Movies
Reel China: Wong Kar Wai’s ‘The Grandmaster’ and Herman Yau’s ‘The Final Fight’ are just the latest to take on near-mythical kung fu expert Ip Man.
Sept. 21, 2013
Martial arts master Ip Man reigns large in film
Awards
Not a week goes by, it seems lately, without some shocking box-office statistic from China: A mermaid movie has raked in more than $500 million in four weeks.
March 8, 2016
Movie review: Ip returns in ‘Ip Man 2: Legend of the Grandmaster’
Jan. 28, 2011
The Beijing-based distributor of “Ip Man 3” has been barred from releasing movies for a month after Chinese regulators found the company inflated opening week box office figures for the martial-arts film to the tune of 32 million renminbi, or almost $5 million, authorities said Friday.
March 18, 2016
With allegations of box-office fraud swirling around “Ip Man 3,” the film’s Chinese financier issued a strongly worded defense Wednesday, saying that unscrupulous cinemas and online ticket-sellers were behind any fake sales, and that the company was cooperating fully with government investigators.
The concluding installment in the hit martial arts trilogy “Ip Man 3,” set in Hong Kong circa 1959, combines the customary, inventively choreographed action with an unexpected emotional depth, proving as hard to resist as its entertaining predecessors.
Jan. 21, 2016
Entertainment & Arts
With a fortune estimated at $780 million and ranked No. 746 on the Hurun Report’s 2015 “China Rich List,” “Ip Man 3” financier Shi Jianxiang has set his sights on becoming a movie mogul.
“Ip Man: Kung Fu Master”: In this latest iteration of the legendary Chinese martial artist, Dennis To plays him as a superhero.
Dec. 9, 2020
“Ip Man” told the fact-based origins of how a man named, yes, Ip Man learned the ways of Wing Chun kung fu, and the sequel “Ip Man 2: Legend of the Grandmaster” moves forward to 1940s Hong Kong under British colonial occupation.