Tag: Action
Old School Kung Fu Fest 2023: A Wuxia Double Feature
The 10th Old School Kung Fu Fest: Friday April 28- “The Grand Passion” and “The Legend of the Sacred Stone” The final weekend of The Old School Kung Fu Fest: Sword Fighting Heroes Edition begins with two special and hard
Old School Kung Fu Fest 2023: ‘The Ghost Hill’
10th Old School Kung Fu Fest: Sword Fighting Heroes Edition- Day 2: “The Ghost Hill” Taiwanese filmmaker Ting Shan-hsi crafted many wuxia pictures in the 1970s. “The Ghost Hill” (1971) was the filmmaker’s fist foray into the extreme fantastical. This
Old School Kung Fu Fest 2023: The Swordsman Of All Swordsmen
The 10th Old School Kung Fu Fest 2023: “The Swordsman of All Swordsmen” Vengeance continues in the festival’s first full day with the beautifully restored and undervalued classic, “The Swordsman of All Swordsmen”. With the monster success of King Hu’s
Old School Kung Fu Fest 2023: Vengeance of the Phoenix Sisters
The 10th Old School Kung Fu Fest: Sword-fighting Heroes Edition: Day 2- “Vengeance of the Phoenix Sisters” Vengeance is the theme for the opening weekend of this year’s fest! The Taiwan Film & Audiovisual Institute has provided this year’s festival
Film Review: ‘The King of Wuxia’- King Hu Documentary’s U.S. Premiere
The 10th Old School Kung Fu Fest: Sword-fighting Heroes Edition– “The King of Wuxia” Any fan of Martial Arts films knows the name King Hu. Every director who has ever done a wuxia-styled action film was influenced by his vision.
The 10th Old School Kung Fu Fest: Sword Fighting Heroes Edition
Full of sword clashing Wuxia Martial Arts action, incredible acrobatics, empowered female warriors, Kung Fu masters, kicks, spins, jumps, and even puppets, the Old School Kung Fu Fest has returned! https://metrograph.com/category/oldschool-kungfufest/ Marking its 10th year, the festival will run the
‘Violent Night’- Film Review: A Bloody and Funny Yuletide Treat
Yes Virginia, there is a Santa Clause. His gift for 2022 is a successful mixture of heartwarming Christmas spirit and blood-soaked action that pays homage to the original “Die Hard” and “Home Alone” films. The proof is in the figgy
‘There Are No Saints’- Film Review
“Written by Paul Schrader” is one of my favorite sentences in the American cinematic language. The new film, “There Are No Saints” is based on an older Schrader script the filmmaker was slated to direct in 2010 under the title,
‘Everything Everywhere All At Once’ Film Review: Excellence In Every Moment
When I left the screening of the new film “Everything Everywhere All at Once”, I held two truths to be self-evident. One was that Michelle Yeoh will always be an absolute a legend as an actress and Martial Artist. Every
REVIEW – xXx: Return of Xander Cage by Brian Wallinger
January is always a strange month for film. As the major Oscar contenders slowly expand out across the country, fresh off their December debuts big budget fare such as D. J. Caruso’s (“Eagle Eye”, “The Disappointments Room”) “xXx: Return of