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Fighting Spirit Film Festival 2022: WAY OF THE DRAGON, NEW YORK NINJA, SURVIVING BOKATOR And More Headline London Events Next Month!

The Fighting Spirit Film Festival is following up its Spring events in Birmingham with a two-day Bruce Lee-themed event jam-packed with a celebration of action and martial arts in London’s Stratford East Picturehouse on September 10 and 11. The full line-up is available at the official website, with as many as five titles for its feature line-up, and twenty-one shorts presentations, including the Out-Of-Competition screening of Blood And Bone helmer Ben Ramsey’s 2015 indie comic adaptation, Black Salt. There will also be several guest events, including a screen combat seminar by stuntman Philip D’Orléans (King Arthur: Legend Of The Sword) and a martial arts demo by Elbiz Bison and his team at Bison MMA. There will also be five feature films to catch at the two-day events throughout, with support in part by London’s Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office. Two of the films will be documentaries with the other […]

Screener Review: MOMENTUM (2015)

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Stephan Campanelli is well on the way for an October release of his feature film directorial debut, Momentum, which presents a stylish little gem for fans of female-centric action and thrills at the cinema. Olga Kurylenlo stars in this one, and its a film that definitely lets her strech a few more muscles, which I’m always for, although when it comes to the applied formula here, it certainly feels like more of the same in some aspects. Kurylenko stars as Alex, the leader of a team during a botched robbery which exposes her identity. Her team escapes with one fatality and an incriminating goods that now makes Alex target of a corrupt U.S. Senator’s hired mercenaries led by none other than the ruthless Mr. Washington. With more bodied piling up and her extender family now in danger, Alex is in the fight of her life with a package of diamonds […]

Olga Kurylenko Actioner, MOMENTUM, Gets An October US Release

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Actress Olga Kurylenko certainly has a screen presence about her worthy of an action role – the best case so far being that opposite Daniel Craig in Quantum Of Solace. Shes does pretty well for herself in that regard and now her latest, Momentum, is finally on the way to a release in the U.S. following its acquisition by Starz Digital back in July. SYNOPSIS: After being unmasked during a heist, an infiltration expert (Olga Kurylenko) finds herself mixed up in a conspiracy and deadly game of cat-and-mouse with a master assassin (James Purefoy). Stephen Campanelli directs with James Purefoy lending his best English-accenter action film villany for a theatrical and digital release on October 16. Check out the trailer!

Watch Olga Kurylenko Kick Ass In The Latest Trailer For MOMENTUM

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As of late, the general populace of filmmaker Stephan Campanelli‘s filmmography consisted largely of credits relative to his skillset in cinematography, with a slew of nominations and wins for credits on titled like J. Edgar, Hereafter and The Maze Runner. Since then he’s taken a much more active role in the director’s chair and his latest heist thriller, Momentum, gives us a great look at a new femme fatale in the making with actress Olga Kurylenko front and center. As for whether or not he can deliver the same affect he does in making her look like someone who can kick people five-feet across the room remains to be seen. Otherwise, this has my attention. SYNOPSIS: Alex, a mysterious thief, is pulled in by her former partner for one last heist. She quickly finds it was never just about the diamonds. A brutal murder sparks a cat and mouse chase […]