Planet Chocko ZineDirector: Chin Ku Lu Actors: Ron Van Clief, Charles Bonet, Phillip Ko The Black Dragon’s Revenge aka Death of Bruce Lee was one of many movies that surfaced after the sudden death of Bruce Lee on July 20th, 1973. A new genre of martial arts film would soon be born known as “Brucesploitation” in an [...]
John Leguizamo did an instore interview & CD signing at Best Buy Union Square with a host from urban latin radio to discuss his one man broadway act, “Ghetto Klown”. He was also there to promote his new music CD, JOHN LEGUIZAMO Ghetto Klown – MUSIC FROM MY HOOD which is a compilation of latin [...]
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Directed by Albert Maysles and Bradley Kaplan ESPN’s 30 for 30 documentary series showed a cool film targeted at hurt fans & boxing historians alike called MUHAMMAD AND LARRY which chronicled the behind the scenes footage and training sessions leading to the boxing match on October 2, 1980 between the old lion, Muhammad Ali & [...]
On March 15, Darlings released their new EP and played a local video and music store in New York City. The band set up shop in front of the blaxploitation, giallo and porno shelves and played catchy pop-punk songs that reminded me of old Sebadoh and Pavement tunes, but with female vocals thrown in the [...]
Directed by: Makoto Naitô (1975) Starring: Etsuko Shihomi as Maki Tatsuya Nanjo as Tetsuya Eto Hiroshi Nawa as Ryunosuke Daimon, the Yakuza Boss After further analysis, Cynthia Rothrock & Angela Mao might have some serious competition as the reigning belt holder of being the most revered onscreen kickass chick! Etsuko Shihomi, who is better known [...]
Director: Jee Woon Kim Actors: Sang Myeong Park,Kang Ho Song,Ho Kyung Go Korean comedy,drama: wrestling It’s been hella fun participating in writing about K-inspired films in conjunction with the Korean Blogathon 2011 from March 7-13th! I’m still discovering about Korean films new & old everyday and this blogathon is a great hitlist for me to [...]
Director: Kyung Taek Kwak Actors: oh-seong yu, Min-seo chae, seung-won yun Genre: Sports; boxing based on a true story CHAMPION is based on the tragic life story of Deuk-Gu Kim, an impoverished south korean boy who struggles through hardships of day to day life to eventually blossom into a refreshing young adult with positive traits [...]
Director: Kuei chih Hung Producers: Shaw Brothers Actors: Ling yun, Terry Lau, Danny Lee, Kong San, Eddie Lam What do you get when you mix in a bunch of motorcycle outlaws, throw in some wild child titty flashing girlfriends, an innocent couple, their sister, & strand them on an island, a boat ride away from [...]
Craig G and DJ Jab Sadat X and Thirstin Howl III Just Blaze Breez Evahflowin, Karniege and C-Rayz Walz Fat Beats in New York City was the place to go for underground and real hip hop music. It was a record store that carried all the latest vinyl releases, CDs and DVDs and stepping in [...]
