Blvd Warriors production notes
I was 8 years old and spending my after school hours at Miss Trudy’s house on Monticello Avenue in Jersey City, as I had been doing for the last three years. I had been walking the route from grammar school to Miss Trudy’s starting at age 6, and was very familiar with that two block ….
Blvd Warriors interviews
Grandmaster Ron Van Clief Martial Artist, Master Instructor, Actor and Filmmaker Black Dragon’s Revenge, The Last Dragon Oso Tayari Casel Martial Artist and Master Instructor Master Carl Scott Martial Artist, Master Instructor and Actor Soul Brothers of Kung Fu, Sun Dragon, Kung Fu Executioner Soke ‘Little’ John Davis Martial Artist and Master Instructor Master Linda ….
Blvd Warriors first synopsis
Inspiration can come from many places: from traditions developed thousands of miles away and thousands of years ago; from movies with dialogue we don’t understand; and it can come from within. But what’s important is where inspiration takes us. Whether it’s community centers, world-class competitions, music, or kung fu cinema, the martial arts have been ….
Blvd Warriors posters
The Rock posted this image on Instagram
The Rock posted this image of he and Tony Jaa on Instagram a few months ago, with
Enter the Dragon original release at Graumann’s Chinese in Los Angeles
Artist Aaron Kai emailed me these extremely rare photos from the original 1973 release of Bruce Lee’s martial arts epic Enter the Dragon. The images feature the original banners at Graumann’s Chinese Theater. When Aaron’s not collecting vintage martial arts memorabilia, he’s a highly skilled painter. See his work at myfantasyart.com/id/kaiart.
Giant and D. Marks in Harlem
Cult cinema icon Billy Jack passes away
Tom Laughlin, who played hapkido master and former Green Beret ‘Billy Jack’ in the series of 1970’s cult films, has passed away. In the 2nd film, titled ‘Billy Jack’ (after the character 1st appeared in 1967’s ‘Born Losers’), Grandmaster Bong Soo Han doubled for Laughlin in many of the martial arts scenes, although Laughlin himself ….
Shidoshi Ron Van Clief The Black Dragon training seminar
More details on The Grandmaster
Weinstein Co. to remake Shaw Bros. classics Come Drink With Me and Avenging Eagle
Variety reports that the Weinstein Co. has signed a two-picture deal with Celestial Pictures to remake a pair of classic martial arts action films from the Golden Era of Hong Kong cinema. Weinstein and Celestial will develop and produce English-language versions of Come Drink With Me and Avenging Eagle, according to the report. John Fusco, ….
2013 CCL World Spot News Center in Oaxaca, Mexico celebrating Wong Fei Hung Day
First trailer and 4 character posters for Keanu Reeves’ 47 Ronin
New Bloodsport and The Crow ‘reinventions’ coming to theaters soon
According to reports, Relativity Media is preparing to shoot a remake of Jean-Claude Van Damme’s 1988 cult classic hit Bloodsport, with V for Vendetta director James McTeigue taking the helm. According to the report, Relativity will produce the new Bloodsport with Edward R. Pressman, Chris Brown, Alberto Lensi, Australia-based Pictures in Paradise and Trans-American Films ….
Gloria Hendry, Bob Wall, Fred Williamson, John Saxon & many martial arts experts to celebrate life of Jim Kelly at free L.A. event
This is a press release I just received regarding a special tribute in Los Angeles for Jim Kelly. The free event will feature appearances by Kelly’s Black Belt Jones co-star (and James Bond’s first African-American love interest) Gloria Hendry, his co-star from Three the Hard Way Fred Williamson, his Enter the Dragon co-stars Bob Wall ….