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Wargore, Flash Gordon, Flash Legs and Taiwanese gangster action that thinks it’s Once Upon A Time In China. Listen in to hear Kenny B and John Charles discuss the two edits of the same production and talk of their respective Shanghai actioners picked for Last Taiwanese Movies Watched. Click image or link to below to access the show!
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Podcast On Fire 140: Milkyway Treasures FINALE + BONUS episode!
Bringing the Milkyway Treasures to a close, Kenny B and Tom K-W have a big Johnnie To-90s-A-Thon with A Hero Never Dies, Running Out Of Time and The Mission. Click image or link below to access the show!
Podcast On Fire 140: Milkyway Treasures FINALE – A Hero Never Dies, Running Out Of Time & The MissionAaaaaaaand…
There was yet another Johnnie To movie of the 90s, also released in 1999 called Where A Good Man Goes starring Lau Ching-wan and Ruby Wong so extend your Milkyway Treasures experience via this bonus episode featuring Kenny B and Tom K-W.
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This Week In Sleaze 12 – Tightie Whitie Theater: The Girls From China & China Dolls
A Category III movie with brain and a Category III movie with heart, set to the tones of I, I, I, was born in Beijing, The Girls From China and China Dolls gets the Tightie Whitie Theater treatment by Sleazy K and The Great Lord Joshua Regal. Featuring a rare lead performance by Amy Yip and Charlie Cho playing with butter and a popcicle. Click image below or link to access the show!
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Japan On Fire 6-3: Mamoru Oshii – Stray Dog: Kerberos Panzer Cops & Jin Roh: The Wolf Brigade
Kenny B Coffin Jon from VCinema finish off their Kerberos Saga coverage (or are they?) within this tale of Mamoru Oshii with reviews of Stray Dog: Kerberos Panzer Cops (1991) & the anime Jin Roh: The Wolf Brigade (1999). Hear the two hosts finally give the Saga some praise.
Some of the editing in the first third of the show may at times sound a little choppy due to connection problems during the recording but on a positive note, Stoo hijacks the feed again to talk of his yearly charity endevour Extra Life 2012 for The Royal Hospital For Sick Children and the looming 24 hour game marathon that goes along with it. You can support him by going to his profile page and listen in to hear how YOUR donations will affect the upcoming Podcast On Fire Network shows! Click image or link below to access the show!
Japan On Fire 6-3: Mamoru Oshii – Stray Dog: Kerberos Panzer Cops & Jin Roh: The Wolf Brigade
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One Armed Podcast 1: The Dragon Lives Again
Co-hosts achillesgirl and Steve Hardy (Chopsticks On Fire) celebrate the amazing, absurd world of the Brucesploitation film The Dragon Lives Again. Under the microscope: Leung Siu Lung, Leung Siu Hung, director Law Kei, Frankie Chan Fan Kei and Eric Tsang in a Popeye suit. Also see the The Dragon Lives Again – Companion blog post. Click image or link below to access the show!
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Podcast On Fire 136: Milkyway Treasures – Final Justice
Enter a new filmmaker at Milkyway: Derek Chiu! Just like Johnnie To, Chiu had the finger on the pulse of quirky but Final Justice deals in religion, forgiveness, alleged rape, Eric Tsang as a vicious triad boss and the court room-drama. Still not conventional nor a hit for Milkyway but how does it work as an intelligent examination in intent? Kenny B is at hand to give you his take on it. Click image or link below to access the show!
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This Week In Sleaze 11 – Tightie Whitie Theater: Ghoul Sex Squad & Mind Fuck
Tonight in the Tightie Whitie Theater, Sleazy K and The Great Lord Joshua Regal skip past both Category I, Category II AND Category III and into XXX territory as real sex center stage in the discussion and review of Ghoul Sex Squad and Mind Fuck. Click image or link below to hear the show!
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Podcast on Fire 135: Milkyway Treasures – Too Many Ways To Be No.1
Let’s watch the commercial elements of triads turned on its head literally with the review of Wai Ka-fai’s Too Many Ways To Be No. 1. We also scored the authority and historian on all things late 90s triad elements, i.e. our very own Stewart Sutherland who checks in to talk life, movies, plans for The Ekin Hour, The Raid, Flowers Of War and powerslides. Subsequently Kenny B sits down separately (as Stoo’s participation was last minute) by himself (Tom’s cancellation was also last minute) to talk Hong Kong’s take on the gimmick Sliding Doors and Run Lola Run also employed. The best and most odd Milkyway Treasure yet? Click image or link below to access the show!
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Taiwan Noir 3: Wolf Devil Woman & The Lady Avenger
The need for revenge and the crazy/dizzying take center stage here at Taiwan Noir which also means the female directors of Taiwan cinema gets a chance to shine. Meaning Kenny B and John Charles review and discuss Pearl Cheung’s Wolf Devil Woman (1982) and Karen Yang Chia-yun’s The Lady Avenger (1981) while also adding some 3-D fun in the Last Taiwanese Movies Watched segment at the end of the show. Click image or link below to access the show!
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Podcast On Fire 133: Yesterday You, Yesterday Me
Now here’s a little something we prepared earlier… from the archive at POFN Kenny B and Hong Kong Dave put the finishing touches on the “Banana Ripening” series of. It started in episode 127 with their review of Yesteryou, Yesterme, Yesterday, continued during episode 131 with Over The Rainbow, Under The Skirt and the chapter of Bo is closed off with Yesterday You, Yesterday Me in this episode. Click image or link below to hear the show.