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Movies 2009 #1 Warrior from Shaolin

There are worse ways to start off my year in movies than with a film like The Warrior From Shaolin. Sure it was dubbed and it’s not the greatest martial arts movie from the era, but it’s still got plenty … Continue reading

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David Bordwell is Trying to Butter Me Up Once Again

Sure, he doesn’t know me from Adam, but… why else would he be writing things like this: I became convinced that martial arts movies from Japan and Hong Kong constituted as important a contribution to film aesthetics as did the … Continue reading

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To Make Up For Having Watched Forbidden Kingdom…

Here are a couple of trailers. First, TONY JAA in Ong Bak 2. Ong Bak was one of the worst movies I’ve ever seen and at the very same time, one of the best. Worst because according to the normal … Continue reading

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Movies 2008 #25 Forbidden Kingdom

The Forbidden Kingdom Speaking directly to the makers of this film, and quoting Yngwie Malmsteen in the process, I say, “you’ve released the fucking fury.”

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