Sentences with phrase «yuk films»

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Instead, the film volleys feebly between yuks and exposition, building a story I'm convinced most audiences will ignore, instead waiting patiently for a madcap tone to take command.

The cynical yuks begin with the opening credits — the producers are called «some asshats» — and continue throughout a film that makes merry about its tiny budget, which includes messing about with «C» - grade X-Men castoffs Colossus (Stefan Kapicic) and Negasonic Teenage Warhead (Brianna Hildebrand).

He's best known for his directorial work, on some of Jet Li's best films (the Fong Sai - yuk series), on All for the Winner (the 1990 film that made Stephen Chow a superstar), and on the films that launched Jason Statham and Jean - Clude Van Damme into the action world (The Transporter and No Regret, No Surrender, respectively).

Fong Sai Yuk (reworked as the Legend for the US release) ranks among my favorite kung - fu films of all time, and the sequel doesn't fall too close behind.

Anyway, brainiac Velma reads a diary and, having never seen The Evil Dead, I guess, yuk yuk, reads a few Latin passages out loud and promptly awakens a zombie family of what the film itself describes as «backwards pain - worshipping idiots.»

Disc Features - High - definition digital restoration, approved by cinematographer Mark Lee Ping - bin, with 5.1 surround DTS - HD Master Audio soundtrack on the Blu - ray edition - @ «In the Mood for Love,» director Wong Kar - wai's documentary on the making of the film - Deleted scenes with director's commentary — Hua yang de nian hua (2000), a short film by Wong - Archival interview with Wong and a «cinema lesson» given by the director at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival - Toronto International Film Festival press conference from 2000, with stars Maggie Cheung Man - yuk and Tony Leung Chiu - wai - Trailers and TV spots - The music of In the Mood for Love, presented in an interactive essay, on the DVD edition - Essay by film scholar Gina Marchetti illuminating the film's unique setting on the DVD edition - Photo gallery on the DVD edition - Biographies of key cast and crew on the DVD edition - Two new interviews with critic Tony Rayns, one about the film and the other about the soundtrack, on the Blu - ray edition - A booklet featuring the Liu Yi - chang story that provided thematic inspiration for the film, an essay by film critic Li Cheuk - to, and a director's statement (DVD edition); a booklet featuring an essay by novelist and film critic Steve Erickson and the Liu Yi - chang story that provided thematic inspiration for the film (Blu - ray edition)

It was written to go along with a series of essays on Lau Kar - leung, which I guess didn't materialize, but it's a kind of timeline of Shaolin - related stories, mapping all the films I could think of into a generational chronology, from San Te and the 36th Chamber through the destruction of the Shaolin Temple, the spread of its various disciples and their fighting styles throughout Southern China, folk heroes like Fong Sai - yuk, Wong Fei - hung, Wing Chun up to Lau himself.

Hong Kong based artist Yuk King Tan will be presenting The limits of visibility, a new work that completes a series of three films that also includes Scavenger and Drummer.