3 articles from 2009
Watch Out!: The Seventh Curse (1986)
23 October 2009 9:54 PM, PDT
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Welcome to the absurd. The Seventh Curse is one of the most unreasonably entertaining B-movies you'll see out of Hong Kong, mainly because it’s so fucking insane. The names involved already promises a bastard of a movie; with a screenplay by low-brow legend Wong Jing (who has written and directed over 100 movies, including the God of Gamblers series and a couple of Jet Li films), and directed by Ngai Kai Lam (the director of cult favorite Riki-Oh: The Story of Ricky).
I stumbled onto The Seventh Curse somewhat by accident many years ago, when I was on a Chow Yun Fat binge. I didn’t even realize who the director was at first; but was then pleasantly surprised, needless to say. This one, I dare say, actually tops Riki-Oh in terms of being completely over-the-top, which anyone who has seen Riki-Oh can tell you, is a feat worthy of the Louvre.
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- Arya Ponto
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Toronto’s got The (Edgar) Wright Stuff
24 February 2009 2:26 PM, PST
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As if Toronto wasn’t spoiled enough by its annual international film festival, The Bloor Cinema (596 Bloor Street) will be showing a series of diverse genre flicks over the course of six weeks programmed by Shaun Of The Dead director Edgar Wright, who’s in town shooting his new film Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World. Wright has chosen some of his favorites for single and double features starting this Saturday, February 28, and continuing every weekend until Sunday, April 12, in a program entitled The Wright Stuff.
The features include a gory Asian cult classic, a Jackie Chan kung fu extravaganza, three off-kilter musicals and one of the best from Canadian fright master David Cronenberg, along with Wrights two previous comedy features, Shaun and Hot Fuzz, and his cult fave TV series Spaced (all starring Simon Pegg and Nick Frost); the director will appear in person to do Q&As on two of the evenings.
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Edgar Wright filmfest
24 February 2009 1:41 PM, PST
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Our beloved Edgar Wright (Shaun Of The Dead, Hot Fuzz) is currently up in Toronto shooting Scott Pilgrim vs. The World, and has decided to spend some of his downtime programming and participating in a film festival.
Aside from Shaun and Fuzz (with Q & A session), Wright has some killer stuff on the marquee, including The Warriors, Shaolin Soccer, David Cronenberg's The Brood, Drunken Master 2, the genuinely awesome chopsockey gorefest Riki-oh: The Story Of Ricky, Don McKellar's
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- Dave Davis
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