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(a.k.a. Eagle claw, deadly snake, Dragon fist, drunken llama, spanking monkey, eating tiger penis part 2)

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UPDATED 05/02/00 !!

Welcome !

It's February 2001 and I have Finally updated the website with a links page and lots of new dvd reviews. To anyone who visited the page in the last 6 months to see if it was updated - Thank you very much for your patience and your interest!!!!!

On Chinese new year I went to see Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon at the cinema. To be honest I was slightly disappointed - I felt the movie tried to be too many things (a love story, a typical kung fu movie, a film about repression of women etc), which resulted in the film being overlong. Still I was extremely impressed with the (Yuen Woo Ping's) fight scenes and especially by Michelle Yeoh. Amazing stuff. Incidently there was a column in the Guardian newspaper involving one columnist's intense dislike of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, which some Chinese readers thought was little more than indirect racism. I wasn't offended by the writer's words but I did think the writer's ideas of stereotypes was outdated to say the least. The Guardian needs younger writers if you ask me. Anyway you might not have any idea what I'm talking about so go to: www.dimsum.co.uk to read the article and reactions. Then email them or myself and have you own say on the subject!

Back to HK movies - For us HK fans in the UK, the BBFC continue to abandon their previous rules on sex/violence on film - Woo hoo! Already passed uncut is Fist of Fury (HKLegends) with Way of the Dragon and Game of Death to soon follow. Hopefully someone will one-day re-release some titles from the huge back catalogue of HK titles which are currently censored in the UK (see my BBFC cuts article for more details). See Dvd reviews for more HK-UK dvd news!

Well that's it for now. The next update will hopefully be in a month or two direct from the land of the rising sun. Thanks for reading !

　　　　

February 2001: A ton of new DVD Reviews added covering all genres!

DVD Reviews

A r t i c l e s　

A Brief History of the HK - UK video scene

* How to avoid the BBFC

* A Comprehensive list of Cuts to HK films by the BBFC

* Remembering Anthony Wong at the NFT back in April 98!

* The Worst Movies - Email your suggestion now!

Click below for links to quality sites that I frequently visit!

LINKS

Click on Sylvester to email any suggestions, comments and any general 　waffle (I'm particularly interested in Far Eastern cinema, wrestling, rare　mp3s and ways to make money since I've recently finished university and I need a job : ). Cheers!

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