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Clearly, it is Donnie Yen who has taken the cheers and expectations of his viewers and supporters to the next level, much like Jackie Chan. While Chan is well associated with more absurd “What the fuck” moments than Amanda Byrnes at the international roller disco, Yen keeps moving to different strengths. For a fan of […]

Jane Giles and Ali Catterall’s documentary “Scala!!!” is about a legendary, notorious, hugely influential and long-gone London theater. But it’ll appeal to anyone whose formative moviegoing years were defined by eccentric, usually urban or college-town cinemas that programmed whatever the folks who ran the place found interesting and switched lineups every day or two. There

Famed screen actor and martial artist Jackie Chan needs little introduction. Chan has over 1.25 billion fans from China, and is adored in the West as well, with millions wishing to attain the level of superstardom he finds himself at. With Chan’s range of stunts and habit of clowning, he has managed to garner appreciation

“Istanbul is a place…where people come to disappear.” This is the sad conclusion arrived at by late in this moving film by one of its principal characters, Lia, a stern-faced older woman who has crossed over into the Turkish capital from the Black Sea’s Batumi, a desolate-looking spot in Georgia. A retired school teacher, she

Although TNT aired a Librarian trilogy of movies last month, I am struggling to find some time to watch it. Instead, most of the December I dedicated to Christmas movies. But now I am catching up with the second one in the series. The prequel to the Librarian series, ‘The Return to King Solomon’s Mines’

In the credits of ’The Baytown Outlaws’ which Barry Battles directed, God was placed at position number five. The film does not shy away from being racist as made evident by Alfred and Longoria’s conjoined character. This is a little peculiar as they feature supporting characters who only make a few brief appearances. In fact,

Kei Chika-ura’s “Great Absence” is obviously a personal piece, the kind of drama in which one can sense a connection to the subject matter in the subtlety with which it’s handled. Anyone who has dealt with the deterioration of a parent will find something resonant in Chika-ura’s film, one that can sometimes feel self-indulgent in

In Chuck Russell’s I Am Wrath, much like many of Travolta’s latter films, this is not a good movie, but there is a good movie contained somewhere inside and the better movie is trying to scratch and claw its way out. Parts of I Am Wrath are a ton of fun, but even more moments