Despite being nominated for a staggering nine awards at the 1983 Hong Kong Film Awards, “Nomad” ultimately went home empty-handed. The major nominations included “Best Picture,” “Best Director,” “Best Screenplay,” “Best Cinematography,” and “Best Actor” (Leslie Cheung). “Nomad” is one of the pioneering works that kickstarted the “Hong Kong New Wave,” which began around 1979 and reached its peak in the beginning of the 1980s.
Nomad is screening on Focus Hong Kong
The film follows the tumultuous lives of four Hong Kong youths. Leslie Cheung plays Louis, a shy bourgeois who spends his days listening to recordings of his deceased mother, accompanied by his cousin Kathy (Pat Ha). Their fates intertwine with that of Pong (Kent Tong), whom Kathy ends up falling in love with, and Tomato (Cecilia Yip), Louis' future girlfriend. The film's Chinese title, literally translated as “youth in flames” or “flaming youth,” encapsulates the essence of the work. Patrick Tam...
Nomad is screening on Focus Hong Kong
The film follows the tumultuous lives of four Hong Kong youths. Leslie Cheung plays Louis, a shy bourgeois who spends his days listening to recordings of his deceased mother, accompanied by his cousin Kathy (Pat Ha). Their fates intertwine with that of Pong (Kent Tong), whom Kathy ends up falling in love with, and Tomato (Cecilia Yip), Louis' future girlfriend. The film's Chinese title, literally translated as “youth in flames” or “flaming youth,” encapsulates the essence of the work. Patrick Tam...
- 7/13/2023
- by Siria Falleroni
- AsianMoviePulse
By the end of the first film, while carrying on his apprenticeship as an eunuch in the Palace, the quick-witted and cunning undercover agent for the Heaven and Earth Society, Wai Siu Bo (Stephen Chow) soon earned the trust of the Emperor, after foiling a couple of schemes by rivals who tried to overthrow the Qing Dynasty. Furthermore, the forever lusty Princess Jian Ning (Chingmy Yau) is more than keen to share her chamber with Wai, the “Duke of Deer Cauldron” the highest position which he finally achieved apart from fame and fortunes.
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Essentially a straight follow-up to the first film, the plot thickens and continues with the Empress Dowager impersonator Lung Er (Sharla Cheung Man) returning to the Dragon Sect headquarters after blowing her over and expecting severe punishment. Her dying Master made her the new leader instead...
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Essentially a straight follow-up to the first film, the plot thickens and continues with the Empress Dowager impersonator Lung Er (Sharla Cheung Man) returning to the Dragon Sect headquarters after blowing her over and expecting severe punishment. Her dying Master made her the new leader instead...
- 1/4/2023
- by David Chew
- AsianMoviePulse
Maybe It's Love. Photo courtesy of Celestial Pictures.The inspired "Shaw Sisters" retrospective at Metrograph focuses on women filmmakers who worked at the legendary Hong Kong studio. Two of the films—Maybe It's Love (1984) and My Name Ain't Suzie (1985)—were directed by Angie Chen. After directing a third feature, Chen turned to commercials and documentaries.Chen's life encompasses a broad swath of Chinese history. Born in Shanghai, she and her family caught the last train to Hong Kong during the civil war. They relocated for a time in Taiwan, moving back to Hong Kong when Chen's father left his family for Germany. Chen won a scholarship to a college outside Chicago, then transferred first to the University of Iowa before enrolling at UCLA. While translating a screenplay, she met Jackie Chan, who made her his assistant director on Dragon Lord (1982), a martial arts film shot in South Korea. Back in Hong Kong,...
- 8/26/2019
- MUBI
Chasing The Dragon
Stars: Donnie Yen, Andy Lau, Philip Keung, Wilfred Lau, Wilfred Lau, Kent Cheng, Bryan Larkin, Ben Ng, Ken Tong, Niki Chow, Michelle Hu, Wai-Man Chan, Lawrence Chou, Wong Chun, Jai Day | Written and Directed by Wong Jing
Crippled Ho, an illegal immigrant from mainland China sneaks into British-colonized Hong Kong in 1963, a den of corruption, drugs and violence. Working as a thug for a local gang, Ho comes to the attention of corrupt cop Lee Rock. The unlikely duo team up and set about taking over the city’s thriving, dangerous underworld.
Directed by Hong Kong film veteran Wong Jing (God of Gamblers), Chasing the Dragon has been described as a Chinse version of Scarface – and its easy to see why. Both films are something of a period piece: Scarface was set in the opulent 80s when drug dealers became rock stars, whereas Chasing the Dragon is set in the corrupt,...
Stars: Donnie Yen, Andy Lau, Philip Keung, Wilfred Lau, Wilfred Lau, Kent Cheng, Bryan Larkin, Ben Ng, Ken Tong, Niki Chow, Michelle Hu, Wai-Man Chan, Lawrence Chou, Wong Chun, Jai Day | Written and Directed by Wong Jing
Crippled Ho, an illegal immigrant from mainland China sneaks into British-colonized Hong Kong in 1963, a den of corruption, drugs and violence. Working as a thug for a local gang, Ho comes to the attention of corrupt cop Lee Rock. The unlikely duo team up and set about taking over the city’s thriving, dangerous underworld.
Directed by Hong Kong film veteran Wong Jing (God of Gamblers), Chasing the Dragon has been described as a Chinse version of Scarface – and its easy to see why. Both films are something of a period piece: Scarface was set in the opulent 80s when drug dealers became rock stars, whereas Chasing the Dragon is set in the corrupt,...
- 2/13/2018
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Xuan Zang (2016)
Historical Drama
Xuan Zang is an Chinese-Indian historical adventure, Directed by “Huo Jianqi” and produced by “Wong Kar-wai“. The movie is based on Xuanzang’s seventeen-year journey to India during the Tang dynasty in the 7th Century.
Xuan Zang was a Chinese Buddhist monk, traveller, scholar and a translator, who described how China and India got in together, in the early Tang dynasty. Xuanzang’s book, “The Great Tang Records on the Western Regions”, is the longest and most detailed account of the countries of Central and South Asia. It also provided the inspiration for the novel “Journey to the West” written by Wu Cheng’en during the Ming dynasty, around nine centuries after Xuanzang’s death.
Xuan Zang stars Huang Xiaoming, Purba Rgyal, Kent Tong, Luo Jin, Xu Zheng and many more. Filming took place in many locations including, Turpan region, Changji, Altay, Aksu, Kashi and many areas of Gansu,...
Historical Drama
Xuan Zang is an Chinese-Indian historical adventure, Directed by “Huo Jianqi” and produced by “Wong Kar-wai“. The movie is based on Xuanzang’s seventeen-year journey to India during the Tang dynasty in the 7th Century.
Xuan Zang was a Chinese Buddhist monk, traveller, scholar and a translator, who described how China and India got in together, in the early Tang dynasty. Xuanzang’s book, “The Great Tang Records on the Western Regions”, is the longest and most detailed account of the countries of Central and South Asia. It also provided the inspiration for the novel “Journey to the West” written by Wu Cheng’en during the Ming dynasty, around nine centuries after Xuanzang’s death.
Xuan Zang stars Huang Xiaoming, Purba Rgyal, Kent Tong, Luo Jin, Xu Zheng and many more. Filming took place in many locations including, Turpan region, Changji, Altay, Aksu, Kashi and many areas of Gansu,...
- 2/15/2016
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
The gorgeous and fit stars tweet about the benefits of staying in shape and healthy eating in response to a new cause promoting ‘managed anorexia!’
Many of Hollywood’s biggest celebs are taking to their Twitters to attack Kenneth Tong, a young man who through his Twitter is promoting what he calls “managed anorexia.” He thinks it is unacceptable to be fat and all women should be a size 0, and luckily these Hollywood stars are letting their fans know they do not agree with him at all!
After pal Caitie Uhlmann tweeted her disgust with Kenneth’s new idea for “managed anorexia” for women, Ashley Greene responded: “agreed! Women should be healthy and enjoy life! And if you are a size zero it should be because you’re naturally that way not because of deprivation and starvation @QuesoCabesaKT4.”
She then went on to say, “Im not a size zero either!
Many of Hollywood’s biggest celebs are taking to their Twitters to attack Kenneth Tong, a young man who through his Twitter is promoting what he calls “managed anorexia.” He thinks it is unacceptable to be fat and all women should be a size 0, and luckily these Hollywood stars are letting their fans know they do not agree with him at all!
After pal Caitie Uhlmann tweeted her disgust with Kenneth’s new idea for “managed anorexia” for women, Ashley Greene responded: “agreed! Women should be healthy and enjoy life! And if you are a size zero it should be because you’re naturally that way not because of deprivation and starvation @QuesoCabesaKT4.”
She then went on to say, “Im not a size zero either!
- 1/8/2011
- by cspargo
- HollywoodLife
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