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PART TWO of THREE

Infernal Affairs (無間道, Literally: Wu Jian Dao (which is the Buddhist hell of eternal

            walking), AKA [I Want to be You]) – Crime Drama / H.K. / 2002 / Dir: Andrew

            Lau Wai Keung, Starring: Andy Lau Tak-Wah, Tony Leung Chiu Wai, Anthony

            Wong Chau-Sang, Eric Tsang, Kelly Chen, Sammi Cheng, Edison Chen

Iron Monkey (少年黃飛鴻之鐵馬騮, [Literally: Iron Monkey: The Childhood

Years of Wong Fei Hung]) – Kung Fu / H.K. / 1993 / Dir: Yuen Wo Ping,

Starring: Donnie Yen Ji-Dan, Yu Rong Guang

It Came From Beneath the Sea – Sci-Fi / USA / 1955 / Effect: Ray Harryhausen

Kanto Wanderer – Crime-Yakuza-Drama / Japan / 1963 / Dir: Seijun Suzuki

Kill Bill: Vol. 1 -- Action-Martial Arts-Drama / USA / 2003 / Dir: Quentin Tarantino,

            Starring: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Darryl

Hannah, Michael Madsen, Sonny Chiba, Gordon Chia Hui Liu, Jun Kunimura

Kill Bill: Vol. 2 -- Action-Martial Arts-Drama / USA / 2003 / Dir: Quentin Tarantino,

            Starring: Uma Thurman, David Carradine, Lucy Liu, Vivica A. Fox, Darryl

Hannah, Michael Madsen, Sonny Chiba, Gordon Chia Hui Liu, Jun Kunimura

The Killer (Criterion Collection) (喋血雙雄, [Literally: Bloodshed of Two Heroes])

            Action-Bullet Ballet-Drama / H.K. / 1989 / Dir: John Woo, Starring: Chow Yun

            Fat, Danny Lee Sau-Yin, Sally Yeh, Shing Fui On

King of Beggars (武狀元蘇乞兒, )– Comedy-Kung Fu / H.K. / 1992 / Dir: Gordon

Chan Ka-Seung, Starring: Stephen Chow Sing-Chi

Kung Fu Hustle (功夫) [Literally: Kung Fu] – Comedy-Kung-Fu / H.K. / 2004 / Dir:

            Stephen Chow Sing-Chi / Starring Stephen Chow Sing-Chi, Yuen Wah, Bruce

Leung

Kung-Fu vs. Acrobatic (摩登如來神掌 [Literally: Modern Buddha’s Palm])

            Kung Fu-Comedy / H.K. / 1990 / Starring: Andy Lau

Kunoichi: Lady Ninja (Kunoichi ninpô chô Yagyû gaiden: Edobana jigoku-hen) –

            Action-Samurai / Japan / 1998

LA Story – Comedy / USA / 1991 / Starring: Steve Martin, Victoria Tennant, Richard

            E. Grant, Sarah Jessica Parker

Labyrinth – Fantasy-Adventure / USA / 1986 / Dir: Jim Henson, Starring: David Bowie,

            Jennifer Connelly, Brian Henson, Frank Oz, Kevin Clash

Land of the Dead – Zombie / USA / 2005 / Dir: George Romero / Starring: John

            Leguizamo, Dennis Hopper, Asia Argento

Last Hurrah for Chivalry (豪俠 [Literally: Chivalrous Knight]) – Kung Fu-Swordplay

/ HK / 1979 / Dir: John Woo

Layer Cake – Gangster-Action / U.K. / 2004 / Dir: Matthew Vaughn, Starring: Craig

            Daniel Craig, Colm Meaney, Burn Gorman

Legend of the Mountain (山中傳奇) – Kung Fu-Drama / HK / 1979 / Dir: King Hu

Jin Quan, Starring: Shih Jun, Hsu Feng, Sylvia Chang Ai Chia  

Legendary Weapons of China – (十八般武藝, Literally: 18 Kung Fu Weapons),

            Kung-Fu-Swordplay / H.K. / Dir: Liu Chia Liang, Starring: Liu Chia Liang,

            Gordon Liu Chia-Hui, Alexander Fu Sheng, Lau Kar Wing

Longest Nite, The – (暗花, Literally: Dark Flower) – Drama / H.K. / 1998 / Starring:

            Lau Ching Wan, Tony Leung Chiu-Wai, Maggie Shaw

Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (extended version) – Fantasy-

            Adventure-Action / USA /  2001 / Dir: Peter Jackson, Starring: Elijah Wood, Sean

Astin, Orlando Bloom, Ian McKellan, Christopher Lee, Viggo Mortensen, John

Rhys-Davies, Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchett, Liv Tyler, Andy Serkis

Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (extended version) -- Fantasy-Adventure-Action

/ USA /  2002 / Dir: Peter Jackson, Starring: Elijah Wood, Sean Astin, Orlando

Bloom, Ian McKellan, Christopher Lee, Viggo Mortensen, John Rhys-Davies,

Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchett, Liv Tyler, Andy Serkis

Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (extended version) – Fantasy-Adventure-

            Action / USA /  2003 / Dir: Peter Jackson, Starring: Elijah Wood, Sean Astin,

            Orlando Bloom, Ian McKellan, Christopher Lee, Viggo Mortensen, John Rhys-

Davies, Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchett, Liv Tyler, Andy Serkis

Lost Boys, The – Horror-Comedy / USA / 1987 / Dir: Joel Schumacher, Starring: Kiefer

            Sutherland, Jason Patric, Corey Haim, Corey Feldman, Dianne Wiest, Edward

            Hermann

Lost in Translation – Drama-Comedy / USA / 2003 / Dir: Sofia Coppola, Starring: Bill

            Murray, Scarlett Johansson

Mad Max (original Australian “language”) – Postapocalyptic-Action / Australia /

Starring: Mel Gibson

Magic Christian, The – Comedy / U.K. / 1969 / Starring: Peter Sellers, Ringo Starr, et al

Magic Crane – (, Literally: New Manchurian Crane God Needle) – Kung

Fu-Action / H.K. / 1993 / Dir: Benny Chan Muk Sing, Starring: Tony Leung

Chiu-Wai, Anita Mui Yim-Fong, Rosamund Kwan  Chi-Lam, Damian Lau Chung

Yan

Magnificent Butcher (林世榮, Literally: Lin Shih-Jung, AKA , Literally:

The Savant is Invincible,) – Kung Fu / H.K. / 1979 / Dir: Yuen Wo Ping, Starring:

Sammo Hung Kam Bo, Yuen Biao

Man Against Crime Television-Crime

Man Who Knew Too Much, The – Thriller / USA / 1934 / Dir: Alfred Hitchcock,

            Starring: Peter Lorre

The Manchurian Candidate – Political Thriller / USA / 1962 / Dir: John Frankenheimer

            Starring: Frank Sinatra, Janet Leigh, Angela Lansbury

Mariachi, El (Literally: The Mariachi) – Action-Thriller / Mexico-USA / 1992 / Dir:

            Robert Rodriguez, Starring: Carlos Gallardo

Mask of Death – [Actually Shaolin Devil and Shaolin Angel] (鐵首無情追魂令

(Literally: Hard Heartlessly Pursues The Soul Command)) Kung-Fu / H.K. /

Starring: Stephen Tung Wai

Master of the Flying Guillotine (獨臂拳王大破血滴子) [Literally (kinda): The One-

Armed Boxer vs. The Flying Guillotine] -- Kung-Fu / H.K. / Dir: Jimmy Wang Yu / Starring: Jimmy Wang Yu, Phillip Kwok Chun-Fung, Kam Kong

Matrix, The– Action-Sci-Fi / USA / 1999 / Dir: Andy & Larry Wachowski, Starring:

Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving

Matrix Reloaded, The – Action-Sci-Fi / USA / 2003 / Dir: Andy & Larry Wachowski,

            Starring: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss, Hugo Weaving,

            Jada Pinkett-Smith

Matrix Revolutions, The – Action-Sci-Fi / USA / 2003 / Dir: Andy & Larry

            Wachowski, Starring: Keanu Reeves, Laurence Fishburne, Carrie-Anne Moss,

            Hugo Weaving, Jada Pinkett-Smith

Meet John Doe – Comedy-Drama / USA / 1941 / Dir: Frank Capra, Starring: Gary

            Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck

Memento (Special Edition) – Crime-Thriller / USA / 2000 / Dir: Christopher Nolan,

            Starring: Guy Pearce, Carrie-Anne Moss

Millennium Actress (Sennen joyu) – Drama-Romance-Comedy-Anime / Japan / 2001 /

Dir: Satoshi Kon

Mind Snatchers, The  -- [Actually: The Happiness Cage], Sci-Fi Drama / USA / 1972,

            Starring: Christopher Walken

Modern Yakuza: Outlaw Killer (Gendai yakuza: hito-kiri yota) – Yakuza-Crime /

Japan / 1972 / Dir: Kinji Fukasaku, Starring: Bunta Sugawara

Monsters, Inc. – Animation-Adventure-Kids / USA / 2001 / Starring: John Goodman,

            Billy Crystal, Steve Buscemi, James Coburn, Jennifer Tilly, John Ratzenberger,

            Frank Oz

Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life – Comedy / UK / 1983 / Dir: Terry Gilliam &

            Terry Jones, Starring: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle,

Terry Jones, Michael Palin

Moulin Rouge! – Musical-Romance-Drama / USA / 2001 / Dir: Baz Luhrmann, Starring:

            Nicole Kidman, Ewan McGregor, John Leguizamo, Jim Broadbent

Mr. Vampire (殭屍先生 [Literally: Mr. Stiff Corpse] – Kung Fu-Zombie-Comedy /

            1985 / Starring: Lam Ching Ying, Yuen Wah, Moon Lee Choi Fung

My Left Eye Sees Ghosts (我左眼見到鬼) – Romance-Comedy-Ghost / HK /

2002 / Dir: Johnnie To Kei-Fung & Wai Ka-Fai, Starring: Lau Ching Wan,

Sammi Cheng, Lam Suet, Simon Yam

My Lucky Stars (福星高照, [Literally: Lucky Stars Superior Shine] – Comedy-Action

/ H.K. / 1985 / Dir: Sammo Hung Kam Bo, Starring: Sammo Hung Kam Bo,

Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao, Richard Ng Yiu-Hon, Eric Tsang Chi-Wai

My Sassy Girl (Director’s Cut) (엽기적인 그녀 [Literally: “Yupgi” Girl] – Comedy /

            Korea / 2001

Mysterious Island – Sci-Fi-Adventure / USA / 1961 / Effects: Ray Harryhausen

Natural Born Killers (Director’s Cut) –Crime-Action-Romance / USA / 1994 / Dir:

            Oliver Stone, Starring: Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey, Jr.

Near Dark – Horror-Vampire / USA / 1987 / Dir: Kathryn Bigelow / Starring: Lance

            Henrikson, Bill Paxton

Network – Drama / USA / 1976 / Dir: Sidney Lumet, Starring: Faye Dunaway, William

            Holden, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall, Ned Beatty

New Jack City – Action-Crime / USA / 1991 / Dir: Mario Van Peebles, Starring: Wesley

            Snipes, Ice-T, Chris Rock, Mario Van Peebles

Night Tide – Drama-Horror / USA / 1961 / Starring: Dennis Hopper

No Such Thing – Fantasy-Horror-Drama / USA / 2001 / Dir: Hal Hartley

Not Another Teen Movie – Teen Comedy / USA / 2001

The Office – Comedy-Television / UK /

Office Space – Comedy / USA / 1999 / Dir: Mike Judge / Starring: Ron Livingston,

Jennifer Aniston

Oldboy –올드보이 – Suspense-Thriller / S.Korea / 2003 / Dir: Chan-Wook Park,

            Starring: Min-Sik Choi

Once Upon a Time in China (黃飛鴻, [Literally: Wong Fei Hung]) – Kung Fu / H.K.

1991 / Dir: Tsui Hark, Starring: Jet Li Lian Jie, Yuen Biao, Jacky Cheung,

Rosamund Kwan

Once Upon a Time in China II – (黃飛鴻之二男兒當自強 [Literally: Wong Fei Hung

2: When Sons Strive to Improve (?) ]) Kung-Fu / H.K. / 1992 / Dir: Tsui Hark,

Starring Jet Li Lian Jie, Donnie Yen Chi-Tan, Rosamund Kwan Chi-Lam, Carina

Lau Ka-Ling

Once Upon a Time in Mexico – Western / USA / 2003 / Dir: Robert Rodriguez,

Starring: Antonio Banderas, Salma Hayek, Mickey Rourke, Willem Dafoe

Once Upon a Time in the West – Western / 1968 / Italy, USA / Dir: Sergio Leone,

            Starring: Henry Fonda, Jason Robards, Charles Bronson,

One, The – Kung Fu-SciFi / USA / 2001 / Starring: Jet Li Lian Jie, Jason Statham

One-Armed Swordsman –獨臂刀 (Literally: One-Armed Sword) Kung-Fu / H.K. / 1967             / Dir: Chang Cheh, Starring: Jimmy Wang Yu, Ku Feng

Ong Bak – [Literally, kinda, Daredevil]Action-Kung-Fu / Thailand / 2003 / Starring:

            Tony Jaa

Panda and the Magic Serpent – Children’s Animation / Japan / 1958 (dubbed)

Patlabor Anime, OVA, TV series, OVA2

Patlabor the Movie 1 (Kidô keisatsu patorebâ: The Movie [Literally: Mobile Police

Patlabor: The Movie]) – Anime-Giant Robot-Action / Japan / 1990 / Dir: Mamoru

 Oshî

Patlabor the Movie 1 (Remastered) (Kidô keisatsu patorebâ: The Movie [Literally:            Mobile Police Patlabor: The Movie]) – Anime-Giant Robot-Action / Japan / 1990

            / Dir: Mamoru Oshî

Patlabor the Movie 2 (Kidô keisatsu patorebâ: The Movie 2 [Literally: Mobile Police

Patlabor: The Movie 2]) Anime-Giant Robot-Action / Japan / 1990 / Dir: Mamoru

 Oshî

Patlabor the Movie 2 (Remastered) (Kidô keisatsu patorebâ: The Movie 2 [Literally:

            Mobile Police Patlabor: The Movie 2]) Anime-Giant Robot-Action / Japan / 1990

            / Dir: Mamoru Oshî

Patlabor WXIII (AKA Wasted 13: Patlabor the Movie 3) Anime-Giant Robot-Action /

            Japan / 2002

Philadephia Story, The – Comedy-Romance / USA / Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn,

            Jimmy Stewart,

Phone – (폰) – Horror-Mystery / Korea / 2002

Pirates of the Caribbean – Pirate-Zombie-Action / USA / 2003 / Dir: Gore Verbinski,

            Starring: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightly, Geoffrey Rush

Pirates of the Caribbean II: Dead Man’s Chest – Pirate-Fishman-Action / USA / 2006 / Dir: Gore Verbinski, Starring: Johnny Depp, Orlando Bloom, Keira Knightly,

            Bill Nighy

Pistol Opera (quasi-remake of Branded to Kill)– Crime-Action / Japan / 2001 / Dir:

            Seijun Suzuki

Police Story -- 警察故事 – Comedy-Crime / H.K. / 1985 / Dir: Jackie Chan, Starring:

            Jackie Chan, Bridgette Lin Ching-Hsia, Maggie Cheung Man-Yuk, Bill Tung Biu

Postman Blues – Crime-Action-Comedy / Japan / 1997 / Dir: Hiroyuki Tanaka (AKA

            Sabu), Starring: Ren Osugi

Project A:2 (A計劃續集) – Kung-Fu-Comedy / HK / 1987 /  Dir: Jackie Chan, Starring

            Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung Man-Yuk, Rosamund Kwan Chi-Lam

Princess Bride, The – Comedy-Romance-Fantasy / USA / 1987 / Dir: Rob Reiner,

            Starring: Cary Elwes, Mandy Patinkin, Christopher Guest, Andre the Giant,

            Robin Wright Penn, Fred Savage, Peter Falk, et al

Priscilla, Queen of the Desert – Comedy-Drama-Music / Australia / 1994 / Starring:

            Hugo Weaving, Terence Stamp,

Prison on Fire (監獄風雲 [Literally: Prison Turbulence]) – Crime-Drama / H.K. /

            1987 / Dir: Ringo Lam, Starring: Chow Yun Fat, Tony Leung Ka-Fai, Roy

Cheung

Prisoner, The – Television, Drama-Spy-WTF

PTU – Crime-Drama-Action / H.K. / 2003 / Dir: Johnnie To Kei-Fung, Starring: Simon

            Yam Tat-Wah, Lam Suet

Pulp Fiction – Crime-Comedy-Thriller / USA / 1994 / Dir: Quentin Tarantino, Starring:

            John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Tim Roth, Uma Thurman, Amanda Plummer,

            Bruce Willis, Ving Rhames, Maria de Medeiros, Rosanna Arquette

Rashomon – Crime-Mystery-Drama / Japan / 1950 / Dir: Akira Kurosawa / Starring:

            Toshiro Mifune, Machiko Kyo,

Rent – Musical / USA / 2005 / Dir: Chris Columbus / Starring: Rosario Dawson, Taye

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