I got to know Isaac Florentine two years ago when Ninja: Shadow of a Tear premiered at Fantastic Fest. I had been following his work with martial artist Scott Adkins in Ninja, Undisputed II and Undisputed III: Redemption, so I was excited to see another sequel and learn more about his career, getting into the […]
If you saw Lake Bell go primal in the gritty indie thriller Black Rock, that was nothing compared to No Escape. No Escape has her jumping across rooftops, dodging helicopters and running through the streets of Thailand. The film stars Bell and Owen Wilson as a couple who’ve just moved to a foreign country when […]
Max is a canine American Sniper. I mean that as a compliment. The same way that film honored human heroics and respected emotional trauma, so does Max for the canine members of the Marines. Max was the Marine dog of Kyle Wincott (Robbie Amell). When Kyle is killed in action, Max is sent home with […]
Back in the ‘90s, Hollywood had the idea to dub Jackie Chan movies in English and release them as new movies. New Line was the pioneer of this with Dimension Films following their lead. This week Warner Home Video brings two of the New Line titles to Blu-ray for the first time and I’m happy […]
So wait, they’re yakuza and vampires? Honestly, how has no one thought of this before? I mean, I can’t say for sure they haven’t. I haven’t exhausted all the yakuza films of Japanese cinema. It is a good idea though. It reminds me of the American vampire film Innocent Blood where a mafioso is bitten […]
Blindspot premieres tonight on NBC and will air Mondays at 10. You’ve been seeing the promos all summer with Jaimie Alexander covered in tattoos, climbing out of a bag naked in the middle of Times Square. She’s been working it too, going everywhere to promote the show. We sat in on a roundtable with Alexander […]