No movie to talk about this week (blame Mike D, he’s the one that forgot to watch it), but guess what – Michelle Yeoh won an Oscar! So this week, the Mikes are talking about Yeoh’s Oscar win, the astounding … Read the rest
This week, newly-minted Academy Award winner Michelle Yeoh joins the ensemble cast of SUNSHINE! Directed by Danny Boyle and written by Alex Garland, this tense space thriller also stars Cillian Murphy, Chris Evans, Hiroyuki Sanada, Benedict Wong, and more. Also, … Read the rest
This week, we’re talking about a movie that Michelle Yeoh is technically not in… at least in the theatrical cut. But if you watch the director’s cut (which runs about 40 minutes longer), Yeoh makes a quick appearance at the … Read the rest
This week, Michelle Yeoh dives back in to American films with a story steeped in Japanese culture… or at least, the filmmakers would have you believe that. We’re talking MEMOIRS OF A GEISHA today, winner of three Oscars but a … Read the rest
This week, it’s time to talk about the second and final film produced by Mythical Films, Michelle Yeoh’s production company from the early 2000s – SILVER HAWK! A superhero movie starring Yeoh as the title character, also featuring Luke Goss, … Read the rest
YOU’VE GOT THE TOUCH! This week, Michelle Yeoh uses her post-CROUCHING TIGER clout to launch her own film production company. And her first film as a producer is 2002’s THE TOUCH – also featuring Ben Chaplin, Richard Roxburgh, and Dane … Read the rest
This week, it’s time to talk about a major movie in the Michelle Yeoh canon – nominated for ten Academy Awards, the first foreign-language movie to gross over $100 million in the US, it’s director Ang Lee’s CROUCHING TIGER, HIDDEN … Read the rest
Celebrate Michelle Yeoh’s recent Oscar nomination by revisiting a role that truly utilizes her star power – MOONLIGHT EXPRESS, also starring Leslie Cheung, is a Hong Kong-Japanese co-production that Yeoh did for free, as a favor to a friend, during … Read the rest
This week, the Mikes are taking a break from Yeoh and getting back in the Cage – Nicolas Cage recently shot two westerns back-to-back in Montana, and the first of those has just been released: THE OLD WAY! Nicolas Cage … Read the rest
This week, Michelle Yeoh goes international with her first English-language film – the 1997 action blockbuster TOMORROW NEVER DIES! Featuring Pierce Brosnan as James Bond, Yeoh appears as Wai Lin, today considered one of the best Bond Girls of the … Read the rest