The UNTERGANG of the Hong Kong film industry according to DANNY LEE

Danny Lee (who played opposite Chow Yun Fat in THE KILLER and who was also in the nasty UNTOLD STORY with Anthony Wong plus another 6 trillion cop movies in Hong Kong) talks about the downfall of the HK film industry in this interview.



Thanks to Ian F. for drawing my attention to this interview.

Sing along with your fave schlager singers, Merli, Nero & Testi

If you are into Italian genre films in any way and especially if you dig POLIZISCO films then... this is for you:

(there's about a minute of dialogue before the fun begins)


Grazie a poliziesco fan numero uno Johnny Redman di Love, Lock and Load for posting this on YouTube.

When the hell is that time machine coming? I'm all packed and ready to go

"Ahh is there ever a night when you DON'T dream about The Fall?"

I taped a radio session which THE FALL did for John Peel's show on BBC1 in the UK many yrs ago and the headline for this very post is his immediate words after the last track. I believe John ALWAYS dreamed about The Fall. :o)
For the past two days, all I've been listening to is old Peel sessions on the stereo, not from wobbly old cassette tapes mind you but from this SPIFFY CD box that contains every single session The Fall ever recorded for the Peel Show. 24 sessions over a period of 26 years. From 1978-2004. Gee!! How amazing is that!!! Well, I guess it wouldn't be if The Fall were crap but these sessions are ALL brilliant! It's difficult not to want to keep spinning these fab records over and over again. Everything sounds too bloody happy after hours and hours in the company of Mark E. Smith and his band. Haha. Someone not familiar with the band might find the box boring or way too simple (all the inner slip cases look exactly the same as the box, which by the way is printed on rough brown cardboard!) but no, this is nothing but perfected perfectionism . The Fall and Mark E. Smith in a nutshell! This is a brilliant release. You should own it.

Holy shmoly Batman - the trailer

I haven't watched this film since sometime in the 80s but I remember it as being good fun. I even taped it off TV (on Betamax). There was a shark, wasn't here? Maybe it was the one Bruno Mattei bought. :D

And trailers with footage shot exclusively for the trailer are fun!

Beware of ... VOODOO ON A SUNDAY!!!

Hard-boiled reads for hepcats

Uhh, I luuuve covers from old hard-boiled crime books from the 40s and 50s. They just shit all over any new covers. Period! Those dames, those cats, those crooks, those stiffs, THOSE DRESSES, MAN!!!

Actually, I don't read much new crime literature (altho my STAPLE DIET of present day reading is - needless to say!! - James Ellroy. That man is a "Napoleon victorious amongst his spoils, a conquering Caesar parading his troops", A G-O-D AMONG BOOK WRITERS!!! I would wanna have his babies if he'd let me!!! Okay, I'm going overboard a little here but you get my drift).

I got all these coves from this blog called Vintage Hardboiled Reads which unfortunately is now another floater in the harbour. Now, that's sad of course but at least it died in GRAND style: The cat behind it was called August West (probably not his real name) and one day he just said "Hey, I'm just popping outside, I'll be back soon" ... but he never did!!!!! Is he THE STIFF in the alley? Is he in the BIG HOUSE?? Is he on the RUN??? IS HE OFF TO BUMP SOMEBODY OFF????
:-O








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Shing Fui-On (RIP)

Shing Fui-On (left) with Andy Lau

Shing Fui-On 1955-2009.
Unfortunately I've just learnt the sad news that Hong Kong actor Shing Fui-On has died from Cancer on August 27th. He was only 54.

Like so many other HK actors Shing Fui-On played in literally hundreds of movies. In HK he was nicknamed "Big Sillyhead". He was in many comedies but among HK film fans in the West he was more well known for playing nasty bad guys. Personally, he was one of my favourite HK bad guys right up there with Anthony Wong. His film list is far too vast to mention here but some of my own favourites include:

A Better Tomorrow (1986)
A Better Tomorrow II (1987)
Just Heroes (1989)
Her Vengeance (1988)
God of Gamblers (1989)
The Killer (1989)
Killing Angels (1989)
The Untold Story (1993)
Ebola Syndrome (1996)

His last film was The Detective from 2007.

Selected filmography (borrowed from LoveHongKongFilm.com):
The Young Dragons (1975)
All the Wrong Spies (1983)
The Pier (1983)
Shanghai Blues (1984)
How are You My Friends (1985)
My Heavenly Lover (1985)[cameo]
A Better Tomorrow (1986)
Magic Crystal (1986)
Brotherhood (1986)
The First Vampire in China (1986)
The Innocent Interloper (1986)
The Law Enforcer (1986)
Legacy of Rage (1986)
Parking Service (1986)
A Better Tomorrow II (1987)
Brotherhood (1987)
Heartbeat 100 (1987)
Just Heroes (1989)
Prison on Fire (1987)
Return of the Demon (1987)
Road Warriors (1987)
To Err is Humane (1987)
Tragic Hero (1987)
18 Times (1988)
Dragons Forever (1988)
Bet on Fire (1988)
Crazy Companies 2 (1988)
Criminal Hunter (1988)
The Dragon Family (1988)
Final Justice (1988)
Ghost in the House (1988)
The Greatest Lover (1988)
He who Chases after the Wind (1988)
Her Vengeance (1988)
Moon, Star, Sun (1988)
No Compromise (1988)
Three Against the World (1988)[cameo]
Tiger on the Beat (1988)[cameo]
The Truth (1988)
The Bachelor's Swan-Song (1989)
The Black Wall (1989)
Burning Ambition (1989)
Carry On Yakuza (1989)
City Cops (1989)
City Kids 1989 (1989)
Club Girls (1989)
Crocodile Hunter (1989)
Fight to Survive (1989)
God of Gamblers (1989)
The Killer (1989)
Killing Angels (1989)
Little Cop (1989)
Operation Pink Squad 2 (1989)
Perfect Match (1989)
Return of the Lucky Stars (1989)
The Romancing Star 3 (1989)
Running Mate (1989)
Seven Warriors (1989)
Stars and Roses (1989)
Thank You, Sir (1989)
They Came to Rob Hong Kong (1989)
Thunder Cops 2 (1989)
Triads: The Inside Story (1989)
Brave Young Girls (1990)
Chicken a La Queen (1990)
Family Honor (1990)
The Fortune Code (1990)
Gangland Odyssey (1990)
Ghostly Vixen (1990)
God of Gamblers 2 (1990)
It Takes Two to Mingle (1990)
Love is Love (1990)
My Hero (1990)
No Risk, No Gain (1990)
Perfect Girls (1990)
Raid on Royal Casino Marine (1990)
Return to Action (1990)
The Spooky Family (1990)
To Spy With Love (1990)
Triad Story (1990)
The Unmatchable Match (1990)
When Fortune Smiles (1990)
All for the Gamblers (1991)
The Blue Jean Monster (1991)
Devil's Vendetta (1991)
Don't Fool Me (1991)
Easy Money (1991)
An Eternal Combat (1991)
Fist of Fury 1991 (1991)
Ghost for Sale (1991)
Legend of the Dragon (1991)
Queen of Underworld (1991)
A Rascal's Tale (1991)
Red Shield (1991)
Return of the Evil Fox (1991)
Scheming Wonders (1991)
The Tigers (1991)
Today's Hero (1991)
The Top Bet (1991)
Tricky Brains (1991)
Vampire Kids (1991)
Cheetah on Fire (1992)
Come Fly the Dragon (1992)
Erotic Ghost Story 3 (1992)
Ghost Killer (1992)
Handsome Siblings (1992)[cameo]
Night Life Hero (1992)
The Night Rider (1992)
Rhythm Of Destiny (1992)
Rich Man (1992)
Sisters In Law (1992)
The Sting (1992)
The Twilight Of The Forbidden City (1992)
The Unleaded Love (1992)
Vengeance of Six Dragons (1992)
What A Hero! (1992)
Bogus Cops (1993)
Boys are Easy (1993)
Chez 'n Ham (1993)
Crazy Love (1993)
Dancing Boy In Underworld Street (1993)
Drug Tiger (1993)
The Eight Hilarious Gods (1993)
Shadow Cop (1993)
The Untold Story (1993)
Ancient Chinese Whorehouse (1994)[cameo]
The Crucifixion (1994)
Don't Shoot Me, I'm Just a Violinist! (1994)
Fearless Match (1994)
Hong Kong Adam's Family (1994)
The Lady Punisher (1994)
Naked Rose (1994)[cameo]
Reckless Barrister (1994)
Rock on Fire (1994)
To Live and Die in Tsimshatsui (1994)
Candlelight's Woman (1995)
The Case of the Cold Fish (1995)
Dream Killer (1995)
Enemy Shadow (1995)
Hong Kong Graffiti (1995)
Love, Guns & Glass (1995)
The Saint of the Gamblers (1995)
Secret Lover (1995)
Thunderbolt (1995)
18 Shaolin Golden Boy (1996)
Ebola Syndrome (1996)
Horrible High Heels (1996)
How to Meet the Lucky Stars (1996)
Sexy and Dangerous (1996)
Tri-Star (1996)
Young and Dangerous (1996)[cameo]
My Dad is a Jerk (1997)
Walk In (1997)
A Love Story (1998)
Troublesome Night 3 (1998)
The Lord of Amusement (1999)
The Devil Shadow (2000)
MAFIA.COM (2000)
Killing End (2001)
Chinese Orthopedist and the Spice Girls (2002)
The Troublesome Romance (2002)[V]
Prison on Fire - Preacher (2002)[V]
A Mysterious Murder (2003)
Lethal Cop (2003)
Unarm 72 Hours (2003)
Summer Vacation (2003)
The Story of Long (2003)
Drug Baron (2004)
Boxing Hero (2004)
Brothers (CHINA 2004)
Himalaya Singh (2005)
The Detective (2007)

Rush (1983)

Cover scan for my Danish Video2000 release of the Italian 1983 Tonino Ricci directed post-apocalypse flick RUSH!!! :D

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PS: I see there's a couple of new subscribers; welcome aboard (and yes I'm probably the only person in Cyberspace to actually greet followers, haha).

Zimatar - trailer

Here it is, finally. The trailer for the very rare Filipino adventure film ZIMATAR.



Thanks to bearded man Patrick for uploading this! Great stuff. The trailer comes from the Japanese VHS release of the Filipino horror flick ZUMA (which I've written about before). The other way 'round, the ZIMATAR tape contains a trailer for ZUMA (in English no less, although the film has never been dubbed).

Both Japanese tapes are very rare and go for rather huge amounts on eBay. ZUMA only exists on Japanese VHS and Filipino VCD (the first is very rare, the latter is very very rare, LOL). ZIMATAR only exists in English on very very rare Japanese VHS (of which I'm the happy owner of a copy!) and there's a crappy German DVD/VHS release (which is crappy because the picture is overmodulated + needless to say it's dubbed in German and the DVD sadly doesn't offer neither a Filipino or English option).





(you can click both scans for spiffy proper sizes!)