Lily Li, star of many kung fu classics, died yesterday at 74. I had just been admiring her acting in Executioners from Shaolin, where she gives an understated but surprisingly affecting performance.
Lily Li, star of many kung fu classics, died yesterday at 74. I had just been admiring her acting in Executioners from Shaolin, where she gives an understated but surprisingly affecting performance.
Oh goodness. My wish came true. And I didn’t even have to walk 10 miles.
Which one to watch tonight…!
Shawscope 2 on the way. Can't wait. I think I'd walk ten miles to have it for the weekend instead of having to wait until Monday, the expected delivery date.
Surprised to find a late-in-life appreciation of #MartialArts / #KungFu #movies, which were never my thing when I was younger. Earlier in the year binged a lot of #MaggieCheung and #MichelleYeoh.
Last night we saw a late-night 50th anniversary presentation of #BruceLee "Enter The Dragon," on 35 mm. Never saw the whole thing before. (So great to live walking distance from classic cinema.)
And we didn't even *know* about #HoppingVampires until #CriterionChannel featured them!
On August 31, 1977, Black Fist debuted in San Francisco. Here’s some Richard Lawson fan art!
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#BlackFist #BlackFist1975 #TimothyGalfas #RichardLawson #Blaxploitation #KungFu #KungFuMovies #BlaxploitationMovies #TrashArt #ActionMovies #Art #MovieArt #MovieHistory
Tonight's evening movie is the EXTREMELY classy Hammer/Shaw co-production The Legend Of The Seven Golden Vampires.
Apparently customers also watched Frankenstein and The Monster From Hull and The House That Dripped Magenta :D
First up tonight-
Tiger Cage 2 (1990)
Yuen Woo-ping (director)
Nothing like Donnie Yen tearing up the screen for 96 minutes of over the top chaos.
Donnie and Woo-ping
#SaturdayNightActionMovie #KungFuMovies #DonnieYen
Because nobody asked it, here are some hashtags about stuff I'm into, in no particular order.
Hashtags mean engagement, or something. Regardless, folks following me are likely to see stuff about:
#books
#reading
#writing
#scifi
#fantasy
#mecha
#RPGs
#miniatures
#videogames
#nerdynonsense
#pizza
#oldcartoons
#kungfumovies
... and likely a bunch of other stuff I'm forgetting because the caffeine hasn't kicked in yet.
Only in #KungFuMovies is waving a giant folding fan lazily considered a sign of badassery #KungFuSat
#TheCraneFighter
On April 12, 1984, Revenge of the Ninja debuted in the Netherlands. Here’s some Sho Kosugi art to mark the occasion!
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#RevengeOfTheNinja #SamFirstenberg #ShoKosugi #ActionMovies #MartialArtsFilm #KungFuMovies #CannonFilms #CultFilm #CultCinema #MidnightMovie #TCMUnderground #Art #ModernArt #Portrait #PopArt #Drawing #MovieArt
#Fediverse #WatchParties for April 9-15, 2023
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#SilentFilms #AvantGarde #Mysteries #Comedies #Musicals #MusicVideos #Symphonies #Classical #ActionMovies #SportsMovies #SciFi #Horror #SpyMovies #MonsterMovies #KungFuMovies
TV Series:
#MASH
#TheRockfordFiles
#BurnNotice
#AmericanGods
#QuantumLeap (Bakula series)
#MonkTV
#StarTrek (#AllStarTrek)
#XFiles #TheXFiles
On April 6, 1984, Revenge of the Ninja debuted in West Germany. Here’s some Kane Kosugi Kosugi art to mark the occasion!
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#RevengeOfTheNinja #SamFirstenberg #KaneKosugi #ActionMovies #MartialArtsFilm #KungFuMovies #CannonFilms #CultFilm #CultCinema #MidnightMovie #TCMUnderground #Art #ModernArt #Portrait #PopArt #Drawing #MovieArt
#moviepoll #kungfumovies #wuxia
#martialartsfilms
Which of these do you prefer? If you haven't seen them all, honestly I get it.
Fediverse #WatchParties the week of April 02-08, 2023.
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Follow your hosts for late-breaking links Subjects run the gamut & everyone is welcome
#SilentFilms #Mysteries #Comedies #Musicals #MusicVideos #Symphonies #Classical #ActionMovies #SportsMovies #SciFi #ScienceFiction #Horror #KungFuMovies #Kaiju
TV Series:
#MASH
#TheRockfordFiles
#AmericanGods
#QuantumLeap (OG Bakula series)
#MonkTV
#StarTrek (#AllStarTrek)
#XFiles #TheXFiles
#Fediverse #WatchParties for the week of March 27 - April 02, 2023.
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Subjects run the gamut & everyone is welcome
#SilentFilms #Mysteries #Comedies #Musicals #MusicVideos #Symphonies #Classical #ActionMovies #SportsMovies #SciFi #ScienceFiction #Horror #KungFuMovies #Kaiju
TV Series:
#MASH
#TheRockfordFiles
#AmericanGods
#StarTrek (#AllStarTrek)
#TheAddamsFamily
#KungFuSat on 3/18/23 at Noon ET features JET LI
Legend of the Red Dragon (1994), 87 min, dubbed. Action choreographer is Corey YUEN (yay!) & director is WONG Jing (oh well).
Free (USA only) at https://youtu.be/FEAq7D4cOno
Also on PrimeVideo in both USA & Canada -- Make sure you're watching the 87 min. version
-- because it was f\k\a The New Legend of Shaolin (1994), 95 min. <-- we are NOT watching that version
Everybody welcome!