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You can find the previous editions by using the Keyword "Asian Movies" in the FR index This week we have double feature for your week end pleasure. First up is a blatant Godzilla ripoff from South Korea called Yongary Monster from the deep. Yongary is a gasoline eating fire breathing giant reptile who wants to devour Seoul. Cheesy with poor special effects but lots of screaming girls and burning buildings. Yeah its really dumb but soooo much fun. It is, however; dubbed into English. Yongary, Monster from the DeepThe second offering this week is a classic Kung Fu flick from...

You can find previous installments of this series by searching using the key word phrase "Asian Movies" This is Stephen Chow at his weirdest. Lots of local humor and Hong Kong specific stuff. The movie is worth seeing just got Maggie Cheung's (Miss Turkey) makeup. This movies is really, really funny The God of Cookery https://youtu.be/YwYHmTaACUw

This week is a cool movie. No summary needed it speaks for itself Some strong language A World without Thieves https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=asZhlKQDP_U&feature=youtu.be Enjoy

I will be in Saipan doing disaster relief next week so this is the list for the next two weeks. Please keep Saipan in in your prayers as they still have no running water, sewage or electricity two weeks after super typhoon Soulidor pounded the island earlier this month. This was a once 25 to 50 year strength typhoon. 80%R of the houses lost their roof and the island has another typhoon heading its way before they can recover from the last one. Question: Do you know why there is no cheese in Hong Kong cuisine? Answer: Because they put...

If you'd like to see the previous post in this series FR search using the key words Asian Movies There are two movies this week. Both are free to view. I have gotten probably 15 request to put Kung Fu Hustle in one of these so here it is Kung Fu Hustle 2004 https://youtu.be/UAzHYVXUARU Stephen Chow et al Comedy Violence, nudity some strong language Also available on Netflix Notes about the film. If you dig around in academic databases you can find that couple of academic papers were written about the use and abuse of Chinese religious tradition. Notice the...