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NYAFF XXII Adds THE WHITE STORM 3, Honorees And More For The Summer Line-Up!

I had a distinct feeling that we were going to get some great news this month ahead of the New York Asian Film Festival. That’s to say I had a feeling that Louis Koo’s upcoming award reception would be accomodated with a premiere of Herman Yau’s The White Storm 3: Heaven Or Hell, a welcome feat next to the premiere of medical drama, Vital Sign. Adding to the mix is Thai actioner Kitty The Killer whose director Lee Thongkam is par for the course with a ceremony of his own, now announced in the latest press release as of Thursday which you can view below. Tickets go on sale tomorrow as well so, heads’ up! FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE THE NEW YORK ASIAN FILM FOUNDATION AND FILM AT LINCOLN CENTER UNVEIL THE UNCAGED COMPETITION LINEUP, MORE AWARD HONOREES, CENTERPIECE AND SPECIAL GUESTS FOR 22ND EDITION OF THE NEW YORK ASIAN FILM […]

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MAD HEIDI Review: Mad, Cheesy Fun

Swissploitation made landfall in 2018 with a splashy crowdfunding campaign ripe with all the trimmings of grindhouse fanfare for the inspired action cheesefest, Mad Heidi. The evident success of the campaign has since brought the film to life with the efforts of Johannes Hartmann and Sandro Klopfstein at the helm, and rousing reception at festivals around the world and its current event screenings stateside. At the forefront of it all is Alice Lucy in the title role for the story of an idyllic girl living the Swiss Alps. She lives with her grandfather, Alpöhi (David Schofield) who disproves of her loving relationship with Goat Peter (Kel Matsena) for reasons not revealed until just a little later as the film shows that he’s been trafficking illegal dairy products much to the chagrin of Switzerland’s fascistic regime led by President Meili (Casper Van Dien). When Kommandant Knorr (Max Rüdlinger) catches and publicly […]

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ENTER THE DRAGON Whips Its Tail On 4K Ultra HD This August!

Screen legend Bruce Lee continues to be the center of ample ceremony in martial arts and film fandom, especially ahead of the fiftieth anniversary of the action star’s passing. This now brings us to the latest refurbished re-release of Robert Clouse’s Enter The Dragon for its August 8 release on 4K Ultra HD. More via Blu-Ray.com: Warner Bros. Home Entertainment will celebrate the 50th anniversary of Robert Clouse’s classic film Enter the Dragon (1973) with a brand new 4K Blu-ray release, which will be available for purchase on August 8th. Description: Five decades following his untimely death, Bruce Lee remains the movies’ supreme martial arts star. His masterful final film, Enter The Dragon, stands the test of time as the most beloved martial arts epic in film history. This box office hit takes Lee to the island fortress of criminal warlord Han, whose martial arts academy covers up opium smuggling and prostitution […]

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CREATION OF THE GODS: KINGDOM OF STORMS Debuts First Official Trailer For Wu Er Shan’s Long-Awaited Fantasy Epic

While there have been multiple adaptations and iterations of the 16th century “Fengshen Yanyi” novel for film and TV, Wu Er Shan (Mojin: The Lost Legend, Painted Skin: The Resurrection) is making his most daring play yet to be the filmmaking face of the franchise. Thus, after six years and with some of the highest expectations ever set for a Chinese film production, Creation Of The Gods: Kingdom Of Storms. Based on the most well-known classical fantasy novel of China, Fengshenyanyi, the trilogy is a magnificent eastern high fantasy epic that recreates the prolonged mythical wars between humans, immortals and monsters, which happened more than three thousand years ago. A teaser first arose back in 2019, and of course we can all understand the extent to which its dated 2020 release at the time was delayed, like most films that year. A small price to pay nonetheless, and with a […]

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UNOFFICIAL OPERATION First Teaser Trailer Reveals Topsy-Turvy Rescue Antics With Ha Jung-Woo And Ju Ji-Hoon!

Kim Sung-hoon’s new political thriller has a rousing first teaser trailer for Unofficial Operation following poster and image reveals in the past month. The film stars Ha Jung-woo and Ju Ji-hoon and opens on August 2 from Showbox in South Korea; a North American release via Well Go USA is also in toe. Ha plays a diplomat thrust into the turmoil of the war-torn streets of 1986 Beirut when he’s assigned to rescue another diplomat who was kidnapped and taken hostage two years earlier. Ju plays a local taxi driver and the other half of the oddball pairing that must now work together if they’re to survive Beirut and complete the mission. Check out the teaser trailer!

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QUICKSAND Trailer Sinks You Deep Into Danger

Folks keen on more chilling content and are subscribed to AMC’s premium horror streamer, Shudder, can look forward Quicksand, the new English-language Colombian survival thriller coming this summer. The official trailer made its debut this week as well, with a script written by Matt Pitts, and directed by Andrés Beltrán (Tarumama). In Quicksand, an American couple, on the brink of divorce, travel to Colombia for a work conference. While on a hike through the rainforest, a storm causes them to become trapped in a pit of quicksand. Unable to move, it becomes a struggle for survival as they battle the elements of the jungle and a venomous snake, in order to escape. Starring Carolina Gaitàn (Encanto) and Allan Hawco (Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan). Quicksand will release as a Shudder Original on Shudder beginning July 14, in addition to launching on AMC+ the same day.

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DUST TO DUST: Don’t Miss The First Thrilling Teaser For Jonathan Li’s Heist Drama

After shelling out enough to win actor Da Peng a Golden Goblet Award for Best Actor at the Shanghai Film Festival this week, the actor’s awarded performance was soon sampled among the cast for Dust To Dust. Production began roughly four years ago, reteaming The Brink helmer and producer Jonathan Li and Soi Cheang, respectively. The story comes ripped from the headlines as it’s inspired by one of the biggest crimes in regional history when armed gangsters violently robbed a transport vehicle of up to fifteen million yuan in 1995. Dust To Dust chronicles the efforts undertaken during ghe to catch the criminals, as well as the interwoven drama that ensues between members of the gang. The film also stars Zhang Song Wen, Sun Yang, Wang Zi Chen, Lam Ka Tung and Xi Qi, and opens in China on September 9. Check out the teaser!

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REVEILLE: Catch The Trailer For Michael Akkerman’s New WWII Drama Coming In August

In late 1943, an American squad engages in a skirmish with German soldiers along the Winter Line in central Italy. As artillery shells begin to rain down, the Americans must honor the rules of war and protect their wounded prisoners. Huddled together in a cave and made to see the enemy as human, the soldiers wrestle with unimaginable moral questions that lie outside the boundaries of nationality and allegiance. Buffalo 8 is proudly releasing Reveille, the new World War II drama from writer and director Michael Akkerman. The film opens on-Demand on August 4, and stars Kevin Sinic, Bernd Wittneben, Yony Marian, Jared Becker, Joe Bongiovanni, Jake Powers, and Maxwell David Marcus, and is presented in English, German and Polish languages with English Subtitles. Set amidst the treacherous Winter Line in central Italy during the mid stages of World War II, REVEILLE is a gripping war drama that takes audiences […]

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Streaming Sleepers: In Tiffany Toney’s BORA, Sex, Drugs And Murder Unravel Chilling Duality

It’s been a while since I’ve mentioned a word on Bora, the latest independent thriller debut from actress, producer and filmmaker Tiffany Toney. The movie was shot several years ago and has since run the post-production gamut followed by screenings and a subsequent release on Amazon Prime Video as well as FAST platform, Tubi. The concept here isn’t too dissimilar from other films you may have seen. Invariably, it’s a rich take on a popular angle venturing into the psychological, with a sexy, chilling twist that serves the film’s rewarding narrative. Enter Ajima Cole who inaugurates our story in the role of Elon, a young woman whose idyllic life with boyfriend Shawn (Gichi Gamba) is about to take a life-shattering tumble ahead after a chance (we’ll say) bumping-into with a wandering junkie named Bora (Toney). Well into the first half of Bora, the viewer is introduced to a bevy of […]

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UNOFFICIAL OPERATION: Hitch A Ride In New Posters And Stills For The Latest South Korean Political Thriller

A title change remains in order for Kim Sung-hoon’s newest film starring Ha Jung-woo and Ju Ji-hoon. For this, we turn to the official poster art treatments, as well as a batch of stills for Unofficial Operation, which opens in South Korean cinemas on August 2 from Showbox. Ha plays a diplomat thrust into the turmoil of the war-torn streets of 1986 Beirut when he’s assigned to rescue another diplomat who was kidnapped and taken hostage two years earlier. Ju plays a local taxi driver and the other half of the oddball pairing that must now work together if they’re to survive Beirut and complete the mission. Peep the pictorials in the mosaic below!

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CINDERELLA’S REVENGE: Lauren Staerck And More Announced For New Horror/Fairytale Flick Now Filming

I’m late to the party on this but film fans can now take a gander at Cinderella’s Revenge and the latest casting news announcing Lauren Staerck who will join Natasha Henstride for the new horror/fairytale flick currently in production in England. Andy Edwards (Zombie Spring Breakers) is directing the pic which hails from Sobini Films In the film, when Cinderella’s (Staerck) wicked step-sisters and Step-Mother push her too far, she swaps her glass slippers for a blood-soaked vengeance with the help of her Fairy Godmother (Henstridge) in this twisted fairytale. Stephanie Lodge, Beatrice Fletcher, Megan Purvis and Darrell Griggs round out the cast. Mark Amin of Sobini Films is producing along with Mark Lester, Cami Winikoff, and Jessica Mathis. “Cinderella is the most famous fairy tale in the world. We were able to develop a great horror script that is also a female empowerment story with global appeal,” said Sobini’s […]

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KRAVEN THE HUNTER Red-Band Trailer Debuts The Newest Chapter In Marvel Cinema From Sony

Provided that you’re not like me and you’ve been able to keep up with all things Marvel, you’re now at the latest milemarker with Sony signaling the fandom with director J.C. Chandor’s Kraven The Hunter starring Aaron Taylor Johnson and Russell Crowe. Kraven the Hunter is the visceral story about how and why one of Marvel’s most iconic villains came to be. Set before his notorious vendetta with Spider-Man, Aaron Taylor-Johnson stars as the titular character in the R-rated film. The film also stars Ariana DeBose, Fred Hechinger, Alessandro Nivola and Christopher Abbott. Sony is opening the film in March and now has a red-band trailer to help whet the appetite.

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OPERATION BLACK OPS Trailer: Tito Ortiz And Cris Cyborg Headline Their Own ‘Expendables-Style’ Actioner For July Release

Somewhere along the way former UFC fighting champs Tito Ortiz and Cris “Cyborg” Justino stepped up as primary casting choices for Jamaal Burden’s newest tac’d-up action thriller, Operation Black Ops. The two are now joined by a cast listing of Mike Ferguson, Kelsey Johnson, Mike Markoff, Paul Bikibili, JD Ellis, Alicia Gakima, Rafael Cansino, JR Orvalle, Jenna Pena, and Mario Torres, and with a DVD and Digital release set for July 11 from Uncork’d Entertainment. A group of mercenaries are hired to overthrow a Neo-Nazi stronghold nestled deep in the heart of Texas, only to discover they are protecting nuclear codes that could ignite World War III. “Featuring high velocity action sequences and plenty of bullets, Operation Black Ops will keep action audiences enthralled.” said Keith Leopard, President Uncork’d Entertainment. “If you love The Expendables movies, you’ll definitely want to check this one out when we release this summer.” We’ll […]

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SHEROES Review: A Tale Of Short-Sighted Sheroics

Sheroes arrives in theaters and on digital June 23 from Paramount Movies. Filmmaker Jordan Gertner bears a resumè largely consisting of producing credits that date back to the late nineties. His efforts as such on director Harmony Korine’s 2012 movie, Spring Breakers, comes part of the marketing package nowadays with Gertner making his debut of late with action adventure thriller, Sheroes. Leading the cast is a roster of actresses with notable social media followings in the millions, including model and actress Sasha Luss, the face of Luc Besson’s sultry spy thriller, Anna. Rounding out the quartet of Gertner’s female-fronted action adventure is Orphan franchise star Isabelle Fuhrman, Wallis Day of Netflix series “Sex/Life” and CW series “Batwoman” fame, and recurring Disney talent, actress and voice-over star Skai Jackson. Gertner directs from his own script, in addition to sharing the familiar producers’ hat on the pic. Among the list of nearly […]

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FIST OF THE CONDOR: Win A Blu-Ray Copy Of The Hit Martial Arts Thriller

Marko Zaror and director Ernesto Diaz Espinoza are already in tow with more prospective cinematic action. That especially includes a sequel to Fist Of The Condor, the inaugural martial arts revenge spiritual now available from Well Go USA on Blu-Ray and streaming on Hi-YAH! Upon the empire’s fall to invading conquistadors, the 16th-century Incas quickly concealed a sacred manual containing the secrets behind their deadly fighting technique. But after centuries of careful safeguarding, the manual is again at risk of falling into the wrong hands, leaving its rightful guardian to battle the world’s greatest assassins to protect the ancient secrets within. The goal was to host this giveaway much earlier but a bulletin went out about a month ago citing an issue with the warehouse, and so I wasn’t able to acquire my two giveaway copies of Fist Of The Condor. That all changed late last week, hence the giveaway […]

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RED VALLEY Trailer: Swords And Will Power Cross In Greg Schwartz’s Debut Action Short

Last summer I had the privilege to check out a rough cut of Red Valley, an independently-produced fantasy action short directed by Greg Schwartz. It’s Schwartz’s first directorial gig as well after stunt-performing for several years and with post-production finally in his rear-view, the new sword-and-sandals indie epic now has a trailer with a July release in the works. After 100 years of bloody conflict, the opposing sides agree to have their two greatest warriors fight in unarmed, single combat to decide the war. Those warriors are Coleman Riley Taylor and Ben Chaverin with the rest of the cast front and center in the player below.

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A FATHER’S SON: A DETECTIVE JACK YU INVESTIGATION: Patrick Chen’s Chinatown Crime Noir Makes Its Riveting Fathers’ Day Debut

I’ve been wanting to see director Patrick Chen’s A Father’s Son: A Detective Jack Yu Investigation, since I first heard about it in 2019. The new shortfilm is adopted from the work of author Henry Chang’s Detective Jack Yu novel series, crowdfunded via Kickstarter and following production, subsequently became the recipient of ceremony at numerous festival audiences since its virtual premiere in Oregon last year. The most standout and alluring aspect about this shortfilm is its asthetics. A Father’s Son: A Detective Jack Yu Investigation immediately immerses you in 1990s New York City. The costumes, set designs and pieces bring coherence to Chen’s apt treatment of a story to compliment the powerful performances of its cast, led by actor and comedian Ronny Chieng, as well as a rich and substantive script by Chen and co-writers Eddie Shieh and the aforementioned Chang who exec produces. Be ready for typewriters and rotary […]

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Avatar: The Last Airbender, Rebel Moon, Heart Of Stone (Netflix)

Netflix: SQUID GAME S2, AVATAR: THE LAST AIRBENDER, REBEL MOON, HEART OF STONE, ONE PIECE And More Selects From Saturday’s Tudum Event

Netflix held its Tudum Global Fan Event live in Brazil on Saturday and was host to a bevy of upcoming gems. News has already been announced regarding a third entry for Extraction and the casting of Linda Hamilton for the final season for Stranger Things, as well as a season two renewal for Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Fubar. As for teaser and promo materials, I’ve picked out some selections that stood out, including second season casting of Squid Game, teaser footage for La Casa De Papel spin-off, Berlin; a sixth-season cast promo for Cobra Kai; a first look teaser for 3 Body Problem; a K-Content preview featuring footage from Celebrity, the next season of D.P., Mask Girl, A Time Called You, and action thrillers Ballerina and Believer 2, Song Of The Bandits, Doona!, Daily Dose Of Sunshine, the next season of Sweet Home and upcoming Gyeongseong Creature; the first official series teaser […]

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THE MOON: Sol Kyung-Gu And Do Kyung-Soo Star In The New Space Thriller Coming In August

Along With The Gods franchise director Kim Yong-hwa is soon to set sail into the stars this summer with interstellar survival thriller, The Moon. CJ Entertainment is fueling the campaign for the film’s August 2 release with the official trailer which you can view below. Kim directs from his own script featuring Sul Kyung-gu (Kill Boksoon) and Do Kyung-soo (Along With The Gods franchise). The film is set in the near future, and centers on an ex-control director’s efforts to bring a stranded astronaut home when solar winds threaten catastrophe for their latest space mission in seven years. CJ ENM produced the film in association with BLAAD Studios. Enjoy the latest official trailer!

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