Shooting began on September 27th for Hur Jin-Ho’s Dangerous Liaisons, a Chinese/South Korean co-production based on the classic French novel Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. It will be released in 2012 and stars Jang Dong-gun (The Warrior’s Way), Zhang Ziyi (Musa) and Cecilia Cheung (12 Nights). Les Liaisons dangereuses has been made into feature films many times. One of the most popular takes is Stephen Frears’ Dangerous … Continue reading →

THE MOVIE: Cold War is directed by first-time directors, Longman Leung and Sunny Luk. Although the duo have no films to their credit, their riveting script for Cold War is what drew Hong Kong’s biggest stars in. The film stars Andy Lau, Aaron Kwok, and Tony Leung Ka Fai, Aarif Lee, Gordon Lam, Andy On, Terence Yin, Charlie Yeung, Eddie Peng, Chin Ka-lok and Ma Yili. Andy Lau said “Infernal Affairs … Continue reading →

Move over Kirk Cameron. According to The Playlist (via Variety), Nicolas Cage is set to star in a reboot of the apocalyptic Christian-themed Left Behind. The $15 million picture will be based on the book of the same name by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins. The original Left Behind movie starred Growing Pain’s Kirk Cameron and spawned two straight-to-DVD sequels. If you think the Cage version will be a Hollywood-ized, Christian-free take, think again. The … Continue reading →

From director Andrew Dominik, the stylish filmmaker behind The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, comes Killing Them Softly, starring Brad Pitt, Ray Liotta and Richard Jenkins. Killing Them Softly is about Jackie Cogan (Pitt), a professional enforcer who investigates a heist that went down during a mob-protected poker game. The film is based on the 1974 novel Cogan’s Trade, by George V. Higgins, Also starring Scoot McNairy, Ben Mendelsohn, James … Continue reading →

THE MOVIE: Tai Chi 0 (aka Tai Chi Zero) is directed by House of Fury’s Stephen Fung with Ip Man’s Sammo Hung serving as action director. The film stars Xiao-chao Yuan, William Feng, Eddie Peng, Shu Qi, Daniel Wu, Tony Leung Ka Fai and Angela Baby. The film’s plot revolves around Yang (Xiao-chao Yuan), who travels to Chen Village to learn a powerful form of Tai Chi. Though villagers are forbidden from teaching outsiders, Yang … Continue reading →

In 2011, James Sallis’ book Drive was brought to the big screen by Nicolas Winding Refn and Ryan Gosling. Upon its premier at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival, the movie received a standing ovation and Refn was awarded “Best Director.” Since then, Drive has become an instant cult classic, securing Refn as one of Hollywood’s hottest directors and officially proving Gosling as a lead tough guy. Two months ago, Sallis released Driven, a sequel … Continue reading →

The Expendables are back and this time it is personal! The biggest action-adventure superstars from around the world reunite in the next chapter. The Expendables 2, exploding into homes on Blu-ray Disc (plus Digital Copy plus UV), DVD (plus Digital Copy plus UV), Digital Download, On Demand and Pay-Per-View November 20 from Lionsgate Home Entertainment. In addition to Sylvester Stallone, The Expendables 2 features an all-star team of the most … Continue reading →

Next year marks the 40th Anniversary of the Bruce Lee classic Enter the Dragon and William Friedkin’s The Exorcist. To celebrate, Warner Bros. is putting out 40th Anniversary Editions of both of these titles on Blu-ray and DVD. According to Warner’s 2013 Calendar of Events, Enter the Dragon: 40th Anniversary Edition and The Exorcist: 40th Anniversary Edition will be released in the 2nd and 3rd quarter of 2013, respectively. Also … Continue reading →

Adi Shankar, the producer behind The Grey and Dredd 3D, apparently has written a script for a “female version” of The Expendables and he wants Haywire’s Gina Carano to headline the project. Shankar explains to Variety why Carano is essential to the movie: “I don’t know how I’m supposed to make a movie that is supposed to be the female version of The Expendables without Gina Carano in it. It … Continue reading →