Simon Yam

Date of Birth

1955-03-19

Place of Birth

Hong Kong, China

Known for

Contract Killer, Triangle, The Storm Warriors, Bad Blood, Exiled

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Bullet in the Head: John Woo’s Long-Neglected Masterpiece Gets a New 4K Set

Posted 4 months ago

One of John Woo's greatest - but most obscure - movies has gotten a great new 4K reissue.

Witness the haunting trailer for Chinese ghost story Phantom of the Theatre

Posted 10 years ago

Talk about an entrance. I knew absolutely nothing about the Chinese ghost story PHANTOM OF THE THEATRE before the trailer dropped this morning, but now I need to know everything. The film, from the team that made THE HOUSE THAT NEVER DIES, looks like...

Dumplings director returns with The Midnight After

Posted 12 years ago

Fruit Chan, the dark mind behind the incredibly disturbing DUMPLINGS, returns with THE MIDNIGHT AFTER. It's nice to see Chan's name attached to another horror film because he has an amazing visual style that compliments the genre so damn well....

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Exclusive: This clip from Keanu Reeves’ Man of Tai Chi shows you how to kick ass in a nice suit

Posted 13 years ago

Keanu Reeves directorial debut, MAN OF TAI CHI, looks to take all of the great elements from martial arts films and compile them into a two hour homage to a bygone genre (see our review here!). We rarely get martial...

Willem Dafoe and Keanu Reeves to square off in hitman pic John Wick

Posted 13 years ago

There will be a firefight! Keanu Reeves, just off his directorial debut for MAN OF TAI CHI, is joining the hitman pic JOHN WICK as a former hitman who is targeted by friend and current hitman played by Willem Dafoe....

Review: Man of Tai Chi (TIFF 2013)

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: A young Tai Chi master (Tiger Chen) is recruited by an enigmatic multimillionaire (Keanu Reeves) to fight in a series of brutal underground fights, where he pits his traditionally peaceful methods against a series of brutal opponents. REVIEW: MAN...

New ass-kicking trailer for Keanu Reeves’ martial arts flick Man of Tai Chi

Posted 13 years ago

We've already gotten a peek at Keanu Reeves' MAN OF TAI CHI, but today we have a new full-length trailer for the martial arts film. Starring Tiger Hu Chen in his first feature film and featuring the choreography of the...

Whoa! New trailer for Keanu Reeves’ Man of Tai Chi has got the kung fu!

Posted 13 years ago

Keanu Reeves is taking on two new roles with the upcoming kung-fu extravaganza MAN OF TAI CHI, serving as the film's villain and the film's director. Having acquired a taste for martial arts during his long tenure with THE MATRIX...

“Let…the show…begin!” First trailer for Keanu Reeves’ directorial debut Man of Tai Chi

Posted 13 years ago

I think there’s a lot of people interested in seeing how Keanu Reeves handles directing duties for his first film behind the camera, MAN OF TAI CHI, but I have to warn you that this first trailer from Bleeding Cool...

First stills and poster from Keanu Reeves’ directorial debut Man of Tai Chi

Posted 13 years ago

We haven’t heard or seen much from MAN OF TAI CHI since it started production back in June. The martial arts film is Keanu Reeves‘ directing debut and I think it’s fair to say that a lot of people are...