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ES News:

1. Li, Tsui reunite for new Dragon picture (FilmBiz Asia)
2. Tucker tucks into Dee and Assassins (FilmBiz Asia)
3. Aaron Kwok and Chow Yun Fat in Donnie Yen Monkey King movie?

EAST SCREEN:

REIGN OF ASSASSINS [ 劍雨 ]

• Reign of Assassins felt like old school Hong Kong cinema.  Despite my dislike for the post-production audio this was a solid film, though both Kevin and I seem to agree that Michele Yeoh needed an older leading man as a romantic interest.  For those who haven’t seen it I would strongly recommend the Swordsman [ 笑傲江湖 ]series (Swordsman, Swordsman II, and The East is Red) which feature similar themes of competing schools and a powerful object that rival martial arts clans compete for.  Swordsman II with Brigitte Lin and Jet Li tends to hold high regard in the west, but I am more partial to the original Swordsman as I actually preferred Sam Hui in the title role.

WS News:

1. Outsourced TV series running on network TV
   • Interlude: ISHQ MUSHU by BC Smith & CJ Verdi  from OUTSOURCED film Soundtrack (iTunes Link)
2. Adele Blanc-Sec pushed to November in HK?
3. 3D magic for ‘Potter’ series on Blu-ray (Variety)
4. No 3D for Harry Potter 7 – part 1

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