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Showing posts with label Action Movies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Action Movies. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 20, 2017

AMERICAN ASSASSIN (Film Review): Is AMERICAN ASSASSIN a Film Franchise in the Making?

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Creating a new action franchise is a difficult process. It requires some combination of strong IP, star power, compelling narrative, and ...
Wednesday, September 13, 2017

AMERICAN ASSASSIN and Hollywood's Frequent Spectacle Problem

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When I first saw the trailer for American Assassin a couple of months ago, I was blown away. Here was a spy film starring Michael Keaton...
Friday, April 22, 2016

ID4 Resurgence: I See Your H.G. Wells Clone and Raise You FOOTFALL and ROBOTECH

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Independence Day is probably my favorite adaptation of H.G. Wells' classic tale War of the Worlds. It captures the desperation of d...
Wednesday, July 17, 2013

THE GRANDMASTER: Tony Leung and Wong Kar Wai's Take on Ip Man Looks Amazing

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I've already discussed how excited I am about the upcoming Wong Kar Wai film THE GRANDMASTER . That excitement increases with every new ...
Tuesday, April 23, 2013

Watch THOR: THE DARK WORLD Trailer and Ask..."Hey, where's Drizz't?"

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Looks pretty good to me.   Wouldn't it be great if Hasbro released a Heroscape based skirmish game for this film? 
Friday, April 19, 2013

Ron Howard's RUSH: Will It Be One of the Rare Breed?

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For as popular as motorsport is domestically and internationally, one would expect there to be a long list of quality motion pictures depict...
Monday, December 10, 2012

Jackie Chan's ZODIAC --- Okay, Now I'm Interested

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Seeing Jackie Chan in the teaser trailer for ZODIAC, I was really worried.  The luge body suit stunts were impressive, but they were also st...
Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Donnie Yen's Dragon (aka Wu Xia): Watch It

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Donnie Yen's latest martial arts film was recently released in the US under the relatively uninformative title DRAGON , a title that bri...
Monday, October 22, 2012

David Lo Pan Style: Big Trouble in Little China meets PSY

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As many of you know, I am of the opinion that John Carpenter's Big Trouble in Little China may well be the best film ever made.  Okay, ...
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Monday, September 03, 2012

Jackie Chan + Street Luge Suit + 101st Film = Win?

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It looks like Jackie Chan's 101st film CHINESE ZODIAC is a return to classic Chan-esque action.  The trailer from the film features Jack...
Tuesday, July 10, 2012

[RPGS] C.O.P.S. -- French Cyber-Noir RPG is on My White Whale List

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Years ago, I saw the cover for a French RPG entitled C.O.P.S. and ever since I have had an itch to hunt down a copy of this foreign language...
Tuesday, July 03, 2012

[Movies] The Man with the Iron Fists -- Red Band Trailer

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Long time kung fu film fan -- and hip hop artist -- RZA has partnered with Eli Roth and Quentin Tarantino to bring us this little bit of Hon...
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011

[Film Trailer] VIRAL FACTOR -- Forget CONTAGION, Give Me Gunfights and Amnesia

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Thanks to BeyondHollywood.com for pointing me to Daniel Lam's latest science-fiction suspense actioner. It looks like a combination of...
Wednesday, October 05, 2011

1911: Revolution (2011) -- Jackie Chan's 100th Film in Theaters October 7th

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Jackie Chan's 100th film releases in American theaters this Friday.  It also marks the 100th anniversary of the Wuchang Uprising, the to...
Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Sony Pictures THE RAID -- Holy Moly!

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I'm not deeply familiar, or even moderately familiar, with the action film scene in Indonesia.  But if this is any indication of what th...