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Michelle Yeoh has always been a force to be reckoned with, both on and off the screen. She rose to fame as an action star in Hong Kong and reached the pinnacle of her career with her Oscar win for Everything Everywhere All at Once.

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But before the actress was battling multiverses and scheming in Wicked, she was performing death-defying stunts. Let’s dive into a jaw-dropping story behind one of her most commendable sequences that established her status as an action icon.

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In the third installment of Jackie Chan’s Police Story, titled Supercop, Michelle Yeoh performed a daring stunt that left everyone speechless. The scene in question is when Yeoh’s character leaps onto a moving train while riding a motorcycle, then slides...

When it comes to Hollywood, two of the greatest action heroes of all time are none other than the legendary Jackie Chan and Tom Cruise. To say the least, both of these star figures of the entertainment industry even seem to have laughed in the face of death while performing their death-defying stunts as unhesitantly as ever.

Tom Cruise. | Credits: Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part I / Paramount Pictures.

For a long time, there have been debates between the fans of both of these real-life superheroes about who does it better. And, this time around, Chan might just have won with his outstanding performance, considering his one stunt from Super Cop that outclasses even Cruise’s helicopter stunt from Mission: Impossible 8.

Jackie Chan’s Super Cop stunt outclasses Tom Cruise’s helicopter one Jackie Chan helicopter stunt scene. | Credits: Police Story 3: Super Cop / Fortune Star.

While both Jackie Chan...

“A Legend” is another entry in the seemingly unlimited Jackie Chan universe, and despite its visual opulence, it is ultimately a bitter disappointment. The film joins the ranks of the many, many expensive but insignificant works that the action master has delivered in recent years. Released nationwide on July 10, it was massively rejected by Chinese audiences: With production costs of a good 50 million dollars, “A Legend” brought in a meager 11 million dollars and was not received well by critics either.

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The film is another collaboration between Jackie Chan and his long-time buddy Stanley Tong, a collaboration that has produced such pleasing and successful results in recent decades as “Police Story 3: Supercop” (1992), “Police Story 4: First Strike” (1996) and especially “Rumble in the Bronx” (1995), which finally made Jackie Chan famous in the USA. Tong also directed “The Myth” (2005) and “Kung Fu Yoga...

Once upon a time, a certain legendary action star, Jackie Chan, favored performing his own wildly dangerous movie stunts which captivated audiences and made him into the global superstar he is today. Now a septuagenarian, Chan is well past those years, but with the use of AI, were seeing Chan as a de-aged warrior in his latest role in the fantasy action, A Legend. A sequel to the 2005 fantasy thriller, The Myth, A Legend reunites Chan with his frequent collaborator, Stanley Tong. Tong has directed Chan in several movies, including the super hit Supercop and Police Story films, as well as Rumble in the Bronx. A newly released trailer for the movie sees Chan playing dual roles, an archaeologist named Professor Fang and a twenty-something leader of the Han Dynasty named Zhao Zhan, the latter of whom appears in Fangs fantasies.

Jackie Chan once attempted to break out of his signature comedy style in the early part of the millennium when he made New Police Story, which had him playing a more dramatic role as an alcoholic ex-cop. He would follow it up with 2005’s The Myth, which would be half of an Armor of God-type movie where he played an archeologist and half of a period film where Chan also played a General of a historical Chinese army. Chan returns with a new sequel to The Myth, titled A Legend. This film reunites him with director Stanley Tong, who directed Chan in movies like Rumble in the Bronx and Police Story 3: Supercop.

Well Go USA has just released the trailer for A Legend. Not long after the company unveiled the trailers for the upcoming action films of other martial arts icons, Tony Jaa’s Striking Rescue and Donnie Yen’s The Prosecutor.

"We would rather die in glory, than live in shame." Well Go USA has revealed a kick ass official US trailer for Chinese historical fantasy action movie called A Legend, made by filmmaker Stanley Tong. Decades after Stanley Tong and actor Jackie Chan teamed up to make the two Supercop movies (in 1992 & 1993) the two have joined forces again for this Chinese action adventure movie. It is also a sequel to The Myth and Kung Fu Yoga. An archeologist noticed that the texture of the relics discovered during the excavation of a glacier closely resembled a jade pendant seen in one of his dreams. He & his team embark on an expedition into the glacier. Professor Fang and his assistant somehow create a mystical connection with a heroic Han dynasty general, blurring the lines between past & present right as the general prepares to wage war against the brutal Hun army. They attempt to discover the truth.

This month, AARP The Magazine will feature Wicked star Michelle Yeoh, and Screen Rant has a first look at the cover, plus an exclusive interview the actor gave the publication. AARP is the nations largest nonpartisan and nonprofit organization that advocates for the enrichment and health of people over 50 years old. Yeoh, who won her first Academy Award in 2023, is 62.

Screen Rant is happy to present the AARP The Magazine cover for December 2024/January 2025. It comes as Yeoh features in the live-action adaptation of Wicked, which Screen Rants review called a near-perfect adaptation of the musical. Check out the cover featuring Yeoh, below, and scroll on to watch the full interview with the actor.

How Michelle Yeohs Cover Story Proves She Is Still On The Rise

Michelle Yeoh has long been something of a screen legend, and yet that legend has only continued to grow. Yeoh established herself as a...

Most fans consider Simu Liu's bus fight as the standout action sequence in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. The actor revealed how his training scene with Michelle Yeoh became a personal favorite.

Simu Liu had nothing but praise for Michelle Yeoh's grace and physicality in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings. Aware of Yeoh's impressive performances in martial arts films like Supercop, The Touch, and Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Liu recalled their fight scene in Shang-Chi bordered on the surreal. Shang-Chi knew how to fight but still had a lot to learn early in the film (as demonstrated by his awkward yet effective moves during the bus fight sequence); Liu told Collider he didn't need to try hard to sell his clumsy stunts in the film. This was highlighted in Shang-Chi's training scene with Yeoh's character Ying Nan, whose fighting style uses Tai chi techniques.

After orchestrating several action sequences alongside some notable fighters, there is one particular co-star that Simu Liu feels honored to have faced off against. During his time on the set of Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, the actor was daunted at the idea of sharing the screen with Michelle Yeoh, given that she is martial arts certified and known for her stunt work in films like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and Supercop. Yet, according to Liu at a Fan Expo Canada panel, the experience of playing opposite her was nothing but rewarding. He told audiences:...

In Jackie Chan's “Police Story” film series, Stanley Tong took over the helm as director from Chan in “Police Story 3: Supercop” (1992). Michelle Yeoh joined the cast as Inspector Yang from China and gave Chan a good run for his money doing her own stunts and fighting. In “Supercop 2”, Yeoh reprises her role as the main lead this time while Chan returns in a cameo as Inspector Chan and in drag.

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Not long after her return to China from her successful mission in Malaysia, some terrorists are holding hostages in a building. The Government promptly sends Inspector Jessica Yang Jian Wa (Michelle Yeoh) to rescue them. With the help of her boyfriend, Vietnam war veteran David Chang Fung (Yu Rong Guang), who now works as a security guard, they have the situation under control. Yang gets a medal...

Rotten Tomatoes can rank an actor's best movie strangely due to the way it aggregates reviews. Michelle Yeoh's 1985 "Yes, Madam" & Jeff Goldblum's "Annie Hall" are two examples. Lesser-known films like Tilda Swinton's "Edward II" can gain 100% scores, even if many people haven't heard of them.

The Rotten Tomatoes rating system occasionally produces some strange results, meaning that an actor's highest-rated movie isn't one that audiences typically associate with them. This has a lot to do with the way that Rotten Tomatoes aggregates reviews to come up with its scores. Lesser-known movies can score 100% if they have unanimously positive reviews, while more popular movies which naturally generate more reviews can fall down the rankings if one or two critics dislike them.

The other main reason why Rotten Tomatoes doesn't always accurately reflect an actor's best movie is that it doesn't take into account the size of an actor's role.

Jackie Chan is widely regarded as one of the best exponents of martial arts in the world. With the legendary Bruce Lee as his idol, Chan began his career as a stuntman in Hong Kong before taking the big leap into Hollywood. There, he made his name as not just an action star, but as an actor with a flair for comedy too.

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Not only was the celebrity an expert in this niche field, but he was also a mentor and role model for many other stars. This included being there for his co-actors during potentially hazardous moments as well. Michelle Yeoh revealed the time when the Rush Hour actor became her guardian angel during a dangerous stunt in their film together.

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While Jackie Chan is often cited as one of the most influential personalities in Hollywood, acclaimed filmmaker Steven Spielberg turned out to be the Kung Fu legend’s icon. Therefore, meeting him for the first time turned out to be rather hilarious for Chan, based on the story he shared during his appearance on Conan.

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Recalling his first meeting with the Hollywood legend Steven Spielberg, whom Jackie Chan often considered the “God of Cinema”, the Rush Hour star shared the anecdote with his fans. Recounting the first conversation he had with Spielberg, Chan later dropped his badass response to the filmmaker’s highly anticipated question.

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Jackie Chan’s popularity in the US might have exploded in 1995, following the release of Stanley Tong’s Rumble in the Bronx, but he has undoubtedly been a...

There have been some truly iconic martial arts experts who have gone on to become bonafide superstars in Hollywood. Names such as Bruce Lee and Jackie Chan pop up prominently, although when it comes to female actors, there is nobody who matches the kind of legacy Michelle Yeoh has created in the last few decades.

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The 61-year-old actress has been a part of some truly iconic series, such as Transformers, Avatar, The Mummy, and became part of the MCU via her role in Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.

As it turns out, the Malaysian actress has worked with fellow martial arts icon Jackie Chan in the past as well, in the form of 1992’s Supercop. As a matter of fact, her expertise in martial arts(despite no formal training!), and her ability to do dangerous stunts brought forth a hilarious response from Chan,...

Michelle Yeoh dominated the action film industry long before Hollywood caught up to her standards. Competing against the likes of Jackie Chan, the Malaysian-Chinese actress made Hong Kong action cinema her home with classics like Yes, Madam (1985) and Police Story 3: Super Cop (1992). 5 years later, the entire world would come to know of her in the James Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies as a no-nonsense agent skilled in martial arts who was anything but a Bond girl.

Pierce Brosnan and Michelle Yeoh in Tomorrow Never Dies [Credit: Universal Pictures/Eon Productions]However, being pigeonholed into a stereotype, be it in the Hong Kong film industry or Hollywood, was never in the cards for Michelle Yeoh. The trailblazing star’s career path – from ballet at 16 to winning the Miss Malaysia beauty pageant at 20 to rising as an indomitable force in the stunt-action movie industry at 23 to winning the Oscar at 60 as the first Asian actress,...

The story goes thus: it was 1985, and Hong Kong superstar Jackie Chan, having enjoyed nearly two decades of cinematic success in his native country, wanted to extend his reach into the United States. Chan had already tried to infiltrate America in 1980 with Robert Clouse's film "The Big Brawl," but while it was highly respected by martial arts fans, "Brawl" wasn't the massive hit Chan wanted. Chan had already directed four movies by 1985 but still felt that an American director could translate his fightin' sensibilities for a North American audience more accurately. So, he hired genre filmmaker James Glickenhaus to helm the 1985 actioner "The Protector."

Chan and Glickenhaus butted heads throughout production, as Glickenhaus refused to film fight sequences in a way Chan approved of. At the end of production, Chan merely re-edited the film himself and directed new scenes in the hope of salvaging the project.

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Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh has joined the cast of Amazon Prime Video’s Blade Runner 2099 sequel series, currently filming in Prague.

Already a veteran of action and science fiction genres, Oscar-winning actor Michelle Yeoh has joined the cast of Amazon Prime Video’s limited TV series, Blade Runner 2099.

Currently, that’s about all we know. Even Deadline, which first published the news, doesn’t know anything useful about the character Yeoh will play or what the series will be about. Sorry about that.

The series has been in development for quite a while, though, given that it’s a sequel to 2017’s Blade Runner 2049 (itself a sequel to Ridley Scott’s Blade Runner), and there’s still nothing to watch roughly seven years on.

Last year’s Hollywood strikes haven’t helped matters. At one point, Amazon Studios was gearing up for production in Northern Ireland, with...

Michelle Yeoh has come quite a long way from the days of Yes, Madam and Police Story 3: Supercop. While the Malaysian actress used to fight alongside stars like Cynthia Rothrock and Jackie Chan in some of the best martial arts movies to come out of Hong Kong, today she’s broken out into dramas and sci-fi projects in addition to action. Deadline reports that the Academy Award-winning star of Everything Everywhere All at Once is now set to star in the sequel series, Blade Runner 2099, for Prime Video.

The details have been shrouded in mystery as of now. However, the year in the title implies a significant jump in time from the last sequel, Blade Runner 2049. The Denis Villeneuve film brought in talents like Ryan Gosling, Jared Leto and Ana De Armas. It would also see Harrison Ford return to the role of Dekker. Blade Runner 2099...

There's a certain type of actor that likes to brag about performing their own stunts. Obviously, this kind of bravado is a given — and a source of tremendous excitement — when we're talking about martial arts stars like Jackie Chan, Anita Mui, and Scott Adkins. They can make physical combat look elegant and playful, or, in the case of guys like Adkins, just flat-out brutal. But we also hear likewise about folks like Harrison Ford, Angelina Jolie and, of course, Tom Cruise — folks who like to mix it up as much as they can.

As someone who can no longer ride a rollercoaster without fainting, I envy these people for their fearlessness. What a gift — or a touch of madness — it must be willing to jump off a speeding van onto a moving car (as Michelle Yeoh did in "Police Story 3: Super Cop").

You'd think Ryan Gosling would be of...

Pluto TV, Paramount’s free streaming service, has revealed its May highlights. The Pluto TV May 2024 schedule includes Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month programming, more anime content, new channels, and new film additions.

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For many around the world, there’s one name at the top of the action totem pole: Jackie Chan, and today marks his 70th birthday.

If you only know him as a goofy martial arts comedian from the Rush Hour and Shanghai Noon series, then consider this a wake up call. Because when Jackie did things His way on his home turf, he churned out some of the best action movies you’ll ever see.

Many would point to Drunken Master II as Jackie’s magnum opus. Fair enough, that is an all-timer, but for an example of his best modern day martial arts action, mixed in with some crime drama and his signature comedy, one of his absolute best outings is 1985’s Police Story.

In the 1970s, Jackie Chan soared to fame internationally once he was finally able to break out of the shadow of Bruce Lee. When Chan...

Actress Michelle Yeoh has faced a career resurgence ever since she starred in the A24 sci-fi comedy-drama Everything Everywhere All At Once. The actress was universally lauded for her performance as Evelyn Quan in the film by the Daniels and even won the Oscar for Best Actress, making her the first Asian to win in the category.

Despite her amazing reputation, Yeoh’s presence was reportedly not enough for the Netflix show The Brothers Sun to continue into the second season. The action comedy was reportedly canceled after the first season recently much to the dismay of Yeoh and lead actor Justin Chien. This was the second instance where a show starring Michelle Yeoh had been canceled after one season.

Netflix Canceled Michelle Yeoh Starrer The Brothers Sun Michelle Yeoh in The Brothers Sun

The Netflix series The Brothers Sun was created by Brad Falchuk, who was known for co-creating the shows Glee,...

When it comes to action cinema, there is almost nothing cooler than a great motorcycle stunt. The team behind Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning essentially built their entire marketing campaign around a major one where Tom Cruise, in spectacular fashion, raced a bike off a cliff into a free fall. It was impressive, and beautifully captured in the movie. However, before Michelle Yeoh won hearts world over with Everything Everywhere All At Once, she stole the show with an even greater, more daring motorcycle stunt in the 1992 film Police Story 3: Supercop, or as it was known in the U.S., Supercop.

"The Brothers Sun" is a popular comedic-action series on Netflix that follows two estranged brothers from different backgrounds. The show features an impressive cast, including Michelle Yeoh and Justin Chien, who deliver outstanding performances. The series combines martial arts, gangster drama, and heartfelt family moments to create an entertaining and engaging storyline.

Created by Byron Wu and Brad Falchuk, The Brothers Sun premiered on Netflix in early January 2024 and instantly shot to the top of the platform's most-watched TV shows. The comedic-action series follows Bruce and Charles Sun, two estranged brothers from different backgrounds. Bruce is an innocent teenager raised in California. At the same time, his older brother Charles is a professional gangster who grew up in Taipei and trained under the tutelage of their father, Big Sun.

When Charles visits Bruce and their mother Ellen in California, Bruce learns about his family's secret past and is pressed to...

The Oscar-winning actress Michelle Yeoh cracked history open when she won the Academy Award for Best Actress in ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ in March, last year, but she’s not sitting back to bask in the glow. The actress described her process for a harrowing fight scene in her new series ‘The Brothers Sun’ which dropped on January 4 on Netflix.

She said: “I exercise every day. I do my whole routine of being in shape and knowing my moves. When you are in shape and ready to strike, it’s not difficult”, reports Variety.

As a martial arts icon who has made her mark on some of the most influential action movies of all time like ‘Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon’, ‘Supercop’ and ‘Yes, Madam’, it’s no surprise she’s prepared for all comers.

As per Variety, in ‘The Brothers Sun’, ruthless Taipei gangster Charles Sun (Justin Chien) travels...

Plot: Two ex-special forces soldiers must escort a group of civilians along Baghdad’s “Highway of Death” to the safety of the Green Zone.

Review: Released last week with minimal promotion, the new action flick Hidden Strike shocked everyone by becoming the number-one movie on Netflix in the United States and over fifty other countries. It should come as no surprise that a movie starring Jackie Chan and John Cena would do as well as this. With the marketplace desperate for products due to the ongoing SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes limiting the new content at their disposal, Hidden Strike is a surprising success story in a year where a new Indiana Jones movie became one of the biggest box office bombs ever. While Hidden Strike‘s long journey to the screen saw it shift stars from Sylvester Stallone to John Cena while relying on lots of CGI to make...

Distribution Workshop has picked up international sales duties on “A Legend,” the Jackie Chan -starring film.

As previously reported, the film is now in production.

“A Legend” is now pitched as a $50 million sequel to the 2005 action romance “The Myth” that involved both Chan and director Stanley Tong. In previous communication, producer Bona Film Group said that the film was inspired by the earlier film.

The new picture will be the tenth time that Chan and Tong have worked together, following other titles that include “Police Story 3,” “Supercop” and “Vanguard.”

“A Legend” sees Professor Chen, an archaeology expert, notice that the texture on the artifacts discovered by his students during a glacier expedition, is strikingly similar to a jade pendant he had seen in his dreams. The pendant is connecting the realm of dreams to reality. Filled with curiosity, Chen leads a research team on a journey deep into the Glacier Temple,...

The film the mark the tenth collaboration between Chan and director Stanley Tong.

Taiwan’s Distribution Workshop is to begin sales at Cannes on Jackie Chan fantasy adventure The Legend, which marks the action star’s tenth film with director Stanley Tong.

The $50m mainland China feature is a sequel to 2005’s The Myth, which was also directed by Tong, and stars Chan as an archaeologist who discovers a jade pendant that seems to connect the dream world with reality.

Produced by Bona Film Group, the feature also stars Yixing Zhang, Coulee Nazha and Aarif Lee. A release date has...

Michelle Yeoh has made the transition from action hero to Oscar winner, thanks to her acclaimed performance in “Everything Everywhere All At Once”.

However, it was back in the 1980s that Yeoh got her start in Hong Kong action movies, with her martial arts skills and gymnastic abilities catapulting her to increasingly larger roles.

Read More: Michelle Yeoh Says She ‘Never Dreamt Of Being On The Silver Screen’ When She Started 40 Years Ago

As Et Canada continues to celebrate Asian Heritage Month, we look back on some of Yeoh’s most memorable screen stunts.

“Yes Madam” (1985)

Yeoh’s first major stunt was for Hong Kong martial arts film “Yes Madam”, which involved flipping backward and smashing through glass — with her head! — while simultaneously hurling two thugs off a balcony.

In a 2022 interview with Town & Country, Yeoh spoke about attending the “Yes Madam” premiere and watching the audience react in surprise...

Step out of your 6000 Sux, stop watching Tj Lazer re-runs, put down that flier from the Home Heart Centre, box up your game of Nukem. That’s right folks, we’re time-traveling to the not too distant future of 2043 Detroit in this episode of Revisited where Paul Verhoeven set his seminal, all time classic sci-fi action epic Robocop. The Dutch director showcases all of his trademark filmmaking skills and a penchant for graphic violence in the movie and it remains an often copied, but never bettered, example of visceral sci-fi filmmaking. Just think of entertainment empires that are now synonymous with the era in which they first emerged and have gained longevity in various forms – for example; Star Wars, Marvel, The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter and it’s hard to imagine a mid-budget movie such as Robocop having the same cultural appeal or influence. However, just like its hero,...

Tenth Time Lucky The Legend teaser poster (Bona Film Group)

Director Stanley Tong (“Rumble in the Bronx”) is to team up with Jackie Chan for the tenth time on “The Legend.” State media in China report that Chan, who recently reached the top spot in the mainland Chinese box office with aged stuntman comedy “Ride On,” will play an archaeologist on a quest through time and space. With production by Bona Film Group, “The Legend” is pitched as being in the same vein as Tong and Chan’s 2005 effort “The Myth,” which was a fantasy love story. Tong and Chan have worked together on other titles including “Police Story 3,” “Supercop” and “Vanguard.”

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India’s Jio Studios is backing “Khashaba,” a Marathi-language film on the life of India’s first Olympic medalist Khasaba Dadasaheb. After delivering the “Sairat,” the all-time highest grosser in the history of Marathi cinema, and London and Goteborg selection “Fandry,...

Michelle Yeoh, who made history by winning the best actress Oscar for her performance in “Everything Everywhere All at Once” last month, made an emotional return trip to her native Malaysia last week.

She visited her mother in time for the traditional Qingming Festival, or Tomb Sweeping Day, and stopped by the grave of her father who died in 2014. In an Instagram post on Wednesday she said, “Brought Mr. O home. Without my parents’ love and trust and support, I wouldn’t be here today.”

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Her trip home represented a promise that Yeoh made during her Oscars acceptance speech.

“I have to dedicate this to my mom, all the moms in the world, because they are really the superheroes. And without them, none of us will be here tonight. She’s 84 and I’m taking this home to her,...

Michelle Yeoh has just won the Academy Award for best actress with her hysterically good performance in “Everything Everywhere All at Once”, making Oscar history as first Asian woman winning that category. It has been a long way since the year 1937, when white actress Luise Rainer won the same category for sporting a “yellowface” and play a Chinese villager in “The Good Earth.” But the Malaysian-born actress had already built up a reputation in the 1980s and '90s as Hong Kong's kick-ass action star.

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A ballet dancer since 4, she moved to London to study at the Royal Academy as a teen, but her dancer career didn't last long. After winning the Miss Malaysia beauty pageant title and the Miss Moomba beauty pageant title in Australia in the early 1980s, she...

World-famous martial arts star Jackie Chan is returning to his Hong Kong roots in news that will have any action junkie positively buzzing with excitement. Longtime fans will hardly need a reminder of Chan's leading role in the "Police Story" trilogy of movies. Made with significant creative influence by Chan (who directed and co-wrote two of the films) from 1985 to 1992, the trilogy follows lead character Chan Ka-Kui, a local cop tasked with assisting in a major undercover sting operation. The franchise was actually rebooted twice with Chan's direct involvement, most notably in 2004 with "New Police Story." That film also starred Chan in the lead role and paired him with immensely popular popstar and actor Nicholas Tse. Now, the two are teaming up once again to deliver a follow-up to that film with "New Police Story 2."

This news comes from The Hollywood Reporter, which states that Chan recently made the official...

I waited a long time for this,” Michelle Yeoh told me back in May last year, visibly emotional as she spoke. The revered doyenne of Asian cinema and stunt legend was speaking about recognition in general, which after decades in the industry, she was finally receiving in abundance thanks to her leading role in Everything Everywhere All At Once. There’s a good chance the Oscars were hardly on her mind then. The film and Yeoh were fantastic, but it was assumed that its early release meant Eeao would be forgotten come awards season.

And yet here we are, post-Oscars 2023, and the eccentric, unlikely comedy-drama has managed to dominate the ceremony. Thanks to Eeao, Yeoh has garnered praise and, in the past few months, some shiny trophies, too. She has picked up a Golden Globe and Screen Actors Guild award for her performance. She is the first Asian to...

In a stunning victory, Michelle Yeoh took home the trophy for best actress at the 2023 Oscars on Sunday. The Everything Everywhere All at Once actress made history as the first Asian American to win the category and the first woman of color to receive the award in two decades, following Halle Berry, who was the first Black woman and woman of color to win the Academy Award in 2002 and presented Yeoh with her history-making win tonight.

“To all the little boys and girls who look like me watching tonight, this...

It turns out the Academy really liked doing laundry and taxes with “Everything Everywhere All at Once” star Michelle Yeoh, who completed her recent sweep of best actress prizes with a thunderous, history-making win at the 95th Oscars for Best Actress in a Leading Role. She is the first-ever lead actress of Asian descent to win in all 95 years of the Academy Awards.

Yeoh, a titan of Asian cinema who famously performed a number of stunts in death-defying action classics such as “Supercop” and “Yes, Madam” before finding her way into the Bond movie “Tomorrow Never Dies,” the Ang Lee classic “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” “Memoirs of a Geisha,” and “Crazy Rich Asians.” She is a beloved industry legend and the Daniels wrote the role of Evelyn Wang in “Everything Everywhere All at Once” especially for her.

During her time on the awards campaign trail, she has been vocal about...

I waited a long time for this,” Michelle Yeoh told me back in May last year, visibly emotional as she spoke. The revered doyenne of Asian cinema and stunt legend was speaking about recognition in general, which after decades in the industry, she was finally receiving in abundance thanks to her leading role in Everything Everywhere All At Once. There’s a good chance the Oscars were hardly on her mind then. The film and Yeoh were fantastic, but it was assumed that its early release meant Eeao would be forgotten come awards season.

And yet here we are on Oscars eve and the eccentric, unlikely comedy-drama is leading the pack with 11 nominations. Tonight, if numbers are anything to go by, Yeoh will ascend those tricky Dolby Theatre steps and take the stage at least once, if not multiple times. Thanks to Eeao, Yeoh has garnered praise and, in the past few months,...

Michelle Yeoh is opening up about the discrimination she faced in Hollywood.

While the actress was a bonified star in Asia thanks to Hong Kong action flicks like “Police Story 3: Super Cop” and “Supercop 2,” it was her role in the James Bond film “Tomorrow Never Dies” that brought her to Hollywood’s attention.

She played the iconic spy, Wai Lin, who broke every stereotype about Bond Girls with her martial arts and capabilities.

Read More: How Michelle Yeoh Helped Ke Huy Quan Prep For ‘Everything Everywhere All at Once: ‘Couldn’t Have Done This Without Her’

“The first movie I did after I came to America was ‘Tomorrow Never Dies’ with Pierce Brosnan,” she recalled to People magazine. “James Bond at that point had only been known as macho, and the girls were just the ones with cutesy names.”

While she came to the West’s attention with the film,...

Michelle Yeoh is no stranger to Hollywood. She’s been kicking ass and taking names on screens since 1994, then hit the big time thanks to the Hong Kong action film series Supercop. Since her early days, Yeoh is a bright star among many in films like Memoirs of a Geisha, Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, Sunshine, Gunpowder Milkshake, Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings, and, of course, Everything Everywhere All At Once. Her Hollywood breakthrough stems from her performance as Wai Lin in the Bond film Tomorrow Never Dies. However, being a Bond girl isn’t all it’s cracked up to be. Speaking with People, Yeoh says the role was a double-edged sword with several drawbacks to her career.

“The first movie I did after I came to America was ‘Tomorrow Never Dies’ with Pierce Brosnan,” Yeoh told People magazine. “James Bond at that point had only been known as macho,...

Michelle Yeoh was already a star overseas by 1997 thanks to popular Hong Kong movies like “Police Story 3: Super Cop” and “Supercop 2,” but it wasn’t until the James Bond tentpole “Tomorrow Never Dies” opened that year that Yeoh had her Hollywood breakthrough. The actor played Wai Lin, a Chinese spy who is highly skilled in marital arts and bucks every “damsel in distress” and “Bond girl” stereotype.

“The first movie I did after I came to America was ‘Tomorrow Never Dies’ with Pierce Brosnan,” Yeoh recently told People magazine. “James Bond at that point had only been known as macho, and the girls were just the ones with cutesy names.”

Although Yeoh was praised for her progressive and action-ready Bond girl, she told People that the Hollywood offers that followed were exactly the opposite.

“At that point, people in the industry couldn’t really tell the difference between...

Each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit streaming platforms in the United States. Check out this week’s selections below and past round-ups here.

All the Beauty and the Bloodshed (Laura Poitras)

It is a fascinating thing to watch someone’s history of protest and addiction collide and conspire to hold a pharmaceutical company accountable and expose its parent family as reprehensible. Academy Award-winning filmmaker Laura Poitras profiles the renowned photographer and activist Nan Goldin and her fight through the AIDS and opioid crisis, but this is bigger than a biographical documentary. Through slideshows, interviews, and family videos, Poitras weaves a riveting, heartbreaking interconnected story of generational pain, its influence over the blurry boundaries between life and art. – Jake K-s.

Where to Stream: VOD

Close (Lukas Dhont)

Dhont’s sophomore feature offers no narrative or stylistic fireworks, but it captures feelings so fine and true they...

Michelle Yeoh has given her thoughts on Andrea Riseborough’s controversial Oscar nomination.

Riseborough was seen as a surprise inclusion on the list of 2023 nominees, earning a nod for her role in the little-seen drama To Leslie.

Her nomination followed a run of late-in-the-day endorsements from a number of A-list stars, including Gwyneth Paltrow, Kate Winslet, Charlize Theron, Amy Adams, Jennifer Aniston and Jane Fonda.

After the nominations were announced, the Academy said that it was “conducting a review of the campaign procedures around this year’s nominees” – before subsequently ruling that no action was to be taken on Riseborough’s nomination.

Speaking to BBC Radio 4’s Today programme, Yeoh, who was nominated for Best Actress for her role in Everything Everywhere All at Once, dismissed the suggestion that Riseborough’s campaign had operated outside of the rules.

“The Academy has always prided itself on having regulations and playing...

International action legends Jackie Chan and Michelle Yeoh have been having a fun sibling-rivalry-esque friendship ever since their collaboration in Police Story 3: Supercop. When Michelle co-starred with Chan, she was determined to compete with him with her own fight prowess and death-defying stunts (which includes an infamous sequence where Yeoh jumps onto a moving train with a motorcycle). According to The Independent, Yeoh reveals that after her Oscar nomination for Everything Everywhere All at Once was announced, Chan had texted her to reveal that he had been approached to do the movie.

Yeoh tells CNN, “It was written for a man, when [directors Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert, known collectively as the Daniels] set out to do this. They wrote it that way, with Jackie, and me as the wife. So the roles were completely reversed. I remember Jackie texting me and saying, ‘Congratulations! You know, your boys came to see me first.

Every kid of a certain age grew up wanting to be Jackie Chan. A legend in Hong Kong and most of the world from the late-seventies on, Jackie Chan also, at long last, became a superstar in North America after the release of his 1996 classic Rumble in the Bronx. Supercop, First Strike and more dubbed versions of his Hong Kong movies would follow, but it was 1998’s Rush Hour, which paired him with Chris Tucker, that made him a phenomenon in the United States. It was as if, at long last, the United States was let in on a secret the rest of the world already knew.

Jackie Chan emerged in the late nineties after a failed attempt to make him into a Bruce Lee clone. Never wanting to be a typical martial arts star, Chan opted to mix comedy and martial arts in a way that made him a...

Michelle Yeoh has revealed why Quentin Tarantino didn’t cast her in Kill Bill.

According to the director, his 2003 Uma Thurman-led action film took inspiration from the 1992 action movie Supercop, which starred Yeoh and Jackie Chan.

In a new interview with Town & Country, Yeoh explained why she didn’t land a role in Tarantino’s classic film, despite his admiration for her as an actor.

“I asked Quentin the same question,” she said. “He’s very smart. He said, ‘Who would believe that Uma Thurman could kick your a**?’”

While Yeoh wasn’t cast, she still credits him with encouraging her to come out of retirement after she suffered a serious back injury on the set of the 1996 film The Stunt Woman.

“I must say, Quentin, he’s persistent,” Yeoh said. “He is who he is today because he’s full of passion and love, so he wore me down.

Michelle Yeoh has had some frightening moments in her career.

The “Everything Everywhere All at Once” star is on the new cover of Town & Country, and in it, she talks about the stunt that almost made her stop acting for good.

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The incident occurred while shooting the 1996 Hong Kong action movie “The Stunt Woman” when she fractured some vertebrae while performing a stunt in which she plummeted from a bridge.

“I thought I broke my back. I thought I was paralyzed,” she said, describing being put in a brace and having difficulty breathing.

Photo: Ruven Afanador for Town & Country

Yeoh considered switching to a career with safer work, but continued on, appearing in the James Bond movie “Tomorrow Never Dies” in 1997 and “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” in 2000.

Before that, Yeoh had already retired once from acting...

Four years after the second installment to arguably Jackie Chan’ most popular franchise, the actor would reprise his role as police inspector Chan Ka-Kui in “Police Story 3: Supercop” (or just “Supercop” in some areas). Perhaps due to his busy schedule in front and behind the camera, working on other projects such as the equally successful “Armour of God”-films, Stanley Tong took over directing duties from Chan, who would still be a producer for the project. This collaboration turned out to be quite fruitful for both them, setting the foundation for features such as “Rumble in the Bronx”, which would give the actor the breakthrough with US-American markets after years of trying. Although the previous entries into the franchise had already set quite a high level when it came to action set pieces, “Supercop” would see Chan in the middle of some of the most ambitious and costly action scenes of his career,...

An array of films for June, from old school kung fu to a gem of a film The Seventh Curse – not often talked about but definitely needs to be seen if you like voodoo/ occult/ witchcraft and curses from lost tribes.

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Police Story 3: Supercop finally gets a blu ray release in the UK via Eureka Entertainment. This follows on from their release of a Police Story 1 & 2 dual-film set and they will also be releasing a new deluxe boxset of Police Story 1, 2 & 3. Release date is in September, but you can pre-order now on the Terracotta store to make sure you get your copy.

Pre-order Supercop (Blu Ray) Limited Edition Slipcase Version Here

Fans of Hong Kong director Johnnie To will be looking forward to this 2-film set from the director, Running out of Time 1 & 2. Andy Lau stars a terminally ill patient who...

Filmmaking duo Daniels’ absurdist action-comedy “Everything Everywhere All At Once” has been out for a few weeks now, and audiences across the country have had a chance to see how the former music video directors behind 2016’s “Swiss Army Man” were able to turn the tables on the concept of a “multiverse” that’s become so familiar to fans of the MCU.

In the case of “Everything Everywhere,” comparisons have been made to Charlie Kaufman, particularly “Being John Malkovich,” which some may forget received three Oscar nominations in 2020 for Kaufman’s writing, Spike Jonze’s direction and for Catherine Keener’s supporting role.

The Daniels’ movie has received absolutely stellar reviews with a 97 on Rotten Tomatoes and only five negative reviews out of 175. That’s pretty astounding and something that can’t be ignored when we start taking a closer look at Daniels’ film, and why it should be remembered...