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Tiger Style Media Sizzles Up The Summer With A Quartet Of Martial Arts Releases Through September
Tiger Style Media is out and about with the latest on a quartet of action titles set to rollout in select theaters and on digital from now through September. The titles in question, Art Of Four Limbs (theatrical on Aug 16/digital on Aug 20), The Lockdown (theatrical on Aug 16/digital on Aug 27, Lady Scorpions (theatrical on Aug 23/digital on Sept 3), and Kung Fu Games (theatrical on Aug 23/digital on Sept 10) also come with brand new posters debuted accordingly via Screenrant. The films are produced by Shannon McIntosh (Once Upon a Time….in Hollywood, The Hateful Eight) and Daniel Gross (Halloween: Resurrection, Highlander: End Game), and are host to a bevy of screen talents such as Ludi Lin, Leo Howard, Caity Lotz, Caitlin Dechelle, Jade Xu, Cynthia Rothrock, Jose Manuel and Mark Strange. The films will also be made available in a digital bundle on September 10 from Paramount […]
SUPERMAN & LOIS Releases epic trailer for its fourth and final season
Superman and Lois returns for a one last flight to enclosure what it was known as the Arrowverse, before James Gunn launches the new DC cinematic universe, with the upcoming film, Superman Legacy that he´s now filming. However, and despite the show can be considered part of the CW, TV universe, Superman and Lois escaped form the very beginning form that spandex and cape soap opera tone that most of the Arrowverse shows had, to settle a higher quality more mature tone, establishing itself on its own ficticional universe apart from the rest, delivering one of the most interesting approaches that the character has ever had in cinema or television , with a plotline mostly based in the 90´s comic-book era adapted into this new universe. This final 4th season, continues with the thrilling clifhanger that ended the previous season, with superman battling Doomsday in the moon. The trailer unveils […]
ACMA:GAME: THE FINAL KEY First Teaser Revealed For Toya Sato’s Feature Film Expansion
Riding all the way to a feature finale is the Acma:Game franchise based on the 2013 Kodansha novel publication. Thus, we get Acma:Game: The Final Key, directed by Toya Sato who also co-helmed the ten-part Nippon TV drama which is currently streaming on Amazon Prime. Plot details for the film are unknown but the incumbent movie features actor Shotaro Mamiya who reprises his role from the current drama series; The initial story for the drama centers on Teruasa Oda, the son of a powerful family who journeys in search of the mystery behind a legend pertaining to 99 keys that could grant their collective owner ultimate power. Also starring are Juri Tanaka, Kotone Furukawa, Ryo Ryusei, Lina Arashi, Yukiyoshi Ozawa, and more. The cast are further joined by series scribes Izumi Yoshihiro, and Taniguchi Junichiro, with a release set for October 25 from Toho.
BABY ASSASSINS: NICE DAYS Official Trailer Pits Two Assassins Against An Unbeatable Killer
Writer and director Yugo Sakamoto’s new action thriller is well on the way with Baby Assassins: Nice Days, now third in line to a franchise that is also still growing with an upcoming spin-off drama in the works as well. The film just awarded its helmer the coveted Daniel A. Craft Award For Excellence In Action Cinema and, as we speak, is screening for eager Fantasia Festival attendees this week. The film rejoins Saori Izawa and Akari Takashi for another run as buddying assassin duo Chisato and Mahiro, whose latest work-cation hire soon pits them against a seemingly unbearable assassin, played by none other than Sosuke Ikematsu (The Last Samurai, Killing). The film also stars Atsuko Maeda and Otani Mondo, along with a new high energy title track that now stands incumbent with the film’s forthcoming marketing. I loved this film, and it just so happens that contributing writer Shaun […]
SLEEP NO MORE: Official Trailer And Exclusive Clip Revealed For Antonia Bogdanovich’s Director’s Cut Of Hit Crime Thriller!
Antonia Bogdanovich’s revived new crime thriller, Sleep No More, is gearing up for a theatrical, digital and VOD release on Friday, July 26. Originally titled Phantom Halo and billed as a New York Times Critic’s Pick, the film marks a 10th-anniversary revamp of its 2014 original, with Bogdanovich reworking the material to produce a version that would convey her vision for the film. Warren Emerson (Sebastian Roché, Queen of Tears, 1923, Big Sky, The Man in the High Castle) once a Shakespearian thespian of renown, is now a gambling-addicted drunk. Puck-like Samuel (Thomas Brodie-Sangster, The Artful Dodger, The Maze Runner series, The Queen’s Gambit, Godless) enchants crowds on Santa Monica’s 3rd Street Promenade reciting Shakespearian monologues his father all but beat into him while his brother Beckett (Luke Kleintank, FBI: International, Midway, The Man in the High Castle), a master pickpocket, makes his way through the unsuspecting crowd. When Warren […]
BROKEN OATH Gets A Limited Edition 2K Rollout On Blu-Ray This Fall!
Jeong Chang-hwa’s 1977 Golden Harvest actioner, Broken Oath, was officially announced on Thursday with details pertinent to its upcoming Fall release on Blu-Ray. Eureka Entertainment is rolling out the Angela Mao-led martial arts classic on October 22 for its worldwide debut on Blu-ray from a brand new 2K restoration. A Hong Kong take on Japan’s Lady Snowblood, Broken Oath is an action-packed tale of righteous vengeance directed by Jeong Chang-hwa (King Boxer) and starring the first lady of kung fu cinema: the inimitable Angela Mao! Orphaned and angry, Lotus (Mao) is raised by Buddhist nuns before she is exiled for her violent ways – and skipping classes to improve her martial arts skills. Finding herself alone in the world, she quickly comes to discover the truth of her past: that her father was once a respected member of the Imperial Court who was murdered in cold blood, and that her […]
MUROI SHINJI: ‘The Odoru Legend Continues’ In The Newest Trailer For The Upcoming Back-To-Back Crime Epic
1997 Fuji TV cop drama, Bayside Shakedown, was precisely the spark that lit the flame for its success over the years, spawning mutiple TV and film projects. This especially goes for actor and franchise fixture Toshiro Yanagiba who now returns for a brand new pair of back-to-back legacy entries into the “Bayside Shakedowniverse”. Thus, the latest official trailer is online courtesy of Toho for Muroi Shinji: The Undefeated, which on October 11, followed by Muroi Shinji: Stay Alive, on November 15. The films are written by Ryoichi Kimizuka, and directed by Katsuyuki Motohiro, both who have been in-and-out with the Bayside Shakedown franchise since its roots on the small screen. The new films culminate around Shinji’s retirement as Tokyo police superintendent as he returns to his home town to support the families of victims of crimes. When a mysterious young girl appears and the body of a murder victim surfaces, […]
THE THICKET: Catch Peter Dinklage Hunt Down A Vicious Killer In The Official Trailer
The 50th Deauville American Film Festival is just months away, arriving in time for the theatrical rollout of Elliot Lester’s new Western, The Thicket. The film is a Tubi Original, written by Chris Kelly and based on Joe R. Lansdale’s 2013 novel, and stars a badass, gunslinging, shot-calling Peter Dinklage opposite a chiseled, monstrous villain iterated in awesome Juliette Lewis-fashion. When fierce bounty hunter Reginald Jones (Peter Dinklage) is recruited by a desperate man to track down a ruthless killer known only as Cutthroat Bill (Juliette Lewis), he rallies a band of unlikely heroes including a grave-digging ex-slave and a street-smart woman-for-hire. Together they embark on a perilous quest to track down Cutthroat Bill that leads them into the deadly “no-man’s-land” known as…The Thicket. Yeah, this trailer is just badass. Dinklage kickass and Lewis is the villain to beat. The script crackles here and I think the Deauville crowd are […]
HARBIN: Hyun-Bin Dares To Catch A Wolf In The First Teaser!
Currently revving up for a Gala Presentation for the 49th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival is Harbin, a new spy thriller from director Woo Min-ho (The Man Standing Next, The Drug King). CJ Entertainment is plotting a release later this year for the pic which is set in 1909, and chronicles the exploits of Korean independence activist Ahn Jung-gum and his mission to infiltrate Harbin, China and assassinate Japan’s first Prime Minister. Actor Hyun-Bin (The Point Men, Rampant) stars along with Park Jeong-min (Dr. Cheon and The Lost Talisman), Jo Woo-jin (Alienoid), and Jeon Yeo-bin (Cobweb). Watch the intense first teaser below!
DUNE: PROPHECY Second Teaser Revealed Expanding On The Hit Sci-Fi Franchise For Max
Denis Villeneuve has been a godsend with his revival of Frank Herbert’s Dune for the big screen. I’m eagerly awaiting his third entry which was announced back in April, while fans of the reboot can now take a gander at another offering in the cinematic universe now heading to streaming platform Max with six-part drama, Dune: Prophecy, based on the 2012 follow-up novel to Herbert’s literary IP. From the expansive universe of Dune, created by acclaimed author Frank Herbert, and 10,000 years before the ascension of Paul Atreides, DUNE: PROPHECY follows two Harkonnen sisters as they combat forces that threaten the future of humankind, and establish the fabled sect that will become known as the Bene Gesserit. DUNE: PROPHECY is inspired by the novel SISTERHOOD OF DUNE, written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson. The full cast includes Emily Watson, Olivia Williams, Travis Fimmel, Jodhi May, Mark Strong, Sarah-Sofie […]
THE CRIPPLED MASTERS Is A Kung Fu Classic For All The Right Reasons
These days, if a film were to heavily feature, say, someone in a wheelchair (besides, perhaps, Charles Xavier), it wouldn’t be long before it was bombarded with cries of “woke!” or “leftism gone mad!”. Back in 1980, this wasn’t the case. In fact, in 1980, exploitation cinema was still thriving. These films often toed the line, highlighting more taboo subjects, such as sex crimes, racism, homosexuality and, of course, extreme violence, as well as many more. Exploitation became its own genre, despite being comprised of several other genres. There’s action exploitation, horror exploitation, Blaxploitation, exploitation porn (which seems redundant, I suppose)… The list goes on. Kung fu cinema has always been mildly exploitational. Or at least it’s gently held hands with exploitation throughout its existence. Sammo Hung often liked to make his films gritty with the inclusion of a rape scene or two, many martial arts films feature animal cruelty, […]
MISSION: CROSS Trailer Promises Explosive Matrimony This August
Director Lee Myung-hoon’s new action comedy thriller, Mission: Cross, was something that I had my eye on earlier this year and wondered about. Of course Netflix would be the ones to quietly snap it up and now we have an August 9 worldwide launch date set for the streamer. In the ultimate test of marriage, an agent-turned-househusband gets tangled in a perilous mission with his detective wife, who’s clueless about his past. Yum Jung-ah and Hwang Jung-min star along with Jeon Hye-jin, Jung Man-shik, and Kim Chan-hyung. Check out the trailer!
THE KILLER Trailer: John Woo Tests The Waters With A Western Revamp Of His Hit Hong Kong Classic!
John Woo is back again. I enjoyed his most recent entry with Silent Night, and while I’m certain opinions will stir today as the official trailer for Woo’s The Killer makes the rounds, I’m optimistic. From the Oscar® winning producer of Oppenheimer, the kinetic action thriller stars Emmy nominee Nathalie Emmanuel (The Fast Saga, Game of Thrones) as Zee, a mysterious and infamous assassin known, and feared, in the Parisian underworld as the Queen of the Dead. But when, during an assignment from her shadowy mentor and handler (Avatar’s Sam Worthington), Zee refuses to kill a blinded young woman (Diana Silvers; Ma, Booksmart) in a Paris nightclub, the decision will disintegrate Zee’s alliances, attract the attention of a savvy police investigator (Golden Globe nominee Omar Sy; Jurassic World franchise, Lupin), and plunge her into a sinister criminal conspiracy that will set her on a collision course with her own past. […]
CHA-CHA Teases Marika Ito’s Wily World Of Wonderment And Woe In The First Trailer
Screening this Friday as part of the Japan Cuts line-up is Cha-Cha from director Mai Sakai. The film marks the latest contribution to the (not)Heroine Project, which focuses on up-and-coming directors like Sakai who now hails audiences with her fifth feature. Cha-Cha is an illustrator working at a design office. Her free-spirited behavior sometimes draws the ire of those around her, but she lives by the motto, “I don’t let me worry about what others think any more, just live the way I want”. One day, Cha-Cha meets Raku on the rooftop and she becomes interested in him. Although they are opposites in terms of their tastes, she gradually becomes attracted to Raku, thinking that “we two get along perfect”. What will happen to the unpredictable romance of a stray cat-like girl? A fashionable, tasteful and bizarre story. I will say the film is definitely unpredictable at times even for […]
ALIENOID: RETURN TO THE FUTURE: Win A Blu-Ray Copy Of Choi Dong-Hoon’s Fantasy Adventure!
Writer and director Choi Dong-hoon’s newest sci-fi adventure is arriving soon to the U.S. on DVD and Blu-Ray with Alienoid: Return To The Future. We’re giving away two copies of the film on Blu-Ray for entries to be made by the evening before its release on July 30, and all you have to is respond to this contest via email at fcsyndicate@outlook.com with your favorite South Korean sci-fi/fantasy title… That’s it. That’s all there’s to it, and the deadline is 11:59 EST on July 29, so enter ASAP! After locating the Divine Blade, a shaman and a modern-day woman race through time to battle a powerful alien commander intent on destroying mankind in ALIENOID: RETURN TO THE FUTURE, Part II of Choi Dong-hoon’s epic sci-fi action franchise. Ryu Jun-Yeol, Kim Tae-ri and Kim Woo-bin star. Click here for my review ICYMI!
Streaming Sleepers: Kill Time With BABY ASSASSINS 2 Over At Hi-YAH!
The arrival of Baby Assassins 2 to the Hi-YAH! streamer couldn’t have come at a better time. With a spin-off series drama in the works and a third film already making the festival rounds, the Yugo Sakamoto-directed franchise remains one of the most popular of its kind with its energizing lead cast, quirky and off-beat humor, and stellar action that crackles with each gun battle and hand-to-hand fight scene. Well Go USA is the North American home to the franchise thusfar having already released the first two films on home media, as well as its adjacent streamer. The second film returns Akari Takaishi and Saori Izawa in the respective roles of Chisato and Mahiro, two coming-of-age guilded members of an assassin organization still struggling to live life responsibly while intercepting two rival assassins from another company, played by Tatsuomi Hamada and Joey Iwanaga. Read my review for the film by […]
NO WAY OUT: THE ROULETTE Sees A Manhunt Gone Out Of Control In The Official Series Trailer
Disney-plussers tangible to the platform can expect another addition to its slate fresh out of South Korea with 8-part drama, No Way Out: The Roulette. The official series trailer is out ahead of a July 31 launch with a cast led by Choi Jin-woong, Yoo Jae-myung, Kim Mu-yeol and Yun Jung-ah. After serving 13 years for committing a series of heinous crimes, Korea’s most hated man, murderer Kim Gukho (Yoo Jae-myung), is released on parole. Outraged by his release, one mysterious citizen offers a 20 billion won ($14 million) bounty to anyone who can track down and kill the notorious criminal. Targeted by a growing number of desperate citizens, Kim Gukho will have to put his faith in his police protection team if he hopes to survive. Catch the series trailer below, and read more here.
First Look at CAT’S EYES Trailer: The New Miniseries That Passes Tsukasa Hojo’s Manga Through The French Filter
Unlike some colleagues of his profession, mangaka Tsukasa Hojo has always been blessed with interesting adaptations of his work in his transitions to the audiovisual media. In 1993, we had the the first of the adaptations of his most famous manga, the iconic City Hunter, a Hong Kong production in which HK director and producer Wong Jing teamed up with Jackie Chan for a hilarious adventure that, despite not being completely faithful to the original material, It retained much of its essence, and gave us a fun visual spectacle that fans still remember with nostalgia. Three years later, Michael Chow starred in “Mr. Mumbles”, an unofficial adaptation, in which the names and part of the plot were changed but which maintained the original concept of the story. It was a year later when Cat’s Eye had its first live-action adaptation, in a Japanese production directed by Kaizo Hayashi, with Yuki […]
TWILIGHT OF THE WARRIORS: WALLED IN Official Trailer Revealed Ahead Of August U.S. Release!
Well Go USA released the official trailer for Soi Cheang’s Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In. The film opens in theaters August 9. Many years after the bloody turf war that ushered in an uneasy era of peace in Hong Kong’s underworld, the notorious Kowloon Walled City serves as a fortified, lawless safe haven for gangs and refugees alike. But when a skilled underground fighter runs afoul of the most feared Triad boss in Hong Kong, a bounty is placed on his head despite his connections to the leader of the infamous enclave. As his pursuers violate the tenuous territorial truce to exact their vengeance, the fallout reignites old grudges, bringing decades of building tension to a brutal, bloody boiling point. Twilight Of The Warriors: Walled In stars Raymond Lam, Terrance Lau, German Cheung, and Tony Wu, along with Louis Koo, Richie Jen, Sammo Hung, Philip Ng, Kenny Wong Tak […]
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