Coming to theaters and movies on demand September 9th, Shaolin looks about as good as anything I've seen in the martial arts genre in quite some time. That may be because it's something like an accidental martial arts film, if that makes any sense, in that it focuses on people who happen to know martial arts, rather than being a story crafted to create excuses for action. Of course, that might … [Read more...]
When someone comes up with the idea to remake a movie from the forties or fifties, the first analysis of the theory is to question why, and really how, the film was popular in the first place. What, for instance, about the culture of the time was a necessary component leading to that popularity? The tricky part of an update is managing to get new audiences to have the same sort of experience as … [Read more...]
