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Film Fury #50: ‘Fist of Fury’ is Bruce Lee at his most furious

Fist of Fury Written and directed by Lo Wei Hong Kong, 1972 In honour of the Fistful of Film Fury’s 50th column entry, it is only appropriate that the movie that partially lends the column its namesake get the review treatment. It is a stormy night when Chen Zhen (Bruce Lee), pupil at the Jingwu …

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New Projects: Leonardo DiCaprio, Barbie, and ‘Gran Turismo’

New Projects is a weekly round up of movies and TV shows recently announced and currently in development for the near future.  See, Netflix isn’t just in the business of producing multiple Adam Sandler movies. Their next big original film deal will likely help them compete even more with HBO, as they’re teaming up with …

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‘Enter the Dragon’ – A Cultural Education

For most people, Enter the Dragon is a quintessential action film. The first Chinese martial arts film co-produced in Hollywood, it launched the genre, not to mention its late leading man Bruce Lee, to Western audiences. Not only does it compass elements of a thriller and an action film, but it is also culturally relevant.

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‘The Big Boss’ unleashes Bruce Lee unto the world in a lark

The Big Boss represents Bruce Lee’s first foray into the major motion picture business following a brief stint as Kato in a Green Hornet show that lasted only one season in the late 1960s. As history has shown, the film made the American-Chinese actor a runaway sensation across Asia and the world.

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Essential Viewing for fans of ‘The Raid: Redemption’ – 15 Classic Martial Arts Films

Not long ago, Sound on Sight’s editor Ricky D emailed myself and fellow contributor Michael Ryan for the purpose of compiling some of our individual favourite martial arts pictures to celebrate The Raid‘s theatrical release across North American this Easter weekend. I would never consider myself to be a scholar of the genre, but it …

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Essential Viewing for fans of ‘The Raid: Redemption’ – 15 Classic Martial Arts Films

With the release of The Raid: Redemption, I’ve asked Sound On Sight contributors Edgar Chaput and Michael Ryan to help me put together a list of 15 classic martial arts films that we consider essential viewing. Here are my five choices. 11- The Blade (Doa) Directed by Hark Tsui Inspired by the 1967 Shaw Brothers …

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Chop Socky Horror

Body Count: Volume 11 – Because of the nature of my website and the fact that a bulk of the writing is dedicated to the horror genre, it is often assumed that Cinema Suicide is all about horror. And you have no idea how much that bugs me. The original mission was a website in …

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