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Cynthia Rothrock, Hong Kong Action Films, and Expendable Women
Michael Mirasol talks to the venerable female actress and muses on the state of women in action films.
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Primates: Human Mirrors in Cinema
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What do we see when we look at an ape?
Throughout history, we have been drawn to how much they resemble us. No other animal comes close in our anatomical, behavioral, developmental, physiological and reproductive similaritie...
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Extortionists are Fond of Extorting on the Set of ‘Transformers 4’
While prepping a rooftop location in Hong Kong, several crew members working on the latest Transformers film (which really should be called Trans4mers) were approached by four men (appropriate) who then demanded money from the crew (not appropriate). Fortunate...
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Motion In The Flux: The Postcolonial Hong Kong Of ‘Chungking Express’
This article originally appeared at Gazing At Film.
Hong Kong is a nation without a past. After spending time as a British colony, it was then handed back over to China causing it to be in a constant state of motion. Unlike America, which began as colonies...
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