Jackie Chan

John Woo’s The Crossing and Jackie Chan’s Dragon Blade heading to 3D IMAX theaters in China

IMAX announced today that the 3D action-adventure film Dragon Blade, starring Jackie Chan, John Cusack and Adrien Brody, will be digitally re-mastered in the immersive IMAX 3D format and released by Shanghai Film Group Corporation in IMAX theatres in China on February 19, 2015. Additionally, writer-director John Woo’s epic two-part 3D film The Crossing will ….

Check out new cast members Michelle Yeoh, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dennis Haysbert, Gary Oldman and more in new images from Kung Fu Panda 2

From DreamWorks Animation—the studio behind How to Train Your Dragon, Shrek, and the Oscar and Golden Globe-nominated Kung Fu Panda—comes the latest adventures of one of the most unlikely heroes ever to transition from noodle shop employee to kung fu master. In Kung Fu Panda 2 Po (Jack Black) is now living his dream as ….

Kung Fu Panda 2 and Puss in Boots to be released in IMAX 3D

DreamWorks Animation and IMAX announced yesterday that the studio’s two upcoming releases, Kung Fu Panda 2 and Puss in Boots, will be released in digital IMAX theatres in IMAX 3D. Kung Fu Panda 2 will be released to IMAX theatres in select international territories in conjunction with each of the territory’s release dates; Puss in ….

Jackie Chan’s Shinjuku Incident currently in limited U.S. release

I don’t know how this one slipped past me. Jackie Chan’s fact-based thriller Shinjuku Incident opened nationwide in select U.S. cities including Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Atlanta, Honolulu, Houston and Seattle on February 5th. Shinjuku Incident brings together two of Hong Kong’s biggest box office draws: international star Jackie Chan and acclaimed director ….

The Legend of Drunken Master and The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi Blu-ray reviews

The Legend of Drunken Master (a.k.a. Drunken Master 2) and The Blind Swordsman: Zatoichi are the final two films featured in the Ultimate Force of Four Blu-ray box set, which was released on September 15th (I reviewed Iron Monkey and Hero individually). Here are two more examples of the best of Asian martial arts action ….

Iron Monkey Blu-ray review

Iron Monkey is the story of an adolescent Wong Fei Hung (the Chinese folk hero, here played by Tsang Sze Man) who is held captive after his father, Wong Kei Ying (Donnie Yen), is arrested and accused of being an elusive Robinhood-style masked freedom fighter nicknamed Iron Monkey. Like ‘Monkey’, Ying practices a very unique ….