DVD: shanghai (legendary midnight countess)

DVD: shanghai

DVD:

Charlie Chan Collection, Vol. 1 (Charlie Chan in London / Charlie Chan in Paris / Charlie Chan in Egypt / ...

76 reviews
Warner Oland, Irene Hervey

20th Century Fox, 2006

The real deal
I cannot add anymore to the praise that others have heaped on this series. On a personal note, I was brought up thinking that Sidney Toler was the definitive Charlie Chan, because that's what I see on Saturday afternoon TV. I wasn't sure that I would like Warner Oland. No problem. Each actor brings something slightly different to the role, and despite my first preferring Sidney Toler, I ...

The Lady from Shanghai

59 reviews
Rita Hayworth, Orson Welles

Sony Pictures, 2000

Hacked up by the studio what remains is still a classic film noir - more proof of Welles' genius
Michael O'Hara (Orson Welles, with a very soft Irish brogue), an out of work seaman, has a brief encounter in Central Park with Elsa `Rosalie' Bannister (Rita Hayworth, with short blonde hair!). Later that evening they meet again when O'Hara rescues her from a mugging in progress. In gratitude, her crippled husband, Arthur Bannister (Everett Sloane) seeks out O'Hara and offers him a job as a ...

Shanghai Gesture

15 reviews
Gene Tierney, Walter Huston

Image Entertainment, 2006

Gene est si touchante
Gene Tierney, actrice magnifique, hante ce film comme tous ceux dans lesquels elle a joué.

The White Countess

52 reviews
Natasha Richardson, Lynn Redgrave

Sony Pictures, 2006

On His Blindness
The final Merchant Ivory production "The White Countess" is set in Shanghai in the 1930's. The brilliant Kazuo Ishiguro (REMAINS OF THE DAY, NEVER LET ME GO, etc.,) wrote the screen play. Ralph Finnes (Jackson) and Nathasha Richardson (Countess Sofia Belinskya) head up a cast that includes the rest of Richardson's natural family as her film family, her aunt Lynn Redgrave (her mother-in-law Olga ...

The Charlie Chan Chanthology (The Secret Service / The Chinese Cat / The Jade Mask / Meeting at Midnight / ...

47 reviews
Sidney Toler, Joan Woodbury

MGM (Video & DVD), 2004

Good, Solid Entertainment
From the diversity of ratings here, it is obvious that for most Charlie Chan movie fans, the Toler Chans are an acquired taste. I used to prefer the Oland Chans; however, over the years I have come to appreciate how entertaining the Toler Chans are. While Toler undoubtedly does less "analytical detecting" in these films than Oland in the earlier ones, the pace and plot of the later films have ...

Shanghai Noon / Shanghai Knights

3 reviews
Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson

Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2008

my opinion on DVD's
I liked the quality of the DVD's and speed of shipment. It took only a fortnight to be delivered. Good job!

Shanghai Noon

157 reviews
Rafael Baez, Xander R. Berkeley

Walt Disney Video, 2000

Shanghai Noon
The DVD was a gift for my sister and the first DVD sent to her was defective. Half way through playing, it stopped and went back to the beginning. I contacted Amazon and the DVD was replaced free of charge. I was very very pleased with how the whole thing was handled. Amazon even reimbursed me for the shipping I paid to return the first DVD. The second DVD plays fine and my sister is very ...

Shanghai Knights

104 reviews
Tom Fisher, Gemma Jones

Walt Disney Video, 2003

Chan & Wilson
A great movie for fans of both Jackie Chan & Owen Wilson. Really funny and full of action.

Shanghai Kiss

18 reviews
Kelly Hu, James Hong

Starz Home Entertainment, 2007

"You still remember me?" . . . "Bunny, you are my every other memory"
"Shanghai Kiss" is a refreshing new comedy about a first generation 28 year old Chinese-American man (played remarkably by Ken Leung) living in Los Angeles, California. He moves to LA from New York to become an actor, but the school of the 'hard knocks' proves to be quite difficult for him. He struggles and eeks out a living somehow, but painfully relies on money sent to him by his alcoholic ...

Shanghai Express (Special Collector's Edition)

5 reviews
Sammo Hung, Biao Yuen

Weinstein Company, 2007

All-star cast in sprawling kung fu comedy
SHANGHAI EXPRESS (1986), one of the greatest action comedies of Hong Kong cinema, is better known as MILLIONAIRES' EXPRESS and is finally out in a beautifully mastered DVD edition for U.S. fans under this alternate title (not to be confused with the Marlene Dietrich classic of the same name). Sammo Hung (EASTERN CONDORS) both stars and directs and his frequent partner, Yuen Biao (PRODIGAL SON), ...

Black Dragon (aka Miracles)

33 reviews
Kenny Bee, Yuen Chor

Sony Pictures, 2003

miracles
its a pretty good movie. very touching but the quality isnt perfect and the acting and stuff isnt that awesome either. other than that, the action's great. jackie chan does a good job.

Shanghai Ghetto

11 reviews
Martin Landau, David Kranzler

New Video Group, 2005

A must see!
I saw this film initially at the SF Jewish Film Festival. Before this initial viewing I was unfamiliar with the imigration of Jews to Shanghai during the holocust. The film is informative and beautifully made. A must see for WWII, hollocast and documentary film junkies.

Shanghai Triad

33 reviews
Li Gong, Baotian Li

Sony Pictures, 2000

A majuscule film and probably the most relevant of that year!
A country bumpkin cousin in the 1930s, is called to Shanghai to wait on the mobster's girlfriend. And we suspect, a very hazardous love affair will emerge inside this violent underworld of power, corruption and falseness, where nothing lasts forever. One of the most visceral and complex films of this brilliant director, one of the top ten of the world.

Legendary Sin Cities - Paris, Berlin & Shanghai

6 reviews

Shanachie, 2006

Sexual Freedom = Artistic/Literary Expression
The thesis of this documentary is that the extraordinary sexual freedom and license in the 1920-1930's in three cities (Berlin, Paris, & Shanghai) became a draw to the great artists and literary figures of Europe. It is without doubt that Paris and Berlin did generate a renaissance of artistic creation during these decades but there were other factors such as the flood of Russians from the ...

Charlie Chan in The Shanghai Cobra

9 reviews
Sidney Toler, Mantan Moreland

MGM (Video & DVD), 2004

Classic Charlie Chan
Wonderfully written and acted by Sidney Toler. A great movie for all Charlie Chan fans.

Shanghai Surprise

24 reviews
Sean Penn, Madonna

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 2003

give it a chance
i saw this movie in the theater when i was a kid (the place was completely empty). i haven't seen it in ages since but i just got the dvd and i didn't remember it being so good. what an enjoyable film. madonna and sean are both sexy and adorable. the plot is full of fun twists and the ending is so uplifting. i don't think it's anything oscar-worthy but it does what a good movie should do: it ...

Flowers of Shanghai

25 reviews
Annie Shizuka Inoh, Michiko Hada

Fox Lorber, 2001

Opium,tea and customers keep the "Flowers" of Shanghai in bloom!
This will not be everyone's cup of green tea.If you are expecting CROUCHING...HIDDEN etc, go elsewhere. If you enjoy deliberate and fixated camera work that moves as slowly and intriquitely as the graceful,quiet movements of the girls of the brothels themselves, then read on, watch the film and learn!This film shows us brothel life in the upscale,British-district "Flower Houses" of 1880's ...

CHINA: Beijing, Shanghai, Hong Kong & Tibet

4 reviews

CreateSpace, 2007

Marvelous! I Loved it!
This DVD on China is marvelous. I'm a part time travel agent and I love it. I have shown it to a couple of people and they were extremely impressed. Who knows, I might get a few trips booked as a result. The videos were amazing.

12 Girls Band: Live from Shanghai

28 reviews
12 Girls Band

Manhattan Records, 2007

13 beauties playing lovely music...What's not to like?
I am enjoying the Live from Shanghai video very much. It is one of my current favorite DVDs. I have already shared it with my friends. It is an impressive musical achievement. And the girls are all very attractive and talented.

Shanghai Surprise (Special Edition)

24 reviews
Sean Penn, Madonna

Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 2007

give it a chance
i saw this movie in the theater when i was a kid (the place was completely empty). i haven't seen it in ages since but i just got the dvd and i didn't remember it being so good. what an enjoyable film. madonna and sean are both sexy and adorable. the plot is full of fun twists and the ending is so uplifting. i don't think it's anything oscar-worthy but it does what a good movie should do: it ...