This article contains spoilers for The Acolyte episode 2.
What we know about the Jedi in Star Wars can — and has — filled not only several films and TV shows but a ton of books and comics, too. And, tellingly, one seclusive Jedi practice while introduced on screen in the films, was only given a name in the comic books. We’re talking about “the Barash Vow,” a Jedi tradition first explicitly mentioned in 2017 in issue #2 of Marvel’s first Darth Vader comic book miniseries. But, at this point, the Barash Vow is a big deal in Star Wars canon, having impacted the latter years of both Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi.
And, sneakily, this practice makes its way into the second episode of the newest Disney+ Star Wars TV series, The Acolyte. Here’s why the Barash Vow is such a big deal in Star Wars, why it appears in The Acolyte,...
What we know about the Jedi in Star Wars can — and has — filled not only several films and TV shows but a ton of books and comics, too. And, tellingly, one seclusive Jedi practice while introduced on screen in the films, was only given a name in the comic books. We’re talking about “the Barash Vow,” a Jedi tradition first explicitly mentioned in 2017 in issue #2 of Marvel’s first Darth Vader comic book miniseries. But, at this point, the Barash Vow is a big deal in Star Wars canon, having impacted the latter years of both Luke Skywalker and Obi-Wan Kenobi.
And, sneakily, this practice makes its way into the second episode of the newest Disney+ Star Wars TV series, The Acolyte. Here’s why the Barash Vow is such a big deal in Star Wars, why it appears in The Acolyte,...
- 6/5/2024
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
Before announcing the title of the third installment of his "Knives Out" series, writer/director Rian Johnson took to social media to say, "I love everything about whodunits, but one of the things I love most is how malleable the genre is." He continued by noting there's a "whole tonal spectrum from [John Dickson] Carr to [Agatha] Christie, and getting to explore that range is one of the most exciting things about making Benoit Blanc movies." He also indicated that the title will give a "little hint" of where this next installment is going.
"Knives Out" is a reference to a Radiohead song, "Glass Onion" is, of course, The Beatles, and the upcoming third film, "Wake Up Dead Man," is a song by U2. With all of these titles serving as references to some of the greatest musicians to ever do it, and Johnson's use of "tonal spectrum" and "range" while describing a "malleable" genre,...
"Knives Out" is a reference to a Radiohead song, "Glass Onion" is, of course, The Beatles, and the upcoming third film, "Wake Up Dead Man," is a song by U2. With all of these titles serving as references to some of the greatest musicians to ever do it, and Johnson's use of "tonal spectrum" and "range" while describing a "malleable" genre,...
- 5/29/2024
- by BJ Colangelo
- Slash Film
Quentin Tarantino is undoubtedly one of the finest filmmakers of our time. But as much as he is a passionate filmmaker, he is also a passionate cinephile: having absorbed the best that contemporary cinema has to offer since childhood, Tarantino bases his work on the most recognizable tropes and directorial styles, creating a refined pop culture mishmash. And as a huge film buff, Tarantino shared a list of the 20 films he 'admires the most' in a conversation with Sky Movies in 2009.
20 Must-Watch Movies According to Tarantino
Before we get to the list itself, it's important to note that it's not in order of importance, but in alphabetical order. Except for the number one, because for Tarantino it is 'favorite movie that has come out in the last 17 years.' Besides, as he pointed out, this is one of the few movies he would personally dream of directing.
But without further ado,...
20 Must-Watch Movies According to Tarantino
Before we get to the list itself, it's important to note that it's not in order of importance, but in alphabetical order. Except for the number one, because for Tarantino it is 'favorite movie that has come out in the last 17 years.' Besides, as he pointed out, this is one of the few movies he would personally dream of directing.
But without further ado,...
- 5/13/2024
- by louise.everitt@startefacts.com (Louise Everitt)
- STartefacts.com
Fox’s free streamer Tubi has added more than 200 movies to its service in Canada through a string of deals with the U.S. majors.
Library deals have been struck with NBCUniversal, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Warner Bros. Discovery for franchise blockbusters and classic movies.
An agreement with NBCU sees titles such as The Girl on the Train, 8 Mile, the 1984 version of Dune and the Halloween and Back to the Future franchises, with Despicable Me, Jurassic Park, The Mummy and Fast & Furious films coming soon.
From Sony comes As Good As it Gets, The Whole Nine Yards, Salt, S.W.A.T. and XxX, with 21 Jump Street, Hancock, Step Brothers and Fury joining a later date.
The Wbd deal gives Tubi features including Assasins, Demolition Man, Constantine and The Blade series, with Final Destination, American History X, Central Intelligence and Cloud Atlas soon to be added.
The...
Library deals have been struck with NBCUniversal, Sony Pictures Entertainment and Warner Bros. Discovery for franchise blockbusters and classic movies.
An agreement with NBCU sees titles such as The Girl on the Train, 8 Mile, the 1984 version of Dune and the Halloween and Back to the Future franchises, with Despicable Me, Jurassic Park, The Mummy and Fast & Furious films coming soon.
From Sony comes As Good As it Gets, The Whole Nine Yards, Salt, S.W.A.T. and XxX, with 21 Jump Street, Hancock, Step Brothers and Fury joining a later date.
The Wbd deal gives Tubi features including Assasins, Demolition Man, Constantine and The Blade series, with Final Destination, American History X, Central Intelligence and Cloud Atlas soon to be added.
The...
- 3/14/2024
- by Jesse Whittock
- Deadline Film + TV
Following part one of our 2024 preview, we’re counting down our 50 most-anticipated films of the year.
50. The Actor (Duke Johnson)
Duke Johnson, one half of the directing duo behind Anomalisa, makes his solo directorial (and live-action) debut with The Actor. For being based on the posthumously published novel from Donald E. Westlake, a synopsis points towards an amnesia thriller with André Holland as a New York City actor beaten and stranded in 1950s Ohio. Gemma Chan and Toby Jones co-star. As a state native I’m intrigued how they shot Budapest for small-town Ohio––the two don’t exactly scream perfect matches, but I won’t doubt the movie magic before I see it. Anomalisa was a wholly original stop-motion feature; we’re intrigued how Johnson continues that creativity in the live-action realm. – Caleb H.
49. Presence (Steven Soderbergh)
Steven Soderbergh has flirted with horror before––2018’s Unsane in particular nearly...
50. The Actor (Duke Johnson)
Duke Johnson, one half of the directing duo behind Anomalisa, makes his solo directorial (and live-action) debut with The Actor. For being based on the posthumously published novel from Donald E. Westlake, a synopsis points towards an amnesia thriller with André Holland as a New York City actor beaten and stranded in 1950s Ohio. Gemma Chan and Toby Jones co-star. As a state native I’m intrigued how they shot Budapest for small-town Ohio––the two don’t exactly scream perfect matches, but I won’t doubt the movie magic before I see it. Anomalisa was a wholly original stop-motion feature; we’re intrigued how Johnson continues that creativity in the live-action realm. – Caleb H.
49. Presence (Steven Soderbergh)
Steven Soderbergh has flirted with horror before––2018’s Unsane in particular nearly...
- 1/8/2024
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
One of my favorite comic book story arcs is the “Rise of the Midnight Sons”, which saw Doctor Strange overseeing the formation of a team of supernatural heroes – Ghost Rider, Johnny Blaze, Morbius, the Nightstalkers, and Darkhold characters Vicki Montesi, Louise Hastings, and Sam Buchanan – who were brought together to battle Lilith, the Mother of All Demons, and her evil offspring, the Lilin. There have been different variations of the Midnight Sons over the years, with other team members like Daimon Hellstrom, Jennifer Kale, Werewolf by Night, Man-Thing, The Hood, Doctor Voodoo, Elsa Bloodstone, Moon Knight, Iron Fist, Scarlet Spider, Kushala, Magik, Wolverine, and Nico Minoru coming and going. The latest version of the team was even called the Midnight Suns rather than Sons. Now Cosmic Circus has shared the Rumor that a version of the Midnight Sons might be coming to the Marvel Cinematic Universe!
Cosmic Circus recently posted...
Cosmic Circus recently posted...
- 12/27/2023
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
"Five Nights at Freddy's" started its life as a simple but terrifyingly effective indie game in which the player must survive the night shift in a family restaurant where the animatronics get restless after the sun goes down. Now, the movie adaptation from director Emma Tammi has set a new record for the Halloween weekend box office, and will likely supplant 2018's "Halloween" to be crowned as Blumhouse Productions' biggest ever debut.
Existing fans of the games excitedly gathered for Thursday night previews, propelling the movie to $10.3 million at the domestic box office before it had even got to its official opening day. By the end of Friday it had already grossed $39.5 million, a number that most horror movies would be delighted to hit in an entire opening weekend.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, "Five Nights at Freddy's" is now heading for a Thursday-to-Sunday total of $78 million, which would be...
Existing fans of the games excitedly gathered for Thursday night previews, propelling the movie to $10.3 million at the domestic box office before it had even got to its official opening day. By the end of Friday it had already grossed $39.5 million, a number that most horror movies would be delighted to hit in an entire opening weekend.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, "Five Nights at Freddy's" is now heading for a Thursday-to-Sunday total of $78 million, which would be...
- 10/28/2023
- by Hannah Shaw-Williams
- Slash Film
Knock Off.Tsui Hark’s Knock Off (1998) begins with an amniotic scene: baby dolls underwater, suggesting birth or possibly rebirth. Submerged off the coast of Hong Kong, which passed from British to Chinese governance in the historic 1997 Handover, the dolls gesture toward new beginnings. But these aren’t flesh-and-blood infants: they’re products, manufactured imitations of the real thing and copies of each other. Detached from any sense of originality, these toys can be reproduced and distributed wherever the market leads. The movement of the dolls through the water evokes the global flow of goods under late capitalism, as well as the postmodernist shift away from reality into simulacra. Moreover, their synthetic nature complicates the birth allegory—in what sense was the Handover a “real” rebirth?This is a fitting prologue for a film obsessed with the ersatz. Delivering on its title, Knock Off tracks two expat businessmen in Hong...
- 9/28/2023
- MUBI
It doesn’t move, it doesn’t think, it just kills… introducing ‘the mannequin’ in horror thriller Don’T Look Away, released in the UK on Digital Platforms from 25th September 2023.
From award-winning writer/director Michael Bafaro (The Barber), Don’T Look Away stars Kelly Bastard, in her debut feature, as Frankie, a college student who accidentally unleashes a curse, and is stalked by a seemingly unstoppable – and murderous – mannequin.
Brilliantly inventive and delivering some superbly scary set-pieces, including a disturbing disco bloodbath – not to mention enough shocks that the film should come with a health warning – Don’T Look Away will have you jumping at shadows for days after. Kelly Bastard is outstanding in the lead role as a woman attempting to keep hold of her sanity, at the same time as unravelling the mystery of the murderous mannequin – a truly spooky character who could rightly take his place in the horror hall of fame.
From award-winning writer/director Michael Bafaro (The Barber), Don’T Look Away stars Kelly Bastard, in her debut feature, as Frankie, a college student who accidentally unleashes a curse, and is stalked by a seemingly unstoppable – and murderous – mannequin.
Brilliantly inventive and delivering some superbly scary set-pieces, including a disturbing disco bloodbath – not to mention enough shocks that the film should come with a health warning – Don’T Look Away will have you jumping at shadows for days after. Kelly Bastard is outstanding in the lead role as a woman attempting to keep hold of her sanity, at the same time as unravelling the mystery of the murderous mannequin – a truly spooky character who could rightly take his place in the horror hall of fame.
- 8/9/2023
- by Peter 'Witchfinder' Hopkins
- Horror Asylum
Welcome to this week’s review of Aew: Dynamite, which was broadcast live from the Fla Live Arena in Sunrise, Florida. We’ve got Excalibur, Tony Schiavone and Taz on commentary so let’s get into the review!
Match #1: Aew International Championship Match – Orange Cassidy def.. Bandido The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:
Bandido and Cassidy chain wrestled in a great exchange in the early goings of the match. Cassidy connected with a hurracanrana (with his hands in his pockets) and followed up with a dropkick to Bandido. Bandido caught Cassidy, who was attempting for a tope. Bandido dropped Orange throat-first across the guardrail. Bandido drove his shoulder into Orange’s midsection. Bandido applied a stretch muffler to Orange Cassidy. Cassidy managed to crawl to the ropes to force the ref break. Bandido flew over the top rope with a tope con hiro. Back in the ring, Bandido chopped at Cassidy’s chest.
Match #1: Aew International Championship Match – Orange Cassidy def.. Bandido The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:
Bandido and Cassidy chain wrestled in a great exchange in the early goings of the match. Cassidy connected with a hurracanrana (with his hands in his pockets) and followed up with a dropkick to Bandido. Bandido caught Cassidy, who was attempting for a tope. Bandido dropped Orange throat-first across the guardrail. Bandido drove his shoulder into Orange’s midsection. Bandido applied a stretch muffler to Orange Cassidy. Cassidy managed to crawl to the ropes to force the ref break. Bandido flew over the top rope with a tope con hiro. Back in the ring, Bandido chopped at Cassidy’s chest.
- 4/28/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Welcome back to another review of Aew Dark: Elevation, which features nine matches on the card. We’ve got regulars Paul Wight and Matt Menard (who also opens the show in a match) on commentary. So let’s get into the review!
Match #1: Matt Menard and Angelo Parker def. The Boys (Brandon and Brent Tate)
My Thoughts: This was a standard squash match from Menard and Parker, the only notable thing was that the crowd really weren’t into this match at all. A damp squib.
My Score: 1 out of 5 Match #2: Juice Robinson def. Jake Crist
My Thoughts: Woah… Former Impact wrestler Jake Crist in an Aew match-up against Juice Robinson and it wasn’t a total squash! In fact, Crist gave Robinson a run for his money in this one.
My Score: 2.5 out of 5 Match #3: Dark Order def. Renny D, Matt Brannigan, and Crash Jaxson
My...
Match #1: Matt Menard and Angelo Parker def. The Boys (Brandon and Brent Tate)
My Thoughts: This was a standard squash match from Menard and Parker, the only notable thing was that the crowd really weren’t into this match at all. A damp squib.
My Score: 1 out of 5 Match #2: Juice Robinson def. Jake Crist
My Thoughts: Woah… Former Impact wrestler Jake Crist in an Aew match-up against Juice Robinson and it wasn’t a total squash! In fact, Crist gave Robinson a run for his money in this one.
My Score: 2.5 out of 5 Match #3: Dark Order def. Renny D, Matt Brannigan, and Crash Jaxson
My...
- 2/8/2023
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Welcome to this week’s review of Aew Dark: Elevation, the opening salvo in the Aew wrestling week. We’ve got the usual [new] commentary team, Excalibur and Matt Menard, for this episode so let’s see what the show has to offer!
Match #1: Marina Shafir and Nyla Rose def. Jc Storm and Joelle Clift
My Thoughts: Marina Shafir and Nyla Rose make a great team and they look So dominant in squash matches like this. But still we’ve opened with a squash match on Elevation. Again.
My Score: 1 out of 5 Match #2: Julia Hart def. Tiara James
My Thoughts: Another strong match for the former cheerleader turned [possible] leader of the House of Black. She squashed her enhancement talent opponent with ease.
My Score: 1 out of 5 Match #3: Dante Martin and Matt Sydal def. Zack Clayton and Serpentico
My Thoughts: What the actual f*ck?! Less than one minute...
Match #1: Marina Shafir and Nyla Rose def. Jc Storm and Joelle Clift
My Thoughts: Marina Shafir and Nyla Rose make a great team and they look So dominant in squash matches like this. But still we’ve opened with a squash match on Elevation. Again.
My Score: 1 out of 5 Match #2: Julia Hart def. Tiara James
My Thoughts: Another strong match for the former cheerleader turned [possible] leader of the House of Black. She squashed her enhancement talent opponent with ease.
My Score: 1 out of 5 Match #3: Dante Martin and Matt Sydal def. Zack Clayton and Serpentico
My Thoughts: What the actual f*ck?! Less than one minute...
- 9/14/2022
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
Another week, another episode of Aew: Dark which emanates from Grand Rapids, Michigan – which means this was taped at the same time as this past weekend’s Battle of the Belts special. We’ve got Taz and Excalibur on commentary as usual so let’s get to the action!
Match #1: Private Party, The Butcher & The Blade def. Isaiah Broner, James Alexander, Brayden Lee, & Sam Moore
My Thoughts: So we open Dark with an 8-man quasi-squash match. Hey, at least Private Party, The Butcher & The Blade are getting “TV” time right? Right..? It seems both teams are floundering somewhat after the end of the Hfo/Ahfo so to see them in action is good, even more so when the in-ring action is good too!
My Score: 2.5 out of 5 Match #2: Anna Jay A.S. def. Megan Meyers
My Thoughts: Anna Jay gets a new name and new attitude… Hopefully her...
Match #1: Private Party, The Butcher & The Blade def. Isaiah Broner, James Alexander, Brayden Lee, & Sam Moore
My Thoughts: So we open Dark with an 8-man quasi-squash match. Hey, at least Private Party, The Butcher & The Blade are getting “TV” time right? Right..? It seems both teams are floundering somewhat after the end of the Hfo/Ahfo so to see them in action is good, even more so when the in-ring action is good too!
My Score: 2.5 out of 5 Match #2: Anna Jay A.S. def. Megan Meyers
My Thoughts: Anna Jay gets a new name and new attitude… Hopefully her...
- 8/11/2022
- by Phil Wheat
- Nerdly
If you’ve recently seen Lawrence Of Arabia, Wim Wenders’ The Goalie's Anxiety At The Penalty Kick or Satyajit Ray’s Pather Panchali, chances are that you saw a modern restoration. In much the same way that a good restoration will cause you to see an old film anew, Inés Toharia’s documentary will make you consider the restoration process with fresh eyes.
A deep dive into the world of film archives and individual archivists, this film tracks the history of film preservation from its nascent stages, when the very notion was thought frivolous, to the present day when organisations like the BFI maintain vast facilities lined by row upon row of film cannisters. The archivist’s gift and ambition – to unearth lost treasures to expand the film canon and uncover obscure histories - is highlighted by glimpses of recent prize discoveries, such as Mother Dao and directors like Albert Samama Chikli and.
A deep dive into the world of film archives and individual archivists, this film tracks the history of film preservation from its nascent stages, when the very notion was thought frivolous, to the present day when organisations like the BFI maintain vast facilities lined by row upon row of film cannisters. The archivist’s gift and ambition – to unearth lost treasures to expand the film canon and uncover obscure histories - is highlighted by glimpses of recent prize discoveries, such as Mother Dao and directors like Albert Samama Chikli and.
- 11/25/2021
- by Sunil Chauhan
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
The Untamed, a Chinese web drama starring Xiao Zhan and Wang Yibo as cultivator soulmates fighting injustices in a fantasy version of ancient China, broke through to international audiences in 2019 and remains one of the most popular shows in English-speaking transformative fandom two years later. The live-action xianxia series is based on Mo Dao Zu Shi, a very popular web novel written by Chinese author Mo Xiang Tong Xiu (Mxtx). Despite the danmei’s many adaptations and international popularity, it is currently not officially available to read in English. Starting in December, that will change. Seven Seas Entertainment—an American publishing company that licenses manga, webcomics, and “light” Japanese novels—announced last week that they will be releasing an official, uncensored English-language translation of Mo Dao Zu Shi, complete with original art, glossary, end notes, and bonus chapters.
The new English-language Mo Dao Zu Shi translation will be published in five volumes,...
The new English-language Mo Dao Zu Shi translation will be published in five volumes,...
- 8/9/2021
- by Kayti Burt
- Den of Geek
Welcome to this week’s Aew: Dynamite review, right here on Nerdly. I’m Nathan Favel and we have a big problem: carnies. F–king circus folk piss me off. A buck for two balls? How about a buck for my foot up your ass?! Don’t stare at my ass! You ain’t gettin’ s–t! Gimme those ducks! You ain’t eatin’ duck d–k you d–k! Wakakakakakakakakakaka! Sorry, sorry, Canadian sorry. I just hate those Carney f–ks. Okay, let’s get to Dynamite.
Match #1: Cody Rhodes def. Penta El Zero M The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:
Penta El Zero Miedo is 5-2 in his past 7 singles matches. Cody’s shoulder was still taped up from his battle at Revolution 2021. As Cody was making his way to the ring, Penta El Zero Miedo surprised him by diving over the top rope with a cannonball onto Cody!
Match #1: Cody Rhodes def. Penta El Zero M The following is courtesy of allelitewrestling.com:
Penta El Zero Miedo is 5-2 in his past 7 singles matches. Cody’s shoulder was still taped up from his battle at Revolution 2021. As Cody was making his way to the ring, Penta El Zero Miedo surprised him by diving over the top rope with a cannonball onto Cody!
- 3/18/2021
- by Nathan Favel
- Nerdly
Spike Lee paid a fashionable tribute to Kobe Bryant at Sunday’s Oscars by wearing a purple and gold tuxedo, made by Gucci, with the number 24 stitched onto his lapels.
Lee, a basketball fanatic, directed the 2009 documentary “Kobe: Doin’ Work” for ESPN.
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Da Lee’s Are In Da House.
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Bryant, along with his 13 year-old daughter Gianna and seven others, was killed on Jan. 26 in a helicopter crash. The cause of the incident is still unknown.
The Lakers icon is expected to be part of the Academy’s “In Memoriam” segment on Sunday night. In 2018, Bryant won an Oscar for his short film, “Dear Basketball.”
For Lee, it’s not the first time he has rocked an Oscar suit in honor of one of his fallen heroes. Last year, the “Do the Right...
Lee, a basketball fanatic, directed the 2009 documentary “Kobe: Doin’ Work” for ESPN.
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Da Lee’s Are In Da House.
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Bryant, along with his 13 year-old daughter Gianna and seven others, was killed on Jan. 26 in a helicopter crash. The cause of the incident is still unknown.
The Lakers icon is expected to be part of the Academy’s “In Memoriam” segment on Sunday night. In 2018, Bryant won an Oscar for his short film, “Dear Basketball.”
For Lee, it’s not the first time he has rocked an Oscar suit in honor of one of his fallen heroes. Last year, the “Do the Right...
- 2/9/2020
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
Tony Sokol Feb 7, 2020
Ryan and Andy Tohill set to breathe new life into an old leatherface as Texas Chainsaw Massacre begins again.
Sally and Franklin Hardesty are picking up one last goddamn hitchhiker. Legendary Entertainment has their hand on the starter rope of another The Texas Chainsaw Massacre reboot, according to Variety.
With a screenplay by Chris Thomas Devlin, the film will be directed by Ryan and Andy Tohill, who made their feature-directing debut with The Dig (2018). That movie was about a convicted killer with amnesia who gets out of jail to dig up a body he can’t remember. Much like the last film made from Tobe Hooper's 1974 classic: the 2017 film Leatherface directed by Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo.
“The Tohill’s vision is exactly what the fans want,” producer Fede Alvarez said in a statement. “It’s violent, exciting and so depraved that it will stay with you forever.
Ryan and Andy Tohill set to breathe new life into an old leatherface as Texas Chainsaw Massacre begins again.
Sally and Franklin Hardesty are picking up one last goddamn hitchhiker. Legendary Entertainment has their hand on the starter rope of another The Texas Chainsaw Massacre reboot, according to Variety.
With a screenplay by Chris Thomas Devlin, the film will be directed by Ryan and Andy Tohill, who made their feature-directing debut with The Dig (2018). That movie was about a convicted killer with amnesia who gets out of jail to dig up a body he can’t remember. Much like the last film made from Tobe Hooper's 1974 classic: the 2017 film Leatherface directed by Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo.
“The Tohill’s vision is exactly what the fans want,” producer Fede Alvarez said in a statement. “It’s violent, exciting and so depraved that it will stay with you forever.
- 2/7/2020
- Den of Geek
The first question to ask when considering a Truman Show sequel is: why? The unfortunate answer is that there is a question of what happened to Truman once he realized that he was the star of his own show and had unknowingly provided decades of entertainment for those that existed outside of the dome that had been his world for so long. While the idea of being filmed continually and followed around by cameras wasn’t entirely new by the time The Truman Show came around, the concept of someone’s life being documented without their knowledge was a radical concept that
Please Don’t Make a Sequel to The Truman Show...
Please Don’t Make a Sequel to The Truman Show...
- 2/1/2020
- by Tom
- TVovermind.com
Stars: David Oyelowo, Storm Reid, Alfred Molina, Mykelti Williamson, Brian Tyree Henry, Byron Mann | Written and Directed by Jacob Estes
Sitting down with a cup of coffee and clicking onto Rakuten TV to watch Don’t Let Go was nice and simple. A quick search for the film, a few clicks of the mouse and I was ready to go. The interface is slick and finding what you want is easy, but I also like the lists that are available to scroll through, similar to streaming services such as Netflix, which allow you to have a look through popular films, new releases or specific genre-based titles. It’s a service I’m new to, but one I had a nice time exploring, and the HD quality is delightful too. Oh, yeah… onto the film itself.
Don’t Let Go was written and directed by Jacob Estes (Mean Creek) and is a real mishmash of genres,...
Sitting down with a cup of coffee and clicking onto Rakuten TV to watch Don’t Let Go was nice and simple. A quick search for the film, a few clicks of the mouse and I was ready to go. The interface is slick and finding what you want is easy, but I also like the lists that are available to scroll through, similar to streaming services such as Netflix, which allow you to have a look through popular films, new releases or specific genre-based titles. It’s a service I’m new to, but one I had a nice time exploring, and the HD quality is delightful too. Oh, yeah… onto the film itself.
Don’t Let Go was written and directed by Jacob Estes (Mean Creek) and is a real mishmash of genres,...
- 1/28/2020
- by Chris Cummings
- Nerdly
Santa Monica, CA – Rian Johnson’s Academy Award®-nominated (Best Original Screenplay) and Golden Globe®-nominated whodunnit with an all-star ensemble cast exposes its secrets when Knives Out arrives on Digital February 7 and on 4K Ultra HD Combo Pack (plus Blu-ray and Digital), Blu-ray Combo Pack (plus DVD and Digital), DVD, and On Demand February 25 from Lionsgate and Mrc Film.
Written, produced, and directed by filmmaker Rian Johnson (Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Looper), and produced by Ram Bergman (Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Looper) and Johnson through T-Street, the film is Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes at 97% (as of 1/21/20) and has received awards from AFI, National Board of Review, New York Film Critics, Philadelphia Film Festival, The Hollywood Critics Association, Rotten Tomatoes’ Golden Tomatoes Awards, and more. Knives Out stars Daniel Craig (James Bond franchise, Logan Lucky, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Chris Evans (The Avengers franchise, Captain America,...
Written, produced, and directed by filmmaker Rian Johnson (Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Looper), and produced by Ram Bergman (Star Wars: The Last Jedi, Looper) and Johnson through T-Street, the film is Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes at 97% (as of 1/21/20) and has received awards from AFI, National Board of Review, New York Film Critics, Philadelphia Film Festival, The Hollywood Critics Association, Rotten Tomatoes’ Golden Tomatoes Awards, and more. Knives Out stars Daniel Craig (James Bond franchise, Logan Lucky, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo), Chris Evans (The Avengers franchise, Captain America,...
- 1/24/2020
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
Leanne Tonkes, Martin Sacks and Victoria Garrett.
Martin Sacks enjoyed working with director Victoria Garrett in her debut feature Don’t Tell so much that he was keen to collaborate with her again.
The actor had been mulling the idea of a film about a father and son relationship which is tested by an unforeseen tragedy, so he pitched the concept to Garrett early last year.
She immediately sparked to the idea and is now developing the project with Sacks, screenwriter John Ridley and producer Leanne Tonkes.
Sacks will play the lead, the father of two teenage sons who live in a small country town. He’s an ordinary man on an ordinary day until he finds his life turned upside down by an indiscriminate tragedy.
Susie Porter, Nathaniel Dean and Daniela Farinacci will play supporting roles.
For the key role of the 15-year-old son the producers are keen to find a fresh face.
Martin Sacks enjoyed working with director Victoria Garrett in her debut feature Don’t Tell so much that he was keen to collaborate with her again.
The actor had been mulling the idea of a film about a father and son relationship which is tested by an unforeseen tragedy, so he pitched the concept to Garrett early last year.
She immediately sparked to the idea and is now developing the project with Sacks, screenwriter John Ridley and producer Leanne Tonkes.
Sacks will play the lead, the father of two teenage sons who live in a small country town. He’s an ordinary man on an ordinary day until he finds his life turned upside down by an indiscriminate tragedy.
Susie Porter, Nathaniel Dean and Daniela Farinacci will play supporting roles.
For the key role of the 15-year-old son the producers are keen to find a fresh face.
- 1/19/2020
- by The IF Team
- IF.com.au
This last week in April has seen, with Avengers: Endgame and the Battle of Winterfell episode of Game of Thrones, the culmination on the largest scale possible in our fractured culture of a long-simmering trend in American action filmmaking away from color in favor of a grim, murky, monochrome darkness. The TV show was immediately criticized for being nigh unwatchable on a normal television, its images being so dark and cluttered with digital artifacts, while the Marvel movie chose to stage its splash page final battle, the climax of a decade of franchise-building, not as a triumph of four-color majesty but as a dull smear of muddy gray. I’m not sure where exactly the trend started, it might have been when Tim Burton’s shadowy Batman movies outpaced Warren Beatty’s lively Dick Tracy, or it might have been when the pseudo-realism of Steven Spielberg’s Saving Private Ryan...
- 5/11/2019
- MUBI
Fugazi may not reactivate anytime soon, but its members are starting to play music with each other again. A new band featuring members Ian MacKaye and Joe Lally and MacKaye’s bandmate in the Evens, Amy Farina, will make its debut at a benefit concert in Washington, D.C. this Sunday. A rep for Fugazi’s label, Dischord, confirmed the appearance and said that the band did not yet have a name and that it was unclear what the group’s plans are beyond the gig.
The concert will benefit Loaves and Fishes,...
The concert will benefit Loaves and Fishes,...
- 11/7/2018
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
In 1967, Shaw Brothers released The One-Armed Swordsman, starring Jimmy Wang Yu and directed by Chang Chen. It became an instant classic wuxia movie overnight and in 1995, we have this updated version, wonderfully directed by Tsui Hark.
The story is pretty much the same, an orphaned handicap young man seeking revenge after he trained himself into a master swordsman. However, in the capable hands of Tsui Hark, the movie has turned into an even more violent, moody tale of revenge masterpiece.
“The Blade” stars Vincent Zhao as Ding On, an orphan who works and lives in a saber making factory, and his best mate is Iron Head, played here by Moses Chan. In fact, the factory owner’s daughter, Ling (plays by Song Lei) has a crash on both of them and she also narrates the whole movie. One day, after Ding On finds out that Fei Lung,...
The story is pretty much the same, an orphaned handicap young man seeking revenge after he trained himself into a master swordsman. However, in the capable hands of Tsui Hark, the movie has turned into an even more violent, moody tale of revenge masterpiece.
“The Blade” stars Vincent Zhao as Ding On, an orphan who works and lives in a saber making factory, and his best mate is Iron Head, played here by Moses Chan. In fact, the factory owner’s daughter, Ling (plays by Song Lei) has a crash on both of them and she also narrates the whole movie. One day, after Ding On finds out that Fei Lung,...
- 11/6/2018
- by David Chew
- AsianMoviePulse
In the late 1960’s, the Wu Xia Genre was elevated to a new level of sophistication through the release of two very influential movies. The first came in 1966 with King Hu’s seminal work “Come Drink With Me” to be followed swiftly the year later, with “One Armed Swordsman”. Fifty years on the movie, and it still retains a good deal of its power despite the inevitable dating. Voted the 15th Best Chinese Language Film in a Hong Kong movie poll in 2005 and loosely reimagined by Tsui Hark with “The Blade” in 1995, “One-Armed Swordsman” remains one of Hong Kong Cinema’s most ground breaking works.
Master Chi Ju Fung (Tien Feng) comes under attack, only to be rescued by his servant who loses his life in doing so. Chi Ju Fung agrees to look after his son as though he were his own, to repay the debt.
Master Chi Ju Fung (Tien Feng) comes under attack, only to be rescued by his servant who loses his life in doing so. Chi Ju Fung agrees to look after his son as though he were his own, to repay the debt.
- 4/8/2018
- by Ben Stykuc
- AsianMoviePulse
Koan Hui—former man Friday to Hong Kong maestro Tsui Hark and co-writer of Tsui’s Time And Tide and The Blade—makes his directing debut with League Of Gods, a 3-D extravaganza of canted angles and composited whooshes that luxuriates in an unreality unknown in Hollywood outside of the Wachowskis’ Speed Racer. It may not have an ending or even a climax. It may not have dialogue that rises above the level of “So, Nine-Tail Fox isn’t the biggest threat! Actually, it was the Black Dragon!” or characters who emote in anything other than evil, heroic, or lovelorn stares. But it has an old man who turns into a towel and many giant animals and a six-armed baby who flies around on a jet of his own highly pressurized piss, ripping crab-people in half with his seismic waves of flatulence. That counts for something.
Technically speaking, League Of...
Technically speaking, League Of...
- 7/30/2016
- by Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
- avclub.com
While you may not recognize Koan Hui by name you are almost certainly familiar with his work if you are at all a fan of classic Hong Kong cinema. A long time collaborator with Tsui Hark, Hui racked up assistant director credits on a stack of titles including multiple entries in the Once Upon A Time In China series, The Blade, Green Snake and Black Mask before making the switch to visual effects work with titles such as Zu Warriors, Spl, Dragon Tiger Gate and Painted Skin: The Resurrection. And now - after 25 years in the industry - Hui gets his first solo directing credit with the upcoming League Of Gods. Jet Li, Louis Koo, Fan Bingbing and Tony Leung Ka Fai all star...
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- 6/29/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Okay, all you New York based kung fu fans, strap yourself in for something spectacular! Subway Cinema is presenting their 6th Old School Kung Fu Fest from April 8 - 10 at the Metrograph and they're boasting one hell of a stellar lineup including a very rare big screen appearance of Tsui Hark's The Blade! And Twitch has got a little treat for you with two pairs of tickets to give away for the Sunday April 10th screening of Benny Chan's Big Bullet! 1996 was the end of one era of Hong Kong movies, and the beginning of another. The box office was in freefall, and people were trying new things because no one knew what worked. Benny Chan, previously known for his light comedies,...
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- 3/31/2016
- Screen Anarchy
Since any New York cinephile has a nearly suffocating wealth of theatrical options, we figured it’d be best to compile some of the more worthwhile repertory showings into one handy list. Displayed below are a few of the city’s most reliable theaters and links to screenings of their weekend offerings — films you’re not likely to see in a theater again anytime soon, and many of which are, also, on 35mm. If you have a chance to attend any of these, we’re of the mind that it’s time extremely well-spent.
Museum of the Moving Image
Koyaanisqatsi kicks off “See It Big! Documentary” on Friday. Saturday brings the follow-up, Powaqqatsi, as well as Robert Flaherty‘s Louisiana Story. Close out Reggio’s trilogy with a Sunday screening of Naqoyatsi.
Labyrinth screens on Sunday, but is currently listed as being sold-out.
Spectacle
You’ve probably heard about The...
Museum of the Moving Image
Koyaanisqatsi kicks off “See It Big! Documentary” on Friday. Saturday brings the follow-up, Powaqqatsi, as well as Robert Flaherty‘s Louisiana Story. Close out Reggio’s trilogy with a Sunday screening of Naqoyatsi.
Labyrinth screens on Sunday, but is currently listed as being sold-out.
Spectacle
You’ve probably heard about The...
- 1/29/2016
- by Nick Newman
- The Film Stage
(1981-1989 – The Three Dragons)
After the early 1980’s, Golden Harvest started to branch out into the modern-day world leaving behind the Kung Fu cinema age and progressing into something massive. From 1981 onwards, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao (The Three Dragons) were about to embark on a sensational journey, progressing from there Kung Fu genre into modern-day Martial Arts and stunt work, something Shaw Brothers were left behind and Golden Harvest was to be the new global company.
Jackie Chan back then headed to the United states to try to break into the international market, but the movies he appeared in didn’t really take off and Jackie was also disappointed with the filming of The Big Brawl. Jackie felt he never had chance to show off his action choreography and wasn’t given the space to add his world of experience to the movie. Although it was Directed...
After the early 1980’s, Golden Harvest started to branch out into the modern-day world leaving behind the Kung Fu cinema age and progressing into something massive. From 1981 onwards, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao (The Three Dragons) were about to embark on a sensational journey, progressing from there Kung Fu genre into modern-day Martial Arts and stunt work, something Shaw Brothers were left behind and Golden Harvest was to be the new global company.
Jackie Chan back then headed to the United states to try to break into the international market, but the movies he appeared in didn’t really take off and Jackie was also disappointed with the filming of The Big Brawl. Jackie felt he never had chance to show off his action choreography and wasn’t given the space to add his world of experience to the movie. Although it was Directed...
- 10/6/2015
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
The opening title card improbably, surprisingly reads “New York 2015,” and within seconds we are immersed in a expatriate Chinese holiday party for a friend about to leave for a new job. The images come fast and contextless; CGI renderings of New York, quick interiors, and critically, a glimmer of analogue past. An old Chinese film starts accidentally on the group’s karaoke machine, prompting groans and rolling eyes. Quickly (inevitably), the same footage is played on a cell phone, in the back of a cab. A lone man, pulled by nostalgia and memory, is lured into the image and an impromptu journey to his home town.
Tsui Hark’s The Taking of Tiger Mountain 3D is the latest in the director’s career-long exploration/re-interpretation of key Chinese myths, events, narratives and texts, and we find our subject here as young party guests accidentally cue up Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy,...
Tsui Hark’s The Taking of Tiger Mountain 3D is the latest in the director’s career-long exploration/re-interpretation of key Chinese myths, events, narratives and texts, and we find our subject here as young party guests accidentally cue up Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy,...
- 1/13/2015
- by John Lehtonen
- MUBI
The Taking of Tiger Mountain is Tsui Harks latest movie in the directors chair, a 3D movie based on a conflict between a People’s Liberation Army and a gang in northeast China, during the Chinese revolution.
The movie led the way at the top of the box office over the new year which grossed $51.29 million in its opening six days of release. Tiger Mountain notched up 211,787 screenings and 7.6 million admissions, according to data from Entgroup.
Love on the Cloud, a romantic comedy came in second place grossing $23.17 million within five days, followed by Gone With the Bullets, Fleet of Time, The Nut Job and Meet Miss Anxiety.
Tsui Hark has directed many movies over the years, some include:
Zu: Warriors From The Magic Mountain (1983)
Shanghai Blues (1984)
The Big Heat (1988)
Once Upon A Time In China (1991)
The Blade (1995)
Double Team (1997)
Detective Dee – The Mystery Of Phantom Flame (2010)
Source:hollywoodreporter...
The movie led the way at the top of the box office over the new year which grossed $51.29 million in its opening six days of release. Tiger Mountain notched up 211,787 screenings and 7.6 million admissions, according to data from Entgroup.
Love on the Cloud, a romantic comedy came in second place grossing $23.17 million within five days, followed by Gone With the Bullets, Fleet of Time, The Nut Job and Meet Miss Anxiety.
Tsui Hark has directed many movies over the years, some include:
Zu: Warriors From The Magic Mountain (1983)
Shanghai Blues (1984)
The Big Heat (1988)
Once Upon A Time In China (1991)
The Blade (1995)
Double Team (1997)
Detective Dee – The Mystery Of Phantom Flame (2010)
Source:hollywoodreporter...
- 1/1/2015
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
Not only martial arts fans, but cinephiles in general are in for a rare treat this summer when the retrospective "All Hail The King: The Films of King Hu" arrives at Bam Rose Cinemas in Brooklyn from June 6 through 17. Immensely influential, King Hu, during his three-decade career, made films in Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South Korea, and raised the wuxia genre to new artistic heights and aesthetic beauty, with a style that integrated Chinese philosophy, aesthetics, and opera into his cinematic techniques. The reach of Hu's influence remains strong up to the present day; this great filmmaker inspired other great ones, such as Ang Lee (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), Zhang Yimou (House of Flying Daggers), and Tsui Hark (The Blade). BAMcinematek's 15-film retrospective includes nine of King...
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- 5/8/2014
- Screen Anarchy
Austin Wai Tin Chi, brother of female kung fu legend Kara Hui has sadly passed away at the age of 55. He starred in movies such as Kung Fu Vs Yoga (1979), The Blade (1995) and classics such as 36th Chamber Of Shaolin (1978) and the sequel.
He sadly died on October 4, 2012 at the age of 55 at his home in Beijing, China. When he was very young, like other kung fu stars at that time, he was sent to learn Peking Opera under Madam Fan Fok-Fa, he went on to become a stuntman in his own right at the legendary Shaw Brothers company and also popping over to Golden Harvest to star in a few movies also with Sammo Hung in small roles.
In 1979 he got a very good role in the movie “Five Superfighters” and also had a memorible role in the hit movie “Avenging Eagle”. He was also a fight choreographer and...
He sadly died on October 4, 2012 at the age of 55 at his home in Beijing, China. When he was very young, like other kung fu stars at that time, he was sent to learn Peking Opera under Madam Fan Fok-Fa, he went on to become a stuntman in his own right at the legendary Shaw Brothers company and also popping over to Golden Harvest to star in a few movies also with Sammo Hung in small roles.
In 1979 he got a very good role in the movie “Five Superfighters” and also had a memorible role in the hit movie “Avenging Eagle”. He was also a fight choreographer and...
- 10/5/2012
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
This is a run down of my Top 40 kung fu movies of the 1970′s. There were so many great films in this era, that i just hope i do this list some justice. The movies chosen are just my personal choice, i understand others might have different views.
Any of the movies that make the Top 40 list must have something special to make it in the first place. So i hope you enjoy my Top 40 Kung Fu movies.
30:Iron Fisted Monk
Starring: Sammo Hung, Fung Hak On, Chan Sing, James Tien
The Husker has a heart of gold although he is full of tricks. When he is a trainee at Shaolin Temple, he cuts so many corners and devises so many labor-saving ploys that he earns the open wrath and secret admiration of his holy elders. Monk Shan, the famous kung fu master, never lets his buddhist association stand in the way of wining,...
Any of the movies that make the Top 40 list must have something special to make it in the first place. So i hope you enjoy my Top 40 Kung Fu movies.
30:Iron Fisted Monk
Starring: Sammo Hung, Fung Hak On, Chan Sing, James Tien
The Husker has a heart of gold although he is full of tricks. When he is a trainee at Shaolin Temple, he cuts so many corners and devises so many labor-saving ploys that he earns the open wrath and secret admiration of his holy elders. Monk Shan, the famous kung fu master, never lets his buddhist association stand in the way of wining,...
- 7/31/2012
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
Other names: 李连杰
Li Lianjie
Jet Li Lian Jie
Birth date: 26/4/1963
Nationality: China
Workplace: Hong Kong, USA
Selected Filmography:
1982:Shaolin Temple
1991:Once Upon A Time In China
1993:Tai Chi Master
1993:Fong Sai Yuk
1994:Fist Of Legend
2002:Hero
2005:Fearless
Jet Li has been making movies now for 30 years, this time in 1982, he was at the beginning of his journey starring in a movie called The Shaolin Temple (1982), which would make him an over night superstar. Thousands of people back then would travel for miles to get a chance to see Jet training, with his lightening fast punches and flexibility.
Wushu Years
Li was eight when his talent for wushu was noticed at a summer course at school, and he began his practice there. Li participated in the sport of wushu in the non-sparring event. He began on the Beijing Wushu Team, an athletic group organized to perform...
Li Lianjie
Jet Li Lian Jie
Birth date: 26/4/1963
Nationality: China
Workplace: Hong Kong, USA
Selected Filmography:
1982:Shaolin Temple
1991:Once Upon A Time In China
1993:Tai Chi Master
1993:Fong Sai Yuk
1994:Fist Of Legend
2002:Hero
2005:Fearless
Jet Li has been making movies now for 30 years, this time in 1982, he was at the beginning of his journey starring in a movie called The Shaolin Temple (1982), which would make him an over night superstar. Thousands of people back then would travel for miles to get a chance to see Jet training, with his lightening fast punches and flexibility.
Wushu Years
Li was eight when his talent for wushu was noticed at a summer course at school, and he began his practice there. Li participated in the sport of wushu in the non-sparring event. He began on the Beijing Wushu Team, an athletic group organized to perform...
- 7/6/2012
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
With the release of The Raid: Redemption, I’ve asked Sound On Sight contributors Edgar Chaput and Michael Ryan to help me put together a list of 15 classic martial arts films that we consider essential viewing. Here are my five choices.
11- The Blade (Doa)
Directed by Hark Tsui
Inspired by the 1967 Shaw Brothers epic The One-Armed Swordsman, Tsui Hark’s The Blade reinforces that the director is a true innovator, a visionary, a remarkable stylist and a man who knows how to direct action. In a style often compared to Wong Kar Wai’s Ashes of Time, The Blade is a constant, steady blend of hand-held camera work, quick cuts, visual motifs, symbolic imagery and downright poetic juxtapositions. The fight scenes start out violent and blood-stained but gradually progress into grand artistic spectacles – some of the best you’ll ever see.
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12- Jing wu ying xiong...
11- The Blade (Doa)
Directed by Hark Tsui
Inspired by the 1967 Shaw Brothers epic The One-Armed Swordsman, Tsui Hark’s The Blade reinforces that the director is a true innovator, a visionary, a remarkable stylist and a man who knows how to direct action. In a style often compared to Wong Kar Wai’s Ashes of Time, The Blade is a constant, steady blend of hand-held camera work, quick cuts, visual motifs, symbolic imagery and downright poetic juxtapositions. The fight scenes start out violent and blood-stained but gradually progress into grand artistic spectacles – some of the best you’ll ever see.
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12- Jing wu ying xiong...
- 4/6/2012
- by Ricky
- SoundOnSight
Donnie Yen is currently one of the biggest kung fu actors in the game, making his debut movie was in Yuen Woo ping’s “Drunken Tai Chi”, Donnie as gone on to make some of the best movies in Asian cinema.
At this moment in time, i cant think of another actor who is in as much demand as him, making movie after movie and still impressing fans all over the world. This is my top 10 list of Donnie yen movies, hope you enjoy.
10. Once Upon A Time In China II
Plot: In the sequel to the Tsui Hark classic, Wong Fei-Hung faces The White Lotus society, a fanatical cult seeking to drive the Europeans out of China through violence, even attacking Chinese who follow Western ways. Wong must also defend Dr. Sun Yat Sen, a revolutionary, from the military. With his friends, loved ones, and the future of China itself at stake,...
At this moment in time, i cant think of another actor who is in as much demand as him, making movie after movie and still impressing fans all over the world. This is my top 10 list of Donnie yen movies, hope you enjoy.
10. Once Upon A Time In China II
Plot: In the sequel to the Tsui Hark classic, Wong Fei-Hung faces The White Lotus society, a fanatical cult seeking to drive the Europeans out of China through violence, even attacking Chinese who follow Western ways. Wong must also defend Dr. Sun Yat Sen, a revolutionary, from the military. With his friends, loved ones, and the future of China itself at stake,...
- 2/15/2012
- by kingofkungfu
- AsianMoviePulse
[Us readers are reminded that Detective Dee is in limited theatrical release in the Us Right Now and this is a film that greatly benefits from being seen in as large a format as possible. Watch Andy Lau punch a deer in the face on the big screen! Find the complete list of theaters screening the film here.]Much has been made about Detective Dee being Tsui Hark's return to form after a largely shaky 15 year run of mediocrity. I must say, he delivers the goods here in a way I was not expecting. Hark used to be the king of Hong Kong action, with films like The Blade and Peking Opera Blues in his satchel, it used to be that a film with his...
- 10/4/2011
- Screen Anarchy
Considered by many to be the king of the Wu Xia martial arts genre, Tsui Hark is literally a living legend of cinema with a prolific career that has spanned over the last 30 years. Known for his outlandish style of quick cuts, kinetic action choreography and of course over the top wire work that helped define the Wu Xia genre into what it is today. Some of his best known titles include Once Upon a Time in China, Zu Warriors, Time and Tide and more recently Seven Swords and Detective Dee and The Phantom Flame.
Over the weekend, Hark was awarded the Star Asia lifetime achievement award at the New York Asian Film Festival and invited to take part in select screenings of some of his classic films including The Blade and Zu: Warriors From the Magic Mountain. I was fortunate enough to sit down with martial arts maestro and...
Over the weekend, Hark was awarded the Star Asia lifetime achievement award at the New York Asian Film Festival and invited to take part in select screenings of some of his classic films including The Blade and Zu: Warriors From the Magic Mountain. I was fortunate enough to sit down with martial arts maestro and...
- 7/12/2011
- by Raffi Asdourian
- The Film Stage
Every summer in New York City there are a multitude of unique events to keep you cool when the streets get too hot. Yet nothing is quite as cool as the annual New York Asian Film Festival, celebrating its tenth year, where avid film enthusiasts flock from all 5 boroughs to uncover hidden cinematic gems rarely seen outside the far east. It’s here where I discovered one of my top films from last year Confessions, which I would have never been able to see otherwise. This is a prime example of why I encourage people to check out the fest, to expand their horizons and diversify their filmic taste. In addition, the festival is run by some of the most energetic, kind-hearted and passionate people who put the whole thing together out of pure love for this unique blend of Asian cinema.
This year features a stellar lineup of amazing titles,...
This year features a stellar lineup of amazing titles,...
- 6/30/2011
- by Raffi Asdourian
- The Film Stage
The New York Asian Film Festival is ten years old! And they have presents for you Asian film buffs! A Takashi Miike World Premiere? Yup. The long-awaited animated epic based on Osamu Tezuka.s life of Buddha? You know it. The International Premiere of the new movie from Johnnie To, rare Filipino exploitation and an avalanche of retro screenings to celebrate our tenth birthday? Hoo-rah!
Special guests at this year's special tenth anniversary include Tsui Hark, Ryoo Seung-Wan, Su Chao-pin, Takayuki Yamada, Tak Sakaguchi and many more!
The New York Asian Film Festival is presented in association with the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Japan Society's Japan Cuts: Festival of Contemporary Japanese Cinema.
You can keep up with the latest festival news at subwaycinemanews.com
Full line-up after the break.
Official Opening Night Film:
Milocrorze: A Love Story (Japan, 2011, North American Premiere, 90 minutes)
Truly trippy, this bizarro musical/variety...
Special guests at this year's special tenth anniversary include Tsui Hark, Ryoo Seung-Wan, Su Chao-pin, Takayuki Yamada, Tak Sakaguchi and many more!
The New York Asian Film Festival is presented in association with the Film Society of Lincoln Center and Japan Society's Japan Cuts: Festival of Contemporary Japanese Cinema.
You can keep up with the latest festival news at subwaycinemanews.com
Full line-up after the break.
Official Opening Night Film:
Milocrorze: A Love Story (Japan, 2011, North American Premiere, 90 minutes)
Truly trippy, this bizarro musical/variety...
- 6/2/2011
- QuietEarth.us
The New York Asian Film Festival has announced that its tenth anniversary edition will open on July 1 with the North American premiere of Yoshimasa Ishibashi's Milocrorze: A Love Story ("one solid slab of psychedelia," promises the festival; image above) and close on July 14 with the New York premiere of Na Hong-Jin's The Yellow Sea (aka The Murderer), which has just screened at Cannes in Un Certain Regard (see the roundup).
There'll be two Centerpiece Presentations, Benny Chan's Shaolin, with Andy Lau, Nic Tse and Jackie Chan, and Takashi Miike's Ninja Kids!!! — which, you may remember Danny Kasman caught in Cannes, and got quite a nice kick out of it, too. The festival will also be screening Miike's "director's cut" of 13 Assassins.
There'll be three special focuses. First off...
Wu Xia: Hong Kong's Flying Swordsmen
Tsui Hark's Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame...
There'll be two Centerpiece Presentations, Benny Chan's Shaolin, with Andy Lau, Nic Tse and Jackie Chan, and Takashi Miike's Ninja Kids!!! — which, you may remember Danny Kasman caught in Cannes, and got quite a nice kick out of it, too. The festival will also be screening Miike's "director's cut" of 13 Assassins.
There'll be three special focuses. First off...
Wu Xia: Hong Kong's Flying Swordsmen
Tsui Hark's Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame...
- 5/31/2011
- MUBI
The Film Society of Lincoln Center (responsible for the New York Film Festival and New Directors/New Films showcases), together with Subway Cinema announced fourteen official selections today for the tenth New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff) which will screen July 1 -14, 2011.
With films coming from Hong Kong, Korea, Japan, the Philippines and Taiwan, the program will include films fitting into the classic Chinese fight genre, curated under the title Wu Xia: Hong Kong’s Flying Swordsmen, within which the programmers offer up a retrospective of the work of Tsui Hark, including “Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame” and “The Blade.”
Sea of Revenge: New Korean Thrillers, presents action movies such as Ryoo Seung-wan’s “The Unjust,” as well as “The Yellow Sea” by Na Hong-Jin.
Japanese selections include the four-and-a-half hour “Heaven’s Story” from Takahisa Zeze, Noboru Iguchi’s “Transformers”-inspired “Karate-Robo” and Tak Sakaguchi’s “Yakuza Weapon.
With films coming from Hong Kong, Korea, Japan, the Philippines and Taiwan, the program will include films fitting into the classic Chinese fight genre, curated under the title Wu Xia: Hong Kong’s Flying Swordsmen, within which the programmers offer up a retrospective of the work of Tsui Hark, including “Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame” and “The Blade.”
Sea of Revenge: New Korean Thrillers, presents action movies such as Ryoo Seung-wan’s “The Unjust,” as well as “The Yellow Sea” by Na Hong-Jin.
Japanese selections include the four-and-a-half hour “Heaven’s Story” from Takahisa Zeze, Noboru Iguchi’s “Transformers”-inspired “Karate-Robo” and Tak Sakaguchi’s “Yakuza Weapon.
- 5/5/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Magazine
The Film Society of Lincoln Center (responsible for the New York Film Festival and New Directors/New Films showcases), together with Subway Cinema announced fourteen official selections today for the tenth New York Asian Film Festival (Nyaff) which will screen July 1 -14, 2011.
With films coming from Hong Kong, Korea, Japan, the Philippines and Taiwan, the program will include films fitting into the classic Chinese fight genre, curated under the title Wu Xia: Hong Kong’s Flying Swordsmen, within which the programmers offer up a retrospective of the work of Tsui Hark, including “Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame” and “The Blade.”
Sea of Revenge: New Korean Thrillers, presents action movies such as Ryoo Seung-wan’s “The Unjust,” as well as “The Yellow Sea” by Na Hong-Jin.
Japanese selections include the four-and-a-half hour “Heaven’s Story” from Takahisa Zeze, Noboru Iguchi’s “Transformers”-inspired “Karate-Robo” and Tak Sakaguchi’s “Yakuza Weapon.
With films coming from Hong Kong, Korea, Japan, the Philippines and Taiwan, the program will include films fitting into the classic Chinese fight genre, curated under the title Wu Xia: Hong Kong’s Flying Swordsmen, within which the programmers offer up a retrospective of the work of Tsui Hark, including “Detective Dee and the Mystery of the Phantom Flame” and “The Blade.”
Sea of Revenge: New Korean Thrillers, presents action movies such as Ryoo Seung-wan’s “The Unjust,” as well as “The Yellow Sea” by Na Hong-Jin.
Japanese selections include the four-and-a-half hour “Heaven’s Story” from Takahisa Zeze, Noboru Iguchi’s “Transformers”-inspired “Karate-Robo” and Tak Sakaguchi’s “Yakuza Weapon.
- 5/5/2011
- by admin
- Moving Pictures Network
One of our absolute favorite festivals, the New York Asian Film Festival has its tenth anniversary this year, and they've just announced first details! The major bit being that Tsui Hark himself will be on hand for their Wu Xia: Hong Kong¹s Flying Swordsmen program which will include screenings of recent hit and Tribeca entry Detective Dee And The Mystery Of The Phantom Flame, and a screening of The Blade. They've also announced Na Hong-Jin's Cannes Un Certain Regard entry The Yellow Sea, Takahisa Zeze's Heaven's Story - a dramatic departure for the pink film maestro - plus Tak Sakaguchi's latest, Yakuza Weapon, and Noboru Iguchi's Karate-Robo Zaborgar. Of course this is only the tip of the ice berg, a few more titles lurk below...
- 5/5/2011
- Screen Anarchy
It's been a while since Tsui Hark has produced a real crowd pleaser. Once the absolute top of the heap when it came to action film, his peak period spinning out hits by the fistful as both a producer and a director, the general consensus is that his last really good film was Time And Tide a full decade ago with more recent efforts like Seven Swords and Missing bogging down in overly convoluted plots and uninspired scripts. Looking back over this period - as well as the five year span prior, with the gap between The Blade and Time And Tide also fairly shaky - one other factor becomes apparent. Somewhere along the line Hark seemed to forget that movies are meant to...
- 4/21/2011
- Screen Anarchy
Oh boy, here we go again. Even though he once said, years ago while making Fearless, that he'd never star in a martial arts epic again, the Associated Press (via MarketSaw) reports that Jet Li has been cast in exactly that - a "new 3-D kung fu epic" title Flying Swords of Dragon Gate. It's being directed by veteran Kong Kong filmmaker Tsui Hark (The Blade, Once Upon a Time in China III & V + TV Series, Seven Swords, All About Women ) and will also star China's Zhou Xun and Chen Kun, Taiwan's Kwai Lun-mei and Mavis Fan. It has a modest budget of around $35 million and is being planned for release in December 2011. Read on! Flying Swords of Dragon Gate's story is apparently inspired by Tsui's 1992 martial arts film Dragon Inn, which revolves around a face-off between the imperial agents and a warrior couple at ...
- 10/15/2010
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
It's been a while since Tsui Hark has produced a real crowd pleaser. Once the absolute top of the heap when it came to action film, his peak period spinning out hits by the fistful as both a producer and a director, the general consensus is that his last really good film was Time And Tide a full decade ago with more recent efforts like Seven Swords and Missing bogging down in overly convoluted plots and uninspired scripts. Looking back over this period - as well as the five year span prior, with the gap between The Blade and Time And Tide also fairly shaky - one other factor becomes apparent. Somewhere along the line Hark seemed to forget that movies are meant to be fun.
Though still over plotted and overly convoluted Hark's latest, Detective Dee And The Mystery of the Phantom Flame, is very definitely fun. This is...
Though still over plotted and overly convoluted Hark's latest, Detective Dee And The Mystery of the Phantom Flame, is very definitely fun. This is...
- 9/18/2010
- Screen Anarchy
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