Tag Archives: Sammo Hung

June 20, 2023

TV Tuesday 6/20/23

Back in March I posted about the Japanese media franchise Lupin the Third. The main character is the grandson of the fictional thief Arsène Lupin from the stories by French author Maurice Leblanc (1864-1941). Last month, I posted about a Japanese live-action series that isn’t connected with the franchise and only implies the fictional French thief.

For TV Tuesday this month, I’m posting about the French standalone live-action series Lupin. Here the references are explicit. When he was young, the main character fell in love with the stories of Leblanc and based his own life (as a thief) on the fictional Arsène Lupin.

And, as usual lately, I’ll mention some movies I watched on television.

4 Comments | tags: Donnie Yen, French TV shows, Ip Man, Lupin (TV series), Lupin the Third, Sammo Hung, thieves | posted in Movies, TV Tuesday

May 24, 2023

The Bodyguard(s)

By Wyrd Smythe

In the last post I mentioned watching a fun double feature this past Friday night. As described in that post, the party ended up having some interesting, albeit minor, consequences, but no harm done to tarnish the memory of these two comedy movies from Thailand, The Bodyguard (2004) and The Bodyguard 2 (2007).

No connection whatsoever to the same-named high-cheese American film with Whitney Houston and Kevin Costner. That film has its moments but also earned seven nominations in the 13th Golden Raspberry Awards.

Last Saturday I watched a different unrelated The Bodyguard (2016), this one a poignant drama from China starring and directed by the great Sammo Hung.

4 Comments | tags: comedy, Martial Arts Movies, Mum Jokmok, Sammo Hung | posted in Movies