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The Alan Tam Crapping Hour concludes. First up, the sequel to Once Upon A Time A Hero In China called Master Wong Vs Master Wong. Featuring Alan Tam as a rather useless Wong Fei Hung and really the Wong Fei Hung no one asked for but we got anyway. To cap it all off, we […]

Want to be kicked in the balls, experience complex psychology and be filled with positivity? Korea made one such movie for ya and it’s 2008’s A Man Who Was Superman. Starring the sassy girl, we’ll tell you all about it. With Kenny B and Hangul Celluloid‘s Paul Quinn. Running Times:  00m 00s – Intro/Jeong Yoon-cheol biography […]

On this episode, we go back to 1983’s Declaration Of Idiot, directed by Lee Jang-ho. A silly, little art film from a director who didn’t want anyone to like it. It’s now considered a classic. Running Times:  00m 00s – Intro/Production-background 28m 32s – Lee Jang-ho biography & discussion 41m 40s – Declaration Of Idiot review Contact […]

A director with a classic touch and classics under his belt (except New Police Story according to Ken), we’re here this episode to review Benny Chan’s latest action epic Call Of Heroes from 2016. A discussion that also serves as a welcome back party for UK’s Cine Asia. With Kenny B and Phil G. A […]

After being in the zone as kung fu comedy filmmakers and action-performers, the Yuen Clan or family turned to a real legend and more of an attempt at serious filmmaking. Therefore we talk and review Yuen Woo-Ping’s Legend Of A Fighter in the first half. In the second, we turn to the follow up the […]

The Asian film industry of the mid 70s was infused with the spirit of sharing–or, at least, borrowing. And often without permission. One of the results of this was a series of incredibly strange hybrid superhero films that were just as likely to include figures from Thai folklore as they were mad scientists and damsels […]

This episode we’re looking at recent/somewhat recent efforts from giant innovators of Hong Kong action cinema… now in their elder years. Sammo Hung returns to the directing chair for the first time in nearly 20 years to divide his time between drama and action in The Bodyguard and Jackie Chan extends the Police Story film series […]

The next Cast From The Past (a series of shows lost from our iTunes feed and website) from 2008 features Stoo, Kenny B, Mike Banner and James Aylmore. Talking last movies watched (including ninja movies and a spotlight on Korean’s obsession with fox spirits on TV), we also tackle topics and questions such as favourite style […]

The next Cast From The Past (a series of shows lost from our iTunes feed and website) from 2008 features Stoo, Kenny B, and Jeff Wildman. Talking last movies watched (including kung fu movies featuring sodomy, CJ7 and Sammo’s Slickers Vs Killers), we also tackle topics and questions such as favourite writers and critics of Hong […]

Let’s talk some fucking stampeding, birthday party-rape and shameless exploitation filmmaking! Yes, proving that making a skin flick is not low enough, one time director Cheung Chung-chi decided to frame a Charlie Cho bonk-a-thon around a real life New Years Eve tragedy. That became Lan Kwai Fong Swingers from 1993. But in the first half […]