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GENERAL HK MOVIE SITES
The Dragon's Den - A nice-looking site with a handy sound file section.
Hong Kong Express - The first Hong Kong movie site in Italian.
The Blade - Covering both HK and Japanese movies, this site offers lots of info in a good-looking package.
Dan's Hong Kong Movie Page - News and reviews from the UK.
The Little Dragon - Has a decent selection of reviews and biographies.
Young Master's Page - Short profiles of several HK stars, along with reviews of some of their films.
Andy's Hong Kong Films - Has a fairly large database of capsule reviews, star profiles and HK book reviews.
Hong Kong Cinema - View from the Brooklyn Bridge - A very cool site with almost 900 reviews, tons of pictures and a handy HK cinema timeline.
Heroic Bloodshed - The Hong Kong Movie Website - A site still under construction, but looks promising.
The Movie Shelf - A nice site that looks at both HK and Japanese martial arts and gangster movies.
Hong Kong Superstars - Coming out of the UK, this is a good place to go if you live in that area, since they arrange visits from HK stars from time to time.
A Website Never Dies - MC4's website looks great and has a large database of reviews, along with a cool HK music archive.
Hong Kong Movie DataBase - This is without doubt one of the best -- if not the best -- HK movie sites on the web. It has everything -- reviews, hundreds of HK movie posters and, most importantly, news directly from HK. Check it out.
John Woo & Tsui Hark Action Web - There's some pretty unique stuff here, including mock-ups of action figures from John Woo movies and commercials featuring HK stars.
HK Action Films - A nice new site offering movie and DVD reviews.
Cine-Raider - Offers reviews, DVD info, and short biographical info for HK stars.
The Stunt People - A cool site offering reviews, multimedia, and insight on how the stuff in movies gets done.
City on Fire - A nice-looking site that offers multiple reviews, as well as several poster images, to the movies. It also has a pretty active message board and a nice collection of HK film-related MP3s.
Kung Fu Cinema - A good-looking site with a nice selection of info and reviews, as well as multimedia swag.
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DATABASES
Muzi Starsline - Has short biographical information for many HK stars.
Directory of Reviews of Hong Kong Films - Cool site with links to lots of reviews of more obscure HK movies.
MovieWorld Hong Kong - Contains lots of info, but it's a bit hard to navigate.
Internet Movie Database - Often inaccurate when it comes to HK films, but it is fairly easy to navigate.
Chinese Movie Database - A good, easy to use site.
Hong Kong Movie Database - This is a new part to the HKMDB that features an IMDB-style search option. A very handy site.
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FAN SITES - Misc.
Leslie Cheung Internet Fan Club - Just about everything you could want about one of HK's most popular actor/singers.
Where to find Sam Lee - Good page dedicated to the quirky young actor, inlcuding reviews of most of his movies.
Francis Ng's Room - A nice little site dedicated to one of HK's best actors (mostly in Japanese).
Ng Man-Tat for President - A very well-done and funny site dedicated to one of HK's most prolific actors.
The Jet Lee (Li) Homepage - A very extensive site for one of the best martial artists in HK films. I actually like this site better than the official site since it doesn't require plug-ins.
Shaw Brothers: The Kings of Asia's Film Industry - A very good site that offers an in-depth history of one of HK's most important studios.
Tony Leung Chiu-Wai's Page - An extremely extensive site (in both Chinese and English, no less).
Chow Yun-Fat: God of Actors - A great CYF site. Contains an extensive filmography and reviews of almost every movie and TV series Chow has done, as well as tons of pictures and the latest CYF news.
Heroes on Fire - A new site dedicated to director Ringo Lam that has lots of cool pictures.
what's this wong kar wai - A good, easy to naviagte site with lots of info on one of HK's most innovative directors, as well as message boards to discuss his films.
Michelle Yeoh Web Theatre - Offers tons of pictures and fairly complete cast/crew lists for many Michelle Yeoh movies.
Action Meets Art - A site dedicated to the Canadian TV version of "Once a Thief".
Peter's guide to Maggie Cheung - A site offering capsule reviews with links to other sites about the same movie on the page.
Simon Yam.com - A fun site (I like the "Yammie" awards) with lots of information about the versatile actor.
Planet Ekin - Ahh! Ekin is the devil! Anyway, he has a large fan following on the net and this is one of the best sites about "A Man Called Hair-o."
Aaron's Place - A good, detailed fan site about the popular singer/actor.
Richard Norton Info Center - A nice site about the gweilo star of such films as Mr. Nice Guy and City Hunter.
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FAN SITES - Steven Chow
My Idol Chow Sing Chi - Good site with lots of pictures and info.
Chow Sing Chi Unoffical Site - Nice site design with lots of pictures.
The Movie Madness of Chow Sing Chi - Another picture-heavy site...what is up with these people's obsession with his tongue?
Chiaumania - Offers up reviews of almost all of Chow's movies, including literal title translations and box office figures.
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FAN SITES - Anthony Wong
Anthony Wong - Biography, pictures and a filmography for HK's "King of Cat III".
Anthony Wong Chau-Sang's Page - A Japanese site offering some nice info and pics.
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FAN SITES - Jackie Chan
Drunken Master's Home Page - Lots of info on this site.
A Tribute to Jackie Chan - An extremely thorough and well-done site about the star.
Drunken Master - Good site with some multimedia stuff from the classic Jackie Chan movie.
The Temple of Jackie Chan - A good selection of pictures here from some of Chan's movies.
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FAN SITES - John Woo
John Woo's HK FIlms - Short reviews and pictures for Woo's post-ABT work in HK.
Media Circus - Not really a fan site as much as a academic study of Woo's films. Very well-written and informative.
Chewbacca's John Woo Page - "Chewie" has made some pretty cool animated GIFs and movies here.
King of Gunfire - Nice Woo site with lots of little facts about the movies.
Ted's John Woo Hideout - Contains a good biography and pictures from lots of Woo's movies, including many older ones.
Mission: Impossible 2 Unofficial Page - Nice site dedicated to Woo's big US hit.
The Killer Reloaded - Good Woo site with some good multimedia and a trivia game.
Red on White: The John Woo Site - An excellent Woo site with many hard-to-find pictures and clips, including cut scenes and commercials.
For A Few Bullets More - A good site with reviews and cast/crew listings for most of Woo's recent movies.
Bullet in the Web - Jeff Koga's site used to be the place to find Woo movie trailers, but now it is more of just a general info page. It's still very well put together though.
Hard-Boiled: The Cinema of John Woo - A well-written and nice-looking Woo site with a very good Woo biography.
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OFFICIAL SITES - movies
Black Mask
The Big Hit
Broken Arrow
The Replacement Killers
The Corruptor
Who Am I? (in Chinese)
Mr. Nice Guy
Lethal Weapon 4
Tomorrow Never Dies
Mission:Impossible 2
Windtalkers
Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon
Romeo Must Die
Kiss of the Dragon
The Legend of Speed (in Chinese)
Shaolin Soccer (in Chinese)
Rush Hour 2
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OFFICIAL SITES - stars
Jackie Chan's Official Home Page - It's worth going here just to see Jackie in funny outfits, but it hasn't been updated in quite a while.
Robin Shou - Everything you wanted to know about the star of the "Mortal Kombat" films here.
The Official Jet-Li Web Site - A good site, but if you don't like Shockwave (or don't have the plug-in) you'd better stay away.
SammoHung.com - Your one stop shop for all things Sammo, it even includes Sammo's own recipes for dishes like spicy noodles.
Official Simon Yam Site - Good site for one of HK's most versatile actors.
Donnie Yen - A very nice-looking site dedicated to this martial arts star.
Herman Yau Home - Ugly site design and bad "engrish" here, but lots of good pics.
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OFFICIAL SITES - misc.
I am Jackie Chan - Official site for Jackie Chan's autobiography.
Udine Film Festival - Site for an Italian Asian movie festival.
Jade Screen magazine - Site for a new magazine of of the UK.
Screen Power magazine and Official UK Jackie Chan Fan Club - If you're from the UK and want to know about any HK film-realted happenings, this is the place to go.
Jackie Chan Fan Club - Site for Chan's US fan club.
Media Asia - Site for one of Asia's biggest production companies.
Ground Zero - A US company that brings out re-dubbed old school kung fu movies.
Jackie Chan Adventures - Site for Chan's US cartoon show.
Planet Hong Kong - Site of the book's author, David Bordwell, where you can read some of the book for free.
Hong Kong International Film Festival - Official site for one of Asia's biggest yearly film festivals.
LMF - Site for the rap/metal band Sam Lee sometimes performs with.
FantAsia - The place to go to find out info about one of Canada's most prestigous film festivals.
Hong Kong Film Archive - Home of one of the main forces for the preservation of HK movies.
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MOVIE REVIEWS
Klotera's Domain - Good new site that details the cuts between US and HK versions of movies.
Woody Invincible's Hong Kong Movie Reviews - A new site that has a good sense of humor.
Kung Fu Theatre - Focuses on (what else?) kung fu movies; also has some video clips.
Into the Movies - A good site, with over 300 movie reviews. Mostly non-HK related, but still worth checking out.
Chinese Cinema Page - Shelly Kracier's reviews may make you cringe or you might find them very insightful (let's just say that he seems to be good at finding hidden symbolism and whatnot in most any film).
Stomp Tokyo - The reviews here are very tongue-in-cheek (they give their ratings using lava lamps instead of stars); a fun site to visit if you're interested in cult cinema.
BadMovies.org - Another good cult/B movie review site, with lots of multimedia swag for the movies featured.
eirias -- Hong Kong title index - Capsule reviews for about 50 movies.
Hong Kong Film Critics Society - Well-written reviews but it hasn't been updated in a while.
The China Dragon - Good site with reviews of movies from HK, China and Taiwan.
Another Hong Kong Movie Site - An excellent, easy-to-use site with lots of reviews for recent films.
Overlooked Hong Kong Movies - Reviews of lesser-known movies with lots of pictures; nice site.
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HORRROR MOVIES
Kyonsi Online - Focuses on horror and supernatural films.
House of Horrors - A good overall site with a small HK horror movie section.
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DVD/VCD REVIEWS
DVD Cult - Offers DVD reviews for cult film from all around the world.
Kung Fu DVD - This is an offshoot of the "DVD Cult" site that focuses on martial arts DVDs.
Kung Fu Cult Cinema - Coming out of Canada, this site offers lots of news and reviews with a easy to navigate format.
Digital Hong Kong - Small but well-written collection of reviews by "Hong Kong Filmography" author John Charles.
Michael's HK Movie Site - A good site with detailed descriptions of the cuts made by British censors.
A Better Tomorrow - If you want to find out when movies are coming out on DVD, check this site out.
Love and Bullets - Good HK DVD review site; also has some cool original music videos.
HK DVD Heaven - A new site with detailed DVD reviews.
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SALES/RENTAL/AUCTION
Please note that I take no responsibility for any of these sites' service. I am merely passing along the info.
EBay (auction)
Tai Seng (movie/poster sales)
Five Star Laser (sales)
WebJade (sales/auction/rental)
NetFlix (rental)
Chinatown Video (sales)
Amazon.com (sales)
Poker Industries (sales)
Video CDs 2000 (sales -- also has US movies)
HK Flix (sales)
Homay
Hong Kong Videos (sales)
Twinkle Online (poster sales)
Pix Poster Cellar (poster sales)
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ARTICLES
"On John Woo" - Article written by Woo from "Asian Cult Cinema".
Jackie Chan Saves Hong Kong - A funny news parody from "The Onion."
Exit the Dragon - An article detailing how piracy is hurting the HK movie industry.
Disinformation - A nice article about John Woo and some of his influence; also has a lengthy listing of John Woo sites.
Excerpt from Hard Target: Director's Cut - Cut scenes from Hard Target from "Video Junkie".
John Woo Interview - From "Happening" e-zine.
"Chow, Baby" - Chow Yun-Fat profile from "Time International".
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LINKS
Yahoo! Listing of HK movie sites - Well, it's Yahoo!... so you're gonna have to wade through a lot of stuff to find what you want. But my site is listed there so I kind of felt compelled to put it here.
Trash Compactor - A new directory of movie sites.
Maian Dream - Excellent link/information site with a searchable actor database.
HK Entertainment Square - A large (if slightly outdated) collection of links.
Best Hong Kong Films - Another big collection of links, nicely broken down by actor/director.
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MESSAGE BOARDS/DISCUSSION
Kung-Fu Superstars - A nice, if bit "fanboy-ish" message board -- no spam though.
Deja News alt.asian-movies - If you're looking for newsgroup posts or want to join in the discussion, this is the place to go. A bit too much spam and flamewars for my tastes, but it is the most active HK message board on the net.
Mail and News.com - This is another way to access the Usenet newsgroups. The interface seems slow, but it works.
Asian Cinema Discussion - Nice message board with (mostly) intelligent conversations; free of flamewars and spam.
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MULTIMEDIA
Hong Kong Movie Pictures - A small selection of pictures from recent HK movies.
Hong Kong Leffat - A Finnish site offering tons of trailers and music videos in the RealPlayer format.
BMW Films - This is basically a commerical site for the car company, but it features short films by Ang Lee and Wong Kar-Wai.
Chow Yun-Fat RealVideo Archive - As you might guess, this site contains lots of swag in RealVideo, including HK stars' appearances on US TV.
Cinemanow - This site lets you watch full length streaming movies (including some HK ones).
Aloho's Jackie Chan Video Page - The name says it all; a good collection of Chan clips.
Movie Sounds Page - As the title suggests, this site offers sound files from movies.
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NEWS/ARCHIVES
Movieworld Hong Kong - A good source of archival material and pictures.
Electric Shadows - Weekly profiles of HK film personalities as well as news and opinions about the HK film world.
Hong Kong Film Top Ten Box Office Home Page - Regularly updated; also provides info about HK film happenings in the UK.
Movieworld listing of HK Film Award winners
CNN AsiaNow - Contains lots of exculsive interviews.
HK-iMail - A good all-purpose (not just movie) news site out of Hong Kong.
Hong Kong Film Week - All the latest Hong Kong film news and gossip, with lots of pictures.
South China Morning Post - The site of one of Asia's most popular newspapers, offerning plenty of entertainment news.
Hong Kong Entertainment Review - Another handy news/gossip site, featuring reviews of the latest releases.
Aint it Cool News - Most of the info is for US movies, but if a HK star is involved, usually some fanboy will dig up some dirt on their latest project.
Movie List - Another gossip site; also has a big selection of movie trailers.
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LOCAL SCREENINGS/PLACES TO BUY
Asian Media Access - AMA regularly shows HK movies and festivals in Minneapolis/St. Paul MN.
Where to find HK movies in US & Canada - A good site to go to if you are traveling to a new area and need to find HK movies.
Heroic Cinema: The Guide to Hong Kong Movies in Australia - A well-done site that also offers up reviews and other information.
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TRANSLATIONS/DICTIONARIES
Netat Translation - This handy page lets you translate Chinese web pages into English.
Chinese Character Dictionary - Need help pronouncing your favorite star's name or a movie title? This handy site will help you out.
Babelfish - Translates web pages and text from a number of different languages.
Ocrat Chinese Pages - Another good page to learn some basic Chinese.
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BIOGRAPHIES/HISTORY
HK Actors Index - This is part of Hong Kong Cinema - View from the Brooklyn Bridge containing short biographies for dozens of actors.
Lesser Known HK Stars - Unique site with pictures and info about those HK stars you may have forgotten over the years.
Kalle's Enhanced Movie Page - Has information on both HK and US cult actors/directors.
The Wonderful World of Hong Kong Cinema - A site that emphasizes martial arts; has lots of info on some of the better-known gweilo actors.
Zine On Fire - Contains profiles of several major stars and a few video clips, along with news of HK happenings in the US.
Hong Kong Obscura - This site had a lot of promise, but unfortunately, the webmaster left the country and so it is left unfinished. It still has some good profiles and an interesting history of Hong Kong.
Yuenkat's Hong Kong Fan Page - Good site with reviews and biographies.
Franky Matches' Home Page - Has profiles and reviews for several HK actors.
Hong Kong Film World - Another site-within-a-site, this time Simon Yam.com, with biographies and filmographies for a number of actors.
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MISC.
The Illuminated Lantern - A very interesting site that shows how Chinese culture affects and influences Hong Kong's movies. A good selection of reviews too.
GregorVision - Contains techincal informations about releases, as well as reviews and notes about HK video companies.
PrinceNet - Site about collectibles, video game mods and other cult stuff.
Kung Fu Movie Name Generator - Need a name for your own kung fu movie?
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