The director’s 1989 Hong Kong action touchstone is a wild melding of maximalist violence and surreal sentimentality – with added harmonica
John Woo’s 1989 thriller is a reminder of the director’s habi…
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Hard Boiled review – John Woo’s outrageously explosive 1992 cop thriller is pure action mayhem ⊕
Chow Yun-fat and Tony Leung face off in a wildly inventive film whose hospital shootout remains one of cinema’s most irresistible set pieces
John Woo’s Hong Kong cop-thriller extravaganza from 1992 is…
82 days ago
Hong Kong national security trial of three pro-democracy activists to open ⊕
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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International
Chow Hang-tung, Lee Cheuk-yan and Albert Ho, who led Tiananmen Square vigils, accused of inciting subversion
The national security trial of three pro-democracy activists who organised an annual memor…
4 months ago
City on Fire review – Tarantino-inspiring Hong Kong thriller burns with grit and moral tension ⊖⊖
Ringo Lam’s 1987 cop yarn starring a magnetic Chow Yun-fat delivers the violent realism and emotional heft that shaped Reservoir Dogs’ bloody caper
Ringo Lam’s Hong Kong cop thriller gained a new leve…
7 months ago
Ex-coach at renowned US gymnastics academy arrested on child sexual abuse images charge ○
Sean Gardner accused of abusing gymnasts at Iowa club
SafeSport suspended coach in 2022 but case unresolved
FBI found hidden camera images of nude girls in May
The US gymnastics world was only just reco…
10 months ago
'Honeymoon' drug mule couple hug and kiss in court as they are jailed after being caught at UK airport with £99,000 of cannabis stuffed in their suitcases ○
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a story from The Daily Mail 💩 › The Daily Mail
Jeng Chow, 30, and Ley Wat, 25, were travelling from their native Malaysia with 28 vacuum-sealed packages of marijuana and had even made a stop over in Qatar.
14 months ago
Detective Chinatown 1900 review – blockbusting Chinese franchise goes back in time ○
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Prequel focuses on xenophobia in turn-of-the-century San Francisco with surprising wit and silliness
This prequel to the huge-grossing Detective Chinatown franchise, though focused on anti-Chinese xen…
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