Film Combat Syndicate has the latest scoop on the upcoming Indonesian action thriller, Guardian. Written and directed by Helfi Kardit (Suster Keramas), Guardian stars Sarah Carter (DOA: Dead or Alive), Dominique Diyose (Love for Share), Belinda Camesi (Laskar Cilia) and Tio Pakusadewo (The Raid 2: Berandal). Here’s the “official” plot: After Wisnu gets killed in his own house, his wife Sarah urges their daughter to train in martial arts. When a gang … Continue reading →

Fans of classic kung fu films have every reason to be happy. With the reemergence of news regarding the Weinstein’s and their plans to remake two Shaw Brothers classics (1966′s Come Drink With Me and 1978′s Avenging Eagle), it seems that kung fu movies are slowly finding their way back on the market. Just recently, Apple’s iTunes Store has added 23 Shaw Brothers titles to their digital download library where you … Continue reading →

For those of you looking to beef up your Asian cinema or martial arts Blu-ray/DVD collection, it’s going to be one hell of a month! Since March is filled with so many high profile releases, we decided to put together a list of movies that every cityonfire.com visitor should know about: Wong Kar Wai, Van Damme, Korean remakes/originals, Jackie Chan, Akira Kurosawa, Cung Le, Dolph Lundgren, Takeshi Kitano, Exploitation, B-movies, Indie … Continue reading →

Zomboobies! is an upcoming boobs-to-the-walls horror-comedy. It combines a love for insane Japanese horror movies with traditional creature FX, modern digital FX, comedy, action, drama, gore and of course boobies! Zomboobies! stars Cathy Shim (Oishi High School Battle), Marisa Tayui (Balls of Fury), Diana Toshiko (Bad Milo) and Greg Watanabe (Only the Brave). In conjunction with the new full length trailer, Mike L. Taylor, the film’s director and creator, launched … Continue reading →

There’s a new rumor going around that The Wachowski siblings – the duo behind The Matrix, Cloud Atlas and the upcoming Jupiter Ascending – are in the process of developing a new trilogy of Matrix films. Latino Review broke the news with this information: We’ve been told that the Wachowski’s have already started the writing process with early treatments and outlines already turned into the studio. No word if they … Continue reading →

Despite Dredd’s dreadful box office reception, Blu-ray and DVD sales for violent comic book adaptation have been sky rocketing. So now, Lionsgate has been having conversations about a Dredd sequel with Karl Urban, screenwriter Alex Garland and director Peter Travis – who are all reprising their talents, if the sequel happens. From Screen Rant: Urban said what we’ve been saying since the film first released: that the studio completely fumbled its marketing and theatrical … Continue reading →