9 principles of action comedy

EXCLUSIVE: Lee Asquith-Coe's Sci-Fi War Thriller, WE ARE SOLDIER Starts Filming Next Weekend!

At long last! Crowdfunding efforts fell short earlier this year for former 13-year military serviceman-turned-independent debut filmmaker Lee Asquith-Coe whose newest endeavor, We Are Soldier, has since found better straits toward production as of next weekend! The film itself is based on a winning feature-length script Asquith-Coe wrote and entered in the Annual Creative World Awards in 2013 before earning a 6th place finish and ultimately seeking independent means for full movie after a series of false starts to acquire funding. SYNOPSIS: Tyrone is a soldier, not any ordinary soldier, he is a Drone DT101-97, a criminal, a prisoner within his own mind programmed, to fight and kill the enemy by The British Army. His conscience void of human emotion, with his memories wiped he is completely unaware and under control of a “Handler” until he is damaged in battle. With Tyrone’s integrated bio nano-technology offline he “wakes” to find […]

Tony Zhou Presents: 9 PRINCIPLES OF ACTION COMEDY

Lee B. Golden III

Film enthusiast and vlogger (and clearly a Jackie Chan fan) Tony Zhou took the liberty of hosting a new video on his YouTube channel attributed to the acclaimed master of action cinema himself titled 9 Principles Of Action Comedy. Citing over a dozen of Chan‘s classics, Zhou delineates the many ways and reasons why Chan‘s evolutionary style of action choreography and cinematography works compared to many of Hollywood’s approaches to the craft. Many would agree with a lot of the points here, and it’s a subject that has inspired many other action fans, actors and filmmmakers alike to help spread the gospel of action filmmaking. For what its worth, not only is it one of the most clear and thought-out video essays dealing with the matter, it’s also a hell of a video to see, and it’s probably the best thing you’ll see on the internet before the year is […]