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1) Center Stage
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
International superstar Maggie Cheung embodies tragic screen siren Ruan Lingyu, known as the "Greta Garbo of China," in this unconventional biopic by Hong Kong New Wave master Stanley Kwan. Praised for her moving and emotive onscreen presence, Ruan’s private life, which was frequent fodder for the vicious Shanghai tabloids, began to mirror the melodramas which brought her fame, culminating in her suicide at age 24. Kwan and Cheung paint a kaleidoscopic...
2) Hero
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Acclaimed by critics and loved by audiences around the world, Jet Li, Maggie Cheung and Donnie Yen star in this Oscar and Golden Globe nominated action-packed epic, in which a fearless warrior rises up to defy an empire and unite a nation. With supernatural skill and no fear a nameless soldier embarks on a mission of revenge against the fearsome army that massacred his people. Now, to achieve the justice he seeks, he must take on the empire's most...
Series
Criterion collection volume 971, 972
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
中文（繁體）
Description
The jaw-dropping set pieces fly fast and furious in these inventive action comedies, two smash hits that made Jackie Chan a worldwide icon of daredevil spectacle. The director/star/one-man stunt machine plays Ka-Kui, a Hong Kong police inspector whose methods are unorthodox; the phenomenal Maggie Cheung plays his much-put-upon girlfriend, May. Packed with astoundingly acrobatic fight choreography, epic explosions, charmingly goofball slapstick, and...
4) Center stage
Series
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
中文（繁體）
Description
International superstar Maggie Cheung embodies tragic screen siren Ruan Lingyu, known as the "Greta Garbo of China," in this unconventional biopic by Hong Kong New Wave master Stanley Kwan. Praised for her moving and emotive onscreen presence, Ruan's private life, which was frequent fodder for the vicious Shanghai tabloids, began to mirror the melodramas which brought her fame, culminating in her suicide at age 24. Kawan and Cheung paint a kaleidoscopic...
5) Irma Vep
Series
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Français
Description
A Hong Kong action-movie star arrives in Paris to play the latex-clad lead in a remake of Louis Feuillade's classic silent crime serial Les Vampires. What she finds is a behind-the-scenes tangle of barely controlled chaos as egos clash, romantic attractions simmer, and an obsessive director drives himself to the brink to realize his vision.
6) Hero
Publisher
Paramount Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
中文（繁體）
Description
It is the story of the First Emperor of China, who is on the brink of winning a war torn land during the dawn of the Qin dynasty over 2000 years ago. Three opponents are determined to kill the King, and one loyal subject stands in their way.
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