Lee B. Golden III

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FIVE-A-DAY COUNTDOWN: Enter The Fat Dragon, Ip Man 4, Avengement, Abduction, and Triple Threat

Last week saw the first 25 titles to start the five-a-day countdown through December, and so here’s five more toward the goal of 100: Enter The Fat Dragon: Considered one of the biggest titles for buzz during the American Film Market as sales art was emblazoned on Screen International’s front page (the same artwork people cropped and called a “new poster” ?), Kenji Tanigaki’s directorial debut may be first on the menu for Donnie Yen fans. A titular homage to a Sammo Hung classic, Donnie Yen plays a Hong Kong top-cop whose personal romantic hang-ups compel him into massive, depression-induced food consumption. From what I’ve gathered, the fat dragon will enter theaters and gobbles up crime for its Hong Kong release beginning February 9, 2019. Ip Man 4: The journey continues into the 1960s when our titular Wing Chun grandmaster sets out to America to set things straight as once […]

Carter Ferguson’s DEAD END Brings Life To The Hitman Genre In Now-Episodic Fashion

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Director and longtime fight coordinator Carter Ferguson has seen a rising of late with the numerous wins he’s amassed on the shortfilm front. With a sequel now in production, there’s pretty much no question as to the success of Dead End and that of actor Bryan Larkin’s foreseeable future following further credits in Ross Boyask’s Vengeance and Donnie Yen crime drama, Chasing The Dragon. Dead End definitely aims for edginess in its approach to the hitman genre, less so an action thriller than a well-focused, kinetic and stirring character study with a script that evenly matches pacing and performance caliber. It grants us as sturdy delivery in Larkin who shepherds the narrative as The Contractor, an international hitman whose last job sends him to Hong Kong where he convenes with Young Gun, a younger prospect working in the same profession. Dead End gives you striking background scenery and drone shots, […]

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Bao Tran’s THE PAPER TIGERS Fulfills On Kickstarter, Signals Forthcoming Stretch Goals

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On Saturday, the official Facebook page for Bao Tran‘s upcoming film, The Paper Tigers, posted a new video announcing they’ve reached their all-or-nothing Kickstarter goal. “We have a bit of news for The Paper Tigers on our Kickstarter,” said producer Al’n Duong. “We have reached our goal!” The Paper Tigers began as a shortfilm proof of concept called The Challenger, starring Martial Club’s own Andy Le, and Unlucky Stars actor Ken Quitugua. The release of the short followed with the production of the ten-minute pitch that was funded via Fractured Atlas and presented to buyers at the Frontiéres Platform at the Marché du Film at Cannes earlier this year. Footage from that pitch was finally introduced in a preliminary teaser on October 29 when the Kickstarter launched to help crowdfund a total of $110,000. A week-long dollar-for-dollar push at $10,000 was thrown in the mix on November 21, adding donors […]

Timo Tjahjanto’s AFTER .11 Goes Out With A Bang In The Official Trailer

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Provided you’ve been taking my advice on properly stalking director Timo Tjahjanto’s Instagram for all things relevant to The Operator, you might have also come actors The Night Comes For Us helmer’s teaser pics from a then-unnamed project. That project now has a title with After .11 marking The Night Comes For Us starring villainess, Dian Sastrowardoyo’s reunion with Tjahjanto. She stars here as Agent D, a secret agent whose latest situation finds her held captive and forced to choose between her mission, and her family. The news came within hours of Sastrowardoyo’s latest hire at BASE Productions in reunion with longtime friend Shanty Harmayn who produced the actress’s first key role in Whispering Sands (2001). The official trailer is out, as is some new artwork teasing an intriguing end to the action and thrills.I’m not too certain about the nature of After.11 in whether or not it’s a short […]

Post-Production Finishes On IRON SKY: THE COMING RACE, Host To A New Poster With A Tagline That Speaks Volumes

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To call director Timo Vuorensola’s epic 12-year odyssey with the Iron Sky franchise “challenging” would be an understatement if there ever was. As hard as it is to make a movie, the journey to complete the first film certainly had its challenges before releasing in 2012, while the forthcoming sequel, Iron Sky: The Coming Race, was a definitively gruesome undertaking. Upon announcing Iron Sky spin-off, The Ark, the first official teaser trailer for Iron Sky: The Coming Race launched last May. Post-production was underway and a Finnish premiere date now set for January 16, amid having faced an endangering production halt, rigorous financial negotiations, harrassment from former crew members and lawsuits that would have otherwise killed the movie if the odds weren’t favorable. On Friday, the team took to its blog highlighting many of these factors in the last several years in addition to announcing the film’s full completion, packaged […]

Five Years Later, I AM PAUL WALKER Gets A Commemorative Release Today On Digital, DVD Out December 4

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It was five years ago today that I stood just outside a movie theater one evening and wept at the news of actor Paul Walker’s death. It’s certainly a day that his fans will never forget, and considerably for his colleagues, immediate friends and family back in 2013 just as the actor barely finished filming his last movie, Furious Seven, for Universal. Going forward, however, has been a different tale as Walker’s friends and loved ones have been on hand to uphold their late brother’s legacy ever since. A raft of folks whose lives had been touched by Walker can now be seen in director Adrian Buitenhuis’ new documentary, I Am Paul Walker, now available on digital release from Virgil Films who’ve just released a clip at the top of the page. Hailing from Network Entertainment Inc., the documentary previously aired a shorter, televised broadcast on Paramount Network on August […]

FIVE-A-DAY COUNTDOWN: Asura, Nezha, Shadow, Invisible Tattoo, and Dynasty Warriors

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Continuing the countdown, we’re listing 100 movie titles at five per day going into the holidays and the coming year. Today’s five brings us to the quartermile! Asura: As far as expenses go, stunt professional Peng Zhang’s directorial debut was an ambitious feat aimed for this past summer that should have gone off without a hitch. After being pulled from its two-day theatrical run with a commerical bomb in its wake, the film’s backers hyped a hopeful re-release thereafter for the fantasy epic starring Leo Wu and Zhang Yishang. Could those hopes be prospective this year? We’ll find out soon enough. Nezha: Jeffrey Lau, best known for his work on the TV/film franchise circling A Chinese Odyssey, is the man shepherding this particular fantasy comedy featuring Asura star Leo Wu in the title role. Based on a Chinese deity, the film also has Michelle Yeoh, Winston Chao and Collin Chou […]

Martial Club’s Andy Le: ‘We Are Making A Martial Club Movie, It’s Gonna Kick Ass And You Better Believe It!’

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Stunt performance, martial arts and film troupe, Martial Club, are affirming followers of their channel and social media on plans to make a martial arts feature film. While stunt performer, martial artist and dynamic Instagram kicker Brian Le was the first to give mention to the project earlier this week, his brother, fellow actor, stunt performer and martial artist Andy Le took to their Martial Club YouTube channel to explain the team’s latest updates. “Me, Brian and Daniel [Mah] and our guys have been at this for a really long time.” says Le. “And we’ve been hammering it out, we’ve been training a lot, we’ve been shooting a lot, we’ve been editing a lot, we’ve been doing a lot. We literally put our blood, sweat and tears into everything. And at this point, we’re just sick of waiting for opportunities to come to us, and our dream is to inspire […]

BLADE RUNNER: BLACK LOTUS Gets An Anime Series From Crunchyroll And Adult Swim

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Crunchyroll is announcing a new partnership with Adult Swim and Alcon Entertainment’s Alcon TV shingle to produce and distribute Blade Runner: Black Lotus. The move comes over a year since the release of Denis Villeneuve’s Blade Runner 2049, the long-awaited continuation of Ridley Scott’s celebrated 1982 cult futuristic neo-noir thriller. Producers confirmed the story will take place in the year 2032 and will include some familiar characters from the Blade Runner universe. This places the series between Watanabe Shinichiro’s Crunchyroll release, Blade Runner 2022, and Luke Scott’s Blade Runner 2036: Nexus Dawn, two of three shortfilms commissioned by Villeneuve to promote the 2017 movie that won seven awards from five organizations, including two Academy Awards in visual effects and cinematography. Harrison Ford starred in the original, and re-emerged to join frontman Ryan Gosling. Sola Digital Arts (upcoming Ultraman) is housing the production with Aramaki Shinji (Appleseed) and Kamiyama Kenji (Ghost […]

WELCOME TO MARWEN: Escapist Artistry Vs. Real World Odds In The Newest Trailer For The Steve Carell-Led Fantasy Drama

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The third and what I presume to believe is the final official trailer for Academy Award-winning director Robert Zemeckis’ Welcome to Marwen is now out, and surprisingly, this one’s based on a 2010 documentary called Marwencol which earned rafts of praise and multiple awards and nominations from festivals in America to Canada, Belgium and Ireland. The documentary trailer definitely indicates the kind of profusion worth building on and you can check that out here for your own absorption. Steve Carell stars in Zemeckis’ story of inspiration also exec produced by Jeff Malmberg -the director of the documentary – anf with a great cast presented in both human and doll form per the film’s immersive and intriguing narrative and setting. When a devastating attack shatters Mark Hogancamp (Carell) and wipes away all memories, no one expected recovery. Putting together pieces from his old and new life, Mark meticulously creates a wondrous […]

BLOOD HUNTERS: RISE OF THE HYBRIDS Emulates Graphic Novel Fervor In A Brand New Poster

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At this point, three years is a long-enough wait for a film to release, and actor and director Vincent Soberano has seen more than his share of the process and patience that cosigns with today’s film politics – particularly with his feature debut production, Blood Hunters: Rise Of The Hybrids. In wake of this, Soberano posted a new announcement on Thursday along with an illustrious new official poster to garner attention. “After post-production delays and redesigns, Blood Hunters: Rise of the Hybrids is now getting ready for a 2019 international release!” the announcement reads. “In the tradition of movies like Sin City and graphic novel films, this action-packed martial arts action fantasy is coming soon to theaters and digital platforms worldwide!” Advanced from his 2016 award-winning Urban Action Showcase shortfilm and with action sequences by Jeff Centauri and Revrick Jocson, Soberano also stars in a key role in which he […]

Don Lee’s Particular Set Of Skills In UNSTOPPABLE Sustain Him As A Contender For Action Stardom

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Champion and Along With The Gods: The Last 49 Days actor Don Lee is probably the best surprise that not a lot of Westerners yet see coming. I’m curious if major studios in Hollywood are willing to look past their own penchants to test this theory for someone who has been in the game for up to thirteen years in film and television, and has since garnered some notoriety in the last two years as a sizeable screen talent in his time. In the meantime, it’s worth noting that the audience Lee has grown for himself, specifically since his praiseworthy performance in the zombie hit thriller, Train To Busan. Bloggers and journalists nary stopped talking about him and as such, he deserves the coverage he’s gotten which makes one thankful that debut director Kim Min-ho took notice and steered accordingly for Lee’s latest action crime thriller, Unstoppable. Lee plays Dong-Chul, […]

FIVE-A-DAY COUNTDOWN: The Swordsman, Kesari, Gundala, Sangkar, and The Gangster, The Cop, The Devil

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Day 4 commences this week as we continue our daily grouping of five titles for the next several weeks comprising 100 movies to keep an eye out for in 2019. 15 down. Here are five more: The Swordsman: Volcano High star Jang Hyuk is all grown up and missing an eye while trying to find his missing daughter in Choi Jae-Hoon’s new period action epic from Opus Pictures and United Pictures. Hyuk’s is one of three key cast roles centering the story on three swordsman from different backgrounds who converge on one another for their own reasons. Also starring are Jeong Man-sik and The Night Comes For Us star Joe Taslim. Date pending. Kesari: Anurag Singh is setting forth a Spring date to tell his own iteration of the central hero of the Battle of Saragarhi. Akshay Kumar stars front and center from the Dharma Productions release which sofar only […]

THE DRUG KING: Song Kang-Ho Reigns In The Official Poster And Trailer

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Inside Man helmer Woo Min-ho is officially en route to theaters December 19 with his newest pic, The Drug King. The official trailer and poster are out as well, though it’s the poster at the bottom of the page that deserves to be heralded as much as there’s aplenty in reasons why multiaward-winning actor Song Kang-ho gets to take the full page. Apart from his accolades, his conviction shows in all its purity. RISE AND FALL OF A DRUG LORD WHO STUNNED THE NATION IN 1970s Lee Doo-sam (SONG Kang-ho) is a small time smuggler in Busan, Korea. One day, he helps the mob smuggle meth by chance and finds himself falling into the dark crime world. Being quick-witted and full of ambition, he eventually overtakes the underworld and starts to lead a double life: a good community leader during day but during the night, an infamous drug lord who […]

Paul Mormando Revenge Thriller, JUSTIFIED VENGEANCE, On Par For December Production

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Actor and burgeoning independent filmmaker Paul Mormando is still stirring with projects forthcoming from his Put Up Entertainment banner. Following his recent success with Bound By Debt, cameras are set to roll in December for revenge thriller, Justified Vengeance, wife and production partner, Anna Mormando, returning to the director’s chair. The production hails from Wonderphil Entertainment. Mormando, the Staten Island-based founder of Cha Ki Do whose credits include a small role in Lucas Lowe’s 1991 American/HK crossover cult classic, American Shaolin, and TV series Up On Sugar Hill, stars as a working-class single dad whose world shatters when his daughter is brutally murdered, forcing him to become a vigilante. He decides to take matters into his own hands and embarks on a full-scale war with local street gangs. Other credits include the recent pilot production of vigilante drama, The Watch Dog, will hopeful plans to score a platform at Amazon, […]

Netflix Picks Up COWBOY BEBOP Live-Action Series For Co-Production And Distribution

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Following the news of a live-action Cowboy Bebop series last June, the word is out as Netflix just announced its acquisition via press release late Tuesday. Netflix will handle physical production and co-produce with Marty Adelstein’s shared Tomorrow Studios shingle with ITV Studios’. Based on Kuga Cain’s Kadokawa Shoten manga and Watanabe Shinichiro’s hit anime series from Sunrise Inc., Cowboy Bebop is the jazz-inspired, genre-bending story of Spike Spiegel, Jet Black, Faye Valentine and Radical Ed: a rag-tag crew of bounty hunters on the run from their pasts as they hunt down the solar system’s most dangerous criminals. They’ll even save the world…for the right price. Watanabe himself is serving as a consultant on the ten-episode space saga, the first of which screenwriter Christopher Yost (Thor: The Dark World, Thor: Ragnarok) will put to pen. Yost is also exec producing next to Andre Nemec, Josh Appelbaum, Jeff Pinkner and Scott […]

FIVE-A-DAY COUNTDOWN: Captain Marvel, Express Delivery, Hellboy, The Take Down, and The Driver

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Continuing the countdown, we’re listing up to 100 movie titles to look forward to in 2019. We’ve listed ten thusfar. Alas, here are five more: Captain Marvel: You can catch any number of superhero films next year, while it’s especially worth noting that Marvel clearly has the upper hand with respect to its big screen feats leading up to its next Avengers film and following phase. Brie Larson leads the charge for the MCU’s next stop from directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck. March 22, 2019 Express Delivery: 46 film festival wins in and with its inclusion in RLJE Films’ Blood Sweat And Terrors compilation, 2018 has been a great run for actor and director Beau Fowler whose hit shortfilm about a courier who tussels with his package is well on its way with feature film development. It’s early days but the prospects are still positive and with any luck, […]

THE RAID: Screenwriter Adam G. Simon Dishes On Felix, ‘Breaking New Ground’ For The Action, And More

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Reading Allan Sealy’s interview at MVPLife with screenwriter Adam G. Simon (Man Down) might have you spitting your drink when you reach the portion discussing his work on Joe Lynch’s upcoming crime noir redux, Point Blank. The film is one of several subjects surrounding Simon’s work slate going into the new year, speicifically with The Raid, which Joe Carnahan (Smokin’ Aces, Stretch) is slated to begin shooting early next year. As usual, Simon gave away very little about the project while additionally sharing his thoughts on its early development with WarParty producing partners Carnahan and actor Frank Grillo, and just a little more. “You know, that wasn’t just the fans of the franchise asking that question.” said Simon, reflecting on fans asking why even bother remaking the Gareth Evan-directed Indonesian crime thrillers. “Joe and Frank both asked the question. I asked the question. Why are we doing this? That is […]

INEMURI IWANE: Watch The First Teaser For The New Samurai Drama

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Director Motoki Katsuhide is taking cues from Saeki Yasuhide’s Futaba Bunko novel series and its three-volume NHK TV series follow-up for the new film, Inemuri Iwane. This one will surely be given an international renaming going forward while the first official teaser has arrived ahead of its May 17 release. The film centers on Iwane and his two friends, Kinpei and Shinnosuke, all who train at the same dojo, and Kinpei’s younger sisters, Shinnosuke’s wife, Mai, and Iwane’s fianceè, Mao. Blood begets blood when Kinpei kills Shinnosuke for murdering Mai in a jealous rage, forcing Iwane’s hand in a duel in the wake of an already-decimated brotherhood. Front and center on the artwork below is actor Matsuzaka Tori (The Blood Of Wolves, Sanada 10 Braves) who leads the cast for a film adapted for the screen by Fujimoto Yuki.

Sony Already On The Way With A SPIDER-MAN: INTO THE SPIDER VERSE Sequel And Spin-Off

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Adaptations of Marvel IPs, Silk and Gina Prince-Bythewood’s developing crossover, Silver & Black, has been on the back of my mind going into the coming year with all things Spider-Man. However, Sony is very much keen on weighing in the Marvel property, especially in the wake of its $822+ million dollar global box office success with Tom Hardy’s starring outing in Venom last month. The latest THR report cites that a Spider-Verse sequel and spin-off are already in the works stemming from Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse. The current film, directed by Bob Perschietti, Peter Ramsey and Rodney Rothman, and voice-starring Shameik Moore (Dope, The Get-Down) is host to a raft of ensemble Spider-heroes joining in the A-story of Miles Morales’ quest to take the reigns of his predecessor, Peter Parker. That film rolls out on December 14 while no plot details are currently being outlined for either of the aforementioned […]