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Chow Yun-Fat 'Let The Bullets Fly' Literally In New Trailer
Best Movies Ever Entertainment News (blog) - Feb 7, 2012

Chow Yun-Fat's 'Let the Bullets Fly' hasn't gotten much attention, but check out the trailer below and you'll see why you've got to check it out. It's fun, goofy, but it's got that killer action we all love. 'Let the Bullets Fly' was a fun treat at the ...

First US Trailer and Poster for Action-Comedy Let The Bullets Fly with Chow ...
HeyUGuys.co.uk - Feb 9, 2012

Best known in the West for his superb performance in Ang Lee's Oscar-winning film, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Chow Yun-fat has since gone on to star in a number of both American and Asian films, including Curse of the Golden Flower, ...

List: Top 5 Cinematic Love Stories for Men on Valentine's Day
ScreenCrave.com - Feb 13, 2012

Though John Woo's film is often celebrated as one of the greatest action films of all time (deservedly so), it's worth noting that though the main character Ah Jong (Chow Yun-Fat) has a love interest, the movie is not about the two of them forming a ...

Easternlight picks up Chinese trio
Screen International - Feb 9, 2012

The Assassins, starring Chow Yun Fat, Crystal Liu and Japanese star Tamaki Hiroshi, is a $20m mystery thriller which uncovers the secret behind the death of one of the characters in China's classic Three Kingdoms story. The film is directed by Zhao Lin ...

Frances Yip to perform at Mounties
Cumberland Courier Newspapers - Feb 10, 2012

Just as the show's success gave actor Chow Yun Fat (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon) his start in Hollywood, the song marked Yip's international debut. She has since rerecorded the song in Mandarin, Thai and Vietnamese for corresponding versions of the ...

The man behind the throne
China Daily - Feb 2, 2012

Before Woo sold his house and became the first Hong Kong director to direct Hollywood movies in 1993, Chang enabled Chow Yun-fat to find a US audience. In 1991, Chang initiated a six-film retrospective of Chow's work in Chicago, Boston, ...

"Flowers of War" Failed to Take All-Time Record from "Let the Bullets Fly"
Movies With Butter (blog) - Jan 31, 2012

The film it had to beat was Chow Yun Fat's “Let the Bullets Fly,” which grossed $103M in 2010. It was the first Chinese film to break through the $100M barrier. “Flowers of War” had already taken in $93M by mid-January. With the Lunar New Year holidays ...

Cinema to the Max: A bittersweet ode to love and insecurity
Yale Daily News - Feb 10, 2012

Chow Yun-Fat's dying declaration to Michelle Yeoh's character at the end of “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” throws relief onto the rest of the film and helps us see the tragedy (and ourselves) in a new light. And don't get me started on “Titanic.

Will HK Film Awards deem BULLETS mightier than SWORDS? - Nominations Announced!
Twitch - Feb 8, 2012

Notable omissions amongst these were no acting nomination for Chow Yun Fat in LET THE BULLETS FLY, despite both his co-stars, Jiang Wen and Ge You, appearing in the Best Actor category. Also of interest is the fact that Chan's WU XIA managed to accrue ...

Movies You Should Watch: Five Oscar Losers That Were Also Worth the Win
Houston Press (blog) - Feb 9, 2012

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon starred Chow Yun-Fat, Michelle Yeoh and Chang Chen as Wudang swordsmen battling it out. In 2004, Finding Neverland lost to Million Dollar Baby. Finding Neverland was a sweet, magical story of Peter Pan author JM Barrie.

Teddy wins Best Actor
Yahoo! Singapore News - Feb 10, 2012

In GKCFF, Teddy Robin continued to winning streak by dominating over "Let Bullets Fly" stars, Chow Yun Fat and Ge You and Taiwan's "Jumpe! Ashin" star Eddie Peng Yu-Yen. Out of joy, Teddy Robin flew all the way to Sydney to receive the award and ...

'Chopsocky' superstars at the Chinese fest
Inquirer.net - Jan 18, 2012

Three films top-bill China's biggest stars: Jet Li, Chow Yun Fat and Leon Lai. In “Ocean Heaven,” Li plays the dying father of an autistic child. Chow portrays the Chinese philosopher Confucius in the bio-pic which shows the icon's human side.

Square Enix announces Sleeping Dogs, no lie
Atomic - Feb 8, 2012

Sadly lacking in Chow Yun Fat, however. Well here's a nice surprise - Square Enix London Studios and United Front Games have just lifted the lid on Sleeping Dogs, an open world action game set in Hong Kong. This is in fact the latest iteration of ...

Best Art House Action Movies
Crave Online - Jan 23, 2012

Chow Yun-Fat stars as an assassin who accidentally blinds a helpless lounge singer in a shoot out, and now takes jobs to pay for the surgery necessary to save her sight. The slow-mo action sequences would become so popular that they turned into a ...

The Golden Koala Chinese Film Festival Opens In Australia On Feb 5
Twitch - Jan 26, 2012

This year's program includes crowd favorites like GALLANTS, the Hong Kong action comedy that pays tribute to Hong Kong kung fu films of the 70s, and LET THE BULLETS FLY, Jiang Wen's box office and critical smash that stars Chow Yun Fat, Ge You and ...

There's an Ong-Bak video game coming…
Lazygamer - Jan 18, 2012

The last game I played that was based off of an asian film property was Stranglehold, featuring a digital version of Chow Yun Fat. It…wasn't too bad, provided you're able to disengage your brain for a few hours.

Jumping Spider, Putin's Wagon
The Spoof (satire) - Jan 27, 2012

Putin claims that he will be releasing his findings to the military to improve the accuracy of their smart weapons. Actor Chow Yun Fat is negotiating for the movie rights to the story. Make PM Wortham's day - give this story five thumbs-up (there's no ...

The DVD Wrapup: Real Steel, Whistleblower, Hell and Back Again, Essential ...
Movie City News - Jan 25, 2012

The cast includes John Woo, Chow Yun Fat, Andy Lau, Fan Bingbing, Nick Cheung, Daniel Yu, Ye Liu (as Mao Zedong), Wen Zhang (Deng Xiaoping), Ma Shaohua (Sun Yat-Sen) and more than 140 veteran actors. I assume it was a huge hit in the People's Republic.

Is Dante Lam the next John Woo?
AsiaOne - Jan 25, 2012

And both have made heroes out of their leading men - Chow Yun Fat (A Better Tomorrow, The Killer) and Nicholas Tse (Beast Stalker, Stool Pigeon) come to mind. But there are key differences in their style of directing as well. Find out more in RazorTV's ...

DVD reviews: '50/50' has lots of heart
Tribune Review - Jan 24, 2012

"Beginning of the Great Revival" (Chow Yun-Fat and Andy Lau, 2011, NR, New Video) A worthy historical account of the Chinese Revolution is covered in this feature film from directors Sanping Han and Jianxin Huang. Extras.