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Martial Arts/Movie Monday: The Dark Knight Rises Footage

One of next year’s most anticipated movies is definitely “The Dark Knight Rises,” the announced final film in the modern Batman film trilogy. The films have as many detractors as supporters, but I think it’s undeniable that a real effort has been made to try and make this particular comic book series harder, grittier and [...]

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Martial Arts/Movie Monday: ‘Yo Soy Un Hombre Loco’ with LBP Stunts Chicago

A bit of a lazy post today, but seemed like a good chance to highlight the work of some local boys (and girls). The independent stunt team LBP Stunts Chicago recently released a short film entitled YO SOY UN HOMBRE LOCO (I AM A CRAZY MAN) online via their Youtube channel (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvxNOxalPGU). The film was [...]

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Martial Arts/Movie Monday: “The Legend of the Fist”

Good Day, All! Making my first return after being away traveling in South Korea. While I was there I caught a few previews for the 2010 Hong Kong film “The Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen,” a film die-hard martial arts film fans are definitely looking forward to. “Legend” stars Donnie Yen, [...]

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Martial Arts/Movie Monday: 13 Assassins

I’ve been touting this one for a while without having seen it, mainly based on advanced reviews from some reliable sources. Having finally seen the film (and so can you, since the Music Box Theater extended its run http://www.musicboxtheatre.com/features/13-assassins), I can say that all expectations have fully been met and then some. The story is [...]

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Martial Arts/Movie Monday: Vic Armstrong (NPR Story)

Hi Folks, I realize reposting someone else’s articles or links is probably the height of laziness, but this week I found an item that deserves forwarding to everyone at FJ. If you’ve never heard of Vic Armstrong, you’ve probably seen him onscreen, though he was probably dressed up to look like Harrison Ford, Pierce Brosnan [...]

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Martial Arts/Movie Monday: You Don’t Know (Samurai) Jack!

Generally speaking, I have a prejudice against Hollywood portrayals of Eastern fighting. The situation has been somewhat remedied by the presence of fight choreographers from Hong Kong making their way to our shores, but the difference between Eastern authenticity and Western emulation go beyond mere skill or athleticism. The aesthetic of fighting in Japanese, Chinese [...]

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Martial Arts/Movie Monday: The Romanticism of Abuse

Most people these days have a passing familiarity with the East Asian martial arts master-student relationship. If not from an actual Asian film, they’ve probably caught The Karate Kid (1984) or its remake (2010), maybe Kung-Fu Panda (2008) or at least they’re familiar with the analogous relationship of Yoda and Luke Skywalker in The Empire [...]

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Martial Arts/Movie Monday: Robin of Sherwood

For those of you who cannot get enough of the Green One and his band of Merry Men, I seriously recommend taking a look at the British TV series “Robin of Sherwood.” ROS, which was broadcast in the U.S. on Showtime simply as “Robin Hood” was a series that ran from 1984-1986 on Britain’s ITV [...]

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Movie/Martial Arts Monday: Remake, Redone, Redeux

I was recently perusing the movie news and it looks like there’s a couple of notable remakes of classic combat-themed dramas coming our way. First off is the latest version of Alexander Dumas’ The Three Musketeers. This time, director Paul W.S. Anderson (helmer of the Resident Evil film series) is calling the shots for Musketeers [...]

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Martial Arts/Movie Monday: Reflection in the Wake of Disaster

Hi Folks, Catching up with this week’s Monday post. For those who have enjoyed my bits of movie and martial arts trivia, apologies for all those weeks where I have failed to get something up. Some weeks prove more distracting than others, and unfortunately this one was particularly harrowing. I’m sure everyone has watched the [...]

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