Look out! It's Pirate Baby! He has my girlfriend!

Fasten your heads for this treat, an imaginary computer game with zombies, maggot slugs, lots of blood, a datsun jeep and an evil Pirate Baby! Boggled? Well watch or download this terrific short film by Paul Robertson and prepare to oh and ah at the pixelated plundering...


Click here to watch (or DL) Pirate Baby's Cabana Battle Street Fight 2006

Or click here to watch Pirate Baby's Cabana Battle Street Fight 2006 on Transbuddha

(First spotted at Boing Boing)

Jackie, you cunning monkey, you!

Well since Jackie Chan was unable to attend the tribute to his contempararies, let me pull this little nugget from his past - excerpts from the Japanese theatrical sovenier programe for HALF A LOAF OF KUNG FU. What is with the little cartoon image about of Jackie doing a drunken little jig? Maybe because he was dancing to the two little ditties made for the film, "Monkey's On The Loose" and "Cunning Monkey". It has been ages since I saw the film and I don't have a copy, so does anyone out there remember if these shongs are in the film or were added for the Japanese release? Check out the lyrics for these. Lets try and get these covered and spark a new kung fu pop song craze! Any contenders whose vocal martial skills would be up for the task?



Wish I had the actual songs to share with you, but instead, here is a disco song I found on a Japanese CD collection of Chan's film theme songs, aptly called, "Crazy Monkey" for your listening pleasure. Anyone know what Chan film that one is from?

And the flip side of this 45 playing on the kung fu juke box? Check out Jackie's fine vocals on the "Theme For The Young Master". "This road that I've been walking/Don't seem to have no end/And I've never met/A single man yet/That I could call my friend"... Gee Jackie, what about Chris Tucker? "It seems to me/I was born to be/A kung-fu fightin' man" Sing Jackie, Sing!

sitting with the masters: revenge of iMovie...

As I posted a few months ago, on April 3rd, as part of the 30th Hong Kong International Film Festival, a gala tribute was held to honour the men who made HK cinema famous. Awards were given out to Yuen Wo-Ping, Sammo Hung, Lau Kar Leung, Ching Siu Tung (whose name I spelt wrong in the film - sorry) and Jackie Chan (who was absent). While I took some snaps, I also shot some litte 15 sec clips on my wee camera. I have cobbled together a little quicktime flick on iMovie and posted it up on youtube.com. Enjoy!



From the Hong Kong International Film Festival newsletter:

"April 3rd, 2006. From international stars to renowned directors, they were all out in full force to celebrate the 30th Anniversary of HKIFF, as well as to give tribute to Hong Kong’s cinematic treasures – our action choreographers. The night’s special guests were the five masters of action choreography: Lau Kar-leung, Yuen Woo-ping, Sammo Hung, Jackie Chan and Ching Siu-tung. Jackie sadly could not attend at the last minute, but the swells of applause for the four visionaries certainly proved that the night was not dampened. Other presenters of the evening included Joe Cheung, Ng See-
yuen and directors Mabel Cheung, Andrew Lau and Peter Chan. In addition to these events, four martial arts practitioners gave a rousing performance to the sound of traditional Chinese drums, which was produced by recent Silver Berlin Bear winner Peter Kam. It was then followed by a medley of songs by chanteuse
Coco Lee."

"Led by Tony Leung Siu-hung, attending members of the Hong Kong Stuntman Association got up on stage and invited guests to come up with them to receive an honorary plaque from the HKIFF. Yuen Bun, Acting President of the Association, here receives the souvenir from Tai Chi Sword champion Li Fai along with Lau Kar-leung."

ultra surf!

Couldn't resist but pop up this great Japanese LP cover - anyone out there heard this? Spaced out surf rock? The "Ultra" name means alot to me, not because I was a fan of the series as a kid (never saw it til I was 19...), but because it served as an indirect inspiration for my biz, Ultra 8 Pictures. And check out more of the groovy happenings at the Bubblegumfink blog including this trippy opening for the Ultraman tv show...

the hong kong connection

Busy trying to make a flicker gallery of all the pics I took in HK. Thanks to the kind words of praise for my amateur photography! I hope to have more treats from the land of kung fu shortly, but back to the subject of kung fu with this scan of one of the super 8 digest films in my collection that hits the upcoming theme...

behind the scenes of THE INHERITANCE

so far the pics have been in front of the camera. now I swing the camera around to give you a behind the scenes peek at Romeo Candido's THE INNHERITANCE... for more behind the scenese pics, visit Inherited Adventures or the offical site of the film

(right - director Romeo Candido)


(left - the spooky shed / right - director Romeo Candido)




(left - director Romeo Candido / right - the hot Filipino supermodel actress... ?)


(right - the the only self portrait I took on my trip)


(gotta have a film producer who believes in protective amulets and spells!)

inheritance set visit part 2

here are more pics from the spooky set. look out for the
Manananggal!

inheritance set visit pt 1

Been recovering from jetlag, hence the lack of updates to the blog. I have lots of pictures to share and first up are the shots from this creepy country house two hours away from Manila where my friend Romeo Candido was directing his horror film, Inheritance. No need for props and set dressing, this place had a definite homemade spooky vibe. The rusty shack in the back was used as a hideout by Japanese soldiers during WWII and poor Filipino peasants were tortured in it... a heavy atmosphere at night let me tell you... (click on the pics for bigger images)