Happy Birthday to the “Bat Pack!” Peter Cushing’s birthday was yesterday, May 26, Vincent Price and Christopher Lee were both born on May 27th. Via William Forsche
John Neville, Happy Birthday (1925-2011) —
Born: May 2, 1925 in London, England, UK.
Credits include: The Adventures of Baron Munchausen (1988), The X Files (1998), The Fifth Element (1997), Spider (2002).
I’ll be posting and re-posting again since I no longer have to avoid spoilers (other than the one that was ruined for me).
Who ruined it? I hope I didn’t. :(
No, it wasn’t you, so turn that frown upside-do - -, I mean, reverse-sideways!
Someone on some other social site posted a video of the mid-credits scene and didn’t say what happened in it. He didn’t realize that YouTube would still splash the name of the video on the screen even if you don’t play the video. I saw the word “Avengers” in the post and started to turn my head to avoid seeing anything, but it wasn’t fast enough to miss seeing the video’s spoiler-y title.
I’ll be posting and re-posting again since I no longer have to avoid spoilers (other than the one that was ruined for me).
Alright! Someone posted a giant Avengers spoiler that would’ve blown my mind if I had seen it in a theater first. Thanks! Due to that Avengers spoiler, I’ll be off all social media until I’ve seen the movie. Yes, I’m as serious as a 35 lbs. bag of f*cks.
Take care and I’ll see you fine people at a later date.
Heroes of the East (a.k.a. Shaolin Challenges Ninja)
Director Chia-Liang Liu (Lar Kar-Leung) pits Chinese and Japanese martial arts against each other in a plot that’s far more respectful of the Japanese styles than most films of that era. It starts off as a fun comedy, but the chain of misunderstandings lead up to a series of showdowns in which Liu’s character must prove the worth and honor of his style. It’s a must-see for crossover fans as you’ll get to see Gordon Liu (36th Chamber of Shaolin, Shaolin & Wu-Tang, Kill Bill) square off against various Japanese opponents, each with a different style and played by Japanese actors. The biggest treat is seeing Liu fight Yasuaki Kurata, another true legend who appears in both Japanese and Hong Kong productions.
Not only does the director make a cameo as a drunken master named “Master So” in this film, but you’ll also see a few scenes with Siu Tien Yuen (Simon Yuen), the actor who played Beggar So in Drunken Master with Jackie Chan. Norman Chu (Zu Warriors of the Magic Mountain) pops up one of Liu’s fellow students, but so does Lee Hoi Sang, Liu’s elder 36th Chamber.
