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Donnie Yen helms new action movie
China Daily - Feb 1, 2012

Kungfu stars Donnie Yen and Vincent Zhao star in Special Identity, which is in production, with Yen as producer and choreographer. Zhao has a foot injury and needs an operation but says he has postponed this to work with Yen. The plot is a secret, ...

Donnie Yen To Fight Vincent Zhao In SPECIAL IDENTITY
Twitch - Jan 20, 2012

Not only will action star Donnie Yen will be starring in the film, he will also serve as producer and action director. Of course, no martial arts fight scenes will truly be exciting without a worthy opponent to bring out the best performance and that ...

Donnie Yen shares old breakdancing photo over micro blog
Channel News Asia - Jan 29, 2012

HONG KONG: Hong Kong actor Donnie Yen gave a rare peek into his past when he posted a set of old photos on his micro blog on Monday. Although Yen is best known for playing the titular hero in the hit martial arts films "Ip Man 1" and "Ip Man 2", ...

Movie Review: 'I Am Bruce Lee'
The Epoch Times - Feb 9, 2012

A child star in Hong Kong, he learned the Wing Chun style of Kung Fu from master Ip (or Yip) Man, who has recently become the subject of a host of film treatments, including the internationally popular franchise starring Donnie Yen.

All's Well Ends Well 2012
The Sun Daily - Jan 20, 2012

Last year's offering introduced action actor Donnie Yen in his first comedy role and he returns this year, together with Louis Koo and Chapman To, not to mention producer Raymond Wong. The story begins with a woman who is at her wits' end trying to ...

Goodies until Chap Goh Meh
New Straits Times - Jan 19, 2012

TV3 features popular martial arts star Donnie Yen as Ip Man in Ip Man 2 at 10pm on Sunday. Here, he settles in Hong Kong and becomes the sifu of legendary actor Bruce Lee. Aaron Kwok and Ekin Cheng star as the Storm Warriors at 9pm on Monday.

'Blade of Kings' Announced for Blu-ray
High-Def Digest - Jan 27, 2012

The epic adventure starring Donnie Yen, Jackie Chan, and Bing Bing Fan is coming to Blu-ray in March. In an early announcement to retailers, Well Go USA is prepping 'Blade of Kings' for a Blu-ray release on March 6. The all-star cast also includes ...

Review: ALL'S WELL END'S WELL 2012 brims with new year cheer
Twitch - Jan 26, 2012

When his girlfriend goes out of town, one-time rockstar and struggling backing singer Carl Tam (Donnie Yen) answers an ad from Chelsia (Sandra Ng), herself once part of a successful pop duo. Looking to escape her abusive husband, Chelsia teams up with ...

Movie guide alt: Independent, limited release and foreign-language films
SunHerald.com - Feb 8, 2012

With Donnie Yen, Louis Koo and Chapman To. Written by Chan Hing Kai and Miu Ho. Directed by Chan Hing Kai and Janet Chun. In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles. (1:59) NR. "Carol Channing: Larger Than Life" - A documentary portrait of the ...

Staying In: Tips for TV, cooking and more
San Francisco Chronicle - Jan 17, 2012

Ip Man: The Legend Is Born: Donnie Yen has left the series after the first two films about the real-life master Ip Man (1893-1972), who popularized the Wing Chun style of martial arts and famously taught Bruce Lee, so producers rebooted to give us the ...

Love, American-Chinese Style
KCET (blog) - Feb 9, 2012

Of course Jet Li, Donnie Yen, Jackie Chan and Bruce Lee are "hot," but given the choice of being across from them at a quiet French bistro or having them walk you home through the dark alley, you would pick the latter just to see them kick ass.

Movie guide alt: Independent, limited release and foreign-language films
MiamiHerald.com - Feb 1, 2012

With Donnie Yen, Louis Koo and Chapman To. Written by Chan Hing Kai and Miu Ho. Directed by Chan Hing Kai and Janet Chun. In Cantonese with Chinese and English subtitles. (1:59) NR. "Angels Crest" - In a small working-class town in the Rockies, ...

REVIEW: Warriors Two (1978)
Kung Fu Cinema - Feb 1, 2012

Yip was also famously portrayed by Donnie Yen in IP MAN and its sequel, which co-starred Sammo. In WARRIORS TWO, Sammo is “Fatty,” a bumbling student of Leung Jan who helps Chan become another pupil after he's nearly beaten to death by men attempting ...

Capsule movie reviews
Los Angeles Times - Jan 27, 2012

Though veteran stars Sandra Ng and Donnie Yen manage some loony appeal as, respectively, a has-been pop singer and never-been rock musician, this erratic, unfunny hodgepodge of childish farce and drippy emotion — the actors steered toward maximum ...

Thrills and grins for a new year
AsiaOne - Jan 18, 2012

Here's a rare chance to watch Donnie Yen ham it up, complete with a shaggy hairdo. He is an over-the-hill musician who still hopes to fulfil his dreams by partnering a former girl-band member, played with the usual wackiness by seasoned comedienne ...

Eric Tsang beats Raymond Wong
Yahoo! Singapore News - Feb 2, 2012

Tsang claimed that veteran comedian, Stanley Fung's funny portrayal as Sir Kwok in "I Love Hong Kong 2012" was the main reason that won the heart of the Hong Kong audience and he even joked that Fung had officially became the nemesis of Donnie Yen, ...

Movie review: 'Alls Well, Ends Well 2012'
Los Angeles Times - Jan 26, 2012

Though veteran stars Sandra Ng and Donnie Yen manage some loony appeal as, respectively, a has-been pop singer and never-been rock musician, this erratic, unfunny hodgepodge of childish farce and drippy emotion — the actors steered toward maximum ...

Dragon Tiger Gate
Sky Movies - Jan 30, 2012

Three Hong Kong young martial arts masters - brothers Donnie Yen's Dragon and Nicholas Tse's Tiger plus buddy Black Dragon (Shawn Yue) - put aside their differences while learning skills at the Dragon Tiger Gate and face up against a Japanese secret ...

Web Site's Call Ends in Four Happily-Ever-Afters
New York Times - Jan 26, 2012

One segment features past-their-prime pop stars (Donnie Yen and the hilarious Sandra Ng) who are neither confident nor hot. But they work out their differences and fears for their big audition, set to a chirpy rendition of the “I Sing the Body ...

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

Also of interest is the fact that Chan's WU XIA managed to accrue so many mentions without appearing in the Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay or Best Actor categories (although Donnie Yen is acknowledged in the Action Design category).

Movie News After Dark: The Avengers, Honest Oscar Posters, Hating Movies and ...
Film School Rejects - Jan 27, 2012

I'm not taking the bait — I'm too engrossed in watching a Donnie Yen movie at the moment, so all I have it love in my heart. You guys can head over there and join the hate-fest though, if that's what interests you. We close tonight's decidedly short ...

This week's new films
The Guardian - Jan 20, 2012

Alls Well Ends Well 2011 Wacky Hong Kong comedy, starring Donnie Yen. Agneepath Hritik Roshan is out to avenge his father in this Bollywood thriller. In two weeks … Roman Polanski's chamber work, Carnage … A cult refugee gets real in Martha Marcy May ...

Women Action Stars: From Haywire to The Perils of Pauline
Smithsonian (blog) - Jan 20, 2012

In the 1990s, Yeoh held her own against Hong Kong's biggest action stars, appearing with Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Donnie Yen, and others. For sheer thrills, catch the last half-hour of Supercop, in which she clings to the side of a speeding bus, ...

"The Flying Swords of Dragon Gate" and How the Hong Kong/Chinese Film Industry ...
Movies With Butter (blog) - Feb 3, 2012

Every Jet Li martial arts epic can fetch $30M at the Chinese box office; Donnie Yen, $25M. Ditto for big-time directors like Zhang Yimou, John Woo, and Tsui Hark. In each of the last couple years, there have been at least two films grossing in $70-100M ...

A foreign affair
Orlando Weekly - Jan 18, 2012

Essentially A History of Violence set in the Qing Dynasty, it stars Donnie Yen, Takeshi Kaneshiro and Tang Wei. The We and the I (France):After the unfortunate 3-D mess that was The Green Hornet, French director Michel Gondry looks to regain the ...

CHINA BEAT: Year of the Dragon Holiday Special
Twitch - Jan 28, 2012

Donnie Yen and Sandra Ng earn plenty of laughs as a pair of washed-up pop stars looking for a second chance, and while it could have benefitted from being half an hour shorter (which may have even allowed exhibitors to squeeze in a few extra ...

Reviews For The Easily Distracted:
Houston Press (blog) - Jan 20, 2012

Believe me, as a long-suffering fan of the action movie subgenre, "People Repeatedly Kicking Each Other in the Skull," I've been waiting for America to give us a new face who could possibly contend with the likes of Tony Jaa and Donnie Yen.

Flash Point
Sky Movies - Jan 30, 2012

Mr Flying Fists Donnie Yen plays a no-holds barred cop who teams up with undercover plod Hua Sheng to bring down three merciless Vietnamese brothers running a smuggling ring in the months before mainland China's takeover of Hong Kong.

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

Lai leads the all-star-cast epic “Bodyguards and Assassins,” which also features Donnie Yen, Nicholas Tse, Jacky Cheung, Eric Tsang, Fan Bingbing and Wang Bo-Chieh. “Lost on Journey,” Bata explained, is quite timely as it is set during the New Year ...

WE ARE WHAT WE ARE Star Francisco Barreiro Leads Bogliano's HERE COMES THE DEVIL
Twitch - Jan 20, 2012

I want to see the rest in theatre. ... hiroaki.j commented on Donnie Yen To Fight Vincent Zhao In SPECIAL IDENTITY : Yeah, Collins great. Re: charisma... IMO I think it has more to do with the role. Vincent does innocent earnest well enough.

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

Since Zhang Yimou alone couldn't set a new box office record in China, maybe Chow Yun-Fat and Donnie Yen together can in July with the $63M budgeted “The Monkey King 3D.” I doubt Jackie Chan can do it with “Chinese Zodiac.” The guy's 57!