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To celebrate the release of From Beijing With Love coming to Blu-Ray on 23rd October we have not 1, not 2 but 3 Blu-Rays to give away!

Hong Kong’s King of Comedy Stephen Chow directs and stars in this hilarious spoof of the James Bond franchise. Martini swilling butcher (and disgraced former spy) Ling Ling Chat is dispatched to recover a stolen dinosaur skull from a golden-gun wielding supervillain. Equipped with the latest gadgets, our hero dons his tuxedo and swaggers into a world of danger, beautiful women, and metal mouthed assassins. Sound familiar?

One of Stephen Chow’s funniest films, Eureka Classics is proud to present From Beijing With Love on Blu-ray in its UK debut.

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Stephen Chow was the closest Hong Kong Comedy ever had to an international star. Breaking out with “Shaolin Soccer” and “Kung Fu Hustle” he suddenly stepped back to focus on direction. Prior to this was a huge back catalogue of his work that apart from sporadic releases was hardly seen in the west. Eureka Entertainment start to rectify that with the upcoming release of “From Beijing with Love” his Bond Spoof from 1994. Comedy however can be a very acquired taste and what makes them roar in Kowloon may not necessarily do so in Kansas. So time to take a trip back to the nineties and experience Stephen Chow in his prime.

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The head of a dinosaur is stolen by a man in invincible armor and a golden gun. With numerous agents out of commission Ling Ling Fat (Stephen Chow...

For the uninitiated, Stephen Chow comedies on the surface can be a tad confusing with a constant stream of cultural references and wordplay that is lost on non Cantonese speakers. His style of “make no sense” (mo lei tau) comedy does require an understanding of some of what he parodies. With “Shaolin Soccer” and “Kung Fu Hustle” aiming more at the international market, “Forbidden City Cop” is a great entry point to his more locally aimed work.

Ling Ling Fat (Stephen Chow) is an imperial guard with no actual fighting skill. Instead, he invents gadgets for himself and his wife Kar-ling (Carina Lau). After getting ostracized by the emperor, he tries to protect him from being assassinated by No Face (Yuen Shun-yi). After redeeming himsel,f he must bring the beautiful Cho (Carmen Lee) back to the palace for the emperor’s attentions. But things, as always,...

Hong Kong has a rich and renowned cinematic history. From time to time, filmmakers pick up the precarious political relationship to mainland China. 1997, only a few months after the city returned to Chinese rule, Fruit Chan released “Made in Hong Kong”. The pessimistic indie flick marks the beginning of Fruit’s unofficial trilogy about Hong Kong in the late 90s, entering a new era. “The Longest Summer” (1998) is seen as the second contribution to the series and finally, in 2001, “Little Cheung” concludes the trilogy.

“Little Cheung” looks back at the time shortly before the reunification with China. A nine-year-old boy lives in a poor neighboorhood of Hong Kong and delivers food of his father’s restaurant to an often shady triad clientele. He encounters a little immigrant girl named Fan and they start spending time together and begin a quest for Little Cheung’s lost brother.

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Thessaloniki Cinematheque pays tribute to one of the most expressive representatives of the New Wave of Hong Kong, Fruit Chan. The tribute, titled “Fruit Chan: The Unbearable Lightness of Everyday Life” will take place Sunday, October 11 to Wednesday October 14, at Pavlos Zannas screening room in Olympion and will be free of admission

Hong Kong cinema is featured for the sixth time in Thessaloniki, through the cooperation of Thessaloniki Film Festival with Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office in Brussels

The tribute will include four of the most characteristic movies of Fruit Chan, namely Made in Hong Kong (1997), Little Cheung (1999), Dumplings (2004) και The Midnight After (2014).

Made in Hong Kong (Sunday 11/10 at 21.00)

Fruit Chan directs and pens a film that begins as an effort to portray, realistically, the lives of delinquents and small time triad members, but is soon swamped in a permeating nihilism which induces it with a punk essence that...