“Shaolin Soccer” is a silly sports comedy that I quite enjoyed. This a rip-roaring, special-effects-packed farce from Hong Kong is about a “Cinderella” kung fu soccer team led by martial arts ...

"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 ...

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 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 ...

What the Marx Brothers were to the drawing-room comedy, Shaolin Soccer is to the martial arts movie. A combo platter of The Matrix and Bend It Like Beckham — and Kill Bill and Crouching Tiger and ...

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 ...

“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, ...

Mexico’s 0-0 draw against Brazil was one of the bigger surprises of what has been a very interesting World Cup. Mexican goalie Guillermo Ochoa’s acrobatic heroics kept El Tri in the game. Ochoa’s ...

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 ...