After all the mounting hysteria among Sinophiles about how it would turn out -- including a rumored retitling to "Kung-Fu Soccer" -- Miramax's cut and English-dubbed version of Stephen Chow's ...

ALBAWABA - Coming from Hong Kong and directed by Stephen Chow, Shaolin Soccer might be the best football movie you've never heard of. Despite being released back in 2001, the movie still holds up to ...

Stephen Chow's Shaolin Soccer was the big winner at the 21st Hong Kong Film Awards on Sunday night (April 21), scoring seven of the 19 prizes, including best film and best director. Chow also scooped ...

“Shaolin Soccer” is light, silly, goofy and deranged — part “Enter the Dragon,” part “Hoosiers,” and part “Naked Gun.” It may not always choose the right parts, but at least it tries. Stephen Chow, ...

Stephen Chow's kung fu and soccer comedy, Shaolin Soccer, led the pack in the nominations for the 21st Hong Kong Film Awards with 13 nods including best film and best director. The record-breaking ...

Ng Man-tat, the star Shaolin Soccer and frequent collaborator of Kung Fu Hustle filmmaker Stephen Chow, has died. The iconic Hong Kong actor, accompanied by his wife and children, died peacefully on ...

Stephen Chow’s over-the-top 2001 martial arts comedy is always worth revisiting, but even more so during World Cup fever Stephen Chow’s over-the-top 2001 martial arts comedy is always worth revisiting ...

Wan Yi is upside down. The mid-July sun burns. He begins to shake, breathing heavily. Sweat drops from his face to the ground. The azure soccer jersey soaks into a deeper blue. His face turns beetroot ...

"Shaolin Soccer" is a high-concept goal in one. Seamlessly integrating extensive digital effects with Stephen Chow's distinct brand of double-take comedy, this wacky blend of kung fu, soccer and an ...

Most people believe that shaolin kung-fu skills have few applications in mundane, everyday life. But if the pleasingly crazy Hong Kong comedy Shaolin Soccer is to be believed, they're wrong: Early on, ...

Shaolin Soccer is one of Stephen Chow's extravagant and very funny martial-arts spoof movies. In this outing, Chow plays Sing, an impoverished monk and kung fu master who scrapes by in modern China ...

When I heard that Miramax would lay off 35 percent of its workforce, my first reaction was that hopefully that would include whoever stuck Shaolin Soccer and Hero on a shelf for two years. Sadly, I ...