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Blu-ray Review – Cannonball Run II (1984)

November 30, 2015 by Amie Cranswick

Cannonball Run II, 1984. Directed by Hal Needham. Starring Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr., Dean Martin, Jamie Farr, Telly Savalas, Ricardo Montalban, Shirley MacLaine, Richard Kiel, Sid Caesar, Jackie Chan, Tony Danza, Henry Silva, Alex Rocco, Abe Vigoda, Michael V. Gazzo. SYNOPSIS: The majority of the drivers from the first film […]

Filed Under: Chris Ward, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Abe Vigoda, Alex Rocco, Burt Reynolds, Cannonball Run II, Dean Martin, Dom DeLuise, Frank Sinatra, Hal Needham, Henry Silva, Jackie Chan, Jamie Farr, Michael V. Gazzo, Ricardo Montalban, Richard Kiel, Sammy Davis Jr., Shirley MacLaine, Sid Caesar, Telly Savalas, Tony Danza

Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson’s Shanghai Dawn moving forward with director Jared Hess

September 7, 2016 by Gary Collinson

Back in May of last year it was announced that Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson were looking to reunite on Shanghai Dawn, a follow-up to 2000’s Shanghai Noon and 2003’s Shanghai Knights, and now Deadline is reporting that the project is moving forward under Napoleon Dynamite director Jared Hess. The new film has been scripted […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Jackie Chan, Jared Hess, Owen Wilson, Shanghai Dawn

Movie Review – Kung Fu Panda 3 (2016)

March 8, 2016 by Freda Cooper

Kung Fu Panda 3, 2016. Directed by Jennifer Yuh and Alessandro Carloni. Featuring the voice talents of Jack Black, Bryan Cranston, Angelina Jolie, Dustin Hoffman, J.K. Simmons, Seth Rogan, Jackie Chan, Lucy Liu and Kate Hudson. SYNOPSIS: Cuddly kung fu fighting panda Po has reached the heights of Dragon Warrior and is responsible for protecting […]

Filed Under: Freda Cooper, Movies, Reviews Tagged With: Alessandro Carloni, Angelina Jolie, Bryan Cranston, Dustin Hoffman, J.K. Simmons, Jack Black, Jackie Chan, Jennifer Yuh, Kate Hudson, Kung Fu Panda 3, Lucy Liu, Seth Rogan

Robert Downey Jr. tops list of Hollywood’s highest paid actors for the third year in a row

August 4, 2015 by Gary Collinson

For the third consecutive year, Robert Downey Jr. has topped Forbes’ list of the highest-paid actors in the world, with his back-end deal for Marvel’s Avengers: Age of Ultron helping to propel the star to a whopping $80 million dollar haul over the past twelve months. And with Captain America: Civil War on the horizon, […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Adam Sandler, Akshay Kumar, Amitabh Bachchan, Bradley Cooper, Jackie Chan, Mark Wahlberg, Robert Downey Jr., Salman Khan, Tom Cruise, Vin Diesel

Movie Review – Dragon Blade (2015)

January 15, 2016 by Amie Cranswick

Dragon Blade, 2015. Directed by Daniel Lee. Starring Jackie Chan, John Cusack and Adrien Brody. SYNOPSIS: Set in China during the Han dynasty (206-220 AD), Dragon Blade follows Huo An (Chan), an official framed and enslaved for a crime he didn’t commit. Soon thereafter, however, he meets a Roman soldier in Cusack’s Lucius and the […]

Filed Under: Movies, Reviews, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Adrien Brody, Daniel Lee, Dragon Blade, Jackie Chan, John Cusack

Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson set to reteam for Shanghai Dawn

May 15, 2015 by Scott J. Davis

Website Tracking Board is tonight reporting news that MGM is readying a “threequel” to Shanghai Noon, which starred Owen Wilson and Jackie Chan. The third film, set to be called Shanghai Dawn, will see Wilson and Chan return to the roles of Roy O’Bannon and Chon Wang, which the duo played in 2000’s Shanghai Noon […]

Filed Under: Movies, News, Scott Davis Tagged With: Jackie Chan, Owen Wilson, Shanghai Dawn, Shanghai Knights, Shanghai Noon

The Problem With East Asian Action Cinema Today

April 1, 2018 by Tom Jolliffe

Tom Jolliffe takes a look at recent trends in East Asian Action Cinema… I’ve seen a lot of action films in my time. From all over the world. From the biggest blockbusters, to the straight to VHS specials that used to regularly populate your nearest video store. Whether it was the latest mega budget Schwarzenegger […]

Filed Under: Articles and Opinions, Movies, Tom Jolliffe Tagged With: Akira Kurosawa, Black Panther, DC, Donnie Yen, Hard Boiled, Jackie Chan, John Wick 2, John Woo, Luc Besson, Marvel, nikita, Oldboy, Takashi Miike, The Villainess, Wu Jing

Chris Tucker confirms that Rush Hour 4 is happening

February 22, 2018 by Matt Rodgers

It’s the news we’ve all been waiting a decade for, and now Chris Tucker has confirmed that Carter and Lee will return for a fourth instalment in the Rush Hour franchise. Speaking on ESPN’s podcast, The Plug, Tucker revealed that both he and Jackie Chan had finally settled on a script. He told the sports […]

Filed Under: Movies, News Tagged With: chris tucker, Jackie Chan, Rush Hour, Rush Hour 4

Jackie Chan teases that Rush Hour 4 is moving forward

October 7, 2017 by Gary Collinson

It’s been a while since we’ve heard anything about the long-rumoured fourth instalment in the Rush Hour series – in fact, we had an entire short-lived TV series in the meantime – but now thanks to Jackie Chan we now have an update. “For the last seven years, we’ve been turning down the script, turning […]

Filed Under: Gary Collinson, Movies, News Tagged With: Jackie Chan, Rush Hour 4

New trailer and character posters for Bleeding Steel starring Jackie Chan

September 11, 2017 by Amie Cranswick

A new trailer has debuted for writer-director Leo Zhang’s upcoming sci-fi action thriller Bleeding Steel along with six character posters featuring Jackie Chan, Tess Haubrich, Callan Mulvey, Erica Xia-Hou, Nana Ou-Yang, and Show Lo… “Chan stars as a hardened special forces agent who fights to protect a young woman from a sinister criminal gang. At […]

Filed Under: Amie Cranswick, Movies, News, Trailers Tagged With: Bleeding Steel, Callan Mulvey, Erica Xia-Hou, Jackie Chan, Leo Zhang, Nana Ou-Yang, Show Lo, Tess Haubrich

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