By Dr. Craig D. Reid Being a pal of Robert Lee (Bruce Lee’s brother), a well known martial arts film expert (based on fan and critic reactions to my recently released book The Ultimate Guide to the Martial Arts Movies of the 1970s) and a fight choreographer in the Chinese kung fu film industry and Hollywood since 1979, I […]
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RED – WHAT “THE EXPENDABLES” SHOULD HAVE BEEN
By Dr. Craig D. Reid Finally, a great action film this year that has a delightfully honest tone of yesteryear, when films like this (i.e. Die Hard) were fun to watch, without trying to convince the audience, “Aren’t we a cool film?” RED is neither pretentious nor licentious, but is audacious and adventurous, an action-romantic […]
CENTURION: SURPRIZE PICT-URE OF THE SUMMER
By Dr. Craig D. Reid As the summer cinema season draws to a close, which for all intents and purposes has not been a banner summer for Hollywood, the limited release Centurion will catch many people off guard. On the surface, some filmgoers may assume it’s a low budgeted 300 (2006) meets the Gladiator (2000) […]
THE RACISM OF THE EXPENDABLES MAKES THIS FILM EXPENDABLE
By Dr. Craig D. Reid The Expendables is a film that based on what is being written about its box office numbers seems to have some inside backing that tries to make a big deal of a miniscule deal, which once again shows how in some circles in Hollywood, film production wise and media wise […]