Author: Vasily Pugh

Vasily Pugh honours the memory of two recently passed Hong Kong stars with five films from each unmistakable legend.

Vasily Pugh revisits Jackie Chan’s 1985 Hong Kong action comedy ‘Police Story’ (警察故事) but is it still as good as he remembers?

Vasily Pugh expresses his appreciation for the original 1954 ‘Godzilla’ (ゴジラ) and examines the impact it had on the genre.

Vasily Pugh reveals his love for the 1988 Hong Kong science fiction action comedy ‘I Love Maria’.

Vasily Pugh splashed his cash on the second collection of Shaw Brothers films from Arrow Video, and he couldn’t be happier about it!

Vasily Pugh takes a look back at the career of Michelle Yeoh, examining how she has seemingly reinvented and reinforced her on-screen popularity throughout the decades.

Vasily Pugh offers up his opinions on Meredith Lewis’s ‘Ask For The Moon’, a book that examines the practices and works of the Shaw Brothers studios.

Vasily Pugh reveals that he still has a soft spot for the English dubs used in the classic Hong Kong films from the past.

Vasily Pugh remembers the first time that he witnessed the impressive feats of actor Kim Won-Jin in ‘Operation Scorpio’.

Vasily Pugh suffers through one of Hollywood’s most recent female-centric filmmaking efforts and can’t help but compare it with a Hong Kong classic from yesteryear.

Vasily Pugh waxes lyrical about one of the true American martial arts cinematic gems from the 1980s – ‘The Last Dragon’.

Vasily Pugh can’t help but twitch as he reads over the various announcements proclaiming that Bong Joon-Ho’s ‘Parasite’ has finally made Korea cool!