Speed of lightening, power of thunder…there’s no need to fear …UnderThor is here. But seriously, this is a well Thor-t out film and it is quite obvious that our pure Thor-oughbred Hammer Time hero is a Thor-n in the dark forces trying to knock out the Nine Realms with Aether, pronounced like the anesthetic ether, […]
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13th San Diego Asian Film Festival: Three Landmark Changes
By Dr. Craig D. Reid Yes, I hear you all out there, I am of course rather biased toward martial arts films, but in the words of Steve Martin, “Well, excuuuuuuuuse me.” As most of you know by now, they only literally saved my life. But the 13th San Diego Asian Festival (SDAFF), which runs […]
Former Disney Actor Shin Koyamada Becomes a Manga Comic Book Character
By Dr. Craig D. Reid The dynamic epic manga comic Dreamhoppers, the debut brainchild of Laizen Comics, features actor/philanthropist Shin Koyamada, star of the Disney Channel’s top rated original movie Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior, as warrior leader Ren Matsuo who leads a team of five Dreamhoppers into the Dreamworld as to stop an evil entity […]
True Legend: Su-exploitation Returns with a Vengeance
By Dr. Craig D. Reid As the years go by, the biggest challenge facing Chinese martial arts movies is for the fight directors and their choreographers to keep coming up with creative fight scenes that don’t rehash what they’ve been doing for over 30 years. Then with the advent of Hong Kong’s famously mind blowing […]