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...Several other Asian films made sweet music in Toronto. One was Stephen Chow's Kung Fu Hustle, which had its world premiere here, but without the presence of its director-star, who could not get a visa in time. No matter. The audience went nuts, cheering each set piece of whirling action, choreographed by Yuen Wo-ping and Sammo Hung. The film may not break Asian box-office records, as Chow's Shaolin Soccer did. But it's much better: handsomely designed and shot, full of knowledgeable nostalgia for the old Shaw Brothers martial-arts films, and engagingly played...
...also takes a supporting role and doesn't grab center screen until a climactic fight that follows his ascent into heaven to beg fight advice from the Buddha. The mouthy star wants to show he has as much skill behind the camera as in front of it, and Kung Fu proves him spectacularly right...
...Fu, who has not seen her husband since his arrest in 2002, said Yang will be spending the next three months in a “training and education center...
...Fu said that Jerome A. Cohen, a law professor at New York University who is currently teaching in China, will be filing a formal parole petition on behalf of the family. Yang becomes eligible for parole...
...They will teach him about respecting authority and complying with the law,” Fu said. “Our lawyer in China said that these three months will be the most difficult time because you can be tortured. It’s pretty inhumane but no one can avoid...