Last night I got a ticket to the HK premiere screening of Derek Tsang's directorial debut film (pics coming soon). Its a co-direction actually, along with Jimmy Wan, titled "Lover's Discourse" (戀人絮語)... while that title either invokes thoughts of some excruciating art-house study of the human condition or an...Read more
Wow, That Kwon Sang-woo (권상우) guy is in like EVERY other Korean movie I watch nowadays.
'71 - Into the Fire' is a movie based on somewhat true events of a group of 71 high school students (and a few juvenile delinquents) who are drafted into service during the Korean War, left to defend a command post while the remaining South Korean and US troops fi...Read more
Continuing from my last blog about the m-flo DJ Party held at ageha in Tokyo on December 22nd, 2010. Aside from seeing m-flo perform I also wanted to see Noodles' set of course. i got there early and staked out a front row spot for the entire hour. Here's a video compilation I took: (Sorry, I mostly focused on the turntable tricks... ) ;-)I am totally biased...Read more
The real reason I came to Japan this time wasn't for made cafes, wasn't for CD shopping, it was to attend the m-flo party held on Dec 22nd, 2010 at ageha, a huge huge club in the Shikiba section of Tokyo Bay -
I am a big fan of m-flo (Japan's top hip-hop duo) and have seen their rapper Verba...Read more
Edward Norton plays two twin brothers, one an Ivy League philosophy professor and the other a hillbilly marijuana farmer in the Ozarks... The dual roll would have been better if applied to more interesting subject matter.
The m...Read more
I heard Hugh Hefner has some significant loan payments coming up soon and is in need of a great amount of cash very soon, this has led to the Playboy brand being licensed out to a number of products and businesses... apparently this extends all the way here to Hong Kong, where we have the launch of Playboy Condoms. (note - i think getting caught with a condom called 'Playboy' may make it hard for you to convince the girl that she's the special one)
As much as I like Kumamoto... I am not that big of a fan of the Ajisen Ramen chain in HK... but even a cold hearted person like me couldn't resist the temptation to take a photo of their blow-doll expressioned mascot on the street... :-O
Another HK Legends DVD. a relatively paint by the numbers wire-fu piece from the early 90s starring Chin Ka-Lok and featuring Yuen Ka-leung. The Chinese name is "蝎子战士" also known as "Operation: Scorpio" for some reason.
Update: 12/10/10: According to my sources, these ads have been changed already! I guess i'm not the only one who brought this up! :-P
Here's the revised version, with raciam overtones removed -
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