Jackie Chan finally found success after a string of failures with Lo Wei and it took the legendary Yuen Woo-Ping to unleash Chan as the star he was meant to be. Chien Fu is an orphan who resides in the back of a martial arts school run by Master Hung. While Hung takes care of […]
Read More Snake in the Eagle’s Shadow (1978)One of the most talked about comedies of the year is the perfect definition of “bromance”, where it involves two guys just getting to be best friends with absolutely no romantic agenda between them whatsoever, triggered by the performances of the two leads. Peter Klaven is a realtor who has just been engaged to his […]
Read More I Love You, Man (2009)I don’t know what it is about Tyler Perry, but I have a tendency to enjoy his plays and films. Even the ones that don’t include his trademark character of Mable “Madea” Simmons, the tough talking, gun totting matriarch. This film does bring back the character of Madea and combined with a really good backstory, […]
Read More Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail (2009)The Jaegers and the Kaijus are back for another round in this exciting sequel to the 2013 Guillermo del Toro-directed homage to Japanese tokukatsu and mecha series. It has been ten years since the end of the Kaiju War. Since then, the PPDC have been in charge to make sure the world stays safe. However, […]
Read More Pacific Rim: Uprising (2018)Nia Vardalos, the star of the wildly popular My Big Fat Greek Wedding, stars in this fun comedy that features a scene stealing performance by Richard Dreyfuss with a great story involving a woman who learns to open up after going through failure after failure. Georgia is a Greek-American woman in Greece in hopes to […]
Read More My Life in Ruins (2009)When one thinks of the words “remake” or “reboot”, they generally think that we’re in for a ride towards a downward spiral. However, the long awaited remake of the 1984 action-drama The Karate Kid is just living proof that not all remakes are bad. When Sherry Parker is transferred from Detroit to Beijing, China, for […]
Read More The Karate Kid (2010)Before she became a Million Dollar Baby, Hilary Swank was The Next Karate Kid in the final installment with the late Pat Morita returning as Mr. Miyagi. However, the same thematic story applies as the young teen faces bullies and learns about herself in the process. When Mr. Miyagi goes to an event celebrating Japanese […]
Read More The Next Karate Kid (1994)
