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Rise of the Legend (Roy Chow, 2014)
Roy Chow

Rise of the Legend (Roy Chow, 2014)

Every generation gets the Wong Fei-hung they deserve. A fin-de-siècle doctor and martial arts instructor, the real life Wong has been inspiring cinematic incarnations for most of the history of Hong Kong’s film industry. The first was in a series of productions running form the late 1940s to the
10 Mar 2016 6 min read
Temporary Family (Cheuk Wan-chi, 2014)
Cheuk Wan-chi

Temporary Family (Cheuk Wan-chi, 2014)

Reading the description for this comedy about people in the Hong Kong forced to share a luxury flat while they try to flip it in an over-competitive bubble market, I was hoping for a Hong Kong version of The More the Merrier, the 1943 George Stevens movie in which Jean
14 May 2015 2 min read
Tai Chi Zero and Tai Chi Hero (Stephen Fung, 2012)
Stephen Fung

Tai Chi Zero and Tai Chi Hero (Stephen Fung, 2012)

It hooked me from the prologue, flashing back in time to the birth of the main character (not yet the “hero”) Lu Chen. Told silent-movie style, it rushes through the early stages of his life with a mix of narration and captions and title cards at breakneck pace, which only
01 May 2014 4 min read
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