Snipes’ ‘Game of Death’ gets new director
It’s slightly moldy news but worth posting anyway since it hasn’t been widely publicized. Moviehole reports that Abel Ferrara has left Columbia’s GAME OF DEATH, the…
Tai Seng’s December 2009 releases
Coming to home video in the U.S. on December 29 are four new Chinese-language releases from Tai Seng. Titles include the Blu-ray edition of Feng Xiaogang’s…
2009 Golden Horse nominations
Taiwan’s Golden Horse Awards will be capping the 46th annual Golden Horse Awards Film Festival on November 28. Nominations have been announced and I have picked…
REVIEW: ‘District 13: Ultimatum’ (2009)
Luc Besson is the Jean-Luc Godard of action movies. He’s French, he’s male, he’s er…he’s…umm…ok, the similarities end there. But just as Godard put his unique…
‘Chen Zhen’ begins shooting as superhero movie
Production began on Monday for CHEN ZHEN (aka THE LEGEND OF CHEN ZHEN), a kung fu actioner directed by Andrew Lau with Donnie Yen starring and…
Carl Rinsch to direct Keanu Reeves in ‘47 Ronin’
TV commercial director Carl Rinsch has been picked to helm 47 RONIN with Keanu Reeves in the lead role. Rinsch, who is romantically involved with director…
Teacher busted for showing ‘Kung Fu Hustle’ in class
It was meant to be a reward for academic achievement but now a junior high school teacher who screened portions of Stephen Chow’s martial arts comedy…
Trailer for Manny Pacquiao’s ‘Wapakman’
Filipino champion boxer Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao is making his action film debut as the leading man in Filipino superhero movie WAPAKMAN. Directed by Topel Lee, this…
REVIEW: ‘Blood: The Last Vampire’ (2009)
Korean superstar actress Jun Ji-Hyun (MY SASSY GIRL) undergoes a new Western name, Gianna Jun, in her English language debut in this live action adaptation of…
Exclusive ‘Kung Fu Man’ set pics
KUNG FU MAN, starring Yuen Woo-ping protégé Tiger Chen and Andre “Chyna” McCoy is currently in production and Danny Shamon has filed this report with exclusive…
REVIEW: ‘Dragon Fire’ (1993)
First came Don “The Dragon” Wilson in BLOODFIST (1989). Then came Jerry Trimble in FULL CONTACT (1992) followed by the late Catya Sassoon in ANGEL FIST…
Trailer for Michael Chuah’s ‘Fist of Dragon’
The first trailer for Singapore/Chinese martial arts actioner FIST OF DRAGON is here. Malaysian writer-director Michael Chuah stars as a young, martial arts-trained man who while…
‘Tekken,’ the best fighting game movie since ‘Mortal Kombat?’
That’s the suggested first impression made by IGN’s Jim Vejvoda who published a written preview of a promo trailer for director Dwight H. Little’s upcoming, live-action fighting…
CONTEST: Well Go USA’s Shaw Brothers set with vintage poster
Well Go USA is giving away 10 copies of their upcoming, four-disc Shaw Brothers box set along with an original Shaw Brothers movie poster to 10…
Yuen Woo-ping’s ‘True Legend’ plot detailed
While covering the American Film Market, Latino Review has discovered a detailed plot and new picture for Yuen Woo-ping’s upcoming kung fu actioner TRUE LEGEND which…
‘The Eagle of the Ninth’ first look
Even though it stars Channing Tatum, an action star genre fans love to hate, Roman period actioner THE EAGLE OF THE NINE is a film I…
‘Clash of the Titans’ teaser trailer
Donnie Yen enjoys villain role in ‘14 Blades’
‘Ninja Assassin’ preview: Rain vs. Rick Yune
REVIEW: ‘Ip Man’ (DVD – Cine Asia)
Camelot picks up ‘Samurai Avenger’
‘The Taoist Wizard:’ Korea’s new superhero
Lundgren in talks to appear in ‘Conan’
Pinkaew eyes Crump for Yanin’s next
Warner Bros. Japan to adapt 47 Ronin
Production begins on John Woo’s ‘Rain of Swords’ with Michelle Yeoh