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Jackie Chan horses around in trailer for action comedy Ride On

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Ahead of its release this April, a trailer, poster and images have been released for the upcoming action comedy Ride On. Written and directed by Larry Yang, the film stars martial arts icon Jackie Chan as Luo, a washed-up stuntman trying to reconnect with his family, who finds himself in the spotlight once more when […]

Seth Rogen reveals Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem voice cast ahead of first trailer

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Meet the new Heroes in a Half-Shell as Seth Rogen has revealed the full voice cast for the animated film Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem at the Nickelodeon Kids’ Choice Awards last night. Not only that, but a trailer will be released online tomorrow, March 6th. Check out the cast below… Starring as the Ninja […]

Underrated Movies from the Masters of Action Cinema

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Tom Jolliffe picks one underrated gem from ten of the best action stars of all time… Ah the misunderstood masterpiece. The underappreciated gem. Some films just take a while to get the attention they fully deserve. When it comes to the primo action stars one might argue the ranking list. However, whilst considering the best […]

Jackie Chan featured on new poster for The Foreigner

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A new poster has been released for the upcoming action thriller The Foreigner featuring Jackie Chan. Directed by Martin Campbell, the film is based on Stephen Leather’s 1992 novel The Chinaman, and features a cast that also includes Pierce Brosnan, Liu Tao, and Katie Leung; take a look below… SEE ALSO: Watch the trailer for The Foreigner […]

Jackie Chan explains the fight choreography in The LEGO Ninjago Movie

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Earlier this week we brought you a batch of character posters for The LEGO Ninjago Movie [check them out here], and now Warner Bros. has released a featurette for the upcoming animated adventure which sees Jackie Chan (Master Wu) giving fans an insight into how he uses real life stunts for the film’s fight scenes; […]

The LEGO Ninjago Movie voice cast reportedly revealed

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In the wake of The LEGO Movie’s success, Warner Bros. wasted no time in announcing a sequel to the animated movie, along with a couple of spinoffs for 2017 in The LEGO Batman Movie and The LEGO Ninjago Movie. While we’ve already seen a couple of teaser trailers for LEGO Batman [watch them here and here], […]

The Greatest Action Directors of All Time

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Tom Jolliffe looks at the greatest action directors of all time… The action genre has never particularly had the greatest respect associated with it. Maybe there’s a feeling that they’re dramatically anaemic, or sometimes intellectually inferior, but this isn’t always the case. It’s a genre that doesn’t always have consistent specialists, because certain directors who […]

An Action Star’s Worst Nightmare: Kids

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Tom Jolliffe looks back at the now long standing tradition of the action star having to tackle their toughest foe – children… When you think of some of your favourite action heroes of the last 30+ years, we’ve seen them take on all comers. They’ve fought terrorists, criminals, sometimes beings from other worlds, but their […]

A Look Back at The Expendables Franchise (And a Look Forward…)

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Ten years on from the release of the first movie, Tom Jolliffe looks back at the Expendables franchise and then looks at where it can go now (and who needs to join the crew)… When The Expendables was first announced in late 2009, my excitement levels went through the roof. Initially it was Sylvester Stallone, […]