela |
| YTSL gives her Top 10 Hong Kong films from 2004 - mine should be along next week I hope. |
| Celestial has produced three documentaries on HK film - here is a bit of info on them |
| Here are two reviews of the popular Bollywood film - Hum Aapke Hain Koun - one positive, one negative |
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| Ladies First | Jeanette Lin, Christine Pai, Roy Chiao | 1960 |
| # Elixir of Love | Miriam Yeung, Richie Ren | 2003 |
| The Lady Hermit | Cheng Pei-pei, Shih Szu, Lo Lieh | 1971 |
| # Himalaya Singh | Ronald Cheng, Francis Ng, Lau Ching-wan, Cherrie Ying | 2005 |
| Hot Cop in the City | Tiffany Lee, Sonija Kwok | 2004 |
| Boxer's Story | Yuen Biao, Gloria Yip | 2004 |
| Spring Blossoms | Lily Li, Essie Lin Chia, Shu Pei-pei | 1967 |
| Beyond Our Ken | Gillian Chung, Daniel Wu, Tao Hung | 2004 |
| The Dream of the Red Chamber | Brigitte Lin, Sylvia Chang | 1977 |
| Butterfly | Josie Ho, Isabel Chan, Tian Yuan, Joman Chiang | 2004 |
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| Anabela takes on Bollywood and Devdas |
| Here are three Thai horror film reviews - Shutter, House of Mad Souls and The Omen |
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| Temptress of a Thousand Faces | Tina Chin-fei, Pat Ting, Chen Liang | 1968 |
| # Crazy N the City | Eason Chan, Francis Ng, Joey Yung | 2005 |
| # Kung Fu Hustle | Stephen Chow, Yuen Wah, Qiu Yuen | 2004 |
| Ab-Normal Beauty | Racine and Rosanne Wong, Anson Leung | 2004 |
| Heat Team | Aaron Kwok, Eason Chan, Victoria Wu | 2004 |
| Hidden Heroes | Ronald Cheng, Charlene Choi | 2004 |
| Papa Loves You | Tony Leung Ka-fai, Charlene Choi | 2004 |
| Herbal Tea | Jordan Chan, Candy Lo | 2004 |
| # A World Without Thieves | Andy Lau, Rene Liu, Ge You | 2004 |
| # New Police Story | Jackie Chan, Nicholas Tse, Daniel Wu, Charlie Yeung | 2004 |
| # One Nite in Mongkok | Cecilia Cheung, Daniel Wu, Alex Fong | 2004 |
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| Some pictures of one of the greats - Linda Lin Dai |
| It was a snowy weekend and for some reason I watched the Zero Woman films - and reviewed all of them! |
| Michael Wells gives us some tasty bite size opinions on many of the films of Tsui Hark |
| Three Thai film reviews- Pii Hua Kaad 2, The Adventure of Iron Pussy and The Tesseract |
| Maxim Magazine - picts of Michelle Reis, Joey Yung, Athena Chu and Josie Ho |