martial arts Archives – Nerd Report

Dragon Inn Criterion Collection Blu-ray Review: The Beginning of Martial Arts Movies

July 23, 2018

When I fell in love with Hong Kong cinema in the ‘90s, I saw the Dragon Inn remake with Donnie Yen. Now thanks to the Criterion Collection I can dig deeper into Chinese cinema with the Taiwanese original, and o... Read More...

Jackie Chan Announces New Jackie Chan Adventures Cartoons

Fred Topel

September 22, 2017

Movies, News, TV

Jackie Chan was a martial arts legend around the world before Rumble in the Bronx made him one in the U.S. too. But it was his animated show, Jackie Chan Adventures, that made him a hero to children. The show r... Read More...

Exclusive Interview: The LEGO Ninjago Movie Director Charlie Bean

Fred Topel

September 19, 2017

Interviews, Movies, Nerd Stuff

The LEGO Movie briefly touched on all the different LEGO worlds that are available for kids to build. The LEGO Ninjago Movie is a whole world set on the island of Ninjago, with Master Wu (Jackie Chan) leading t... Read More...

Jackie Chan’s Kung Fu Yoga Blu-ray Review

Fred Topel

August 16, 2017

Bluray/DVD, Movies, Review

Jackie Chan's latest still delivers an impressive amount of fighting for a 63-year-old martial artist. As he's done for the past 10 years, Kung Fu Yoga involves many more visual effects, and the VFX aren't as g... Read More...

Exclusive Interview: Scott Adkins on Close Range, Hard Target 2 and Boyka: Undisputed IV

Fred Topel

December 9, 2015

Exclusive, Interview, Movies

Scott Adkins at Close Range Scott Adkins’ new movie is called Close Range and if you’ve seen Adkins fight, you know bad guys wouldn’t want to get within striking distance of him. Adkins plays Colton MacRead... Read More...

Close Range Review: Country Strong

Fred Topel

December 4, 2015

Bluray/DVD, Movies, Review

Close Range is another great action vehicle for Scott Adkins, and may be the beginning of another franchise for him. It’s got a good simple setup for action, but Adkins plays a character who could easily have m... Read More...

Exclusive Interview: Isaac Florentine on Close Range and Boyka: Undisputed IV

Fred Topel

December 3, 2015

Exclusive, Interview, Movies

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: ... Read More...

Fantastic Fest Review: Yakuza Apocalypse Is Blissfully Absurd

Fred Topel

September 25, 2015

Movies, Review

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 t... Read More...

Wesley Snipes Exclusive – The Player and New Martial Arts

Fred Topel

September 23, 2015

Exclusive, Interview, TV

Wesley Snipes is starring in a TV show about gambling in Las Vegas, and I didn’t get to him before all the Comic-Con press asked him if he’d say “Always bet on black.” Oh well, at least the new generation of re... Read More...

Exclusive Interview: Marko Zaror on Redeemer and The Green Ghost

Fred Topel

September 22, 2015

Interview, Movies

Redeemer now on Blu-ray and DVD As I get ready to attend Fantastic Fest this year, I think back to a movie I saw at least year’s Fantastic Fest. Redeemer is the latest from Chilean martial artist ... Read More...

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