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Real Life Kung Fu vs The Movies [Part 2]

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Well everyone, it seems we all safely made it back to one of our favorite places, Shaolin Chamber 36. This is great, as we have a lot of unraveling and some traveling to do. I will start right off with one of my favorites; the fantastic Fong Sai Yuk. I called him “hidden” in Part One, and the reason for that is simply that despite his movie fame …

Linn Haynes Memorial Collection – April 2011

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April 2011 is the month for the December 1978 issue of Hong Kong Movie News. In this issue you will find pictorials for the following actors and actresses; Chen Kuan Tai, Lily Li, Cheng Lung, Esther, Fanny, Shirley Yu, Chu Hsiang-Yun, Wu Wei-Ku, Lin Chen-Chi, Yu On-On, David Chiang, Chao Ya-Chih and much much more …

Top 5 Sammo Hung Films

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The Disciples have spoken. We have come to the conclusion of yet another Top 5 list compilement. The question posed to all the visitors of Shaolin Chamber 36 was to name your Top 5 Sammo Hung films. You may be a bit surprised by the end result, I surely was. There is a movie that did not make the listing, but came very close to doing so …

Warner Brothers: Kings of Kung Fu?

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It is the early 1970s and you are ready for a dose of sweet martial arts action. Settling into your seat, Coke in one hand and popcorn in the other, the lights dim. As the curtains part the screen flickers to life and that familiar shield appears. Warner Brothers are bringing you another martial arts movie! Yup, I said Warner Brothers, not Shaw …

Shaw Brothers Superman

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It is snowing, sleeting and/or freezing rain outside and since there is nothing on TV except for coverage of the snow, sleet and freezing rain, I am catching up on some comic books and movies. If you have spent much time hanging around comic book stores (and I have) you’ll come across the idea that superheroes, like jazz and drive-ins …

Linn Haynes Memorial Collection – February 2011

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In the February edition of the LHMC, we have the Shaw Brothers owned and distrubuted, Southern Screen magazine, for the month and year of March 1974. In this issue you will see pics (in color) of some of the beautiful actresses of Shaw, such as Li Ching, Karen Yeh, Hsu Feng, Jenny Hu, Hu Chin, Tien Niu, Chen Ping, Lily Ho & Shih Szu …

Bruceploitation Revives Elvisploitation

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Anent my ponderings upon the imponderable phenomenon of Bruceploitation, it suddenly came to (my admittedly disordered) mind, that Elvisploitation is a vastly under-harvested field of filthy lucre. The Wisdom of the East recognizes not the repressive capitalist balderdash of copyright, private property, and the “sanctity of the individual” …

Top 5 Samurai Films

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The Disciples have spoken. Another Top 5 list has just been compiled, and this time it was based on your TOP 5 Samurai Films. This was a very close one, for the top spot. The difference between the first and second spot was only a few votes. I want to thank those of you that submitted your Top 5 films for this survey, and I would hope to see …

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