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THE BOXER FROM SHANTUNG (1972)
November 20th, 2010 by Mr. C
THE BOXER FROM SHANTUNG (1972) Director: Chang Cheh Shaw Brother Studios Actors: Chan Goon Tai, David Chiang The Boxer from Shantung aka Killer from Shantung was aired on WNEW’s Channel 5 in the NYC area originally on 7/31/1982 . It’s a classic early 1970’s basher style kung fu piece as opposed to clean riptide style […]
Tags: chan goon tai, chang cheh, chen kuan tai, david chang, david chiang, killer from shantung, shaw brother studio, shaw brothers, the boxer from shantung
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WNEW Channel 5: DRIVE IN MOVIE (1981-1988)
November 19th, 2010 by Mr. C
Where were you in the mid 1980’s on a saturday afternoon at 3pm in the New York City area? I know that this young martian(me) had a reoccurring date with the tube on WNEW CHANNEL 5’s DRIVE IN MOVIE at 3pm every Saturday as some of you Gen X robots probably had as well! This […]
Tags: channel 5, CHRIS POGGIALI, cinema shares, drive in movie, dvddrive-in, dvddrive-in.com, dvddrivein, maron films, mel maron, planet chocko, planet chocko zine, shaw brothers, wnew, world northal corporation
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The 5 DEADLY VENOMS & 1 bad ass MOFO with a FRO
November 7th, 2010 by Mr. C
Just wanted to share some cool posters that I’ve been stashing away in that tube for quite some time. I finally got some frames to unearth these bad boys! I was smiling from one end of my ‘chi-neez’ jeri curls to the other end of my fu-manchu because I’m able to finally display this beautiful […]
Tags: 5 deadly venoms, jim kelly, kfc, kung fu bob, kung fu cinema, robert obrien, the centipede, the lizard, the scorpion, the snake, the toad
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THE STORY OF RICKY: RIKI OH (1991)
November 1st, 2010 by Mr. C
THE STORY OF RICKY aka RIKI OH starring Louis Fan Siu Wong always manages to find its way off my dusty shelves usually during Halloween time to get some tube play! The Story of Ricky is one of Hong Kong’s best gory superhero kung fu films that is SO, SO BAD which makes it SO, […]
Tags: planet chocko, story of ricky riki oh hong kong louis fan siu wong
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THE LEGEND OF THE 7 GOLDEN VAMPIRES (1974)
October 10th, 2010 by Mr. C
I’m in the mood for…horror…simply because Halloween is near thee! I’m ALWAYS on REWIND-FANG mode for THE LEGEND OF THE 7 GOLDEN VAMPIRES especially when halloween is around the corner! This movie is basically a vinegarette of a wet dream with shaw brother kung fu infused with the lord-count dracula! It’s a 1974 Hammer & […]
Tags: david chiang, dracula, hammer studios, horror, kung fu, legend of the 7 golden vampires, peter cushing, peter kushing, seven brothers meet dracula, shaw brothers
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GANG MASTER (1982)
September 17th, 2010 by Mr. C
Gang Master, a Shaw brother produced film released in 1982 directed by Chui Siu Ming is one of my top 20 Shaw movies of all time! It’s a costume-period piece epic film & not a modern triad street gang induced flick as the title might indicate. The “Dragon Gang” is an organization created by the […]
Tags: austin wai, bruce leung, chan koon tai, chen kuan tai, chui siu ming, gang master, shaw brother
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THE EYE OF THE STORM: JANE ELLIOTT’S class exercise in 1968
September 8th, 2010 by Mr. C
Mr. C has been wanting to share an eye opening exercise that Jane Elliott conducted for her 3rd grade class in Iowa in 1968. This class experiment was commonly known as the brown eyed-blue eyed exercise which was meant to simulate & demonstrate the harshness of our society with the way we mistreat people who […]
Tags: eye of the storm, iowa 1968, jane elliott, lesson on discrimination
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LITTLE BIG SOLDIER (2010)
August 23rd, 2010 by Mr. C
LITTLE BIG SOLDIER starring Jackie Chan was a period piece film of warring states in China. The story had a makeup of an epic tale, but in the end it was a pretty big disappointing soldier in my opinion. It wasn’t because the film wasn’t a classic Jackie Chan movie full of kung fu fighting […]
Tags: jackie chan, little big soldier
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YOUNG AND DANGEROUS (1995-2000)
August 16th, 2010 by Mr. C
The YOUNG AND DANGEROUS series (based on 7 films) directed by Andrew Lau is a classic chinese gangster-triad tale depicting HK gang life in the 1980’s & 90’s. These flicks provided much talk at the watercooler,in chinese households,teahouses, & dim sum palaces throughout the deadly 5 venoms of the kevin bacon rule! Video stores at […]
Tags: andrew lau, anthony wong, eking cheng, hong kong gang, jordan chan, micheal tse, simon yam, triad, young and dangerous
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THE CITY OF VIOLENCE (2006)
August 5th, 2010 by Planet Chocko
How on mars did I ever manage to sleep on watching THE CITY OF VIOLENCE? Thanks to a fellow asian cinephile from da Bronx named mondo-curry who gave me some cliff notes & a summer list of Korean & Japanese films that I might gravitate to watch considering my taste of destruction on the Hong […]
Tags: city of violence, dragon dynasty, Jae-mo Ahn, Kil-Kang Ahn, korean action, Seung-wan Ryoo, the city of violence
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L.A. STREETFIGHTERS (1985)
August 2nd, 2010 by Planet Chocko
I finally had a chance to watch L.A. Streetfighters again & boy, she didn’t disappoint! The last time I viewed L.A. Streetfighters was from a crummy ‘previously viewed’ VHS copy that I bought from Tower Clearance on 4th & Lafayette by NYU in the early 1990’s. I remembered being inspired by this movie with its […]
Tags: 1985, bill superfoot wallace, james lew, jun chung, l.a. streetfighers, la streetfighers, phillip rhee, tae kwan do
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THE KING OF MASKS (1999)
July 23rd, 2010 by Planet Chocko
The King of Masks sounds like a high flying, kung fu fighting, revenge seeking type of movie similiar to the Masked Avengers by the Shaw Brothers, but slam on your brakes & abort this mission if you expect it to be because it’s not! The King of Masks was a refreshing & beautiful tale about […]
Tags: Renying Zhou, the king of masks, Tian-Ming Wu, Xu Zhu, Zhigang Zhang, Zhigang Zhao
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