Shang-Chi is the latest MCU film. It’s about a regular dude who parks cars in San Francisco with his best gal pal… only to blow his real identity as the son of a shadowy martial arts villain. Now he has … Continue reading
Checked out the latest Lego movie, the Lego Ninjago Movie. Probably seem curious if I said this movie skews too young when the other two Lego movies exist and I thought they were good. But really The Lego Movie and … Continue reading
The Raid 2 is the sequel to the Singapore-made The Raid: Redemption (a movie with no redemption but plenty or raid… this new one doesn’t have a raid or much redemption). The Raid is a simple setup (police raid a … Continue reading
The new samurai flick starring Keanu Reeves – 47 Ronin – is a good looking but empty action flick with remarkably little action. I’m also unsure how many ronin there actually were as some of them died before someone declares … Continue reading
So I went to see the martial arts bio-flick The Grandmaster… a chinese film (with a wide theatrical release) about someone (or something) named Ip Man… I had no idea it was about him… or who he was (though there … Continue reading
Also (deep breath) went to see the new kung-fu flick The Man with the Iron Fists… a terrible movie with a lame script that introduces villains for one of the good guys 15 minutes before the end, has rapid-cut action … Continue reading