Asian Film Review: Poker King (撲克王, 2009)

I bought the DVD for a few days ago in a somewhat spontaneous decision...  I have been playing a lot of Zynga Texas Hold'em on my iPad lately and then 'God of Gamblers Returns' was showing on TV the other day...    so when I saw this in the video store I decided to finally check it out.

Definitely not a classic gambling movie like God of Gamblers,  bu...Read more

Asian Movie Review: Sorcerer and The White Snake (白蛇傳說, 2011)

Went to catch the new Jet Li picture 'Sorcerer and the White Snake' (horribly titled 'Its Love' in English in the China market) at the theater tonight while I had a chance.

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Asian Movie Review: Beast Cops (野獸刑警, 1998)

I was browsing through a local video shop here in HK the other day and I saw 'Beast Cops' (野獸刑警) on the shelf. This is a 1998 police/gangster drama that won Best Film and also got Anthony Wong the Best Actor award at the HK Film Awards. It also stars a very young, very buff Michael Wong And a...Read more

Jet Li's Sorcerer and the White Snake Given Totally Lame English Name in China

"It's Love"! WTF

Jet Li - Still WuJi-ing at the Sanlitun adidas Store

adidas' famous Wu Ji mannequins still on display at the Sanlitun adidas store in Beijing. Read more

Lan Club Beijing

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Asian Film Review: "Kunoichi: Ninja Girl" (女忍　ＫＵＮＯＩＣＨＩ)

I bought the DVD for this film in Shenzhen because I saw that Mitsuki Koga was in it. Unfortunately it didn't have English subtitles and actually the Chinese subs were absent a large portion of the film too.... but do you think it matters with a film like this? :-P

I knew going into this that it was ...Read more

Hamasaki Ayumi at I.T. in Hong Kong for Love and Hope + Five Photo Exhibition

Long time Etchy blog readers will know I'm a fan of Japanese pop legend Hamasaki Ayumi since my days living in Japan.  I have attended a number of her concerts almost every year even after moving to HK (here are my Hamasaki Ayumi related blogs, and don't forget my Hamasaki Vans photo...Read more

My Vans Classic Tale|我的vans經典故事|我的vans经典故事

As you may have noticed, we have been doing a campaign with Vans Hong Kong,  they've launching the HK leg of their global 'Vans Classic Tales' campaign...   where people share their history of wearing Vans.    

Its potentially a risky move because not everyone out there has owned a pair of Vans before or can necessarily relate to the brand that way... plus it may m...Read more

Asian Film Review: "Overheard 2" (竊聽風雲2, 2011)

Finally caught 'Overheard 2', the anticipated follow up to 2009's 'Overheard' ( my review of that film here and Read more