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City on Fire is one of the coolest Asian film websites out there -- they have tons of reviews, as well as some hilarious "bonus" content. I'm also a moderator on their message board.
GENERAL HK/ASIAN MOVIE SITES
Asian Movie Web - Has reviews and news in both German and English.
Kung Fu Star - Has pics and info on most of the major stars and directors (in Chinese).
Shaolin Chamber - Concentrates on martial arts movies; has a ton of multimedia stuff, including some rare trailers.
Kung Fu Cult Cinema - Coming out of Canada, this site offers lots of news and reviews with a easy to navigate format.
Asian Feast - Italian site that covers Asian movies from various countries.
Asian Cinema Drifter - Offers news, reviews and multimedia.
Love HK Film - Site with lots of reviews, info and an active message board.
Rice Bowl Cinema - Concentrates mostly on old-school kung fu flicks.
The Bullet-Riddled Teahouse - Site with some good info.
The Dragon's Den - A nice-looking site with a handy sound file section.
Asian Movie Force - Info on all sorts of Asian movies here.
Happy Fortune Screening Room - Anyone who likes Wong Jing's movies as much as this guy is okay by me.
Hong Kong Fanatic - Concentrates mostly on Jackie Chan and Jet Li movies with a good deal of info.
Hong Kong Express - The first Hong Kong movie site in Italian.
Wasted Life - Has a good amount of movie and DVD reviews, as well as some clips.
The Temple of Kung Fu Movies - Info-packed site with an emphasis on the oldschool flicks.
Hong Kong Cinema - View from the Brooklyn Bridge - A very cool site with over 1000 reviews, tons of pictures and a handy HK cinema timeline.
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 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, as well as original movies.
Kung Fu Cinema - A good-looking site with a nice selection of info and reviews; has a nice amount of multimedia swag.
DATABASES
Asian Motion Picture Database - Handy site that has cast listings, pictures and news for Asian movies.
ZonaAsia - A directory containing info and links for hundreds of Asian movie-related sites.
Hong Kong Movie DataBase - A huge site with info on just about every HK movie ever made -- one of the top HK movie sites out there.
HK Cinemagic - A French/English site with info on hundreds of movies here.
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.
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.
FAN SITES - Misc.
BeyLogan.com - Informative site about the actor/writer/producer.
Magnificent Sammo Hung - A site from Hungary with lots of info.
Ricky Hui - Surprisingly, this is one of the few site son the net deciated to this prolific star.
Lam Ching-Ying: Master for All Seasons - A very solid site about one of HK's biggest stars.
Phoenix's Robin Shou Homepage - Coming out of Germany, this site offers extensive info about the star of the "Mortal Kombat" movies.
Once Upon a Time in China - Japanese site dedicated to the popular Jet Li movie.
Leslie Cheung Internet Fan Club - Just about everything you could want about one of HK's most popular actor/singers.
YRG Net - A small but good site dedicated to Yu Rong Guang.
Your Bolo Yeung Selection - Lots of info and pics about the "Chinese Hercules".
Angela Mao's Videos - Lots of info about one of the true queens of kung fu.
Dick Wei Fanpage - Good site about the villainous actor.
Christyland - Site dedicated to actor/model Christy Chung with lots of pictures for your viewing pleasure.
Francis Ng's Room - A nice little site dedicated to one of HK's best actors (mostly in Japanese).
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.
Heroes on Fire - A site dedicated to director Ringo Lam that has lots of cool pictures.
Michelle Yeoh Web Theatre - Offers tons of pictures and fairly complete cast/crew lists for many Michelle Yeoh movies.
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.
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.
FAN SITES - Jet Li
jetli.pl - Tons of multimedia swag on this site.
The Jet Lee (Li) Homepage - A very extensive site for one of the best martial artists in HK films.
FAN SITES - Zhang Ziyi
Hello Ziyi - Nice site about the popular actress.
Ziyi CSC - Good site with a large picture gallery and the latest Ziyi news.
FAN SITES - Chow Yun-Fat
Chow Yun-Fat: God of Actors - Reviews of almost every movie and TV series Chow has done up until he went to Hollywood.
A Free Man in Hong Kong - An outstanding site with an emphasis on CYF's lesser-known movies.
Bulletproof Monk - Great fan site about the US film.
FAN SITES - Stephen Chow
My Idol Chow Sing Chi - Good site with lots of pictures and info.
Chow Sing Chi Unofficial 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?
FAN SITES - Anthony Wong
Anthony Wong - Biography, pictures and a filmography for HK's "King of Cat III".
Anthony Wong Unofficial Japanese Fan Club - A Japanese site offering some nice info and pics.
FAN SITES - Jackie Chan
Jackie Chan Doubled - Interesting site that details how Jackie doesn't do all of his own fights and stunts.
Jackie Chan Video Games - Chronicles Jackie's entires into the digital realm.
A Tribute to Jackie Chan - An extremely thorough and well-done site about the star.
FAN SITES - Bruce Lee
Bruceploitation - Unique site with lots of info on the various Bruce Lee clones.
Bruce and Brandon Lee Remembered - Excellent tribute site.
Bruce Lee Review - Chock full of interesting info.
FAN SITES - John Woo
The Last Bullet - The first Russian site dedicated to John Woo.
John Woo: The Master of Action - Good overall Woo site with a nice design.
John Woo's HK Films - Short reviews and pictures for Woo's post-ABT work in HK.
John Woo, A God Among Directors - Links to a good amount of info, including a script for the US version of "The Killer".
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.
The Killer Reloaded - Good Woo site with some good multimedia and a trivia game.
For A Few Bullets More - A good site with reviews and cast/crew listings for most of Woo's recent movies.
Hard-Boiled: The Cinema of John Woo - A well-written and nice-looking Woo site with a very good Woo biography.
OFFICIAL SITES - movies
Initial D
Unleashed (US version of "Danny the Dog")
Kung Fu Hustle (US version)
House of Flying Daggers (US version)
Once a Thief (US version)
The Transporter
The Accidental Spy
Blade II
So Close (US version)
Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
Fulltime Killer (HK version)
Fulltime Killer (US version)
The Corruptor
Lethal Weapon 4
Mission:Impossible 2
Windtalkers
Romeo Must Die
Kiss of the Dragon
OFFICIAL SITES - stars
Almen Wong's Lair - Good site dedicated to the gorgeous model/actress.
Karen Sheperd - Site for the actress who had the great fight with Cynthia Rothrock in "Righting Wrongs".
Loren Avendon - Site for the US B-movie mainstay.
Mark Dacascos - Home for the star of such movies as "Drive".
Robin Shou - Everything you wanted to know about the star of the "Mortal Kombat" films here.
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.
Cynthia Rothrock - Good site for the "queen of B action movies".
OFFICIAL SITES - misc.
Toronto After Dark - Site for a new festival that coveres genre films from all over the world.
Chiseen - Site for a "Jackass"-style TV show Daniel Wu worked on.
Enter the Matrix - Site for the "Matrix" video game.
Stefan Hammond - Site for the author of HK film books.
U333 - Site for Universe home video (in Chinese).
Celestial Pictures - Site for the company thats brings out remastered versions of Shaw Bros. movies.
Donnie Yen Fan Club - Site for Yen's UK fan club.
Jackie Chan Adventures - Site for Chan's US cartoon show.
Hong Kong International Film Festival - Official site for one of Asia's biggest yearly film festivals.
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.
MOVIE REVIEWS
DVD/VCD REVIEWS
Morpho's Lair - Interesting cult movie/DVD review site.
DVD Cult - Offers DVD reviews for cult film from all around the world.
Attack of the 50 Foot DVD - Another good cult movie site.
Asian DVD Guide - The king of DVD review sites is hopefully back to stay.
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.
NEWS/ARCHIVES
The Daily Dumpling - Entertainment news from all over Asia.
HKcinema.net - Covers the latest HK movies news and DVD releases.
Monkey Peaches - Strange name, but good info here.
Spaghetti Cinema/Martial Arts Movie Associates - A listing of current film news, showings, reviews and trivia.
Hong Kong Film Top Ten Box Office Home Page - Regularly updated; also provides info about HK film happenings in the UK.
South China Morning Post - The site of one of Asia's most popular newspapers, offerning plenty of entertainment news.
Hong Kong Entertainment News in Review - A great news/gossip site, featuring translated "fluff" from the major tabloids and lots of pics.
CHUD - An excellent site for general movie news/gossip.
LOCAL SCREENINGS/PLACES TO BUY
Subway Cinema - If you live in NYC, check this site out.
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.
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.
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.
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.
MISC. HK/ASIAN MOVIE SITES
SPC Net - Has reviews of TV series from all over Asia.
FlixFind - A listing of Asian movie sites.
Love Asian Film - Reviews, news and multimedia about all sorts of Asian movies.
Google Groups alt.asian-movies - Alt.asian-movies is pretty much total crap now, but for a time, this was the place on the net to discuss Asian films; the archives are worth checking out.
The influence of Hong Kong action films on Xena - The title says it all.
AStyle - Series of short interviews.
Film Services Office - Has contact info for many HK studios as well as other interesting info.
Shaolin Venoms - Covers martial arts movies, anime and video games.
Guide to Filming in Hong Kong - Official government site; in Chinese only.
Martial Arts Information Center - Do a bit of everything here, from reading up on stars to buying weapons.
KeeJay - Billed as "the ultrainteractive kung fu remixer", something that you have to see for yourself.
Milkyway Profile - Info about the studio from Subway Cinema.
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.
MISC. GENERAL MOVIE SITES
Way of the Socky - Covers martial arts movies from all over the world.
Real Movie Ideas - General movie site with news, biographies, box office, etc.
Guns in Movies - If you ever wanted to act like Chow Yun-Fat and run around with two guns of your very own, this site sells replicas of guns featured in popular action movies.
Daydream Nation - A bit of everything here, from news from all over the world to movie reviews.
GregorVision - Contains techincal informations about releases, as well as reviews and notes about HK video companies.
Infliction Films - Site for an independent movie company.
VIDEO GAMES
GTA Forums - Info and discussion on the entire Grand Theft Auto series.
GTA San Andreas Net - A great site that has detailed maps and info to let you find all the game's secrets.
GameFAQs - Download strategy guides and codes for just about every video game ever created.
Game Informer - All the latest video game news and reviews.
Digital Press - The home for intelligent discussion of video games, both old and new.
SOME OTHER STUFF
Martial Arts Talk - Discussion forum for (you guessed it) various forms of martial arts.
Chinese Character Dictionary - Need help pronouncing your favorite star's name or a movie title? This handy site will help you out.
Ocrat Chinese Pages - Another good page to learn some basic Chinese.
Death Valley Driver - Great source of professional wrestling info; also has a great message board.
PrinceNet - Site about collectibles, video game mods and other cult stuff.
Giant Robot - The online version of the quirky Asian-themed magazine.
Japander - Surf here to check out some funny Japanese ads with American stars.
Mozilla - If you're still surfing the net with IE, get Mozilla now and never worry about a pop-up ever again.
Spybot - Kills most nasty viruses dead in their tracks.
FARK - The stranger side of the news.
FC Bayern Munich - Official site for my favorite soccer team.