No, Hong Kong’s Governance Is Not Becoming Like China’s. It’s Actually Worse. Hong Kong is stuck in a governance vacuum, where neither democratic nor authoritarian accountability functions effectively.

Good analysis from The Diplomat - thediplomat.com/2025/12/no-h...

Just received my copy of Saga Of The Phoenix from @88films.bsky.social . Lovely packaging that includes a booklet with my essay about the onscreen cultural crossovers between Hong Kong and Japan.

Dreadful!

Sexually explicit letters about exiled Hong Kong activists sent to UK and Australian addresses Exclusive: Letters with deepfake images of Carmen Lau in UK and targeting of Ted Hui in Australia part of growing harassment

This is grim. There are no depths to which the CCP will not descend.
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Self-declared Free Speech Capital of the World Deeply Concerned about European Censorship proposes pre-screening tweets for wrongthink as part of the ESTA application process.

Cool. Cool cool cool.

Lots to read including my review of City On Fire from @arrowvideo.bsky.social

Oh, Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa has left us. Great screen presence, I have a soft spot for the first Mortal Kombat movie.

YouTube video by ulladubullab Dolph Lundgren-A Little Less Conversation.(HD720)

Still the greatest thing to ever happen on Swedish television - youtu.be/9wBq3wPBOXc?...

But why doesn't he get the girl?

I remember quite liking The Corruptor, but then he ends up being hopelessly underused in Pirates of the Caribbean.

Family alarmed over Jimmy Lai’s deteriorating health as he languishes in solitary confinement in Hong Kong Hong Kong media mogul has suffered dramatic weight loss and other worrying ailments since being jailed in 2020, Lai’s family say

Free Jimmy Lai

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The reference to camp is interesting in the trailer. I think that's a cultural gap perhaps, are HK audiences more amenable to melodrama in their action movies?

There is a 1-star review on Amazon from someone who really didn't like The Killer. No accounting for taste.

I know I've seen that movie but I seem to have wiped it from my mind.

Out in February!

I see The Black Tavern near the top - that movie rules!!

Hong Kong: Young activists suffer in silence – DW – 11/25/2025 Five years after a Beijing-imposed national security law reshaped Hong Kong, two young ex-prisoners discover a freedom defined by an unsettling silence.

powerful piece. how, in hong kong, silence can be deafening.

"Even laughter feels different now."

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Gotta get your money's worth out of that cave rental

We could add Alien vs Ninja too!

That looks fun!

What's the best Predator knock-off, apart obviously from Jiu Jitsu (2020), which features the finest acting ever captured on camera?

I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.

They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1

I thought it was dialogue? But I just jumped on the bandwagon with nary a thought for the consequences...

Kiss my Converse, Charlie Brown.

Yes, The Goldfinger was so dull and anti-dramatic. What a snoozefest!

The fact that they kept it in the film and picked up production again once he had healed is just so emblematic of the Hong Kong movie business...

An awful fall!

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10 great Hong Kong action films of the 1980s From gravity-defying stunts to bullet-sprayed showdowns – as Ringo Lam’s blazing City on Fire returns in a new restoration, we remember the heyday of Hong Kong action movies.

To coincide with the re-release of City On Fire, Sight & Sound asked me to pick 10 great Hong Kong action films of the 1980s. Here's what I came up with:

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