For the most part, Shaw Brothers horror films are usually enjoyed for the sheer outrageousness that they encompass. The focus of the Shaw Brothers studio when it came to films was their ability to make money in theaters and through their horror films they could...
Ti Lung and kickboxing are the common threads in Duel of Fists and Destiny’s Champion. The protagonists in each could not be more different but both movies deal with the role of fighting in shaping or revealing character. And at the heart of each film...
Any self-respecting fan of black magic films owes it to themselves to check out the film that spawned countless imitators and an entire sub-genre of Hong Kong horror films: Ho Meng-Hua's Black Magic. The dark arts show up here and there in earlier films, such as the incredible 1972 Sun...
Today is Alexander Fu Sheng’s birthday. Star of films like the Brave Archer Series and My Rebellious Son, he tragically died in a car accident in 1983 while filming Eight Diagram Pole Fighter. Today I wanted to pick a film to help celebrate his career....
10 new Celestial Pictures' Shaw Brothers films have been added to Amazon Prime, Google Play, Microsoft , and iTunes! With films from Sun Chung's "Destiny's Champion" to the Kara Hui starred film, "The Lady Is The Boss," you'll have plenty to pick for your Shaw...
生日快樂 Sir! With so many grim elements in Sun Chung’s Shaw Brothers wu xia & period filmography, this Shaw Brothers director took every opportunity to slip in some comedy. Here are a few characters and funny moment(s) that make for a delightful tonal contrast. Judgement of An...
If you’ve watched Ti Lung’s wuxia performances for director Sun Chung, you’ll note a fascinating common thread in how each of these men thrives or dies in their environment. For this piece, the focus is on two opposites: Instructor Tong from the harrowing The Master...
Here are five Shaw Brothers villains to repulse and frighten for the autumn holidays. If you are looking for something on the spooky side, this is a great selection of madmen and vengeful spirits to watch during October. Putting this list together was actually quite...
“You ask me when we can stop. [Laughs.] I might as well tell you now. You will keep doing bad things. Once you start, there’s no end…forever and ever.” The Five Venoms, also known as The Five Deadly Venoms, remains one of the most iconic...
Lau Kar-Leung's The 36th Chamber of Shaolin is one of the greatest films to come out of the Shaw Brothers studio, if not the entire genre. It also has the distinction of being the first Shaw film I saw (sometime in the mid-'90s). It left an indelible...