Anthony Wong
Author
Description
Through the lens of the surreal and the mundane, author Anthony Wong explores what it means to be alone, and in the process, what it means to change.
Written at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, A Shape and a Run is a collection of short stories centered around the concept of isolation, its origins, manifestations, and effects on people. Wong artfully taps into the often-debilitating emotions that spring from within this shared state of loneliness....
Publisher
MVD Entertainment Group
Pub. Date
1993.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (96 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Description
On a Macao beach, kids discover the severed hands of a fresh victim. A squadron of cops investigate, and suspicion falls on Wong Chi Hang, the new owner of Eight Immortals Restaurant. The hands belong to the missing mother of the restaurant's former owner; he and his family have disappeared; The police arrest Wong and try to torture him into a confession.
4) Exiled
Publisher
Distributed by Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (109 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
The time is 1998. The setting is Macau. Every living soul jumps at every chance to make quick money before the Portuguese colony ushers in a new era under the Chinese rule. A relationship is formed between an ex-gangster trying to turn over a new leaf with his wife and newborn baby and two groups of hitmen - those who want to protect him and those who were sent to kill him.
5) Full contact
Pub. Date
1992.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (99 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Betrayed by both his partner and his girl, and persecuted by a rival smuggling ring, a daredevil adventurer turns into a lonely gunman seeking bloody revenge from the suburbs of Bangkok to the streets of Hong Kong.
6) Hard boiled
Series
Publisher
Weinstein Co
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (247 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Tequila is a die-hard cop, hell-bent on bringing down the gun smugglers responsible for his partner's death. To avenge his partner's murder, Tequila joins forces with a rebel cop, and then the body count soars.
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (125 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Set in the 1920s. A young English couple, Walter a middle class doctor and Kitty, an upper-class woman, get married for all the wrong reasons and relocate to Shanghai. Kitty falls in love with someone else. When Walter discovers her infidelity, in an act of vengeance, he accepts a job in a remote village in China that is being ravaged by a deadly epidemic. He takes his wife along and their journey brings meaning to their relationship and gives them...
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001], c2000
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (113 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
A restless, streetwise 21-year-old has had trouble gaining the trust of others all his life. Now he is forced to deal with the reality of impending fatherhood. Needing quick cash, he joins a bodyguard company. He makes friends with a once disillusioned mercenary determined to begin life in a new way, since he is also about to become a father. However, their companionship is brief and they both are uncontrollably forced toward opposite sides of a deadly...
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
1 DVD (1 hr., 52 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Alex O'Connell sets out to find the tomb of the evil Emperor Han. When he finds it Alex is tricked into awakening the ruler from eternal slumber, and the reckless young archaeologist must seek the help of the only people who know more than he does about taking down the undead: his parents. This time, the O'Connells must stop a mummy that has awoken from a 2,000-year-old curse who threatens to plunge the world into his merciless, unending service....
Pub. Date
c2008
Description
Alex O'Connell sets out to help combat the resurrected Han Emperor. When Alex is tricked into awakening the ruler from eternal slumber, the reckless young archaeologist must seek the help of the only people who know more than he does about taking down the undead: his parents. This time, the O'Connells must stop a mummy that has awoken from a 2,000-year-old curse who threatens to plunge the world into his merciless, unending service. As the monarch...
Series
Criterion collection volume 1207
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
2 Blu-rays (185 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded insert.
Description
"The Heroic Trio and its sequel, Executioners, follow a new kind of justice league: a team of blade-throwing, shotgun-toting, kung fu-fighting heroines who join forces to battle evildoers in a dystopian, noirish city"--Container.
The heroic trio. With this outrageously entertaining cult favorite, director Johnnie To and his lineup of legendary stars gave Hong Kong cinema something new: its own homegrown superhero cinematic universe. Thief Catcher,...