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Wacky Chan on Has Brett Ratner’s ‘Rush Hour 4’ hit some speed bumps with Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker holding things up?I get what you’re saying, but I think it’s a little too black and white. Sure…
Throwdown on Has Brett Ratner’s ‘Rush Hour 4’ hit some speed bumps with Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker holding things up?I think it must stick in Jackie's craw that for all the phenomenal works of a…
Ska Martes on Has Brett Ratner’s ‘Rush Hour 4’ hit some speed bumps with Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker holding things up?Jackie and Tucker need to stay away from VIP #1 (Brett Ratfuck) at Epsteins P…
JJ Bona on Has Brett Ratner’s ‘Rush Hour 4’ hit some speed bumps with Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker holding things up?"There’s a difference between actually being funny, and just being flat-out o…
squeesh on Has Brett Ratner’s ‘Rush Hour 4’ hit some speed bumps with Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker holding things up?Comedy is also supposed to be funny, not just offensive. There's a difference…
Elvis 1990 on Has Brett Ratner’s ‘Rush Hour 4’ hit some speed bumps with Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker holding things up?You do have to love how in every interview, even for the SHADOWS EDGE , Jacki…
Ningen on Deal on Fire! The Grandmaster | Blu-ray | Only $11.67 – Expires soon!Tony Leung retrospective in New York. https://youtu.be/dsw7TL0ssy8?si=ZkaycsN…
FilmFan47 on Has Brett Ratner’s ‘Rush Hour 4’ hit some speed bumps with Jackie Chan and Chris Tucker holding things up?The Rush Hour series is hilarious. Even the third film is funnier than most c…
Ningen on GET OVER HERE! Watch a fight clip from ‘Mortal Kombat II’ starring Karl Urban, Joe Taslim and Hiroyuki SanadaKlip. https://youtu.be/Ao6Xs-0cmr0?si=yhXom86VQcV66nGj
JJ Bona on Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao and more! Star-studded Hong Kong epic ‘1941’ in the works for a 2027 release?I should have mentioned that I knew he had passed, which is why I found it st…
Ningen on Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao and more! Star-studded Hong Kong epic ‘1941’ in the works for a 2027 release?Unless they 'bring him back' with AI like they just did with Val Kilmer....
Paul Bramhall on Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao and more! Star-studded Hong Kong epic ‘1941’ in the works for a 2027 release?The fact he passed away in 2022 would also have had an impact on his involvem…
Garner on Marx for death? Martial arts powerhouse Bren Foster teams up with Mekhi Phifer for Louis Mandylor’s ‘Marx’This Louis Mandylor is not good and he likes to star in many scott adkins fil…
Phil Chan on Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao and more! Star-studded Hong Kong epic ‘1941’ in the works for a 2027 release?Nah that’s definitely an error, Corey Yuen’s Chinese name is 元奎.
Anonymous on Marx for death? Martial arts powerhouse Bren Foster teams up with Mekhi Phifer for Louis Mandylor’s ‘Marx’We have a new DTV trash star Bren Foster lol.
JJ Bona on Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao and more! Star-studded Hong Kong epic ‘1941’ in the works for a 2027 release?Thanks for the info. The poster also says something about Corey Yuen, unless…
JJ Bona on Marx for death? Martial arts powerhouse Bren Foster teams up with Mekhi Phifer for Louis Mandylor’s ‘Marx’We thought he was playing Groucho Marx. =)
Phil Chan on Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung, Yuen Biao and more! Star-studded Hong Kong epic ‘1941’ in the works for a 2027 release?I think Louis Koo has confirmed that filming is set to start in the 2nd half…
dakuan on Marx for death? Martial arts powerhouse Bren Foster teams up with Mekhi Phifer for Louis Mandylor’s ‘Marx’Brenn's definitely not the first one i'd have chosen to portray Karl Marx, gu…
Callum on Rumor has it… Chow Yun-fat to join Jackie Chan in Larry Yang’s sequel to ‘The Shadow’s Edge’?This could be cool but I hope they give the sequel the same love the first re…
Ningen on Bruce Lee returns! Check out the thrilling New Trailer for the ‘Game of Death’-focused documentary ‘Broken Rhythm’History Channel has a segment on what killed Lee. https://youtu.be/eLENH9u1Hw…
Kevin Tran on Wanna party like it’s 1994? Watch the Newest Trailer for ‘Cold War 1994’ starring Chow Yun Fat, Aaron Kwok and Tony LeungValerian chow also in the movie. Yuen biao in it for sure.
Jackie Chan’s The Shadow’s Edge Sequel Buzz Heats Up — And A Chow Yun-Fat Rumor Is Turning Heads - M.A.A.C. on Rumor has it… Chow Yun-fat to join Jackie Chan in Larry Yang’s sequel to ‘The Shadow’s Edge’?[…] SOURCE: City on Fire […]
Jackie Chan & Michelle Yeoh Could Reunite For Supercop: Reborn, A New Police Story Sequel - M.A.A.C. on ‘Rumble in the Bronx’ director Stanley Tong to reunite Jackie Chan and Michelle Yeoh for ‘Super Cop: Reborn’?[…] SOURCE: City on Fire […]
dakuan on Bring da Ruckus! Watch the New Red Band Trailer for RZA’s Quentin Tarantino-backed thriller ‘One Spoon Of Chocolate’more like a mash up between Bushido Brown and Stinkmeaner.
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The Unjust DVD (Pathfinder Home Entertainment)
RELEASE DATE: December 11, 2012 Pathfinder Home Entertainment presents the DVD for Ryu Seung-Wan’s The Unjust, a movie about corruption in the South Korean justice system. A critical and commercial success, this one has shades of Infernal Affairs, and obviously The Departed. Be sure and read our review. Check out the trailer.
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Are you ‘Driven’ by a ‘Drive’ sequel? Nicolas Winding Refn isn’t
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
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Dragon (aka Wu Xia) Blu-ray & DVD (The Weinstein Company)
RELEASE DATE: April 16, 2013 Anchor Bay presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Dragon (aka Wu Xia). Liu (Donnie Yen) is a villager whose quiet life is shattered when he saves a man from two notorious gangsters. He comes under investigation by a detective (Takeshi Kaneshiro), who is curious on how Liu single-handenly took on the gangsters. Watch the trailer. If you can’t wait, Dragon is currently available to stream. … Continue reading
‘The Expendables 2’ on Blu-ray & DVD this November 20th
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
40th Anniversary Editions of ‘Enter the Dragon’ and ‘The Exorcist’ plus ‘Mad Max’ collection!
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
Gina Carano to star in a female version of ‘The Expendables’?
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
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The Expendables 2 Blu-ray & DVD (Lionsgate)
RELEASE DATE: November 20, 2012 Lionsgate presents the Blu-ray & DVD for The Expendables 2, which is filled with kick-ass bonus features including behind-the-scenes featurettes along with audio commentary with the director, a gag reel, deleted scenes and more!
Dick Tracy Blu-ray (Touchstone Home Entertainment)
RELEASE DATE: December 11, 2012 Touchstone Home Entertainment presents Dick Tracy, on Blu-ray for the very first time. Directed by and starring Warren Beatty, Madonna, Al Pacino and Dustin Hoffman. When gang lord Big Boy Caprice unites the town’s racketeers and gangsters, police detective Dick Tracy devotes his career to foiling the entire bunch of bad guys.
Are you anti-Bigelow? Then say hello to ‘Code Name: Geronimo’ (the other ‘Hunt for Osama bin Laden’ flick)
The first trailer for John Stockwell’s Code Name: Geronimo (aka SEAL Team Six: The Raid on Osama Bin Laden) has arrived. Not to be confused with Kathryn Bigelow’s Zero Dark Thirty, Stockwell’s movie is about, well, you guessed it: a group of Navy SEALs who come to learn the identity of their target: Osama bin Laden. Code Name: Geronimo stars Cam Gigandet, Anson Mount, Freddy Rodríguez, William Fichtner and Xzibit. Former 1980’s star-turned-filmmaker, … Continue reading
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High Risk | aka Meltdown (1995) Review
Director: Wong Jing Cast: Jet Li, Jacky Cheung, Chingmy Yau, Charlie Young, Kelvin Wong, Valerie Chow, Billy Chow, Ben Lam, Wu Ma, William Tuan, Lo Hung, Charlie Cho Cha-lee Running Time: 101 min. By Numskull Wong Jing can’t direct worth sh*t. His frequent toy, oops I mean collaborator, Chingmy Yau, isn’t much of an actress. Jet “F*ck-Me-In-The-A$$-I-Wish-To-Hell-I-Hadn’t-Passed-On-Crouching-Tiger-Hidden-Dragon” Li has yet to impress me with any of his HK films. And Jacky … Continue reading
All Superheroes Must Die Blu-ray & DVD (Image Entertainment)
RELEASE DATE: January 29, 2013 Image Entertainment presents the Blu-ray & DVD for All Superheroes Must Die. Four superheroes awaken in a seemingly abandoned town, stripped of their powers and at the mercy of their sinister arch-nemesis who forces them into a series of brutal challenges — where the stakes include the lives of the innocent, as well as their own. Starring James Remar, Jason Trost and Lucas Till. Check out the … Continue reading
Kill ‘Em All Blu-ray & DVD (Well Go USA)
RELEASE DATE: December 11, 2012 Well Go USA presents the Blu-ray & DVD for Kill ‘Em All. Captured assassins are locked up inside the Killing Chamber. To break out, they must duel each other and battle against masked maniacs. If they survive, they will confront Snakehead: the lethal top dog! Starring Johnny Messner, Gordon Liu, Joe Lewis and Tim Man. Check out the trailer.
X-Game DVD (Danger After Dark)
RELEASE DATE: November 13, 2012 Danger After Dark presents the DVD for X-Game. Hideaki is kidnapped and when he awakens he finds himself in a recreation of his old school room, along with his recently reunited classmates. Trapped and held captive by mysterious hooded figures, each of them must now play a deadly game. Directed by Yohei Fukuda (Chanbara Beauty). Check out the trailer.
The Day Blu-ray & DVD (Anchor Bay)
RELEASE DATE: November 27, 2012 Anchor Bay presents the Blu-ray & DVD for The Day. Open war against humanity rages. 5 survivors; lost and on the run. The pursuit is relentless, the bullets are dwindling and the battle is everywhere. This is a 24hr look into their lives. Fight or die. Check out the trailer.
Double Feature: Black Cobra & The Big Fight DVD (Screen Magic Films)
RELEASE DATE: January 15, 2013 Screen Magic Films presents two “classics” in this Double Feature: In Black Cobra (watch trailer), Malone (Fred Williamson) must protect a beautiful photographer from a vicious motorcycle gang. This film is basically an Italian knock-off of Sylvester Stallone’s Cobra, which is identical in plot. In The Big Fight, a fighter accompanies a singer with equal kung fu abilities to an ultimate showdown.













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