Lee B. Golden III

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New Poster And Trailer For US Release Of Redemption

Jason Statham is currently getting his theatrical run in the UK with the action crime drama titled Hummingbird. The “Expendables” alumnus is also slated to star in several films including “Heat”, “Homefront” and Fast And Furious 7 between now and next year. With Hummingbird, though, there will not be any birds here for its North American release this summer, only Redemption, according to a new article today from Action Flick Chick. SYNOPSIS: Reeling from a traumatic tour of duty in Afghanistan, Joey (Jason Statham), an ex-Special Forces soldier, returns to London to face another kind of war: life on the streets as a damaged, homeless veteran. In an attempt to rehabilitate himself, Joey assumes another man’s identity and seeks the aid of Sister Cristina (Agata Buzek), a young nun who works at an inner-city parish. But Joey’s expert training as a soldier marks him as a valuable asset, and he […]

New Release Date For SPACE PIRATE: CAPTAIN HARLOCK

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Crunchyroll has forwarded the latest long-form trailer for the upcoming 3DCG animated galactic action adventure, Space Pirate: Captain Harlock from writer Harutoshi Fukui (Mobile Suit Gundam UC), and director Shinji Aramaki (Appleseed, Appleseed: Ex-Machina, Halo: Legends). The news comes along with a new Japan theatrical release date set for September 7, 2013. The film is based on a classic 1950’s/1970’s original manga character by artist Leiji Matsumoto, about a hero who becomes a space pirate and rebels against Earth’s government to save mankind. The film, budgeted at $30 million dollars, was three years in the making since Toei Animation announced its development back in 2010 for a scheduled 2012 release at the time, in addition to the rebooted anime and manga franchise. Check out the trailer below or click HERE if the embed fails to load.

TEAM EMIG Unveils Its Latest Reel

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If you have been with me since late last year over on my official Facebook page, you have probably seen me share a more diverse collection of material from around the web from movie trailers and news bits to choreography, tricking, freerunning and stunt videos, and probably a few photo collages to try and show for my efforts to make my page unique. I have been a big fan of tricking and XMA for a long time, although I haven’t always been able to keep up with it. There are MANY teams out there who are performing and making a name for themselves, and as it is, I try to contact as many of them as possible on Facebook or email in the hopes to get in touch with them. Some of these excellent performers are very busy people, which I respect. In the first several months of my page’s […]

Eric Tsang Flies Back Onto The Big Screen In SEVEN ASSASSINS

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A new trailer has emerged for the upcoming wuxia ensemble action adventure, Seven Assassins, forwarded this week from Filmsmash by Martial Arts Movie Junkie. Starring veteran perfomers and action filmmakers Xin Xin Xiong (Coweb) and Eric Tsang (Ip Man: The Final Fight), both whom directed and also served as co-producers along with Daniel Yun. The film also stars Felix Wong, Ray Lui, Eric Tsang, Tao Guo and Waise Lee. The cast and crew recently promoted the film at a press conference in Beijing a few days ago. (Click HERE to view photos of the event).The film is slated for a China release on June 9, 2013. SYNOPSIS: When social unrest plagues a Kingdom in ancient China, the Imperial Court collects stockpiles of gold from local governments to expand the royal army. However, the gold is robbed while in transport. In a desperate move to retrieve the stolen treasure, elite royal […]

Billy Zane Fights For What’s His In The New Trailer For BLOOD OF REDEMPTION

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Keeping up with Dolph Lundgren takes a lot of dexterity, because this man does nothing but stay busy. Currently he is filming another movie with directors Giorgio Serafini and James Coyne tentatively titled “Certain Justice”, based on reports from City On Fire, although that title has yet to be confirmed despite actor and MMA star Cung Le‘s push of the twitter hashtag, #JusticeIsComing. Lundgren is also starring in the film, Legendary, with action star Scott Adkins, set for release this August in China after its premiere this month in Cannes, in addition to just finishing filming with Tony Jaa for A Man Will Rise. Prior to filming with Jaa and company, Lundgren wrapped up production for another film coming out this year titled Blood Of Redemption, with actors Billy Zane, Vinnie Jones, Robert Miano, Jelly Howie and Robert Davi. SYNOPSIS: Quinn Forte had it all: power, money, a brother who idolized […]

Jason Statham Transports Into Action For FAST AND FURIOUS 7

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Cinema website Desde Hollywood had the luck of getting to interview actress and Fast And Furious 6 co-star Michelle Rodriguez this week as she has been out and about promoting the film to the press before its set release for May 24, 2013. Today, they are reporting a small segment of that dialogue which confirms actor Jason Statham will have a role in Universal Pictures’s seventh installment of the film series. Michelle says the following: “Jason Statham, Vin Diesel, Dwayne Johnson, when you see these guys in a room you know they belong together […] You can see in their eyes that they have gone through a lot […] I applaud Universal for getting him on-board!” Currently, the jury is still out on whether Statham is going to appear in The Expendables 3, even though the film has been announced, with actor Sylvester Stallone still casting.Meantime, he also has a […]

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STAR TREK: INTO DARKNESS Warps A Day Early!

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Following suit with the UK, it is now reported that due to the nature of successful IMAX ticket sales, Star Trek: Into Darkness is being moved a day ahead from its North American theatrical release on Friday, May 17 to Thursday, May 16, 2013. A new press release has been released to the public explaining the new scheduling: IMAX® THEATRES ACROSS THE COUNTRY SELL OUT FOR “STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS” OPENING MOVES UP A DAY TO THURSDAY, MAY 16TH HOLLYWOOD (May 7, 2013) – IMAX® theatres are reporting sell-outs of its special “STAR TREK INTO DARKNESS” sneak peek shows on Wednesday, May 15th, with showings in Los Angeles, New York City, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Seattle, Austin, San Francisco, Houston, San Diego and Minneapolis now at capacity. Interest continues to be strong at other IMAX locations across the country, which are offering fans the opportunity to be the first to see the film at […]

POLICE STORY 2013 Makes Its Way To Toronto

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A new report from the National Post is announcing that international action star Jackie Chan will be one of the celebtated attendees at an Asian film and art festival program titled A Century Of Chinese Cinema, at this summer’s Toronto International Film Festival Bell Lightbox. The event will be held between June 5 and August 11, featuring films including Chan’s smash hit classic, Police Story, and footage from his upcoming follow-up in the series, Police Story 2013. Also featuring at the event are the works of visual artist Yang Fudong, cinematograoher Christopher Doyle, and the opening night screening of the 1993 film, Farewell My Concubine, directed by acclaimed filmmaker Chen Kaige. As news of POLICE STORY 2013 initially broke a few months back, Jackie said on his Weibo microblog, “I’ve played policemen many times before, but I’ve never shot a film which focused on the life of a mainland policeman. […]

Superheroes Collide In Bat In The Sun’s Latest, SUPERMAN Vs THOR

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Man Of Steel and Thor: The Dark World will see their respective releases in June and November this year. And it may take a while to see many of these superheroes merge together on the big screen. In the meantine, leave it to director/producer Aaron Schoenke, and producers Sean Schoenke and Nikolay Zamkovoy, and actors Colin Bryant and Joshua Boultinghouse starring as the God Of Thunder and the Son of Krypton to bring you the latest installation of Super Power Beat Down in Superman vs. Thor. Bat In The Sun has been putting in their effort in bringing a lot of video game and comic-book characters to life in pure fan-driven, fantasy action fashion. Characters ranging from properties like Capcom, Dark Horse, Marvel, DC Comics, Naughty Dog, AMC, Ubisoft and Lucasfilm. So, if you haven’t seen some of their work just yet, click the title link above or in the embed […]

Judge For Yourself: A New Teaser For LEGENDARY Is Online

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Late April saw a hidden gem finally uploaded and unveiled this week by The Action Elite with the new teaser trailer for the fantasy action adventure film Legendary, directed by Eric Styles and starring Scott Adkins and Dolph Lundgren, along with Huang Yi, Nathan Lee, James Lance, Lydia Leonard and Geng Le. The film is getting a release in Cannes in a few weeks before its theatrical release in China. So to say the least, while the footage here looks more like a rushed, unfinished promo, hopefully we will see a better trailer soon with more substance as an upcoming 3D feature. SYNOPSIS: Travis, our heroic cryptozoologist, wants to prove that a prehistoric beast killing construction workers is more than just a myth. But at the same time his ruthless competitor, Harker, wants to prove he is the best in the business and outdo Travis in any way he can. […]

Five Deadly Fingers Battle An Ink-Drawn Street Fighter In MAKER Vs. MARKER!

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When was the last time you seen an animation take on its animator? If you’re thinking either one of the Tron movies or Cool World, you might be on to something…which probably means you have never seen something like what animator Jonny Lawrence managed to put together this month for Youtube viewers. Prepare yourselves for battle as life imitates art in the ultimate death match in Maker Vs. Marker, a short film that fuses stop motion with hand-drawn animation that characterises an epic battle between the animator’s hand, and a character inspired by Street Fighter resembling “Akuma”. Think of it as a cross between this, this, this and this. You’ll get it. 🙂 If you would like to see more of Jonny’s work, check out his official website. By the way, you may want to read the description and take Jonny’s advice. Watch this in full HD with a good […]

An Aging Judge Brings The Law To The Lawless In JUDGE MINTY

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2013 is a great year for action films of various kinds. It also turns out to a great year for Judge Dredd, the lonewolf long arm of the law in a lawless future based on a character created by John Wagner and Carlos Ezquerra in 1976 for 2000 A.D.. Since its days as a comic book strip, the brand has seen its character brought to life by Sylvester Stallone in 1995, and actor Karl Urban in the highly acclaimed reboot, Dredd 3D, directed by Pete Travis in 2012. Much has been ablaze in fan circles for the character to come back in a possible sequel since last year, although that chance is highly unlikely due to the initial low turnout for the film, despite it’s successful home release. Consequently (as I have covered before), what is happening this year is a phenomenal campaign by individual indpendent film companies who are […]

The Battle For Survival Begins In The New Trailer For LAST GIRL STANDING

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I waited a while to hear back from award-winning filmmaker Kentaro Yamagishi about an independent short film he recently made called Last Girl Standing (a.k.a. End Girl), based on a screenplay by Kubota Ayat and produced by Kazunori Maeda. Some Google Translate work helped me understand a little bit about this film, which looks very compelling. Unfortunately, he and I did talk much, but I am in touch with him, so hopefully I can learn more from him about this particular film as it is looking toward its next one-week theatrical run at the Shibuya Auditorium in Tokyo from July 6, 2013 through July 12. Based on what I have been able to interpret (and for anyone who can understand Japanese better than I can, click HERE if you want to learn more), the film is one of two movies that are making the rounds in Japan’s film festival circuit […]

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#JusticeIsComing: What's Up With Cung Le's Next Action Movie?

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Cung Le is an extraordinary mixed martial arts expert fighter and champion, as well as action director and action star. His career spans more than a decade with actioners like Tekken, the sci-fi adventure Pandora, the RZA’s hip hop kung fu period adventure film, The Man With The Iron Fists, Bodyguards And Assassins with action star Donnie Yen, and Wong Kar Wai’s grand epic action biopic, The Grandmasters, which is set for U.S. release this August. Le is also known for one of his more notable roles as the lead in After Dark Action’s 2009 release of director John Hyams’s urban action drama, Dragon Eyes with Jean-Claude Van Damme, Crystal Mantecon, Peter Weller, and MMA champion Trevor Prangley. The film also saw Le go toe-to-toe with martial artist, actor and national/international kickboxing champion Scott Sheeley (pictured at the top of the page with Le). The two also previous worked on […]

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Inside The Mind Of J.J. Abrams, According To USURP PRODUCTIONS!

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I suspect that much has been stirred among Star Trek and Star Wars fans given the recent news regarding director J.J. Abrams, who is also lined up to helm the upcoming Star Wars movie. In my opinion, since I’m neither a Trekkie nor a huge Star Wars fan, and I could care less as to whether or not Han shot first, it doesn’t bother me much that Abrams has the director’s seat for the seventh film. He’s a great filmmaker and I have no question he will bring George Lucas’ s vision to life properly. Although, I guess some people do care. And so, the battle of geeks continues this week with a new fictional fan film that illustrates how some people believe Abrams got to be the guy behind the movie. Riley Hayes, Collin Scharder and Mark Poletti from Usurp Productions star in the epic galactic silliness. Check it […]

FILM OF THE WEEK-5/6/13: ARAHAN (2004)

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SYNOPSIS: A naive yet passionate Sang-hwan becomes a downtown policeman to help the good and punish the bad. But when it comes to gang crime, he is nothing but a coward. One day he gets discovered by a martial arts master and his training to unleash the true power within him begins. Meanwhile, the Ultimate Evil, Black Cloud, is set loose. Now Sang-hwan, who possesses the absolute power, becomes ‘ the one’ who must save the world. Jong Doo-hong is one of the most beloved and well respected martial arts action directors in Korean cinema history. The first film in which I caught onto his work as an actor and fight choreohrapher was director Ryu Seung-wan’s 2004 science fiction martial arts fantasy action comedy, Arahan: Urban Martial Arts Action. By this time, lead actor Ryu Seung-bum had already appeared in a few other films, including one I still haven’t seen […]

Before It Was Hiddleston And Skarsgård. This Week? It's Luke Evans For THE CROW Lead.

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Could casting reports on the upcoming reboot of The Crow get anymore dizzying? Why, sure! In fact, we can now add the name Luke Evans to the list of names being tapped to play the title role. Sources at Deadline are now reporting that the Welsh actor was actually the original choice to play the role, but couldn’t be secured because of his roles in other film productions like The Hobbit trilogy and Fast And Furious 6. With any luck, director F. Javier Gutierrez can begin shooting the film in early 2014, as opposed to the Fall schedule this year. So, no Mark Wahlberg, no Bradley Cooper, no James McAvoy, and no Tom Hiddleston nor Alexander Skarsgård. This should settle things, but we’ll see what happens next. Evans will also appear in the May 10, 2013 release of No One Lives, directed by Ryuhei Kitamura. Fast And Furious 6 will open in […]

Two New Fight Clips Show Gina Carano And Joe Taslim Bringing The Heat In FAST AND FURIOUS 6

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We are about twenty days away from catching director Justin Lin’s last gig at the helm before next year, of the upcoming vehicular warfare action rollercoaster of the summer, Fast And Furious 6 on May 24, 2013. With Universal Pictures spending millions of dollars on advertising everywhere they can, the film is promising solid action, with fast cars, thrills, spills and more danger that takes the story to a whole new level. There are several new clips online, but much like the epic throwdown between Vin Diesel and Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson in Fast Five, some action fans like myself are looking forward to are the fight scenes. And for Fast And Furious 6, what better way to promise pulse pounding fight sequences than to cast MMA startlet and cinema femme fatale Gina Carano (Haywire), and Hollywood’s latest rising international action star, Joe Taslim(The Raid: Redemption)?! Fight choreography and stunt […]

Go Ohara's AN ASSASSIN Gets A US Home Release Date

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Far East Films is reporting that the 2011 action-noir crime drama, An Assassin, has been picked up for distribution and is set for release on May 21, 2013, courtesy of Asian Media Rights. The film was written by Kubata Hiroyasu and director Go Ohara whose previous credits include Geisha vs. Ninja, Chanbara Beauty, Oneechanbara: The Movie – Vortex, Samurai Princesd and Death Trance. Starring Ryoma Baba, Sayuri Iwata, Yuki Kubota and Hassei Takano, the film is a story about a young man named Ryo who abandons his life as a cold and heartless assassin after an accident during an accident. As time passes, he tries to accustom himself to a new life upon meeting a high school girl named Rio, who he finds himself protecting when, by a twist of fate, she herself becomes an assassin’s target. Click HERE if the embed fails to load. And click the link to […]

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SLUG STREET SCRAPPERS 3 Is Now Available Online For Viewing

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Today is the day indie martial arts cinema fans and internet viewers finally get to see the release of stunt actor and filmmaker Micah Brock’s webseries feature-length finale, Slug Street Scrappers 3: Beat Em’ Up, from Whirlwind Action and Dragon Phoenix Entertainment. The webseries, which began production in 2010, pays ohmage to classic Beat Em’ Up fighting games of the late 80s and early-mid 90s, blending tributes to games such as Streets Of Rage & Tekken with a touch of Ong Bak-stylized fight choreography. The story itself take place in the fictional town of Scrappertown, where participants engage in an urban street tournament to compete for the ultimate title of “The Toughest In Town” under the watchful eyes of the mysterious sensei known only as “The Revered One”. But underneath it all, each character has their own motives and story arcs that further bring the trilogy full circle, with amazing […]