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YEAR ONE: A Word From Yours Truly

I kinda have to thank Jackie Chan for sorta being the root of this. It’s kinda his fault, lol. Back in 2007, I took interest in starting a blog that would put me in direct touch with a branch of the industry that garnered my interest in action movies, the independent scene. This interest was ultimately driven by my enjoyment of films from groups like Zero Gravity, The Stunt People, VJ Films, Montanick Puctures, Persistence Of Vision, Whirlwind Action and Jabronie Pictures, etc. and I knew that by contacting indie filmmakers I felt I could lean into something I felt wasn’t getting a lot of attention. So I went to this site called freehostia.com and started a free-trial offer that would allow me to build up content until I decided to purchase that particular domain, provided that I would have the money. And by then, I had already interviewed a […]

POLICE STORY 2013 Makes Its Way To Toronto

Lee B. Golden III

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. […]

Updates On Police Story 2013

Lee B. Golden III

In a recent interview with Kung Fu Magazine, writer Gene Ching had the opportunity to speak to TV/film actor, martial artist and Jackie Chan’s own disciple, Jack Tu, about the latest with Jackie Chan’s upcoming film, Police Story 2013: GC: “Why don’t you catch our readers up on the film and television projects you’ve been doing lately.” JT: “Ah, the film I just finished is Jackie Chan’s Police Story 2013. In that story, there’s not a lot of fighting action. There’s lots of shooting, police and military involved in this.” GC: “Now this is not a sequel to the original Police Story franchises. It’s a whole new thing, right?” JT: “It’s a lot different than the old one because this one takes place in Beijing in winter. All the cops and all the police are China policemen. It’s kind of unique. It’s fun because they used the real cops and special forces. […]

NARAYANA CABRAL: Driven To Soar

Lee B. Golden III

Narayana Cabral is a natural-born athlete, multifaceted in martial arts, freerunning, gymnastics, aerial body manipulation, and skateboarding. Growing up in Southern California, he has since applied himself from a very young age, working to illustrate his abilities on both sides of the camera, performing stuntwork and comprehensive stunt coordination and fight choreography, teaching, editing, direction and cinematography. With lifelong dreams of becoming a martial arts action star, inspired by such contemporary action hits such as Ong Bak, The Forbidden Kingdom, The Raid: Redemption, Ip Man 2 and Undisputed 3, his years of incorporating his physical prowess with years of independent filmmaking experience has led him to train and work with numerous people, from Micah Brock, Shaun Charney and Chancler Hayes, to martial arts cinema greats like Erik Betts and Art Camacho. (You can view some of Narayana’s training footage with Art Camacho here and here.) Narayana also attributes the pursuit […]