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DATE ME NEXT TIME PLEASE (Short Film, Review): Love Knows no Distance
Full Short Film “Date Me Next Time Please”, is a tearful almost love story directed by prolific Malaysan director James Lee. A short film that follows the lead of many of his jobs, exploring the incomprenssive mysteries of love relationships, revolving around two friends from a small town and their almost love story when they move to the big city. The film is a bittersweet journey through an undeclared love story, with terminal diseases included, told through an aching path of sacrifice where victory is not guaranted and true love may not always being victorious, specially when two names were never written in the book of destiny. The director brilliantly displays on the screen the frustration and misery of the ungrateful pursuing of true love when destiny has other plans making the audience reflect and probably even recall the misfortunes of their own personal experiences on the treacherous clutches […]
BLIND WOLF Reteams The Minds Behind ‘Kill Fist’ And Upcoming ‘Exiled’ For Singapore Assassin Thriller Production In November
Consider this a heads-up if you’re eagerly awaiting the latest on Singaporean actor Sunny Pang. With Gareth Evans’ Havoc on deck from Netflix, the actor is now suiting up as a blind government assassin in Ranjeet Marwa’s Blind Wolf which rolls cameras this November in Singapore. The two previously worked on Marwa’s dystopian survival thriller, Exiled: The Chosen Ones, which is still par for a Southeast Asian release this year. Formerly known as Blind Rage, the film also marks a reunion for Pang and Malaysian filmmaker James Lee whose script will drive the story; Lee has worked with Pang on multiple occasions, namely 2012 action comedy, The Collector, and 2019 martial arts thriller, Kill-Fist. The update also comes a few years after we broke the news a few Decembers ago, describing the overall vision and tone as a cross between The Equalizer, Marvel’s Daredevil and the 1980 jidaigeki classic, Shogun Assassin. Marwa showed me […]
CAFE LUMIERE Review: An almost love story with Haruki Murakami´s flavor
James Lee is a prolific Malaysian filmmaker who in his work enjoys moving through a vast variety of genres, from action to comedy but especially emphasizing in exploring the mysteries of love relationships, displaying into the screen, moving and most of the times, desperate unrequited love stories of impossible romances, that has become in one of the main trademarks of his work as director. This particular short film belongs to that categorie of his filmography. Cafe Lumiere is a heartfelt “almost” love story, highly influenced by Haruki Murakami´s literary´s works, something that the director never tries to hide, paying his personal tribute to the Japanese novelist, as if this little production were an adaptation of a Murakami´s novel that never existed. Lee manages to capture the atmosphere and essence of Murakami´s style of narrating stories, translating the magic of his words in paper, through hypnotic images that provoke in the […]
FIGHT BY NIGHT: Catching Up With ‘Kill-Fist’ And ‘Fly-By Night’ Star Sunny Pang
My weekend has been rather tasking but I’m happy to present my latest interview catching up with Headshot, The Night Comes For Us co-star, Singaporean actor Sunny Pang to start things off. He’s been busy filming a new show and circling other projects while he’s now got two films lying-in-wait: searing heist thriller, Fly By Night, and urban martial arts tourno drama, Kill-Fist. In this our second interview, Sunny and I talk a bit about both and then some, though primarily it’s more to do with Kill-Fist seeing as it just screened in Cambodia. The film’s director, James Lee of Doghouse 73 Pictures, is currently crafting a brand new trailer which we will proudly present in the coming weeks once all is officiated and legit. This movie’s got some layers to it! First off, your character is a badass – and yet at first glance, Zhang is just this unassuming […]
KILL-FIST: Sunny Pang Action Thriller To Go Toe-To-Toe At 9th Cambodia International Film Festival
It’s been a long time since we last heard from Malaysian filmmaker James Lee who first came on our radar with an array of amazing short films. His career is undoubtedly inclusive with some terrific feature work, some of which include 2009’s Call Me If You Need Me and 2012 action comedy, The Collector – both featuring Singaporean import Sunny Pang. The two have since gotten together once more just last year on Kill-Fist, Pang’s own latest in a stint of qualifiable action roles since starring in Mo’ Bros’ thriller, Headshot, and Timo Tjajanto’s feature debut, The Night Comes For Us with Joe Taslim. Among the international line-up, folks attending this year’s 9th Cambodian International Film Festival will be the first to see what the film has in store. Zhang is a middle aged man struggling with a dead end job as an insurance salesperson, on the verge of divorce […]
FIRST LOOK: Meet The Kung Fu Killers In James Lee’s KILL-FIST
EXCLUSIVE: Independent filmmaker James Lee is well on the way with the new martial arts redemtpion thriller, Kill-Fist. Hailing a reunion for the director and his lead actor, Singaporean action favorite, recurring Code Of Law star Sunny Pang, the film further etches a mutual creative partnership for the two who’ve known each other for more than a decade in cinema. “It was fun and great to work with him again after The Collector and Call If You Need Me.” says Lee who cites that as both were different films that served the purpose Kill-Fist aims to do once more in challenging Pang as an actor. “Indeed he had to do some preparations for the character tragic Zhang. Kill-Fist is kind of a refresher for both of us, we hope we can move to bigger projects after this.” Pang, who serves up more brutal screentime in Gavin Lim’s own upcoming film, Diamond […]
THE HIT LIST: July 17, 2017
My weekend was a bit of a bummer…although it’s nothing compared to what others were going through in the world of stunts and entertainment as last week. For all intents and purposes here though, it’s worth celebrating the life and legacy of stuntman and New Orleans native, John Bernecker, who sadly lost his life on Friday. In honor of his memory, he kicks off this week’s installment of The Hit List with highlights from projects such as This Is The End, Goosebumps and Get Hard to name a few, followed by reels from some of today’s top and up-and-coming stunt professionals, including Bryan Sloyer, Rosslyn Luke, Michael Bekemeier, Bronin October, Brandon Ly, Gabriela Kostadinova, Doug Karr, Suo Liu and stunt coordinator T.J. White. At current, there’s nothing really in the way in terms of promotional materials. However, the latest shortfilm directoral outing from Christopher Zatta might be worth a nod as […]
Feel The BURN In Luke Lee's Indiegogo For Singapore's First Action Thriller
Call it what you will, but it hasn’t been that long since I resurrected one of Malaysian filmmaker James Lee’s action concepts, Second Life, as a Hit List entry last month. It’s one of several projects included in Lee’s Doghouse 73 Pictures catalogue which includes a heavy population of conceptual projects that look cleverly well done and appealing enough for some serious studio dedication with the right people in company. In sum, it’s been a blast following Lee’s work so far as he’s since continued to keep his craft sharp in a number of genres since then, from action and sci-fi to romance and horror – you name it. He’s definitely not a monolith when it comes to storytelling, and so I’m of the opinion that he’s earned himself a noteworthy shot this month that deserves all the support it can get. Suffice to say, that shot now welcomes us back […]
The Hunt Begins In The New Action Shortfilm, SECOND LIFE
Following a trailer just unveiling last month, filmmaker James Lee unveiled his newest creation in the form of the action packed shortfilm thriller, Second Life. The project is one of several embody the workload highlighting the recent launch of Lee‘s independent film production and entertainment platform, Doghouse 73 Pictures, which already contains an impressive resume of shortfilms and ambitious new works spanning science fiction, romance, horror, and of course, spectactular screenfighting action. Presenting signature stunt coordination and fight choreography by Low Angle Productions, Second Life is Lee‘s latest foray into action, exploring Western-stylized and conventional martial arts choreography after working on the 2012 action flick, The Collector. Here, the format hosts two parallel scenarios illustrating their own elements of mystery, suspense and danger, featuring initial performances by actress Charlene Meng and actor Michael Chen, with actor Michael Chin leading the way for the second act. And on top of the […]
SECOND LIFE: A Dialogue With Malaysian Filmmaker James Lee
From L to R: James Lee, Charlene Meng, Michael Chin, Low Chee Hong, Adrian Poh and Adrian Lai on the set of the upcoming martial arts action shortfilm SECOND LIFE Independent filmmaker James Lee recently officially launched his content creation platform this year, Doghouse 73 Pictures, with a brand new website to host his YouTube channel, and a variety of other cool merchandise for fans and viewers. In covering this for my previous article, I was eager to follow up on a shortfilm project titled Second Life, succeeding his 2012 martial arts feature-length contribution with The Collector starring Sunny Pang. With a new year just beginning, I took interest in sharing a dialogue with some questions for the director who shares some pretty insight on what he hopes to accomplish, and the people in his circles that are working with him to change the game for the Malaysian film industry. […]
New Announcements Arrive From DOGHOUSE 73 PICTURES
News has been waiting in the wings for sometime now involving independent filmmaker James Lee and the plans he has brewing over in Malaysia for his upcoming original channel, Doghouse 73 Pictures. Today, the channel’s conception grows closer to its full realization with the launch of the official website with new projects announced for feature-length and short films, series and theater projects, in addition to other film-related merchandise as well. Of course here, what draws our attention is the action, like Lee‘s previous conceptual fantasy action short, Atlantis Conspiracy with Jourdan Lee Khoo and Sunny Pang. This month, the first of several projects being actively lined up include the currently-developing full feature horror thriller, The Lives Of The Rabbit Men, and the upcoming short film that caught my eye, Second Life. The latter, another of Lee‘s visions looking to bolster the Malaysian film circuit on a feature-length level, has already […]
Sunny Pang Rides A Giant Robot In The New Sci-Fi Action Short, ATLANTIS CONSPIRACY
Malaysian filmmaker James Lee and the folks over at Doghouse 73 Pictures are currently in the middle of working on a small slate of shortfilms that will release between now and 2014. Another one of those shortfilms includes Lee‘s latest step into science fiction territory with a new proof-of-concept shortfilm titled Atlantis Conspiracy, which sees actor Jourdan Lee Khoo and actress Laura M. Steigers taking on armed soldiers while protecting a rare piece of powerful armor. Also starring are Mano Maniam and Sunny Pang reuniting with Lee since working respectively on the 2011 horror comedy Sini Ada Hantu and the 2012 martial arts comedy romp, The Collector. Atlantis Conspiracy is a newly re-written shortstory from an original feature-length screenplay which Lee says he hopes will be a game-changer for Malaysia’s independent film scene. It’s worth a look, and it’s defintiely worth sharing and even observing as a possible big screen production, […]
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