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Scoring her first lead role, mixed martial arts champion Gina Carano struts her stuff in this fast-paced action thriller from director Steven Soderbergh (SEX, LIES, AND VIDEOTAPE). At a small restaurant in upstate New York, Mallory (Carano) sits and waits when a young man, Aaron (Channing Tatum) shows up. He informs Mallory that he has [...]
Gadget Show Live was a fantastic experience! We had a morning till dusk queue of people playing our demo and several media instances tried it out as well. During the show, about 1000 people played and much much more watched. The feedback was positive and encouraging. It was a magical experience for people, especially kids [...]
Mixed martial arts champion Cung Le gets his first lead role (since the unreleased 2007 film BLIZNIY BOY) in this interesting action thriller that co-stars Jean-Claude Van Damme and Peter Weller. Released from prison, Hong (Le) goes to the city of St. Jude Springs. He only has one intention in the city: clean the streets. [...]
Add my voice to the chorus of praise for THE RAID: REDEMPTION, the Gareth Evens-Iko Uwais collaboration that opened in Boston last week. I’ve seen it twice already, and my respect for what they’ve accomplished here has grown with each viewing. The story is mythic, the execution both primal and layered. If this is the [...]
Martial arts legends Don “The Dragon” Wilson and Cynthia Rothrock have reunited for the first time in eight years on film. The duo have recently wrapped production on a new martial arts action film entitled WHITE TIGER. While the news of the film mainly revolved around Wilson and Rothrock, who will be appearing on-screen together [...]
Early last year, Huayi Brothers Media Corp. announced plans for a trilogy of films based on the life of Yang style tai chi founder Yang Luchan. Jet Li was attached to the project, and Stephen Fung(HOUSE OF FURY) was on board as director. Although it’s now unclear if Li is still involved (IMDb lists him as a producer), [...]
Originally titled BAIL ENFORCERS, this Canadian independent action film is truly B-grade material. However, the action proves to be decent due to its combination of martial arts and professional wrestling maneuvers in part from former WWE diva Trish Stratus. Stratus plays Jules, who holds two jobs to support her daughter as a single mother. She [...]
Hyperactivity, short attention span, uncontrollable outbursts: the joys of parenthood. And soccer on the weekend and video games alone might not be enough to hold back the tidal waters that are youthful exuberance. Don’t despair there may be a healthy, productive way to help your child focus and manage their energy while helping to protect them [...]
Could getting your kids involved in martial arts at an early age help protect them from bullies later in life? There are many reasons to believe it just might do the trick. The problem of bullying has been working its way relentlessly into the public eye by grabbing headlines with troubled kids who have been bullied and [...]
It is the quintessential classic kung fu movie from martial arts filmmaker Ng See-yuen that recasts his super-kicking SECRET RIVALS stars John Liu and Hwang Jang-lee in their fourth and greatest screen match up. Taking a page from the playbook of director Lau Kar-leung who had released EXECUTIONERS FROM SHAOLIN earlier in the year with [...]