Member AlbertV Posted May 21, 2023 Member Share Posted May 21, 2023 On 10/27/2018 at 2:35 AM, DragonClaws said: Taken from the this interview with JohnnyRay Gasco, which I recenlty posted in the Classic Martial Arts Cinema forum. Link- https://nostalgiaking.com/2017/04/20/diggin-kung-fu-with-johnnyray-gasca/ Johnny Ray Gasca was another one like George Tan (only he used the camcorders in theaters bit) and he actually served time for piracy. And the the trouble has kept going for him... https://www.theregister.com/2006/12/05/film_pirate_convicted/ https://ktla.com/news/local-news/man-arrested-after-allegedly-scamming-renters-in-hollywood-area/ https://ktla.com/news/local-news/fbi-saves-woman-in-hollywood-after-alleged-kidnapping-from-l-a-va-hospital/ 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkmovies Posted December 9, 2023 Share Posted December 9, 2023 I've jumped down this George Tan/Toby Russell rabbithole and from what I can gather they seem to run Wu Tang Connection, Golden Media Group and IFD. On IFD's website there's a bunch of films listed on there I'm 99.9% sure they don't own like the Australian films Patrick and Turkey Shoot. Wu Tang and Golden Media YouTube channels just upload a bunch of movies they clearly don't own. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Shaolin Patriot Posted December 10, 2023 Member Share Posted December 10, 2023 On 5/18/2023 at 6:18 AM, graniteplanet said: A short time later I learned of J.A.R.S. Video Collectables that was owned by Joe Ragus. He was awesome to deal with. No bullshit with this guy and had a HUGE collection of kung fu flicks. He was an awesome dude. Too bad I never learned of him before Dragon Video. That's a name I haven't heard since the 1990's. Agreed on everything above on Joe. I was friendly with him back then and credit him for launching my martial arts movie interest. Does anyone know if Joe is still around or what he is doing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderator thekfc Posted December 10, 2023 Moderator Share Posted December 10, 2023 13 hours ago, Shaolin Patriot said: That's a name I haven't heard since the 1990's. Agreed on everything above on Joe. I was friendly with him back then and credit him for launching my martial arts movie interest. Does anyone know if Joe is still around or what he is doing? Like you, I haven't heard from Joseph in years or know what he is doing now. A few years back someone told me that he moves out of NY, not sure if that is accurate or not. I used to own/have one of his catalogs that I would use for reference or order from. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member dionbrother Posted December 19, 2023 Member Share Posted December 19, 2023 On 12/9/2023 at 6:55 PM, Shaolin Patriot said: That's a name I haven't heard since the 1990's. Agreed on everything above on Joe. I was friendly with him back then and credit him for launching my martial arts movie interest. Does anyone know if Joe is still around or what he is doing? Joe Ragus passed away last year. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/thereporteronline/name/joseph-ragus-obituary?id=32410657 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Shaolin Patriot Posted December 20, 2023 Member Share Posted December 20, 2023 On 12/18/2023 at 6:02 PM, dionbrother said: Joe Ragus passed away last year. https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/thereporteronline/name/joseph-ragus-obituary?id=32410657 So sorry to hear the news! RIP Joe! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member chingdog Posted January 16 Member Share Posted January 16 Joe had moved to PA from NY and it’s sad he passed. He was a great person to talk to and he liked wrestling, comics, and other things besides just films. I feel bad I lost touch with him but this was before texting and cell phones Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member chingdog Posted January 16 Member Share Posted January 16 George Tan was someone I only dealt with once and let’s just say it didn’t go well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member Ah_Tao Posted January 16 Member Share Posted January 16 On 5/20/2023 at 9:49 PM, AlbertV said: Johnny Ray Gasca was another one like George Tan (only he used the camcorders in theaters bit) and he actually served time for piracy. And the the trouble has kept going for him... https://www.theregister.com/2006/12/05/film_pirate_convicted/ https://ktla.com/news/local-news/man-arrested-after-allegedly-scamming-renters-in-hollywood-area/ https://ktla.com/news/local-news/fbi-saves-woman-in-hollywood-after-alleged-kidnapping-from-l-a-va-hospital/ https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/new-york-city-man-sentenced-nearly-26-years-prison-abducting-elderly-woman-dementia An update on that kidnapping story. Pretty wild! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Member AlbertV Posted January 16 Member Share Posted January 16 1 hour ago, Ah_Tao said: https://www.justice.gov/usao-cdca/pr/new-york-city-man-sentenced-nearly-26-years-prison-abducting-elderly-woman-dementia An update on that kidnapping story. Pretty wild! Yeah to say the least...heard a ton of bad things about him from some reliable sources. Looks like he got what he deserved 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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