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Will on When Brandon Lee was marked for death!It's a fun movie that erred on the wrong side of violence. It just needed a l…
Andrew Hernandez on Exit the Dragon, Enter the Gold Rush! Ang Lee’s ‘Bruce Lee’ biopic put on hold due to budget disputesIf this movie happens eventually, I hope Mason Lee keeps up his training and…
Andrew Hernandez on Do we have our M. Bison? Walton Goggins in-talks to join Andrew Koji and Jason Momoa in ‘Street Fighter’I’ve been a fan of Walton Goggins since The Shield, but I don’t see him as M…
Bruce Jensen on Exit the Dragon, Enter the Gold Rush! Ang Lee’s ‘Bruce Lee’ biopic put on hold due to budget disputesAt this point if I hear Shannon/the Lee Estate were backing this project why…
Kevin on Exit the Dragon, Enter the Gold Rush! Ang Lee’s ‘Bruce Lee’ biopic put on hold due to budget disputesSonny should be able to fork out 20 million dollars for the movie. Don’t real…
JJ Bona on When Brandon Lee was marked for death!Thanks for carefully reading our post! =) Here's some things we didn't mentio…
Typo on Match, The (2025) Review"albeit with a noticeable lack of any publicity" A little more than 2 million…
Typo on When Brandon Lee was marked for death!"It combines the gun fights of John Woo film and the choreographed martial ar…
Typo on Hey, why am I Mr. Pink? Details for Shout’s 4K Ultra HD release for Ringo Lam’s ‘City on Fire’ arriving in JuneJust put a giant QUENTIN TARANTINO on the cover (who gives a ... about Ringo…
Calculon on R.I.P. Kim Tai ChungIn the german Version of No Retreat (Karate Tiger) he was voiced / dubbed by…
Andrew Hernandez on Warner needs to rush in because Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker are both game for ‘Rush Hour 4’I don’t like Ratner, and all the things Olivia Munn and others have said abou…
AW on Warner needs to rush in because Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker are both game for ‘Rush Hour 4’Hell no, Ratner is a creep. Jackie shouldn't be bear a dude who gets off rapi…
Ningen on I still refuse to say that Karate came from Kung Fu! Watch the New Japanese Trailer for ‘Karate Kid: Legends’The Shang-Chi Kid. https://www.instagram.com/p/DKfeNf-IwBP/?utm_source=ig_web…
Anon on The night comes for Bob Odenkirk! New Trailer for ‘Nobody 2’ from director Timo TjahjantoThe first one was directed by Ilya Naishuller. Looks like they stopped giving…
JJ Bona on Warner needs to rush in because Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker are both game for ‘Rush Hour 4’lol I hope they get Ratner back for the sake of the series' history (don't th…
JJ Bona on Brother (2000) ReviewSome of these older reviews lol But hey, at least the point came across, righ…
Mikeg on When Brandon Lee was marked for death!LOL!!!!
JJ Bona on When Brandon Lee was marked for death!LOL! That's an acceptable POV. But it's actually more of a triple entendre.
Mikeg on When Brandon Lee was marked for death!Not sure you gave much thought on the "Title" of this post bruh'.
Vinayak on Gods, Masked Avengers, Max Zhang and Kwangtung Tigers! Here’s what’s streaming on Hi-YAH for the month of JuneStubcheck
Ningen on Hey, why am I Mr. Pink? Details for Shout’s 4K Ultra HD release for Ringo Lam’s ‘City on Fire’ arriving in JuneShouldn't they get Quentin to contribute? Maybe he can clarify that Chow Yun…
John on Brother (2000) ReviewGreat put together movie?
Mikeg on Ready for round 7? FULL details on ‘Shaw Brothers Classics: Volume 7’ arriving in August from Shout!WOW!!! "Shaolin Hand Lock", That was unexpected. Shout! be diggin' in the cra…
Andrew Hernandez on Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning (2025) ReviewPeople think the submarine sequence was the best? I liked it a lot, but I’m n…
Fletch Keilman on Carl Scott, ‘Bruce Lee: The Man, The Myth’ and ‘Sun Dragon’ actor and martial artist, passes awayI am quite tired of this. So many of the people that made these films great a…
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Bruce Willis gets a 1970s-style ‘Death Wish’ Theatrical Poster
Prepare yourself to witness a good dose of violent revenge with Eli Roth’s (Cabin Fever) upcoming Death Wish remake, which hits theaters on March 2, 2018. This new version of Michael Winner’s 1973 classic stars Bruce Willis (Die Hard) as Dr. Paul Kersey, a surgeon who only sees the aftermath of Chicago violence when it is rushed into his ER – until his wife (Elisabeth Shue) and daughter (Camila Morrone) are viciously attacked in their … Continue reading
Asian Extreme Collection | Blu-ray (Cinedigm)
RELEASE DATE: March 6, 2018 On March 6, 2018, North American entertainment company Cinedigm will be releasing the Asian Extreme Blu-ray set, which will include the following films: R100 (read our review): A mild-mannered family man with a secret taste for S&M finds himself pursued by a gang of ruthless dominatrices each with a unique talent in this hilarious and bizarre take on the sex comedy from Japanese comedy giant Hitoshi Matsumoto (Big … Continue reading
Schwarzenegger joins Michael Fassbender in ‘Kung Fury’
David Sandberg – star, writer and director of the viral short, Kung Fury – is bringing his titular character to the big screen. For the feature film version, he’s recruiting Michael Fassbender (Alien: Covenant) and Arnold Schwarzenegger (Aftermath) to star, along with David Hasselhoff, who’ll be back as “Hoff 9000”. According to Variety, the feature film will be set in 1985 in Miami, which is kept safe under the watchful eye of the police officer Kung Fury through his … Continue reading
Thousand Faces of Dunjia | Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)
RELEASE DATE: March 27, 2018 On March 27, 2018, Well Go USA is releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for Yuen Woo-ping’s (True Legend, Ip Man 3, Crouching Tiger, Hidden II) The Thousand Faces of Dunjia (read our review), a remake of Miracle Fighters, a supernatural kung fu film he directed in 1982. Lending a hand will be Tsui Hark (The Taking of Tiger Mountain), who is on board as producer and writer. The film … Continue reading
Mapado – The Ultimate Feel Good Lottery Movie
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’ll notice that there is an increased fascination with everything Asian. Whether it’s music, TV drama or other forms of entertainment, South Korean pop culture in particular has captured the imagination of the Western world and, as a result, we’re seeing more and more Korean movies playing in our theaters. While they are well known for their gripping action movies, the Koreans are … Continue reading
Black Panther, by Ryan Coogler, is a milestone movie event
Black Panther is by no means your average superhero movie. The film tackles some relevant political issues, but manages to stay entertaining and fun. Continue reading
Gavin O’Connor has created a layered fight film in ‘Warrior’
Joel Edgerton, Tom Hardy, and Nick Nolte bring blistering performances to a multi-faceted fight movie in Warrior. Gavin O’Connor has directed a masterpiece. Continue reading
The classic film of Jake LaMotta’s self-destructive spiral
Raging Bull is about a lot more than just boxing. It is about the human condition, and about movies themselves. It reveals man’s capacity for destruction. Continue reading
Deal on Fire! Legend of the Black Scorpion | Blu-ray | Only $7 – Expires soon!
Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for Legend of the Black Scorpion (aka The Banquet), directed by Feng Xiaogang (Aftershock). Hailed as a cross between Shakespeare’s Hamlet and Tarantino’s Kill Bill, scheming royals and other officials attempt to consolidate power in a empire in chaos. Legend of the Black Scorpion (read our review) stars Zhang Ziyi (Hero), Ge You (Let the Bullets Fly), Daniel Wu (Sky on Fire) and Zhou Xun … Continue reading
Kickboxers retaliate in the Trailer for Johnson Lu’s ‘Blood Fist’
When kickboxing legend Don “The Dragon” Wilson hinted a Bloodfist reboot last month, we didn’t realize we’d get one this quick! Okay, we’re kidding, but like the 1989 Wilson flick, there is some ‘kickboxing’ in this film. This Blood Fist (note: Two words, not one) is directed by Johnson Lu Zhe-Hao (Let Go of the Girl) and stars Kenny Kwan Chi-Bun (As the Lights Goes Out), Li Mao (The Fatal Mission), Pavarit Mongkolpisit (Operation Mekong), Rachel Liu (Tomb Guardians) … Continue reading
A Crouching Tiger, Hidden ‘Cloverfield’ treat from Netflix
You gotta love Netflix. The streaming company made a surprise announcement during Super Bowl LII on February 4th, 2018 that The Cloverfield Paradox (aka Cloverfield 3) would be available on Netflix, immediately after the game. Official Plot: In the near future, a group of international astronauts on a space station are working to solve a massive energy crisis on Earth. The experimental technology aboard the station has an unexpected result, leaving the team … Continue reading
Bruce’s Deadly Fingers | Blu-ray & DVD (VCI Entertainment)
RELEASE DATE: March 27, 2018 On March 27, 2018, VCI will be releasing the Blu-ray & DVD for Bruce’s Deadly Fingers – aka Bruce’s Fingers – starring Bruceplpoitation star Bruce Le (aka Huang Kin Long). For the first time, the film will be released in widescreen High Definition and produced from a new 2K scan from the 35mm original negative. In this 1976 classic, a kung fu master (Heung Kim Lung) returns to Hong Kong on … Continue reading
Deal on Fire! 36th Chamber of Shaolin | Blu-ray | Only $7.53 – Expires soon!
Today’s Deal on Fire is the Blu-ray for the 1978 Shaw Brothers classic 36th Chamber of Shaolin (aka The Master Killer), directed by Liu Chia-Liang (Executioners from Shaolin) and starring Gordon Liu (Eight Diagram Pole Fighter). Considered one of the greatest kung fu films of all time, 36th Chamber of Shaolin (read our review) is about a young man (Liu) who learns Shaolin kung fu so he can avenge his family and friends, who … Continue reading
Path of Blood | Blu-ray (Synapse Films)
RELEASE DATE: March 13, 2018 On March 13, 2018, Synapse Films is releasing the Blu-ray to Path of Blood, an Animated Love Letter to the Gory Japanese Samurai Films. Japan, 1614. War is over. Samurai displaced through defeat or reform wander the countryside as Ronin, seeking work where they can find it. At the edge of a forgotten village lies a path leading deep into the mountains. It is rumored the brave … Continue reading
Move over Detective Dee! Well Go USA hires ‘Detective K’
Well Go USA has announced the release of Detective K: Secret of the Living Dead, an action/comedy period film by Kim Suk Yoon (Old Miss Diary) – and the third part of a trilogy that began with 2011’s Detective K: Secret of the Virtuous Widow and 2015’s Detective K: Secret of the Lost Island. When a series of unusual murders occurs, Detective K (Kim Myung-min of Proof of Innocence) and his partner (Oh … Continue reading
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