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A FATHER’S SON: A DETECTIVE JACK YU INVESTIGATION: Patrick Chen’s Chinatown Crime Noir Makes Its Riveting Fathers’ Day Debut

I’ve been wanting to see director Patrick Chen’s A Father’s Son: A Detective Jack Yu Investigation, since I first heard about it in 2019. The new shortfilm is adopted from the work of author Henry Chang’s Detective Jack Yu novel series, crowdfunded via Kickstarter and following production, subsequently became the recipient of ceremony at numerous festival audiences since its virtual premiere in Oregon last year. The most standout and alluring aspect about this shortfilm is its asthetics. A Father’s Son: A Detective Jack Yu Investigation immediately immerses you in 1990s New York City. The costumes, set designs and pieces bring coherence to Chen’s apt treatment of a story to compliment the powerful performances of its cast, led by actor and comedian Ronny Chieng, as well as a rich and substantive script by Chen and co-writers Eddie Shieh and the aforementioned Chang who exec produces. Be ready for typewriters and rotary […]

A FATHER’S SON: Ronny Chieng Debuts NY Detective Jack Yu In The First Official Teaser

Lee B. Golden III

Late last year saw a staunch new effort in reimagining a bygone era of New York City based the work of author Henry Chang, with crowdfunding efforts toward independent pilot/short, A Father’s Son. Having brought in the likes of actors Tzi Ma (Netflix’s Wu Assassins) and Perry Yung (Cinemax’s Warrior), director Patrick Chen now introduces fans to the hopeful birth of a new screen hero in New York City police detective Jack Yu, introducing famed actor and comedian Ronny Chieng debuting the character in dramatic fashion. Based on the characters from Henry Chang’s 90s crime novel series. A film by Patrick Chen. Torn between his identity of his community and the NYPD, Detective Jack Yu delivers news of a son’s murder to the victim’s parents at the height of a gang turf war in Manhattan’s Chinatown. The Kickstarter was a major success, and so it looks like there may be […]

Cinemax’s New Martial Arts Series Drama, WARRIOR, Sets Its Cast!

Lee B. Golden III

Among many of the film, TV and independent projects I’ve followed up on, one stood out as something worth following in its early days as I had known of the folks working on its action for its director, Charlie Dennis. Fast forward three Winters later and we were introduced to the world of gritty martial arts short, Deep Pan Fury, with UK actor Andrew Koji, whose extensive TV and film acting and stunt credits include 2007 Muay Thai flick, Fighting Beat, Justin Lin’s Furious 6 and as the voice of Hien in Final Fantasy XIV: Stormblood. Conclusively, I couldn’t be more proud of Koji this week, and that brings us to the longstanding developments of Cinemax’s upcoming ten-episode martial arts drama, Warrior which is set to go before cameras in South Africa on October 22. Netflix series Fauda helmer Assaf Bernstein is directing from a script by Banshee creator Jonathan […]