Review: Doctor Strange
My favorite movies in the Marvel Cinematic Universe so far have been the ones that don’t feel like standard-issue superhero movies. The Avengers ...
Tag: Martial Arts
New Line Cinema will release Fruit Ninja film, first plot details revealed
As we previously reported, there is a film adaptation of Fruit Ninja in the works because money. The film rights have been picked ...
Trailers
Trailer: A fictionalized Bruce Lee fights hard in Birth of the Dragon
Martial arts movies have a long history of fictionalizing real-life people. It’s happened countless times with Wong Fei-hung, who’s been portrayed on film ...
Trailers
The Raid’s Iko Uwais beats the hell out of jabronis in this trailer for Headshot
The Raid: Redemption and The Raid 2: Berandal opened things up for director Gareth Evans and star Iwo Uwais. Uwais is back in ...
Jackie Chan and Frederick Wiseman will receive honorary Oscars
Action icon Jackie Chan and influential documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman (Titticut Follies, High School) will both receive honorary Oscars from the Academy of ...
Jackie Chan & Owen Wilson reteam for Shanghai Noon sequel by Napoleon Dynamite director
In unexpected news, Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson are in talks to star in a second sequel to their 2000 western buddy comedy ...
Sega’s Shinobi will get the cinematic treatment because ninjas = money
The 1980s were a boom period for being a ninja. There were tons of ninja movies, loads of ninja games, and almost everywhere ...
Reviews
Review: A Touch of Zen
A Touch of Zen is King Hu’s masterpiece, yet unless you’re patient and a bit adventurous, it may not be the best introduction ...
Reviews
Review: Dragon Inn
While King Hu’s 1971 epic A Touch of Zen is his towering masterpiece, his earlier film Dragon Inn may be the best entry point into ...
NYC: 6th Old School Kung Fu Fest showcases the badassery of Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, and Golden Harvest
This weekend (April 8-10) is the 6th Old School Kung Fu Fest, put on by Subway Cinema and held at Metrograph in the ...
NYC: Check out the trailer for the Old School Kung Fu Fest at Metrograph (April 8-10)
The 6th Old School Kung Fu Fest is coming to New York at the ginchy new Metrograph cinema. The Old School Kung Fu ...
NYC: Catch the Old School Kung Fu Fest at Metrograph (April 8-10)
There’s nothing like a good kung fu movie to make me smile. When done right, they’re almost like musicals, just with more kicking ...