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CRAZY FIST: Best 2021 DLT Film that’s No Bull but Something Insaner

October 14, 2021 by Dr. Craig D. Reid

I’ve been writing about martial arts movies for 31 years and have seen 10,000+ films (collected 7000+), and the one thing I’ve discovered is that every film has its moments. Though a movie might not be a game-crashing carnival, if there’s a few instances of glorious genius, then that film is a worthy watch just […]

Category: Action, Featured Article, Martial Arts, SciFi

Silat Warriors: Deed of Death – One Fight Away From Being a Collector’s Item

July 8, 2021 by Dr. Craig D. Reid

Their bodies move like snakes, monkeys, bleloks (South East Asian wading birds) and tigers; supple, mischievous, preening and ripping. I’m referring to the heroes of the Areel Abu Bakar directed Silat Warriors: Deed of Death (aka Geran), brother Ali (Khoharullah Majid) and sister Fatimah (Faiyna Tajudin) who live with their father Nayan. The siblings are […]

Category: Action, Fant-Asia, Featured Article, Martial Arts

F9: THE FAST SAGA – From Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan and Shaw Brothers to Car Fu

June 25, 2021 by Drs. Craig and Silvia Reid

When The Fast and the Furious (2001) sped into the psyche’s of illegal street racing enthusiasts, with a penchant for danger and the psychotic insanity of arrant automotive adventure, the brusque bearish, quasi-hero rebel, Dominic “Dom” Toretto was caustic yet salvationally portrayed with the power of a train using a Vin Diesel engine. Justin Lin’s […]

Category: Action, Featured Article, SciFi

The Wrath of Man: Good Ire, Error Actor

May 6, 2021 by Drs. Craig and Silvia Reid

Guy Ritchie’s The Wrath of Man, which plays like a knock off of Tarantino’s Pulp Fiction (story presentation wise; 1994) starring Mick Jagger as the dancing hitman ala John Wick 3 (villains all dressed in bulletproof armor; 2019) starring Dustin Hoffman as the assassin extraordinaire, came up way short of what could have been a […]

Category: Action, Featured Article

MADE IN CHINATOWN: Finding Love, Culture and Heritage

March 30, 2021 by Dr. Craig D. Reid

What’s crazier than sending your horse to audition for The Godfather, wackier than two parrots saying, “Are you talking to me?” in a Mexican pet shop that are on sale for two deniros and wilder than when after Oz’s Scarecrow introduced Toto to the Wizard by stating, “Say hello to my little friend,” he become […]

Category: Action, Comedy, Featured Article, SciFi

Time Passages of Veneration Survives, SDAFF’s 20th Anniversary Celebration Arrives: Kent Lee

November 4, 2019 by Dr. Craig D. Reid

As the 2019 San Diego Asian Film Festival (SDAFF) speeds toward the horizon, their 20th anniversary partnership with the city of San Diego shines with the bright light of cinematic delight where like any successful marriage…it isn’t always about looking at each other, but looking in the same direction. One of those directions that is […]

Category: Documentary, Drama, Featured Article, Film Festivals, Interveiw

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