A story of remarkable devotion and incredible spousal support and understanding, director Luc Besson’s “The Lady” stars Michelle Yeoh as Nobel Peace Prize winner Aung San Suu Kyi, the democratically elected leader of Burma who spent years imprisoned by her native country’s military junta. While Yeoh is better known for the sort of physicality she’s put on display in more straightforward genre films, “The Lady” showcases her quiet side, to often heartrending effect. ShockYa recently had a chance to speak to Yeoh one-on-one in person, about her exacting research for the movie, the challenges of embodying a well known public figure, and more. The conversation is excerpted below: ShockYa: Thank you for your time. Is…

Martial arts fans! Indomina Releasing’s “True Legend” will be out in stores on DVD and Blu-ray September 13. The film directed and choreographed by Yuen Woo Ping, the lead choreographer behind “The Matrix” trilogy, “Kill Bill Volumes I and II” and “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon,” will be priced at $29.95 (Blu-ray) and $19.97 (DVD). Special features include five original featurettes, two storyboard to scene sequences, a music video and the international trailer. The synopsis of the film, according to the press release, is: Su Can’s (Vincent Zhao) respectable life is obliterated when his vengeful brother, Yuan (Andy On), returns from war armed with the deadly Five Venom Fists. Weakened but…

Title: True Legend Director: Yuen Woo-Ping Starring: Vincent Zhao, Zhou Xun, Andy On, Jay Chou, Michelle Yeoh, Guo Xiaodong, David Carradine An unusual sort of prequel to the influential 1978 Hong Kong martial arts comedy “Drunken Master”, starring Jackie Chan and Simon Yuen, Chinese import “True Legend”, from respected fight choreographer and filmmaker Yuen Woo-Ping, arrives Stateside following a fairly disappointing theatrical run in Eastern territories, and it’s fairly easy to understand why. A bloated period piece epic that features a generally nice blend of CGI-assisted blood-letting and fantastical, “Matrix”-y punches in which people fly through wooden support beams and stone fixtures (more on this later), the movie never gets…

Screenwriter and producer Luc Besson has decided to further his directing career by helming the new Aung San Suu Kyi biopic starring Michelle Yeoh, Slashfilm.com is reporting. The director, who is known for helming such movies as ‘Arthur and the Invisibles’ and ‘The Extraordinary Adventures of Adele Blanc-Sec,’ has been shopping the proposed film around Tai film studios. The Tai studio Movie Siam is also reporting that filming has already begun. Suu Kyi’s spokesman has said she has already spent time with Keoh to help prepare her for the role. Suu Kyi is a prominent Burmese political figure. She was the General Secretary of the National League for Democracy when…

Watch the latest Spill.com review of ” Babylon A.D. ” by director Mathieu Kassovitz ( Gothika ) and starring Vin Diesel ( Hannibal the Conqueror, Fast and Furious ) and Michelle Yeoh ( The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor ), Melanie Thierry, Lambert Wilson, Mark Strong. Synopsis: Veteran-turned-mercenary Thoorop takes the high-risk job of escorting a woman from Russia to China. Little does he know that she is host to an organism that a cult wants to harvest in order to produce a genetically modified Messiah. Stay tuned to Toxic Shock TV for the latest Babylon A.D. movie news and trailers.

Watch a recent Inside Reel interview with actor Vin Diesel on the upcoming action thriller ” Babylon A.D. ” by director Mathieu Kassovitz ( Gothika ) and starring Vin Diesel ( Hannibal the Conqueror, Fast and Furious ) and Michelle Yeoh ( The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor ), Melanie Thierry, Lambert Wilson, Mark Strong. Synopsis: Veteran-turned-mercenary Thoorop takes the high-risk job of escorting a woman from Russia to China. Little does he know that she is host to an organism that a cult wants to harvest in order to produce a genetically modified Messiah. Stay tuned to Toxic Shock TV for the latest Babylon A.D. movie news and…

20th Century Fox released the latest foreign movie trailer from the upcoming action thriller ” Babylon A.D. ” by director Mathieu Kassovitz ( Gothika ) and starring Vin Diesel ( Hannibal the Conqueror, Fast and Furious ) and Michelle Yeoh ( The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor ), Melanie Thierry, Lambert Wilson, Mark Strong. Synopsis: Veteran-turned-mercenary Thoorop takes the high-risk job of escorting a woman from Russia to China. Little does he know that she is host to an organism that a cult wants to harvest in order to produce a genetically modified Messiah. Stay tuned to Toxic Shock TV for the latest Babylon A.D. Movie news and trailers.

The studio has released the latest foreign movie poster from the upcoming thriller “Babylon A.D.” by director Mathieu Kassovitz and starring Vin Diesel and Michelle Yeoh. Plot: Veteran-turned-mercenary Thoorop takes the high-risk job of escorting a woman from Russia to China. Little does he know that she is host to an organism that a cult wants to harvest in order to produce a genetically modified Messiah.

Watch the latest movie trailer for the upcoming Fox release of “Babylon A.D.” by director Mathieu Kassovitz (Gothika) and starring Vin Diesel and Michelle Yeoh. Plot: Veteran-turned-mercenary Thoorop takes the high-risk job of escorting a woman from Russia to China. Little does he know that she is host to an organism that a cult wants to harvest in order to produce a genetically modified Messiah.

Here’s another killer new movie poster from the upcoming thriller “Babylon A.D.” by director Mathieu Kassovitz and starring Vin Diesel and Michelle Yeoh. Plot: Veteran-turned-mercenary Thoorop takes the high-risk job of escorting a woman from Russia to China. Little does he know that she is host to an organism that a cult wants to harvest in order to produce a genetically modified Messiah.