Hong Kong cinema is the cinema of contrasts, often in the same movie but this week, dark is kept to one movie and light within the other. Starting with Corey Yuen’s dark actioner Righting Wrongs where Yuen Biao loses faith in the justice system. And in the second half, the review of Cinema City’s cashcow […]

The very kind and talkative Richard Norton returns to go over some other aspects of his career we didn’t cover in our first chat, including his computer game credits in more detail, becoming the fight choreographer on Gymkata, more on working with Sammo Hung, on Ghost In The Shell and his stint as fight […]

We continue our chat with Brian Trenchard-Smith, touching upon the making of The Man From Hong Kong, how Brian transitioned from Australia to the US and the origin story of his novel The Headsman’s Daughter. Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook group or Twitter (@podcastonfire, @sogoodreviews) and SUBSCRIBE to our iTunes feed. Music courtesy of Brian […]

We’re delighted and honored to be joined, in the first of two parts, by filmmaker Brian Trenchard-Smith. As much connected to Australian, US and even Hong Kong cinema, the interview takes you through his television days up till the point where he pitched The Man From Hong Kong to Golden Harvest. Contact the show via email […]

Ninja supremacy in a fight against evil and tyranny. Lust, evil and crime run rampant. Can they be stopped? Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook group or Twitter (@podcastonfire, @sogoodreviews) and SUBSCRIBE to our iTunes feed . Intro music created by JAKAZiD. Show Links: The Golden Ninja Podcast at Stitcher sogoodreviews.com Sleazy K’s Video Neon Harbor – Site, Twitter, Facebook […]

Let’s talk Charlie-fucking of recent times! They knew who they were casting and getting for random sex comedies in the 90s. Now he’s wiser, older and still game to be the scumbag, sleazebag, lecherous Charlie and that’s what we’re here to celebrate with reviews of 2015’s Super Models and 2014’s Flirting In The Air. Contact […]

Your hosts take you back to the controversy the little film Lies, about S & M, caused in 1999. Running Times:  00m 00s – Intro/Lies-novel and author Jang Jung-il discussion 10m 57s – Jang Sun-woo biography & discussion/Lies-controversy 33m 17s – Lies review Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook group or Twitter (@podcastonfire, @sogoodreviews) and SUBSCRIBE to our iTunes […]

Sexual awakening after a lifeless marriage… excuse for T & A or an attempt to deconstruct in a mature AND adult way? We’ll see what 1982’s Madam Aema holds as we review and discuss it. Running Times:  00m 00s – Intro/Movie-series and censorship background 24m 48s – Jeong In-yeob biography & discussion 28m 49s – Madam […]

After a successful outing alongside Jackie Chan in Police Story III: Supercop, Stanley Tong and Michelle Yeoh teamed up for a spin off movie involving her character and Jackie Chan in drag for a minute. We’ll therefore talk of how Project S fares and in the second half, the ‘Police Story’ series continues its global […]

For our second episode in the series about director Hideo Gosha, we stay in samurai territory, watching the of shape his often intense, downbeat, dirty, grimey voice even more. With focus on 1969’s Hitokiri, we also track progress via quick reviews of the works in the wake of his debut Three Outlaw Samurai covered last […]