Yes folks Ralph Macchio star of the original Karate Kid films with the late Pat Morita is coming to London to meet the fans. Showmasters London Film and Comic Con Winter will play host to the Star where fans can get that autograph or photo they have always wanted. The date - 18th and 19th October at Earls Court 2 in London. Visit the site to book those tickets. LFCCW
Yes it's true i have probably neglected this blog , this is mainly due to being quite busy and spending any spare time making sure the main site stays up to date. But i will try and update more often then not. Well of course since my last post here ,we have been busy at shows and events ,reviewed many films and even showcased a special on the Classic Shaw Brothers films in our Spring of Shaw Special , which was a lot of fun to do . But our latest news is that Master Hwang Jung Lee ( Silver Fox ) and villainous star of films like Drunken Master and Snake in Eagles Shadow with Jackie Chan , Ninja in the Dragons Den ,No Retreat No Surrender 2 and so many more landed in the UK last week to attend the Strength and Combat show in London's Greenwich at the London Soccer Dome.
Master Hwang Jung Lee in the UK
In association with 90's Far East film experts Eastern Heroes who have entered the fray once more and relaunched themselves with style by arranging the visit of Hwang Jung Lee. There will be site feature up on site in a few days with many photos. We also have some reviews in coming in the form of classic 1979 film The Crane Fighter with Judy Lee , and a couple of Hwang Jung Lee classics to commemorate the event. Live now is our feature on July's London Hyper Japan show ,which actually spreads three articles across two sites. ,don't forget for the full picture visit the main site as this blog is run just to let you all know what's incoming. And I'll promise i will try and keep it up to date more often.
Hyper Japan 2014 was a cracking event ,Martial arts,Culture,Music,Games and more!
Hiroki the Masked Ninja performs at Hyper Japan 2014
Jeeja
in the film she made before Tom Yum Goong 2, ,Also stars Pechtai
Wongkamlao who directs as well. Oh and if you want to own this on DVD or
Bluray with English subtitles ,it's out now on Region 1 DVD (USA) under
the title ''This Girl is Badass''
Jackie shows how easy it is to break some concrete blocks while holding a egg in the hand. The young girl demonstrating first breaks the blocks but also breaks the egg. Jackie of course shows the technique to not break the egg , oh and he speaks German. Is there nothing he can't do?
With the London Terracotta Far East Film Festival under way and on it's fourth day at the Prince Charles Cinema in London i thought i would update to let you know what films we have been present at.
The opening film Cold War which showed on Thursday was a sell out and we just missed getting tickets,but we will review the film on DVD.
So Friday we got to attend the screening og South Korean film Young Gun in the Time ,it's a fun Sci-fi comedy shot on a budget,it showed that even small film makers can make great entertainment. Review on site soon.
A sci-fi action film with a difference.
On Saturday we saw Johnnie To's Drug War ,which is a Hong Kong /China production which deals with the harsh realities of the drug trade.
Also on Saturday we got to see South Korean film The Berlin File which is the new film from City of Violence director Ryu Seung Wan (sometimes spelt Ryoo Seung Wan) .
THE BERLIN FILE
Director Ryu Seung Wan ( Center) at Terracotta Film Festival on Saturday June 8th
It is a intriguing espionage thriller which speeds along like a runaway train. The crowd enjoyed it and even more so with director Ryu Seung Wan in attendance for a Q&A.
Where be back with more from the festival next week.
Hello fellow Martial art fans,Martial artists and fans of anything of the orient.
There i have covered you all, Now your wondering what's happening are you not?
Right the main site has been busy getting some new reviews up and a bit of shuffling of pages to. With some pages being knocked on the head to streamline the site a bit more.
Anyway first to go was the Game news and Music news pages ,with the Film news page to follow shortly. All news relating to any of the aforementioned topics can now be found along with other news in the new NEWS STREAM on site which was formerly known as the blog of the site.
Now that's cleared up your want to know what new films have been reviewed on site ,if of course you have not been there of late. We have recently published reviews of Jackie Chan's CZ12 with a photo gallery and more .
Jackie looks small here .
You Can't touch me!
Girl Fight
Big Big Brother also has had a look in with Wong Jing's Naked Soldier ,Directed by Marco Mak the film stars Sammo Hung as a former Interpol agent who lost his daughter to international kidnappers and Jennifer Tse ( sister of Nicholas) stars as the cold assassin working for Madame Rose who was responsible for the original kidnapping.
Sammo back on screen in Naked Soldier
The Girls of Naked Soldier
Yuen Wah in 2005 film Kung Fu Mahjong 2
More from Kung Fu Mahjong 2
Some Mahjong in Kung Fu Mahjong 2
We also looked at a couple of Wong Jing gambling comedies in the form of the recent Mr and Mrs Gambler with Chapman To and Fiona Sit ( The Bounty) and a earlier film by the name of Kung Fu mahjong which stars Yuen Wah amongst others.
Our other big film just reviewed was the Wong Kar Wai biopic of Ip Man ,The Grandmaster. The film stars Tony Leung Chiu Wai as Ip Man and Zhang Ziyi and Chang Chen star as rival Kung Fu masters .Full review and photo galleries with behind the scenes stills on site now.
Tony Leung Chiu Wai as Ip Man
Coming up on site are a quite a few varied features for review with the next being published in a few hours .That will be The Guillotines with Huang Xiaoming and Shawn Yue ,directed by Andrew Lau it's a brash in your face type of action film with over the top special effects which we have come to expect from Andrew Lau.
The end of the week sees the start of the Terracotta Far East Film Festival in London ,though we are unable to make the opening night ,we have a selection of films to view and all will tie in with a feature on site coincide with the festival which will go live in a couple days or so.
Other films on the horizon include a couple of Classic reviews of 1972 film Queen Boxer with Judy Lee and a 1980 Rocky Man directed film by the name of Blood of Dragon Peril which is a WWII film about a masked hero who fights the Japanese to help the poor Chinese oppressed .
Classic Judy Lee.
This is one crazy film from Rocky Man
On the games front a review of Wii U and IOS and Android plat-former Kung Fu Rabbit will be up on site in a couple of days.
So that's the latest news from the world of Kickemintheghoulies , I'll be back in a few days to update about the Terracotta Film Festival and post a few pictures of the event to.
So be safe ,Train Hard and keep well till we next connect.
Ang Lee the director of award winning Life of Pi is in the process of working on a new film as producer with Yuen Woo Ping as director . Based on a 1970's Marvel comic series by the name of Kung Fu Master.
The film entitled (at the moment) Shang Chi Master of Kung Fu is based around the son of Fu Manchu. Sounds exciting ,more news as we get it.
