Tag: Jackie Chan
June 7, 2023 · 0 comments
Jackie Chan’s Police Stories
by Jeremy Clarke. The Police Story trilogy is a landmark of Hong Kong action cinema. As David West points out in his informative essay in the accompanying booklet to Eureka’s welcome 4K UHD release of the three films, the first was the point in Jackie Chan’s career where he broke with period dramas to make […]
May 24, 2017 · 0 comments
Drunken Master
By Jasper Sharp. Eureka Entertainment’s dual-format release of Jackie Chan’s Drunken Master (1978) is the first time his breakthrough hit has been made available on Blu-ray. Dubbed, re-edited, cropped and bastardised in so many other ways during its various excursions outside its home turf, be they theatrical screenings, TV broadcasts or on VHS, the 4K […]
March 10, 2016 · 0 comments
Market Pandering?
Andrew Osmond on the subtle changes to Kung Fu Panda 3. “We were doing drawings of the dress of Mei Mei the girl panda,” remembers Alessandro Carloni, co-director of DreamWorks’ Kung Fu Panda 3, which opens in Britain on Friday. However, Carloni says his Chinese partners on the film spotted a problem. “We were told, […]