Articles tagged "jackie chan"

Film Review

Kung Fu Panda

by Cynthia Fuchs

[6.Jun.08] :. Big and bouncy, Kung Fu Panda is another powerhouse Family Entertainment that means to pummel its young viewers into adulation.

Recent Film reviews

Short Ends and Leader

‘Panda’ Stays True to Its Kung Fu Confines

by Bill Gibron

[5.Jun.08] :. It’s been interesting to watch the youth-ification of martial arts. Sure, kids have always been the major market when it comes to karate lessons, video games, and other media oriented kung...

Short Ends and Leader

Film Review

Forbidden Kingdom

by Cynthia Fuchs

[22.Apr.08] :. In The Forbidden Kingdom, Lu Yan instructs the boy in ancient wisdom and martial arts, offering up the occasional Mr. Miyagi-ism.

Recent Film reviews

DVD Film Review

The Myth

by Bill Gibron

[11.Dec.07] :. Somehow, it seems appropriate that one of Hong Kong's most complex icons stars in one of the martial arts genre's most overreaching efforts.

Recent DVD reviews

Film Review

Rush Hour 3

by Bill Gibron

[18.Aug.07] :. Chris Tucker is smart as Hell. Don’t believe it? Well, can you name another actor earning $25 million for doing the same thing he’s done for the last nine years -- the EXACT same thing, mind you.

Recent Film reviews

Film Review

Rush Hour 3

by Cynthia Fuchs

[10.Aug.07] :. Disjointed and hyperbolic, the film's many chases and showdowns pit Carter and Lee against an array of forces -- again.

Recent Film reviews

Around the World in 80 Days (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[1.Nov.04] :. 'Actually,' Frank Coraci begins his commentary for Around the World in 80 Days, 'I never wanted to do a director's commentary.'"

Around the World in 80 Days (2004)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[17.Jun.04] :. The absolutely scariest scene in Around the World in 80 Days features Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The Vampire Effect (Chin gei bin) (2003)

by Erich Kuersten

[29.Mar.04] :. The device aptly serves as metaphor for the risk currently facing Hong Kong cinema, namely, the pursuit of the global mainstream.

The Medallion (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[24.Aug.03] :. As energetic and enthusiastic as Jackie Chan remains, things have definitely changed, for him as well as viewers.

Shanghai Knights (2003)

by Cynthia Fuchs

[6.Feb.03] :. Its self-conscious use of the buddy genre's well known predilection for homoerotic/homophobic patterns is cute.

The Legend of Drunken Master (Drunken Master II, or Jui Kuen II) (2000)

by F. L. Carr

Jackie Chan fans won’t need convincing to go see The Legend of Drunken Master. They would never miss an opportunity to see their favorite kung fu star on the big screen. So this review...

Rush Hour 2 (2001)

by Cynthia Fuchs

Like most sequels, 'Rush Hour 2' does what the first film did, only louder and more extravagantly.

Shanghai Noon (2000)

by F. L. Carr

Given the ongoing fascination with the mythology of the American Cowboy, it is no surprise that Jackie Chan has made a Western, only that he didn’t do it sooner. And what a Western it is,...