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Cannes 2015: Watch The New Trailer For Mike Moeller Starrer, ONE MILLION K(L)ICKS!

Alexander Padrutt‘s directorial debut, One Million K(L)icks, is certainly one with a setup seen before in previous films, but still presents another delightful experiment in genuine martial arts and drama filmmaking with an actor capable of presenting the gravitas on both ends. Lead actor and action star Mike Moeller is no stranger to this as be continues his rise in the genre with his latest role as talented fighter forced to come to grips with the underground fighting circuit and the crooks running it, as well as his own personal demons. The film is the launchpad of producers Rudieger W. Kuemmerle and Mike Leeder over at Silent Partners Deutschland and has already had an audience in Europe, specifically in Germany, although the film is now making waves at Cannes this month where UK-based Evolutionary Films will be representing international sales for the film. As such, the company is likely setting […]

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Iron Dragon TV And Well Go USA Are Screening BLADE OF KINGS Next Week!

At some point between the years on both ends of the new millenium, the Hong Kong action genre remained in its prominence with films led by young pop stars. One such title included the modern zany vampire action flick, The Twins Effect, themed around the popularity of Hong Kong singing duo Charlene Choi and Gillian Chung as they were leaving their mark on the big screen as actresses in a few action comedies of their own. Quirky dialogue and stylish action with some vampiric lore featuring a particularly young cast are the formula here, and it surprisingly led to a sequel a year later which had absolutely nothing to do with it. That one was simply titled The Twins Effect 2 for its release with several of our young actors returning, including our lead actresses, with action legend Corey Yuen and Patrick Leung sharing the directors’ hat. These films weren’t […]

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Oh Look! The Damn Teaser For BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE Is Finally Here!

Well, it took a little handwringing thanks to an unceremonious leak, but Warner Bros. finally decided to release the first official trailer for the upcoming superhero showdown, Batman V Superman: Dawn Of Justice on March 25, 2016. No Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luthor and no Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman – we just see our two heroes highlit in various shots throughout a grim monologue that delves into contemplative theology pertaining to superheroes as “false gods” and their purpose compared to that of mortals. Of course, for our dear Ben Affleck as Bruce Wayne opposite returning actor Henry Cavill following the destructive events in Man Of Steel a few years ago, clearly it’s a bit more personal. Clearly. There may be more than one trailer now that this one is out and about, as a second may actually grant its audience its previously-scheduled exclusive IMAX screening on Monday more new […]

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The Landlord Emerges In A New Clip From THE DEAD LANDS

If you were lucky enough to catch director Toa Fraser‘s new period epic, The Dead Lands, you’re pretty much not alone joining in as one in scores of folks who’ve heralded the film with great reviews. It’s a truly dramatic tale full of intensity, deep in scope and entrenched only within cerebral majesty as a coming-of-age story with actor James Rolleston starring as the son of a chieftain on a desperate mission to avenge the souls of his people. A new clip is online as the film has just been released in select theaters and on-demand today, and if trailers and upworthy reviews still don’t meet your needs, perhaps this peak into Fraser’s universe with a fearsome performance by supporting actor Lawrence Makoare will guarantee you something special. It sure did for me, and I talk more about it in my review which you can read by clicking here. Otherwise, […]

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Dolph Lundrgren Talks SKIN TRADE In A New Featurette

Director Ekachai Uekrongtham‘s latest film, Skin Trade is still on deck for an iTunes release next week before its theatrical release on May 8, and a new featurette is now making the rounds which you can check out below. Certainly a show of action-heavy star power, the film is definitely one that guarantees its fair share of fight action for martial arts fanboys who follow actor and producer Dolph Lundgren, and fellow action star cohorts Michael Jai White, and Tony Jaa in this, his second film of 2015 following his Hollywood debut in Furious Seven. SYNOPSIS: New Jersey detective, Nick Cassidy (Dolph Lundgren) heads to Bangkok where he teams up with Thai detective, Tony Vitayakui (Tony Jaa) to hunt down Viktor Dragovic (Ron Perlman) and destroy his human trafficking network. Nick had mistakenly killed Dragovic’s son in a sting operation on the New Jersey docks, and Dragovic responded by attempting […]

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The Revolution Begins In The New Trailer For ATTACK ON TITAN: PART 1

It’s been a great week of fandom for netizens in the wake of trailers for the world of sci-fi and fantasy. The same can certainly be said for the world of live-action anime adventures in lieu of director Higuchi Shinji‘s newest spectacle, Attack On Titan which presented its teaser a month ago to the delight of many as it is the first of a twofer with the second airing this September Even more so, fans in Japan and those who can access Japanese streaming video service, dTV will surely enjoy the forthcoming live action series which will bridge both films using a mixture of cast members from the movies and exclusively for the series. It’s no mistake to suggest that the excitement will only increase with the amount of popularity the Attack On Titan franchise has earned since its launch several years ago in ink and on television. It’s a […]

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The New Teaser For GONIN SAGA Awakens A Two-Decade-Old Grudge!

Japan’s economic crisis in the mid-1990’s proved quite useful in setting up a working formula for writer and director Ishii Takashi’s 1995 crime thriller, Gonin, starring Sato Koichi and legendary actor Kitano Takeshi in a violent tale of one man’s consequential attempt to rob the Yakuza with the help of four desperate cohorts. The film led to an indirect sequel a year later, but gladly enough, fans who enjoyed the first can now get a taste of what’s to come with the brand new teaser for Gonin Saga, a generational sequel almost two vengeful decades in the making and clearly aimed at adding just a few more layers to the drama, action, suspense, intrigue and thrills. SYNOPSIS via Eigapedia: Yuto’s father was Shigeru Hisamatsu, a young lieutenant with the Gosei-kai affiliated Ogoshi gang. Although Hisamatsu is a peaceful young man who’s grown up to have a very different life than […]

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Ryan Gosling Up To Star In BLADE RUNNER 2

I’m sure that actor Ryan Gosling talked retirement at one point, but whatever. He’s up for a role in Guillermo Del Toro’s upcoming fantasy flick, The Haunted Mansion, and he’s now up for a role in director Denis Villeneuve‘s forthcoming production of the long-awaited sci-fi sequel, Blade Runner 2 from Alcon Entertainment. The new script is exepected to take place several decades after the end of the first film. Actor Harrison Ford will be returning to the role of future detective, Rick Deckard, who, in the first film, takes on killer humanoid android “replicants” whilst coping with his own feelings for one which believes itself to be human. Details on Gosling‘s role are not yet made clear, while Ridley Scott, who directed the first film which earned its accolades through cult fandom and Congressional recognition among its other laurels, is executive producing with a script by returning scribes Hampton Fancher, […]

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STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENS Celebrate With The New Teaser!!

If you’re a Star Wars fan, the new official teaser for J.J. Abrams‘s Star Wars: The Force Awakens is exactly the best thing you’ve seen today. Forget about the debates you may have had about the new lightsaber design and the look of the stormtroopers and such. This is Star Wars, and it is exactly what you know you’ll be seeing this December. The second teaser for this, the seventh film in a new trilogy, unveiled for a panel at Star Wars Celebration in Anaheim, California which wraps this Sunday. Click HERE for more info and stay tuned for further content as it comes. In the meantime, mark December 18, 2015 on your calendar ahead of further films dated, including Star Wars Episode VIII set for May 26, 2017 and the upcoming spinoff film, Star Wars: Rogue One on December 16, 2016. In th meantime, new teaser below.  

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Watch The New Music Video For KUNG FURY Featuring David Hasselhoff!

The highly successful crowdfunding and subsequent production of Laser Unicorn’s upcoming online free release, Kung Fury, is finally headed toward a late May release. The project has garnered plenty of attention in the past year as independent filmmaker and actor David Sandberg launched funding for the project in stellar fashion with mind-blowing footage that harkens back to just the correct tone of 80’s outlandish sci-fi cheese and flair one could take in. Needless to say, as much as this was a small-budgeted indie actioner with a skeleton crew, Kung Fury is proof that where applicable, the vision is what matters. And it’s a winning vision at that: a rogue martial arts cop in the futuristic neon-lit 1980’s who accidentally rides a keyboard into an 8-bit portal through to the viking age while trying to kill Hitler – Yes, this one is definitely for the niche it was meant for, and […]

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STAR WARS CELEBRATION: Watch The Live Feed Right Here!

This year’s Star Wars Celebration is kicking off today over in Anaheim, California for the next four days, and we’ll get to see up to at least 30 hours of footage from the festivities with star studded panels and interviews and much more. Suffice it to say, much of that discussion will include the the brand new trailer for Celebration attendee and panelist, director J.J. Abrams‘s debut contribution to a galaxy far, far away, Star Wars: The Force Awakens. There’s no question that there will be some new faces added here as part of a brand new canon to attach itself to the previous six films dating back to 1977 when the phenomenon first began taking shape. We got our first glimpse at what this installation into the saga may entail in the first teaser back in November last year and it definitely got some conversations going as much of […]

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Place Your Bets In The New Teaser For COMIC 8: CASINO KINGS!

I suppose Indonesia’s latest resurgence into the action genre has done well enough that it can spoof itself to a certain degree. With this, we now get a look at what director Anggy Umbara has in store for the new action comedy, Comic 8: Casino Kings, the sequel to the first film released early last year, and headlined by a mix of returning cast members and new faces, along with a few noted action film veterans familar to the region – namely Barry Prima and Willy Dozan, and George Rudy…and for some reason, a really, really large alligator. I can’t find an English synopsis right now, so for better or worse, the film has a Wikipedia page with the following details; As usual, Google translate is pants when it comes to translating nearly anything sensibly, so gather what you may. SYNOPSIS: Comic 8: Casinos Kings’ will tell advanced 8 secret […]

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The New Trailer For Miike's YAKUZA APOCALYPSE Bites Back!

It’s only a matter of time before director Miike Takashi steps into the summer season with his latest vampire action thriller, Yakuza Apocalypse. It’s only his latest effort in keeping a promise to his long-celebrate signature style of film while we await further info on his future endeavors, and while the most recent teaser gained the film some publicity to start, we now have a minute-long trailer that lends a little more to the eye. It’s got yakuzas, vampires, some gore, badass tattoos, a better look at Yayan Ruhian in a film outside his normal Indonesian bearings…and a killer frog-suited..thing. Indeed, this looks hella fun. And random! SYNOPSIS: In the ruthless underground world of the yakuza, no one is more legendary than boss Kamiura. Rumored to be invincible, the truth is he is a vampire—a bloodsucking yakuza vampire boss! Among Kamiura’s gang is Kageyama, his most loyal underling. However, the […]

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WONDER WOMAN Gets Patty Jenkins To Direct!

It’s been two days since veteran television showrunner Michelle MacLaren reportedly left Warner Bros. long-awaited production of its forthcoming DCCU property, Wonder Woman, following her attachment to the film back in November last year. Alas, it was probably good that the studio stayed awake and in case things didn’t work out right away, and luckily, troubleshooting this one issue wasn’t so difficult. Word from THR states that Patty Jenkins has been tapped to replace McLaren who departed the film citing “creative differences”. Jenkins is best known for her work on her multi-award-winning 2003 debut crime pic, Monster, and was once tappd to direct the 2013 release of Thor: The Dark World herself before Terminator Genisys helmer Alan Taylor took the chair. The film is eyeing a June 23, 2017 release with actress Gal Gadot leading this, one of several appearances throughout Warner Bros. brewing DC Comics-based cinematic universe, including next […]

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[UPDATED] Yen's NOODLE MAN To Commence Filming This Summer

I blundered my earlier report on Wednesday pertaining to the news regarding one of action star Donnie Yen‘s most recent films announced, Noodle Man. The film was mentioned last year as the long-awaited Hollywood debut for the soon-to-be 52 year old martial arts superstar following an electric 31-year career in film spanning from Hong Kong cinema to action films in other markets, with just a few appearances in Hollywood to boot, and there is some actual news to share, still. The film will reportedly begin principal photography this summer with Daming Chen helming and Michael Shamberg producing. The film will center on Yen in the role of a down-and-out ex-cop-turned-noodle shop owner who crosses paths with the Chinese drug lord responsible for his partner’s death fifteen years earlier. Casting rumors are rampant with the IMDb page listing actress Michelle Yeoh with previous mentions of actors Robert DeNiro and Al Pacino […]

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Chris Pratt Is THE REAL MCCOY For Universal

Cowboy. Ninja. Viking., The Magnificent Seven, Guardians Of The Galaxy 2…times are great for actor Chris Pratt. He’ll soon be running with a pack of raptors in this June’s Jurassic World which will undoubtedly add to the fanfare surrounding earlier suspicions and hopes he would otherwise take the mantle as Indiana Jones…but we’ll save that talk for another time, maybe. Word from THR indicates Pratt is up to star in The Real McCoy, newly acquired by Universal Pictures following a bidding war with Warner Bros. in the last two days. The film will be produced by originator Tom McNulty and producer Michael De Luca with a script by The Judge scribe Bill Dubuque which sets Pratt as the lead in the American 1930’s Prohibition Era, inspired by the real-life story of bootlegger Bill McCoy who smuggled clean, uncut rum from the Bahamas into the states without help from the mob. […]

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Is 'Kingsman' Helmer Matthew Vaughn Up To Remake FLASH GORDON?

Director Matthew Vaughn’s got a fan base. He’s certainly made sure of that with hits like the 2008 film, Kick-Ass, the 2012 mutant superhero epic, X-Men: First Class and this year’s gentleman’s action-packed adventure adaptation, Kingsman: The Secret Service, and if you want more with him at the helm, feel free to take a gander at what’s happening with the long-developing remake, Flash Gordon. Plans to remake the film have been around for a while now, notably for Sahara helmer Breck Eisner to direct for Colombia Pictures long before it was finally picked up by Twentieth Century Fox in April last year. Now, THR is reporting that Vaughn is now in talks to direct the film based on the 1934 comic strip which saw its way to several film releases. The most notable film adaptation hails from the British 1980 feature with actor and then-Playgirl centerfold Sam Jones in the […]

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KUNG FU PANDA Moves Up To January 2016

Dreamworks Animation has been pretty busy so far in restructuring itself since the top of the year. The studio will only be releasing two films per year from now through 2018, starting next year with Kung Fu Panda 3, the third installation of the Jack Black-starring kung fu animated franchise with Twentieth Century Fox, and word has it from the Dreamworks Animation CEO himself, Jeffrey Katzenberg, that there could be another trilogy in the works beyond that point, which does feed the curiousity. Anyway, the film has been pushed back a few times between its previously-announced December 2015 and March 2016 dates, but THR is now reporting that the film will arrive just a little sooner next year with a flag planted for January 29, 2016, so it’s definitely a small sign of better prospects to hopefully come. Animation veterans Jennifer Yuh Nelson and Alessandro Carloni are co-directing the new […]

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YA Novel, THE YOUNG ELITES, Now In Trilogy Development At Fox, Temple Hill

The YA audience of book fanatics and moviegoers still prove to be a particularlu viable source for the people over at 20th Century Fox and Temple Hill Entertainment. Their current success with last year’s The Maze Runner, has become a thing with a sequel on the way this September, and with this, they’ve now taken it upon themselves to pursue another live-action venture – this time with author Marie Lu’s late 2014 Putnam Juvenile publication, The Young Elites. THR reports that Marty Bowen and Wyck Godfrey are producing the film for Temple Hill, set in a time when a rampant disease called the “blood fever” which transforms some of its victims, even granting them special powers and gifts. Some of these survivors become known as the Young Elites, protected by a secret society from the Inquisition Axis, including Adelina Amouteru, a silver-haired, one-eyed scarred woman whose abilities are discovered to […]

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Leung's and Luk's HELIOS Gets Some New Poster Art

We’re just about at the halfway point of the month before the release of Helios, the latest international action thriller from directing duo Sunny Luk and Longman Leung. The film is gearing up for a release in China at the end of April before it’s Hong Kong premiere on May 1, and accordingly, the promotional campaign doled out some cool new poster art to keep the excitement going. SYNOPSIS: When the wanted criminal Helios stole a large quantity of uranium and plans to produce mass destructive weapons to trade with a terrorist organization in Hong Kong, chief inspector Lee Yin Ming and inspector Fan Ka Ming leads the Counter Terrorism Response Unit of the Hong Kong Police Force, together with Chinese senior official Song An, physics professor Siu Chi Yan and two South Korean weapon experts Choi Min Ho and Pok Yu Chit, attempt to defuse a crisis sufficient to […]

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