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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FANTASTIC FEST 2015: Dominic Purcell Establishes Dominance In A Clip From GRIDLOCKED

Filmmaker Allan Ungar did a fantastic job with actor and martial artist Cody Hackman leading their previous MMA revenge drama, Tapped Out (or Tapped for those in other territories). Nowadays, Ungar is back with Hackman for their latest action thriller, Gridlocked, set to premiere this weekend at Fantastic Fest with Dominic Purcell leading, and THR has a new clip to introduce our protagonist in meaty action hero fashion. XYZ Films is representing globally, from which producing partner and Fantastic Fest programming director Todd Brown’s notes on the film can be read as follows: David Hendrix (Dominic Purcell) has got it all under control. Highly trained, highly competent, a complete and total badass, there’s nothing he can’t handle. Whether you throw a strung out junkie or a mercenary packing fully-automatic heat at him, Hendrix can take it all on without blinking an eye. At least that’s what he thinks… until he […]

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FANTASTIC FEST 2015: Superhero Comedy, THE GREEN GHOST Gets A Fresh New Poster

Splinter helmer Michael D. Olmos‘s new film, The Green Ghost, has been picking up some steam for a while now since its first teaser launched back in June. This weekend, the film is poised to present ten minutes of the film at Fantastic Fest while we currently await a full trailer, although the film’s traction has guaranteed us our look at the first official poster art courtesy of Twitchfilm. Take a look! SYNOPSIS: The story of a car salesman who, as a child, was accidentally given superpowers from coming into contact with Aztec crystals and now has to overcome self-doubt in order to utilize those powers to fight off the fabled Lechusa, an Evil Titan of Industry and their gang of supercharged Aztec warriors, hell bent on using the crystals to bring back Montezuma. Actor and car dealer Charlie Clark toplines the film in this latest perpetual move from a […]

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Watch The Edgy New Trailer For HBO Asia Miniseries, HALFWORLDS!

HBO Asia is ready to introduce a new highmark with writer and director Joko Anwar‘s latest eight-part miniseries, Halfworlds. The series has already garnered some attention over the summer during production, though now with a November 29 air date pending, we finally have a series teaser to share which you can now view below. SERIES DESCRIPTION: In the bustling streets and back alleys of Jakarta, a parallel world of bloodthirsty creatures from Indonesian mythology has lived alongside humans for generations. Taking on the appearance of humans themselves, the true identity of these “Demit” has been carefully concealed for centuries by a powerful family of mortals.  The arrival of a mysterious supernatural event known only as the “Gift” will bring this hidden world to the surface. As the day of the Gift approaches, a young street artist called Sarah unexpectedly finds herself in the eye of the storm. Once the Demit […]

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Cinemax Hit Series, BANSHEE, Gets A Sizzling New Teaser!

Perhaps one of the biggest and most successful aspects of television in the last several years has been the way in which various shows have been leveling up in action. Fans of the hit show, Banshee will understand what I mean with that in mind while forced to live on with the show’s forth and final season set to air next year, dealing quite a blow to a fanbase that clearly knows, if nothing else, great television when they see it. You can learn more about this from co-creator Jonathan Tropper’s op-ed over at Grantland as of July. In the meantime, the show is set to hit the stage at New York Comic Con on October 8th while we can now feast our eyes on a teaser of what remains for the final moments of this epic drama. Antony Starr and Ivana Milicevic return among the familiar and new faces […]

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FANTASTIC FEST 2015: John Hyams To Remake MANIAC COP

If there was ever a director who has proven the ability to reach down the throats of cult fans with sheer cinematic veracity, it would be none other than John Hyams who, in the wake of films like Dragon Eyes and with his father Peter Hyams at the helm for Enemies Closer, garnered much fan fervor for reviving the Universal Soldier franchise in brutal and fantastic fashion. As of late and now with Fantastic Fest in full bloom, the word now is that Nicholas Winding Refn is currently in charge of a remake of the 1988 cult classic, Maniac Cop, for which the younger Hyams is now tapped to direct from a script by Ed Brubaker. William Lustig directed the first film with actor Bruce Campbell in the role of a cop framed for the death of his wife and forced to unfold a police cover-up conspiracy involving a near-invincible […]

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THE ASSASSIN Cuts Close In The New Trailer For Its U.S. Release!

A Best Director award and accolades from New York and Toronto aside, Well Go USA has finally launched a new trailer for acclaimed Taiwanese filmmaker Hou Hsiao-Hsien‘s latest martial arts epic drama, The Assassin, and the footage obviously speaks for itself. It’s actress Shu Qi leading the way based on an ancient short story compilation along with actor Chang Chen and action design by Stephen Tung Wai, marking seven years of on-again-off-again production with reshoots and other hurdles, as tedious and tasking as it might have been. You can honestly posit this as a labor of sheer love and passion from a worthy director, and now moviegoers beyond the festival reach will finally be able to see it when it releases on October 16. SYNOPSIS: Back with his first film in 8 years, legendary Taiwanese director Hou Hsiao-hsien wowed this year’s Cannes Film Festival (where he won Best Director) with his […]

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The WRITING’S ON THE WALL In Sam Smith’s New Title Song For SPECTRE

The key music for the long-running 007 film franchise comes seasonably as one of the most celebrated soundtracks in movie history. And not just any song will be the one to lay the all important mood for said themes of each title, and you can tell just by the lyrics. It kinda makes you wonder what that means for the next James Bond spectacle, Spectre with Daniel Craig returning as he continues to face more entities lurking from his past, as per the film’s plot. Sam Mendes directed the film or its November 6 release, which now leaves plenty of time to digest Smith’s new title track, Writing’s On The Wall, which is now online and in-full since its announcement last month. Take a listen!

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Epic Projectile Battles Loom In The Latest Teaser For ALGOJO

Indonesian cinema is back on the map as impressive as it’s been with its ever-increasing production value on various films. Meet director Rudi Soedjarwo, a veteran of 15 years whose whose latest sci-fi action endeavor, Algojo (Executioner) from Integrated Film Solution, marks somewhat of a new beginning for his career in new age filmmaking. Actor Darius Sinathrya leads the film which has already garnered headlines in the past year, centered on one man’s mission to take on corruption and evil. Somehow, this involves epic battles with various projectiles amid raining fireballs in a what looks like a hell-on-earth fight for mankind according to a new teaser circulating this month, but it looks great and symbolic of something potentially noteworthy beyond its ambition. Check it out below and lets hope this one gets some more traction in the weeks ahead.

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MEN IN BLACK Is Getting A Trilogy Reboot At Sony

I don’t know what to fully make of the Men In Black franchise as of late. I enjoyed the first two films dating back to 1998 and had fun with the animated series that followed, and I haven’t yet seen the third film. Nonetheless, the franchise is still a favorite among many with a story building off of a secret off-the-map agency tasked with mitigating in intergalactic affairs in order to monitor mankind’s unknown co-existence with aliens, threatening or otherwise. Actor Will Smith starred in the film alongside Tommy Lee Jones and ultimately gave Smith’s career a huge boost aside from Independence Day and Bad Boys at the time. Since then, you may have heard a few murmurs dating back to the whole debacle at Sony pertaining to otherwise-discussed plans to somehow merge Men In Black with the current 21 Jumpstreet reboots between 2012 and last year. Those plans are […]

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Chad Stahelski Will Direct JOHN WICK 2 In NYC This Fall

With the forthcoming New York City production of John Wick 2 looming, expect more press to come for the remainder of the year. That includes a new report from Collider confirming that Chad Stahelski will helm the film in his first solo debut with actor Keanu Reeves returning to star. Stahelski received solo billing in the end credits for the first film in which he actually shares directorial credits with David Leitch. Both filmmakers have extensive shared credits in premiere film stuntwork and second unit direction, and also lend their services via their stunt training facility, 87 Eleven Action Design, where multitudes of actors have trained for a number of roles in major blockbuster action films, including Reeves. Leitch is serving as executive producer with acclaimed fight choreographer J.J. Perry designing the action. John Wick grew in notoriety upon its late 2014 release following its Fantastic Fest premiere, with Reeves‘s […]

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THE A-TEAM Is Coming Back To TV

No matter how I look at it, it simply just doesn’t feel right that director Joe Carnahan’s 2010 reboot of the classic television series, The A-Team, never got its just dues for a sequel. Tonally, it felt right and had Liam Neeson leading the way with a great cast that embodied all the tropes of its predecessor. And it had Jessica Biel for the win. Nonetheless, another big screen take ain’t happening for a long time, if ever. That said, reading the news as of late will take you to any number of reports regarding films being adapted for television. It’s an interesting thing to observe, and that interest now extends itself to The A-Team with word from Deadline. Fast And Furious franchise writer and producer Chris Morgan is pairing with televsion director Tawnia McKiernan, daughter of the original show’s co-creator and late TV veteran Stephen J. Cannell, and writer […]

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Olga Kurylenko Actioner, MOMENTUM, Gets An October US Release

Actress Olga Kurylenko certainly has a screen presence about her worthy of an action role – the best case so far being that opposite Daniel Craig in Quantum Of Solace. Shes does pretty well for herself in that regard and now her latest, Momentum, is finally on the way to a release in the U.S. following its acquisition by Starz Digital back in July. SYNOPSIS: After being unmasked during a heist, an infiltration expert (Olga Kurylenko) finds herself mixed up in a conspiracy and deadly game of cat-and-mouse with a master assassin (James Purefoy). Stephen Campanelli directs with James Purefoy lending his best English-accenter action film villany for a theatrical and digital release on October 16. Check out the trailer!

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JACK RYAN Heads To The Small Screen

Turning films into television series adaptations have become quite a thing as of late. Shows like Shooter, Limitless, Rush Hour, Galaxy Quest and Minority Report are all gaining a foothold for TV treatment away from their theatrical heyday,8 and at the rate we’re going, I wouldn’t be surprised if John Wick went to the small screen after its current theatrical growth. Time will tell when that will happen if the trend remains, but at least fans of the popular Jack Ryan novels and films will have something to look forward to thanks to former Lost co-showrunner Carlton Cuse and scribe Graham Roland, who are currently preparing to bring Jack Ryan to full series fruition according to Deadline. Platinum Dunes, Skydance Media and Paramount TV are also in on the efforts along with executive producers from Carlton Cuse Productions and Roland, for a series that will transition the Jack Ryan we […]

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Help Kickstart Kevin Barile's Action Thriller Feature Debut, SAVING SARA

Acclaimed independent filmmaker, actor and martial artist Kevin Barile has been on my radar for a few years now, having worked on numerous shortfilms and just recently designing action sequences with fight choreographer Mario Rocha for actor Matthew Karedas’s return in Samurai Cop 2: Deadly Vengeance. Currently Barile is readying his latest short, Fight For Your Life, for a premiere this week at the Action On Film Fest in Monrovia, California while gearing up to host a martial arts choreography seminar there this Friday as well. In the meantime, Barile has a few things he’d like to make clear in officially stating his case with Rocha to produce their feature film debut, Saving Sara. The film previously introduced a test clip many months ago with actor Mark Craig presenting his leading action role appeal opposite Rocha, and now we have a concept trailer that further speaks volumes to its depth […]

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A Killer Strikes In The New Trailer For BOB THUNDER: INTERNET ASSASSIN

Writer and director Joe Nation is on a mission to get famous, but what’s he to do when his plan backfires? This is a question he’ll be answering in the latest upcoming release of his online action comedy, Bob Thunder: Internet Assassin! SYNOPSIS: Joe Nation wants to go viral on YouTube and reach Internet fame. But things take a turn for the worse when he mistakenly hires Bob Thunder, a cold-blooded killer, to help him. The film is host to a slew of online YouTube stars including Olga Kay, Chester See, Bootleg Universe’s Adi Shankar and many more with fight choreography by none other than the EMC Monkeys who also co-star. Tickets and pre-orders are now up and running on FilmOn ahead of the film’s release on October 27. Watch the trailer below and embrace the mullet-wearing madness!

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An Evening With JOHN WICK 2 Fight Choreographer J.J. PERRY

Well, I’m awake after just two hours of sleep and now I have to function like a normal human being. Challenge accepted, of course, and it’s not without a huge sense of worth and gratitude as one of the most unpredictable and last-minute things I’ve experienced as an action film enthusiast. John Wick 2 is currently being prepped for production this Fall in New York City with the team gathering here for the remainder of 2015, including directors Chad Stahelski and David Leitch, and stunt and fight coordinator J.J. Perry. Photos recently began surfacing on Facebook in the last several weeks courtesy of 87 Eleven Action Design, including pictures of returning actor Keanu Reeves alongside folks like Perry and MMA family, the Machado brothers – all very intriguing, and eventually led me to learn that Perry was going to be the one directing the action sequences this time around. Perry […]

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A Champion Strikes Back In Muay Thai Biopic, MARD PAYAK. Watch The Trailer!

Muay Thai is always a great centerpiece for integral drama depending on the director’s intentions. Here, director Norachai Kajchapanont‘s latest film, Mard Payak, looks to bring some extra perspective with an insightful biopictoral offering on Samart Payakarun, who himself is considered to be one of the greatest boxing and Muay Thai fighting champions of all time. Even sporting a career in music and film to boot with appearances in films like The Legend Of Suriyothai, Dynamite Warrior and Muay Thai Chaiya, it’s easy to see what the big fuss is about. So, clearly he’s got a fanbase, as well as a hell of a story that is about ready to be seen, and following its opening premiere at the Bangkok Asean Film Festival last month, its now prepped to release this weekend in local Thai cinemas. Check out a trailer below! ‘Mard Payak: The Great Muay Thai Fighter’ Trailer | […]

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Fresh Wave Shorts 2015 Spotlight: Ng Siu-Lun's BLADE OF ENFORCER Looks Kick-Ass!

It’s always nice to know that there are film festivals that willingly cater to the aspirations of filmmakers today. Such creatives like director Ng Siu-Lun certainly garner that attention as one of among 17 candidates for this year’s open division of the Fresh Wave International Shorts Festival now in its 10th year with his latest endeavor, Blade Of Enforcer, serving quite a delight judging by its new trailer. SYNOPSIS: “Once clothed as an official, you represent law and justice.” This was taught to young detective Xian who worked under Detective “Silent Dog” Ao to catch mountain robbers. To everyone’s dismay, the robbers turned out to be detectives from neighbouring counties who were forced to rob the ruling county to save the poor.  Through trickery and lies, Ao started a bloodbath to kill the robbers. Shaken to the core by Ao’s deceit, the originally naïve Xian abandoned his dreams to uphold […]

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The New Trailer For SIAM YUTH: THE DAWN OF THE KINGDOM Comes Out Swinging

Actor Thanawut Kessaro has been pretty busy this year catering to crowds in the wake of his latest directorial debut, Siam Yuth: The Dawn Of The Kingdom. Kessaro, who previously starred in Samurai Ayothaya (a.k.a. Muay Thai Samurai) joins a cast led by Than Thanakorn and Thira Chutikul with a story of two homeless musician brothers who get caught in the throes of a kingdom in rebellion against a corrupt prince. The film is reportedly due to hit local Thai cinemas this Friday (or if the IMDb page is anything to go by, then sometime in October), but we already have a few teasers and trailers circulating online. The latest one is below and certainly doesn’t pull back its intentions with the first shot of a head getting stomped in the mud, to which I add: Ouch. You can certainly tell this is a concerted effort with plenty of layers […]

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