88 FILMS BLU RAY RELEASE: Disciples of Shaolin (1975)
Guan Feng-yi (Alexander Fu Sheng) and Huang Han (Chi Kuan-chun) are a yin-yang of heroes. Where Guan Feng-yi is an impulsive young man ready to fight at any time, Huang Han is dignified and given to deep thought. The Chinese title — The Hung Boxing Kid — makes more sense as this isn’t really a […]
ARROW VIDEO SHAW SCOPE BOX SET: Shaolin Temple (1976)
Filled with the stars of the second and third generations of director Chang Cheh’s stable of actors such as Alexander Fu Sheng, David Chiang, Ti Lung and Chi Kuan-Chun, as well as several of the actors that would later become collectively known as the Venoms Mob, Shaolin Temple — also known as Death Chambers — is so much […]
9th Old School Kung Fu Fest: 7 Grandmasters (1977)
The Old School Kung Fu Fest is back and the Museum of the Moving Image and Subway Cinema will co-present eight newly restored films and one fan favorite classic by Kuo on glorious 35mm. Four titles will be available exclusively online, December 6–13, and another five films for in-person big-screen viewing at MoMI, December 10–12. To see any […]
9th Old School Kung Fu Fest: Mystery of Chessboxing (1979)
The Old School Kung Fu Fest is back and the Museum of the Moving Image and Subway Cinema will co-present eight newly restored films and one fan favorite classic by Kuo on glorious 35mm. Four titles will be available exclusively online, December 6–13, and another five films for in-person big-screen viewing at MoMI, December 10–12. To see any […]
Philippine War Week II: Phantom Raiders (1988)
If you walked into Prime Time Video and went to the right instead of the horror room to the left, you’d hit the back wall where action films lived. Rocky, Rambo, John Matrix and the A list heroes were always out, which left you to search through the ranks of Dudikoff and O’Keefe and man, […]
Philippine War Week II: No Blood No Surrender (1986)
Finally. Phew. We are off the Godfrey Ho patch jobs sprockets of fate for an actual film: this one made by true Philippine film stars in actor-writer-directors Rudy Dominguez (80-plus credits) and Ernie Ortega (140-plus credits). Sadly, not many of their films made it to U.S. video shores with English dubs — not even their […]
Philippine War Week II: Fatal Command (1986)
Oh, Ho, HoOh, GodfreyYou know-oh-oh-o-oI never believe it’s not soThat your films aren’t “magic” to me(da-dun) Many have not tried. But I not only tried, but succeeded, in watching (and reviewing!) your Sly-cum-Arnie-cum-Sheen-cum-Norris ripoffs in a marathon weekend. From Soldier Terminators to Mission War Flame to Super Platoon to Top Mission*. And now: here we […]
Philippine War Week II: Top Mission (1987)
So, before we get into this Godfrey Ho joint, let’s clear up the title confusion: Do not confuse this with the ex-The Dukes of Hazzard John Schneider bomb that was Cocaine Wars (1985), which became known as Top Mission in the overseas markets. And don’t confuse this Godfrey Ho joint with another of Ho’s chop […]
Beyto (2020)
This import to U.S. streaming audiences hails from Switzerland and features the subtitled languages of Swiss German and Turkish. The story deals with a second generation Muslim immigrant — a closeted gay — who beings a romance with an openly gay, Swiss national. Beyto is a champion swimmer, which makes his new love all-the-more complicated: […]
The Unhealer (2020)
Directed by writer, producer, and filmmaker Martin Guigui (Beneath the Darkness), The Unhealer has a pretty strong cast with Natasha Henstridge (Species) and Lance Henriksen (Near Dark) as the best-known actors. Kelly Mason (Elijah Nelson) is a young man with a compulsive eating disorder called pica that causes him to eat paper, Styrofoam and anything inedible he can get […]
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