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.
Hello all you blogspot fans. yes i know it's been a while since i updated this part of K.I.T.G. ,but the main site has had many new reviews and features since the last post here. Getting what we have covered out of the way first ,so here we go.
If your fans of the Jackie Chan Police Story series then check out our recent retro reviews of the first three films in the series on site now.
Jackie in the 1985 original Police Story
Other films covered included ''Kill'em All which starred the late great Joe Lewis and Gordon Liu who suffered a stroke shortly after (he's still recovering and we wish him well) .We actually recently got around to posting our review of Bruce Lee Classic The Big Boss with lots of screen shots and posters on site.
Bruce Lee - The Big Boss
We also looked at a couple of American Classics to ,the first being Cynthia Rothrock's Rage and Honor with which she also starred with Richard Norton and then we had a feature on Martial Outlaw with Jeff Wincott by one of our contributors.
Kill'em All - Joe Lewis is on the left at the bottom
Cynthia Rothrock's Rage and Honor from 1992
New film wise we reviewed the latest Chow Yun Fat period film ,The Assassins. , to see the review click here.
Now up to date we are currently readying two reviews of probably two of the biggest films many have been waiting for ,The first is of course Jackie Chan's CZ12 and the second is Naked Soldier with Jennifer Tse and Sammo Hung, it's the third in the series which started with Naked Killer .
Review shortly
There are some game related articles coming from our games guys ,but i will update as it all happens on that front.
Yes Happy New Year to all , over the past 7-8 weeks we have been busy on site putting together some new event features and special articles based on Famous Martial artists / History of Hong Kong Cinema in the UK in the 80' /90's as well as quite a few reviews.
Since last time there have been quite few reviews listed on site :
We have had two Bluray reviews go live ,the first being the 2009 Jingle Ma film Mulan.
The second featured Bluray title is The Banquet from 2006.
Vicki Zhao in Mulan
We have also taken a look at American releases Six Bullets with Jean Claude Van Damme and also his turn in Expendables 2 with Stallone and the likes of Chuck Norris, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis.
Another great film reviewed is the quirky but 70's style Japanese film Karate Robo Zaborgar from Noburo Iguchi.
Karate Robo Zaborgar ,one crazy film ,but so much fun!
Go On guess the name of this Guy
Karate Robo Lives
Could be a romance here!
There are still a couple to come from our Christmas list but let us tell you what's coming your way in films over the next 6-8 weeks.
We have some classic films heading your way ,with a look at the Cynthia Rothrock and Richard Norton film Rage and Honour . Then our Bluray special this month is ''By the Will of Genghis Khan'' with Edvard Ondar.
Our new release film films ( subject to availability) are Forced to Fight which sees Gary Daniles return to a full blooded martial arts movie in the lead role and action film ''Kill'em All '' from the producers of Bangkok Adrenalin.
Gary Daniels is Back to Fight!
Games front : our resident games expert will be giving the , lowdown on a couple of Wii U titles ,namely Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Wii U edition and Darksiders 2 ,which tells the story of one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse on a quest to return the balance of Humanity to the world, well that's what I've read any how.
Wii U magic
Events are a bit scarce this time of year but do catch up with our Look at the Christmas Hyper Japan show which we attended just before Christmas, we will also be doing a special feature on one of the acts of the show to coming soon.
Take a Massage at Hyper Japan Christmas
The show floor
Cosplay on Stage
Spend your money at Hyper Japan
Kamui Sword masters on Stage on Friday 23rd November
Kamui Workshop
Kamui and Tomoyasu Hotei on stage on Friday 23rd November
That's all for now ,but hey i hoped i have whet your appetite and given you some browsing to do. So till next time ,and i promise it be as long before i update this blog for K.I.T.G. again.
Stay Well ,Train Hard and remember where here to keep you in the know about what floats your boat!
Yes back with a another installment in what's going down on K.I.T.G.
Well since last update we have been quite busy with our Korean special on site and all this has fallen inline with the London Korean Film Festival which we have attended on a few occasions in the last ten days.
The Kick -a Thai / Korean co-production about a family of Taekwondo experts living in Thailand who get involved in a plot to steal national treasures .
Continuing with the Korean theme we will have a review of The Thieves from director Choi Dong-Hun and KPOP comedy ''PAPA'' on site shortly ,all to tie in with our coverage of the Korean Film Festival in London.
KPOP comedy PAPA
The opening Gala film ,The Thieves
Future reviews and features on site include the new Wong Jing film which is the third in the Naked series of films ,yes Naked Soldier is imminent ,it stars Jennifer Tse and Sammo Hung among the players.
A scene from NAKED SOLDIER
Also look out for further Bluray features as we get through another couple of Europe region Bluray's that offer more kick for your money.
Where also waiting on a couple of Japanese cult movies in the form of 2010's Mutant Girls Squad and 2011 Karate Robo Zarborgar. We just love these wacky flicks ,though there rarely for the faint of heart or those under 18 years of age.
We also look at what the likes of Steven Seagal and Jean Claude Van Damme have been doing of late as we tackle a couple of recent straight to video releases.
On the games front ,our resident games expert has finalised his Shenmue overview and it's up on site now. Also in the gaming department his coverage of the Eurogamer Expo is complete , published in three installments across each of the groups sites ,the first part appears on K.I.T.G. with successive installments appearing on Shoot'em in the Head.co.uk and Cosplay Heroes.co.uk .
The new Devil May Cry reboot at Eurogamer Expo in September
Cosplay at Eurogamer Expo
This also means he's free to cover some more gaming gems and of course the new Nintendo Wii U launch which happens in a little under three weeks.
Of note the sites Virtua Fighter page is offline now while it under go's a revamp ,will be back in the new year with a new look and brought bang up to date.
Feature wise we will be attending the Hyper Japan Christmas show at the end of November ,so look out for a feature on the event with photos and video.
Another feature is we take a preview look at the forthcoming Jackie Chan film CZ12 .it's out on the 12-12-2012 in Asian cinemas ,so a DVD and Bluray release will be shortly afterwards. We build up to the launch of the film and show how Jackie really is the Man and still has what it takes to astonish audiences like he did way back in the 80's.
One of twelve new posters for Jackie Chan's new film -CZ12aka Armour of God III
Jackie returns to the big stunts in his role as The Asian Hawk
So keep tuned and keep checking the site ,Facebook and twitter for news of what's going down on Kick'em in the Ghoulies.
Till next time ,Train Hard,Be Safe and enjoy Christmas.
November 30th is a date Nintendo fans in Europe will rejoice as it's then that they will be able to get there hands on the new Wii U console,Coming in two variations ,White and Black , with the Black version having a larger memory storage at 32gb compared to the White's 8gb.
Prices seem to be around £260 for the White and £309 for the Black package .
There's also Zombie U package in Black for around £350. But give or take £10.00 either way most Online retailers are giving these prices.
It was the one thing on the mind of everyone ,and as European Law states that Nintendo could not iterate a selling price leaving it up to retailers to set there own prices.
Coming up to the launch date we will keep you informed and hope to get a hands on experience at the Eurogamer EXPO in London in September.
