Eat Drink Man Woman 1994  N/R, 123 min.
Genre: Foreign / Drama
Director: Ang Lee
Cast: Chien-lien Wu, Yang Kuei-Mei, Sihung Lung, Wang Yu-Wen, Sylvia Chang, Winston Chao, Chen Chao-jung, Gua Ah Lei
As the title points out, four basic elements in life are eating, drinking, men, and women. This Chinese film is about Taipei Master Chef Chu (Sihung Lung) and his three daughters who live in Taipei, a world apart from their father. Father and daughters have problems in this world, and the film provides an insightful look into their solutions.
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Legend of the Mountain 1979  N/R, 130 min.
Genre: Foreign / Fantasy
Director: King Hu
Cast: Chun Shih, Sylvia Chang, Tung Lin, Tien Feng, Wu Ming-tsai, Sun Yueh, Hsu Feng, Rainbow Hsu, Chiahsiang Wu, Chen Hui Lou
King Hu brings an old legend from China to the screen. Given the job of copying a religious document, Ho (Chun Shih) has been warned of evil spirits that will try to steal his finished product. He meets a man and his daughter, has an affair with the girl, then finds out that both the man and daughter are ghosts.
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 The Red Violin 1998 N/R, 131 min.
Genre: Drama / Mystery / Musical / Romance
Director: Francois Girard
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Don McKellar, Carlo Cecchi, Irene Grazioli, Jean-Luc Bideau, Jason Flemyng, Greta Scacchi, Sylvia Chang, Colm Feore, Monique Mercure, Anita Laurenzi, Tommaso Puntelli, Aldo Brugnini, Sandra Oh
This film traces the story of a fictional, 300-year-old violin from its 17th-century Italian creation as it is transported throughout Europe and Asia through a number of owners, and, finally, to Canada where it is spotted by Charles Morritz (Samuel L. Jackson).
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Slaughter in San Francisco 1981  R, 87 min.
Genre: Action
aka: Karate Cop
Director: William Lowe
Cast: Chuck Norris, Don Wong, Sylvia Channing, Robert Jones, Dan Ivan, Bob Talbert, Chuck Boyd, Sylvia Chang, Robert J. Hercuth, James Econmonides
When his partner is murdered, an ex-cop seeks revenge against the ruthless killers. This movie was filmed in 1973 and released in 1981 to cash in on Chuck Norris' popularity.
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 Twin Dragons 1992  PG-13, 88 min.
Genre: Foreign / Action
Director: Ringo Lam, Tsui Hark
Cast: Jackie Chan, Maggie Cheung, Teddy Robin Kwan, Nina Li Chi, Anthony Chan, Philip Chan, Sylvia Chang, Alfred Cheung, Jacob Cheung, Tung-Jo Cheung
Jackie Chan plays twin brothers–Na Yau and Die Hard–separated at birth, whose lives have taken diverse paths: one twin is a classical musician, the other a car mechanic. But those paths turn and converge in Hong Kong where the twins get mistaken for each other.
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| 1. Attack Force Z (1982)
2. Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)
3. Legend of the Mountain (1979)
4. The Red Violin (1998)
5. Slaughter in San Francisco (1981)
aka: Karate Cop
6. Twin Dragons (1992)
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