Janell Smith is a talented martial artist, stunt performer, and producer who is the CEO of Iron Dragon Productions. Along with being a martial arts teacher, Janell has worked alongside some of the top talents in her native Austin, Texas, notably Robert Rodriguez, the founder of El Rey network and the director of El Mariachi, […]Read Post ›
This interview was originally conducted and published in 2012 for Kung Fu Cinema. Jason Yee is a former kickboxing and san shou champion who has delved into the world of filmmaking. He made his film debut with the self-produced Dark Assassin, which was picked up for distribution in 2005. His latest film, The Girl from […]Read Post ›
This interview originally was printed in 2012 for Kung Fu Cinema. This is the first of a trio of “flashback interviews”, which were recently unearthed from the Internet Archive. Hailing from China, former Shaolin monk Zheng Liu recently made his film debut opposite Hong Kong legend Gordon Liu and former American Gladiator Alex Castro in […]Read Post ›
If you are a fan of Hong Kong cinema, especially from the late 1980s to mid 1990s, chances are you have seen Mark Houghton. An exponent of the Lau Family Hung Gar style, Mark got his start in films under his future sifu, the late great Lau Kar-Leung (1934-2013), when he appeared in Aces Go […]Read Post ›
