Time for a bit of excitement about Teddy Chen's Bodyguards And Assassins?  Why, yes, I think it is.  The massive scale epic which saw an enormous full scale replica of turn of the century Hong Kong built in mainland...

It was back in 2006 when we first (rather jokingly) reported about the possibility of a Korean remake for John Woo's 1986 classic 英雄本色 (A Better Tomorrow), after producers Fingerprint bought the remake rights at Cannes. And what do you...

[Our thanks to Peter Galvin for his preview of San Francisco's animation festival in progress.] By and large, animation gets a bum rap. The average filmgoer long ago decided that the medium catered either to kids or art house... More >>

I do believe this makes it official:  Jackie Chan views his western fans as little more than a perpetual cash cow to be milked of as much money as possible. Chan now has a well established pattern of simply...

Here's a treat for fans of military horror:  French martial artist and star of Banlieue 13 - released here as District B13 - Cyril Raffaelli, also known for his support parts in Kiss of the Dragon and Die Hard...

Ohh... pretty. Sina just released five new posters for Daniel Lee's upcoming Ming dynasty actioner 錦衣衛 (14 Blades), featuring the top five characters - Donnie Yen, Zhao Wei, Wu Chun of Taiwanese boy band Fahrenheit, Qi Yuwu and Kate Tsui....

Can't get enough of attractive Asian women with great big guns doing battle with giant creatures?  Well, here's a bit more from Mamoru Oshii's Assault Girls, then.  The production is favoring slightly tamer art than this for the US...

God bless you Uruguay. I didn't know you had it in you. Commercial director and FX man Fede Alvarez has created one nice little piece of film to add to his resume called Panic Attack! or Ataque de Panico!....

A full on, big budget, medieval action film with a cast of honest-to-god actors?  Err, yes please.  The film is Ironclad from director Jonathan English and it's in post-production now.It is the year 1215 and England is on the...

What are the chances?  A nation that doesn't produce a huge number of films in the first place and an even smaller number of genre films, two of Ireland's prime exports this year are full blooded revenge pictures.  Conor...