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Forget Jackie Chan. Forget Jet Li. Dare I say it? Forget Bruce Lee. Ong Bak Muay Thai Warrior is here, and all martial art film fans shall bend their knee to the best martial arts performer the screen has ever ...

We at The Movie Blog have lamented for almost 6 months over the fact that Bubba Ho-Tep never got a wide release in theaters. Oh well. But now, as of May 25th we will all be able to bask once ...

As I’ve mentioned in previous posts, I like the Harry Potter films, but I’m not thrilled with them. However, I must admit that the promotional material for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban has looked pretty sharp. Now this: ...

If Hidalgo is all some made up story, then we as a viewing audience shouldn’t be surprised. Hollywood has become horible for their movies “based on true stories”. The word “based” gives them a lot of room to fiddle with ...

I’ve been a raging Terry Gilliam fan for years now and it has pained me beyond words to see project after project fall through on the man so I was ecstatic when he finally started to roll film on The ...

Don’t bother asking what the title means because I have no clue, but Gusher No Binds Me is yet another sweet looking sci-fi flick coming out of Japan, though this one is of a much lower budget and campier variety ...

Infernal Affairs is the best non-martial arts asian film I think I’ve ever seen. Now it looks like DiCaprio is up for one of the two lead rolls in the American version of the film, with producer Brad Pitt considering ...

It’s funny. The other day I mentioned to a friend of mine that “With the huge success of Lord of the Rings, and now The Passion of Christ, I bet it won’t be long before we see The Lion, The ...

You know, just when you think Kevin Costner might be getting his career back on track (Open Range) he goes and does something like this. What is he thinking? From Empire Movies: New Line Cinema has picked up North American ...

I found this interesting little article on the history of Asian film making and how it has influenced the western entertainment industry. A really good read, but Bubba would be better to critique it than I would. Anyway, here’s an ...

Was swimming up Dark Horizons website today and came across some news that may make today the greatest day of my sad little pathetic life. It looks like the early rumors were true and New Line is developing a Freddy ...

For the most part, I had to agree with all the winners of last nights show. However, a couple of awards stood out to me as being a little bit surprising: 1) Johnny Depp didn’t win. Now don’t get me ...