Like many of his brethren of the Hong Kong cinema scene of the 1980s and 90s, director John Woo has not had much luck in trying to replicate his success within the Hollywood studio system. [click for more]
Jackie Chan has always been fairly meticulous about his films, making sure that they stay within the bounds of what could be considered family entertainment, keeping the action, humor and love story elements of his [click for more]
Katsuhiro Otomo’s 1988 groundbreaking classic Akira is coming to Blu-Ray disc at the end of the month, and news is starting to circulate about the restoration that the film has undergone for the upcoming release. [click for more]
What makes something funny is often dependent upon the culture that originates the humor. Obviously, word play is difficult to translate successfully, while funny business rooted in one society may seem weird and incomprehensible to [click for more]
Recently, we’ve reported on two film remakes – Martin Scorsese, Mike Nichols and David Mamet working on an English language version of Akira Jurosawa’s High And Low and screenwriter J. Michael Straczynski penning an update [click for more]
Almost no sooner than the news began to spread about the difficulties on the Thai action film Ong Bak 2 and the disappearance of its director and star Tony Jaa, than the martial arts master [click for more]
Tony Jaa, the Thai martial arts master and actor who stunned audiences with his 2003 debut film Ong Bak, has been missing since June, placing the future of his nearly completed directorial debut, Ong Bak [click for more]
No matter what Japanese director Takashi Miike turns his attentions to, it invariably is at least interesting. Famed for such genre films as Audition and Ichi The Killer, Miike has tried his hand at more [click for more]
Following the closure of its US distribution arm last month, UK genre film distributor Tartan Films closed its doors late last week. Variety is reporting that the London offices were locked when employees arrived for [click for more]
The proposed remake of Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 classic The Seven Samurai is moving forward. Although there are still no stars or director attached to the project, the studio hopes to have it in front of [click for more]
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