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...film binge titled ?In the Mood for Gore.? The series may sound like a nostalgia nosh for Democrats still smarting from the 2000 election. But the subtitle explains all: ?22 Years of Deliciously Evil Hong Kong Cinema.? The bestial festival, which runs through Thursday the 14th, assembles films famous (Samo Hung?s ?Close Encounters of the Spooky Kind,? Ricky Lau?s ?Mr. Vampire?), infamous (?The Untold Story,? ?Dr. Lamb?) and unfamous (?Devil Fetus,? ?Bio Zombie?) from...
...Pancho, grunge-loving monster on Plaza Sésamo, Mexico WHAT Tolerance; even grouches can be fun MIGHT SAY My cousin Oscar, he never rings...
...54th annual Riviera bash, which concluded last week, the big do was a Hong Kong film party at the Majestic Hotel. Jackie Chan, Samo Hung, Jet Li, they were all there, and everyone was invited. Except Your Intrepid Reporter - even after begging. So YIR and his comely escort stood in the hotel driveway, watching thousands of lucky people pressed against one another in a subway-rush-hour crush. The only people allowed to join the party were Hong Kong celebrities arriving in limos and whisked into another entrance. Then YIR's escort spotted a familiar face, that of director Peter...
...Luhrmann's Moulin Rouge. Two evenings later, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon's Michelle Yeoh hosted a drinking contest, and after downing a dozen or more shots of heady Chinese liquor, the lithe lady was clearly the winner. The next night, a galaxy of Hong Kong stars, including Jackie Chan, Samo Hung and Jet Li, flashed their smiles at the most congested soirEe in recent memory. When Hong Kong director Wong Kar-wai sat for a Q&A about his career, one of the audience members asking questions was Faye Dunaway, still glamorous 34 years after Bonnie and Clyde. This Riviera...
...quite a workout for the stars. But Yuen is revered as the deviser of artful torture for Asia's top actor-athletes: Jackie Chan (the 1978 Drunken Master), Samo Hung (The Magnificent Butcher, 1979), Jet Li (The Tai Chi Master, 1993) and Yeoh (Wing Chun, 1994). Yeoh's glorious balancing act with a plate of tofu is rightly famed: she never lets it touch the ground while successfully fending off an arrogant bruiser. But just as impressive is a scene with Wo-ping himself, in the 1983 Shaolin Drunkard, where he and brother Yat-choh quaff a hundred cups...