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Reign of Assassins DVD Review

Reign of Assassins

Since Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon hit big back in 2000 and unexpectedly crossed over into the mainstream thanks to director Ang Lee’s artful approach, the Wuxia sub genre of Asian action flicks has been in kind of a funk. Director Zhang Yimou brought it further into the public consciousness with his visually stunning films Hero and House of Flying [...]




Exclusive Interview – The Lady’s Michelle Yeoh

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There are none so inspiring in recent political history than Burmese pro-democracy activist Aung San Suu Kyi who remained under house arrest in Burma for almost 15 out of 21 years from 20 July 1989 until her most recent release on 13 November 2010. The Lady is Luc Besson’s heartbreaking but compelling love story about [...]




Doha Tribeca Film Festival 2011 Highlights

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Last month the third annual Doha Tribeca Film Festival took over the Katara Cultural Village in Qatar, showcasing the best in Arab and international cinema. The festival opened with the world premiere of Jean-Jacques Annaud’s epic Black Gold, an adaptation of Hans Ruesch’s classic novel ‘The Great Thirst’ and its stars were out in force [...]




Another Powerful Trailer For Luc Besson’s The Lady

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I have a good feeling that Luc Besson’s The Lady is going to be one of my favourite films of the year by a long way. We got the first teaser trailer for it back in the summer, followed by the first full trailer last month, and both looked absolutely incredible. It was selected as [...]




The Lady Review

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HeyUGuys is very proud to be partnering with Cinémoi for our coverage of the Doha Tribeca Film Festival. Luc Besson’s The Lady closed the festival and Julien Planté brings us his review. “Freedom from fear”. Everything is there. This is the title of Aung San Suu Kyi’s speech in 1990 and the story of Luc [...]




Powerful Trailer for Luc Besson’s The Lady

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We have already seen one trailer for Luc Besson’s The Lady which tells the true story of the life and struggle of Burmese politician Aung San Suu Kyi and now we have a full trailer for the highly anticipated film. It has always been when Besson explores new avenues in filmmaking beyond the lithe female assassin [...]




Teaser Trailer for Luc Besson’s The Lady

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Michelle Yeoh and David Thewlis lead one of this year’s most intriguing prospects, Luc Besson’s The Lady, which tells the story of the Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi​, and there’s a new trailer out today in anticipation of the film’s premiere at Toronto on the 12th of September. It’s a simple trailer with some [...]




Fabulous First Footage From Luc Besson’s The Lady And An Interview With Besson

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There are no two ways about it, Luc Besson has written and/or directed some of the best films ever to make it to screen, including Léon, The Fifth Element, and Taken. He has made his first entirely live-action English language film in twelve years with The Lady, and CNN now has the first footage from [...]




New ‘True Legend’ Trailer Hits the Internet

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Acclaimed director and action choreographer Yuen Woo-Ping, has finally returned with his kung fu epic ‘True Legend’.  The film, already a hit in Asia, is set to unleash itself upon international audiences on May 13th of this year.  Apple, as usual, is one of the first to give audiences a taste of what to expect [...]




Kung Fu Panda 2 Super Bowl TV Spot

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DreamWorks Animation has unveiled another TV spot for upcoming animated sequel Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom. Kung Fu Panda: The Kaboom of Doom is directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson and boasts the voice talents of Jack Black, Angelina Jolie, Lucy Liu, Dustin Hoffman, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen, David Cross, Michelle Yeoh, Gary Oldman, Victor [...]




New Pictures Emerge From Luc Besson’s Latest: The Lady

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The Guardian had posted the first stills from Luc Besson’s next project, The Lady, which tells the story of Aung San Suu Kyi, the Burmese opposition leader recently released from house arrest. Michelle Yeoh stars alongside David Thewlis and Yeoh got the chance to meet the woman she is playing on screen, though the film [...]




Luc Besson Goes Into the Light With Political Biopic

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French auteur Luc Besson has been happy to focus his energies, of late, into making CGI kids films and acting as a mentor for young upcoming directors. Now he’s back behind the camera for a very different project to that of his past work. Collider is reporting that The Fifth Element director’s next feature will [...]




Ridley Scott’s Alien Prequel Goes to “Paradise”

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Apparently we no longer need to use the unwieldy “Ridley Scott’s Alien Prequel(s)”, as it has been given the working title, “Paradise”. Is that any way to describe a grimy, vaguely dystopic future where an acid-blooded alien is trying to rip your head off? Maybe it’s ironic. Along with this title news, Vulture are reporting [...]




New Kung Fu Panda 2 Poster

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IMP have posted another new poster for Dreamworks’ Kung Fu Panda 2: The Kaboom of Doom. Kung Fu Panda 2: The Kaboom of Doom will be released in 3D on May 27, 2011 and was directed by Jennifer Yuh Nelson. Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Lucy Lui, Angelina Jolie, Jackie Chan, Seth Rogen and David Cross [...]




New Trailer and Images for True Legend

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Optimum Releasing have just sent us the brand new trailer and images for their new movie, True Legend. The movie is directed by Yuen Woo-Ping, who choreographed the action sequences of Kill Bill Vols. 1 & 2, The Matrix series and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon. It’s scheduled for release 24th September and stars Man Cheuk [...]




Check out the New Trailer for John Woo’s Reign of Assassins

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This trailer for the new film from John Woo and his co-director Su Chao-Pin, Reign of Assassins, may not deviate from the thousand other martial arts films we’ve seen and the wire work which so excited in the outlandish hyper real aerial battles of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Tiger is getting a little ordinary, but there’s [...]




New Trailer for True Legend Appears

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Martial arts fantasy True Legend is an upcoming film I’m very much looking forward to and a new trailer for it has appeared online. The film is directed by Yuen Woo-Ping who is most famously known for his extensive work as the martial arts choreographer for such films as The Matrix, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon, [...]