Lee B. Golden III

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Native New Yorker. Been writing for a long time now, and I enjoy what I do. Be nice to me!

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STRANGER THINGS: Season Two Adds Sadie Sink, ‘POWER RANGERS’ Star Dacre Montgomery And More

As a martial arts fan, I’m looking forward to seeing how good director Dean Isrealite will make actor Dacre Montgomery look in the forthcoming Ameritoku vehicle reboot, Saban’s Power Rangers in March next year. For now, at least one other prospect lies with Stranger Things, a series that has grown immensely popular since its July premiere on Netflix and with a vibrant cast and a tone akin to the phenomena of 80s cult sci-fi, horror and suspense. Created by Matt and Ross Duffer and executive produced by Shawn Levy, viewers witnessed as the mysterious disappearance of a young boy gripped a small town to its knees with the emergence of a supernatural being and a dark government conspiracy. And at the center of it all, a young boy, his two friends, and a young girl on the run with extraordinary telekinetic powers whose destinies ultimately collide in a multi-angular coming […]

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Arrow Video Is Reviving Miike’s BLACK SOCIETY TRILOGY For An Early 2017 Release

Arrow Video Is Reviving Miike’s BLACK SOCIETY TRILOGY For An Early 2017 Release

Acclaimed film auteur Miike Takashi’s body of work remains as a peculiar, intriguing and earnest one, still invested with a trio of manga/anime adaptations between now and then, including the upcoming sequel, The Mole Song 2 arriving this December. This week, however, his earlier career in direct-to-video films is getting a highlight courtesy of Arrow Video with the announced DVD/Blu-Ray re-releases of the violent, gritty crime saga, Black Society Trilogy, as of January next year in the U.K., with U.S. releases pending. A playlist of retro trailers for all three are available above until further notice while Arrow Video are presenting their latest news with the first artwork below along with the announcement: NEW UK/US TITLE: Takashi Miike’s Black Society Trilogy Blu-ray/DVD  Takashi Miike’s “Black Society Trilogy” arrives on separate Blu-ray and DVD releases  Pre-order your UK Blu-ray here: http://bit.ly/2efHY9y Pre-order your UK DVD here: http://bit.ly/2efFatp North American pre-orders links should be […]

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RIDE ALONG 3 Is In Development

Actor and comedian Kevin Hart isn’t falling behind on his career any time soon, notably so with the release of his latest stand-up feature, What Now?, from Universal Pictures. In the meantime, the same could be said for his involvement in action comedy following two successful releases, Ride Along and Ride Along 2, also starring actor Ice Cube whose own comedic stint with actor Charlie Day in Richard Keen’s Fist Fight, opens in February next year. Tim Storms directed Ride Along in 2014 with actress Tika Sumpter and actors Hart and Cube leading the tale of a fast-talking security guard and aspiring cop whose obligatory all-or-nothing ride-along with his fiancé’s jaded detective brother-in-law turns into a race against time to fish out courrpt cops and catch an elusive criminal. Their coexistence as butting siblings continued in Miami pitting them against a charismatic crime lord. Both films helped earned the Universal-based […]

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Scott Adkins Returns In The New Trailer For James Nunn’s ELIMINATORS

It’s almost always celebratory for martial arts fans when Scott Adkins makes the news, especially in the case of titles currently pending between now and 2017 with Boyka: Undisputed and the recently-completed Savage Dog. Thus, cue the cheers for his latest, Eliminators, reuniting with Green Street 3 helmer James Nunn, and also starring wrestler-turned-actor Wade Barrett for its November 22 release on Digital HD prior to its DVD and Blu-Ray release on December 6. SYNOPSIS: When his home in London is attacked, a former federal agent (Scott Adkins, Doctor Strange) must come out of hiding of the witness protection program to protect his daughter. With his true identity exposed to the criminal underworld, he goes on the run with Europe’s most dangerous assassin on his trail and must use every trick he knows to keep his family alive. Also starring Wade Barrett, Eliminators is a fast-paced, edge-of-your-seat thrill ride Cue […]

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MEG Begins Principal Photography With Jason Statham And Li Bingbing, Sets 2018 Initial China Release

He’s fought gangsters, criminals, time traveling serial killers, drug traffickers and terrorists. Now, action star Jason Statham’s latest challenge is yet to come, and in the form of a one long-forgotten shark of legend in the new action adventure, Meg, with production underway and China first up for grabs with the film’s premiere release. The details are in the following announcement from Warner Bros and Gravity Pictures along with the first official set photo with Statham next to actress Li Bingbing. Peep it. (L-r) JASON STATHAM is Jonas Taylor and LI BINGBING is Suyin in Warner Bros. Pictures’ and Gravity Pictures’ action adventure “MEG,” a Warner Bros. Pictures release. Photo by Daniel Smith BURBANK, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Principal photography is underway in New Zealand on the science fiction action thriller “Meg,” being directed by Jon Turteltaub (the “National Treasure” movies, “Last Vegas”). The film stars Jason Statham (“Spy,” “Furious 7,” “The Expendables” […]

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Lei Cui’s MISSION 911 Goes Ballistic In The First Teaser Trailer

If there is any way that Ultimate Hero helmer Lei Cui can continue his current career trajectory, it might be pretty rewarding for action fans. His latest, Mission 911, is still in production as we speak following a release date push back, and much to our own delight with the promise of an action thriller larger in scale than originally conceived. An explicit synopsis is still in tow while there are a few story details now reportable that I’m told draw comparisons between Groundhog Day and The Raid. At the center of it all, we meet a cast led by Richard Liu, Jess Hsu and Tiger Yang who play members of an elite tactical unit on a mission to stop a terrorist from acquiring a time travel device to undo the fall of the Third Reich. Actor and martial artist Alexandre Bailly, having built a rapport on Cui’s previous movie, […]

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The Second Trailer For ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY Gives You Hope

Yesterday’s poster reveal was nothing short of exciting this week in lieu of the upcoming second trailer for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story. Thus, it has now arrived for your viewing below, and having undergone its share of targeted reshoots to improve the film even after the first trailer back in April, I’d say pretty much that nothing has changed, really. The hype and support are still definitely there as are the chances of some major box office success equal or just as significant as previous canon releases. SYNOPSIS: In a time of conflict, a group of unlikely heroes band together on a mission to steal the plans to the Death Star, the Empire’s ultimate weapon of destruction. This key event in the Star Wars timeline brings together ordinary people who choose to do extraordinary things, and in doing so, become part of something greater than themselves. The film opens […]

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Scarlett Johansson On BLACK WIDOW Movie: "A Prequel Is Possible"

It was on the day of the release of Marvel’s Captain America: Civil War that company president, producer Kevin Feige confirmed that discussions were moving upward for a solo Black Widow movie. This week, a segment in Variety‘s Power Of Women issue delves a little further into the discussion for the hopeful film that would finally see actress Scarlett Johansson take on a solo vehicle as have her male cohorts within Avengers. Will there be a standalone Black Widow movie?  I would like for it to happen under the right circumstances. I think there’s a lot of opportunity to mine that story line. She’s got a really rich origins story. There’s a lot of places you can go — you can bring it back to Russia. You could explore the Widow program. There’s all kinds of stuff that you could do with it. You could really uncover the identity of […]

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A New ROGUE ONE: A STAR WARS STORY Poster Awakens Awareness In The Force

A new trailer is expected to arrive on Thursday for Gareth Edwards’s Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and time will tell if it will bank as huge as the seventh of the new canon did last December. Some are speculating that it won’t and others either say it will or could care less, so long as they get to see it. Or Donnie Yen for that matter, which is fine. Anyhoo, a new poster spells great things this week for fans, including the one that Edwards himself reportedly unveiled during Wednesday’s “The Star Wars Show”, which you can view below. Actress Felicity Jones leads the cast with Diego Luna, Forrest Whitaker, Mads Mikkelsen, Ben Mendelssohn, Jiang Wen, action star Yen hovering just above the title logo, and a brooding Darth Vader in the background. via Deadline Set immediately before the events of Star Wars: A New Hope, Rogue One […]

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Bueno’s New Webseires Edit Of Tokusatsu Indie, GUN CALIBER, Is Still Locked And Loaded With NSFW Glory

If there’s any inclination in your mind that maverick tokusatsu filmmaker Bueno is watering down his craft, then congratulations! You’re wrong. No, no… have no allusions here about what he’s up to with his currently developing effort, Strega, and you can read more about that by clicking here. For now, you can still check out a handful of some of his shortfilm and other YouTube space work on his Garage Hero channel where he also stakes his cult fanfare with Strega‘s predecessor, the 2014 all-out red-band suit action comedy affair, Gun Caliber. Featuring fight choreography by Joey Min, Bueno stars and directs a story telling of a dilapidated, lecherous superhero forced to clean his act up and save Tokyo from a rogue’s gallery of monsters led by the evil Skulldier. You can read my review of the film by clicking here, otherwise you might be keen on his latest edit […]

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Lionsgate Sets Johnny Messner Actioner, DECOMMISSIONED, For December 6 Release

I can’t say that the beneath artwork for director Timothy Woodward Jr.’s latest direct-to-DVD prospect, Decommissioned, isn’t exactly misleading. It is. But Lionsgate does present an otherwise decent trailer for the film from the director who brought you recent titles like 4Got10 and Weaponized, which starred actor Johnny Messner, and as he also does in this one which opens on DVD, Digital HD and VoD on December 6. Vinnie Jones and Estella Warren bring to life this white-knuckle action-thriller. Retired CIA agent John Niles’s quiet life is shattered when he’s kidnapped and tortured one night to reveal his part in an upcoming mission. With his wife (Warren) and son held captive, Niles is forced to take part in a presidential assassination, so he turns to his old mentor Price (Jones) to uncover the CIA’s covert role in this dark operation. Also starring are, of course, Vinnie Jones of Lock, Stock […]

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Lana Condor Gears Up For ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL

Lana Condor Gears Up For ALITA: BATTLE ANGEL

And to think it was just last year that X-Men fans learned of then-newcomer, actress Lana Condor for the role of Jubilee in this year’s X-Men: Apocalypse. Well, it’s nice to know she’s piling on with her latest expected appearance in the film Patriot’s Day which opens this December, and now she’s ready to tackle the live-action manga scene in Robert Rodriguez’s Alita: Battle Angel. Deadline reports that Condor will join the cast that so far includes Jackie Earle Haley, Ed Skrein, Eiza Gonzalez and Christoph Waltz, with actress Rosa Salazar in tje title role. Inspired by Kishiro Yukito’s 1990-1995 Shueisha manga, Salazar will play Alita, an amnesiac cyborg whose head is found by a scientist in a scrapyard in a dystopian future America, and refurbished as a battle-capable cyborg huntress named after the scientist’s cat. Skrein will star opposite Salazar in the role of Zapan, a villanous cyborg who […]

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SHIN GODZILLA Is Now Playing Throughout North America From Funimation Films!

Well, I don’t know what your plans are this weekend, but I’ll be putting this info into good use. Shin Godzilla is out in limited theaters as of Tuesday and Funimation Films has their latest announcement below. Peep it and get your tix soon! FLOWER MOUND, Texas, Oct. 11, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — The signature roar of Godzilla, King of the Monsters, will echo throughout North America tonight when “SHIN GODZILLA” opens in theaters. Funimation Films® will be screening the Japanese kaiju film in 534 theaters across the U.S. and Canada during its limited theatrical engagement from October 11 – 18.  “SHIN GODZILLA” is the 29th film produced by Toho Co., Ltd. in the iconic science fiction monster franchise and is co-directed by Hideaki Anno (creator of “Evangelion”) and co- directed by Shinji Higuchi (director of Toho’s 2015 “Attack on Titan” live action movies). The movie has been a huge box […]

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ELEMENTAL: An Interview With Actor, Writer, Fight Choreographer And Filmmaker John Soares

I have to say, it’s been pretty exciting going into the Fall season as I’m looking toward meeting and greeting some great people. In that time, I’ve had the privilege of reviewing some pretty good screeners, one of which recently brought me into the throes of actor, filmmaker and fight choreographer John Soares. Not to be outdone by his talents, anyone within conversational reach of Soares will gather his modesty and humility almost instantly. At the same time, strike up a conversation with him on film and you’ll find yourself sitting with one of the most inspired up-and-comers to date. And it certainly shows in his latest effort, The Danger Element, which bears a storied evolution over the past decade or more since its heyday as an idea put on paper. Soares recently signed a deal for the film’s release for which details now remain pending. Needless to say, however, […]

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Huang Xiaoming And Stanley Tong To Bring CITY HUNTER To Live Action!

Manga creator and author Hoji Tsukasa’s popular 1985 Weekly Shonen Jump publication, City Hunter, remained prominent in the years that followed, from print to anime, live-action TV and film. Perhaps most prolific iteration might be director Wong Jing’s 1993 full-scale spectacle fronted by action star Jackie Chan, one prone to many a viral video snippet of the star in a Chun Li outfit in the past decade in case you’re reading this and your memory starts jogging. The property still lives on these days, and so now it appears that Hong Kong director Stanley Tong will lead the charge for a new live-action film. Huang Xioaming (The White-Haired Witch Of Lunar Kingdom, Hollywood Adventures) is the first to be added to the cast, nabbed for the starring role of Saeba Ryo, a skilled gunman with a penchant for the ladies and helps solve dangerous problems through his private detective agency. […]

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THE HIT LIST: October 10, 2016

Keep in mind that this latest installation of the Hit List you’re about to peer into is one that took a lot of strength and will to complete.. especially after just a few hours of sleep, and for a number of good reasons you can read here… With that out of the way, let’s get the ball rolling with martial arts action star, actor Scott Adkins ahead of several upcoming films to his credits including Marvel’s Doctor Strange, Boyka: Undisputed, Savage Dog and Eliminators. He’s got a killer new seven minute training and performance reel with scenes cut from various reels, and highlights from films fans know and love, followed by stunt and training demo reels courtesy of Califf Guzman, Whitney Coleman, Katie Eischen, Edwin J. Bennett, Mark Anthony Rowe, Bayland Rippenkroeger, Sarah Irwin, Curtis Bracconier, traceur Vladik Limonero, Julie St. Louis and Nadine Theron Next up is a small group of items we […]

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MARVEL'S DAREDEVIL: SEASON ONE Heads To Blu-Ray This November!

Fun fact: The not so fun fact that some people probably still don’t have Netflix. That was me about over a year and change ago until this year through a much needed assist from a long distance friend, but I, for one, can understand the brouhaha of somethings being solely exclusive to the popular streaming VoD company. One of those things being, of course, Marvel’s Daredevil since it took off in 2015 for the first of a new slate of Marvel shows leading up to The Defenders and ultimately, Punisher taking its own route. The second season aired this Spring and much to our own approval, though still leaving non-Netflix-and-Chillers in the dark, save for what they could already scrounge together from the leaked fight scenes and drama bits around the web. That sort of thing is hard to resist. I get it. That said, Disney is here to tell […]

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Luke Goss Signals Production Of Post-Apocalyptic Drama, THE LAST BOY

Cast aside your current excitement for the pending Bros reunion if you may. Production has finally commenced for Hellboy, Blade 2 and The Nightcrew star, actor Luke Goss’s latest, The Last Boy, in West Sussex in the UK, as the actor indicated in a fresh new set photo of himself in costume. SYNOPSIS: The world at an end, a young boy’s dying mother sends him on a quest to find the place that grants wishes. The film marks writer and director Perry Bhandal sophomore stint at the helm since directing Goss on the 2012 film, Interview With A Hitman. Goss is joined by Peter Guiness, Flynn Allen, Matilda Freeman, Jennifer Scott, Aneta Pieotrowska and Anna Wilson Jones. Bhandal is producing with cinematographer Richard Swingle. First day on set of the new movie #THELASTBOY with @perrybhandal So nice to be shooting in the #Uk again! With #Love pic.twitter.com/pe0y4wiFLR — Luke Goss […]

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A Third Chapter For JOHN WICK Is In The Works!

John Wick: Chapter 2 is heading to theaters next year in February and the hype is already in effect – I personally plan to see it with friends while I understand it may pretty much be every man for himself by the time tickets go on sale. At any rate, something always felt more episodic about John Wick knowing there would be a sequel, and I wouldn’t really have been suprised if another followed. Apparently, so it is, says director Chad Stahelski to Collider who brought the issue forward to the solo helmer and prominent industry stunt professional at New York Comic Con over the weekend. “The studio has asked us to put our heads together and see if we can come up with something. Winston’s [McShane] is a big part of the next one, so is Lance Reddick. We’ve got some ideas.” The first film, released in 2014, which […]

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Scott Adkins Wants NINJA 3. I Say Make It Happen!

Millenium Films 2013’s Ninja: Shadow Of A Tear had its fumbles. I rant about them here in this link while I will also add that, towards its credits, the film stands somewhat terrific as a martial arts action piece from a filmmaker who has grown prolific over the years. Moreover, it’s been years since a film franchise became prevalent as did ninja movies in the 70’s through the early 90’s, a thought that comes to mind when I think of Scott Adkins and both Ninja films dating back to 2009, and for all intents and purposes, I think another installment is in order. Surely enough, people said the same thing after Undisputed 3: Redemption and though it took a fight lasting nearly five years, a fourth is finally pending with a release, and some seriously sick footage proving its mettle. That said, should there be a third Ninja film in […]

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