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#nycc #comiccon Tai Chi Zero to screen at New York Comic-Con 2012

The New York Asian Film Festival, Variance Films, and Well Go USA will present a special sneak preview screening of the off-the-wall steampunk kung fu movie Tai Chi Zero. Plus, if you show up in your best steampunk or kung fu flick-inspired costume, you might win what screening sponsors are calling, an awesome prize. The ….

Thai martial arts movie Fireball to be part of ongoing Museum of the Moving Image screening series

Warrington Hudlin’s Fist and Sword series at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens, NY, will screen Thai martial arts movie Fireball this Saturday, Sept. 22nd, at 5PM. Fist and Sword is the Museum’s series of contemporary and classic martial arts and related action movies. Directed by Thanakorn Pongsuwan, the 2009 martial arts action ….

Details, a trailer and an image from Jackie Chan-produced remake of cult classic The 14 Amazons

Based on the epic 1972 martial arts cult classic The 14 Amazons, renowned action star & producer Jackie Chan and director Frankie Chan’s (A Warrior’s Tragedy 2) remake, Legendary Amazons, debuts on Blu-ray, DVD and VOD on October 16th from Well Go USA. Cecilia Cheung (Shaolin Soccer), Cheng Pei-Pei (Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon) and Liu ….

Documentary on super-kicker Hwang Jang Lee coming in December

I was on a kung fu film forum earlier and read about a documentary coming out about cult martial arts cinema actor Hwang Jang Lee. Apparently, the filmmakers are currently editing the project, which is expected to be released on December 15, 2012. The project, titled The Good Bad Boy, tells the story of Hwang ….

Bloody art work and action trailer for Chen Kaige epic Sacrifice

Written and directed by Chen Kaige and set during the opulent Yuan Dynasty in the 5th century B.C., Sacrifice is the story of a newborn prince whose entire family, the Zhao clan, is wiped out by a rival general who ruthlessly seizes the throne. An ordinary man, the doctor who delivers the baby, gives up ….

John Avildsen’s lost footage from the cult classic The Karate Kid

Karate Kid director John Avildsen posted more than 90 mins of rehearsal footage that he and the cast worked on before principal photography started on 1983. I’ve posted all of the youtube clips below, which give a glimpse into the development of a Hollywood cult classic feature film. Notable among the footage clips are the ….

Unique MMA event to mix fights, food and celebrities – all on the beach

On the weekend of July 7th, MSXN MMA & Sports XTREME Network – which operates a broadband martial arts television station – is organizing a rather unique event in Atlantic City, New Jersey. The event, called MMA & Sports Expo’s Show of Strength, will feature a mixture of MMA fights, food contests, a martial arts ….

Long time Donnie Yen film nemesis Mike Woods returns to the screen for role in action flick Final Weapon

On Tuesday, April 10th, the martial arts movie Final Weapon, starring Chen Taijiquan, Grand Master Ren Guang Yi, and Hong Kong action star Mike Woods, with a special appearance by Rock and Roll legend Lou Reed, will be one of a group of martial arts action films to screen during the New Flimmakers Festival. Final ….

The Wall Street Journal goes kung fu fighting

Don Steinberg from The Wall Street Journal just published an article on martial arts films titled Hollywood’s New Kick, which discusses how martial arts films are going mainstream (it took long enough!). This article was first mentioned to me by Anesti Vega, who works and trains with rising martial arts action star Marrese Crump, who ….

A clip from the “lost” cult classic Treasure of the Ninja

I was chatting this morning with my great friend and Blvd. Warriors interviewee, Grandmaster Ron Van Clief, and he mentioned a filmmaker friend of his named William Lee. I decided to find out more about Lee and found this retro-style clip from a movie Lee directed in 1987 called Treasure of the Ninja. The clip ….

Deadliest Warrior Season 3 features first female warrior and fantasy matchup in series history

After two seasons of fervid debate, Spike TV’s multi-platform hit show, Deadliest Warrior, is back to put more speculation to rest, lining up more legends of war to go head-to-head in a fight to determine who will reign supreme. This revolutionary third season will create an even more comprehensive composite of these formidable combatants than ….

Martial arts action fantasy Bunraku to screen at West Coast anime convention

The story of Bruce Lee and I

Bruce Lee and I Also Known As: The Unicorn Palm, Fist of Unicorn, Qi lin zhang Director: Ti Tang Cast: Unicorn Chan, Wai-Man Chan, Ching Chen, Tina Chin-Fei, Alan Chui Chung San, Alexander Grand, Han Jae Ji, Wen Chung Ku, Yasuaki Kurata, Hoi Mang, Mars, Jackie Chan was an Extra, and Bruce Lee was an ….

What U.S. films were released with Enter the Dragon?

I’ve been thinking about what films came out the same year as the groundbreaking Bruce Lee martial arts epic Enter the Dragon. So I researched and found that U.S. film studios were already beginning to experiment with their release schedules and genres, long before the iconic revenge epic hits American shores. Their were numerous projects ….

New posters released for the MMA-themed film Warrior

Lionsgate has released the official posters for the film Warrior on the movie’s Facebook page. Hitting theaters September 9th, Warrior stars Tom Hardy (Inception) and Joel Edgerton (Animal Kingdom), and was directed by Gavin O’Connor (Miracle). Here is the synopsis for Warrior: Two brothers face the fight of a lifetime – and the wreckage of ….