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‘Street Fighter’ Drops Epic New Trailer and Goes Global

The newest Street Fighter trailer takes a closer look at Ryu and Ken's storyline and the complex world of tournament fighting. Outside of the tournaments, the cast has kicked off its world tour in...

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‘The Furious’ Director and Cast on Translating Fighting into Emotional...

Action films are cinema, pure and simple. Kenji Tanigaki’s The Furious not only embraces this truth, it elevates it. Although

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‘The Furious’ Proves Pure Action Spectacle Speaks Louder Than Words

Kenji Tanigaki’s The Furious is the kind of action film that demands to be experienced in a theater, where the

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Ben Wang is Ready to Kick Stereotypes and Tropes in ‘Karate Kid: Legends’

Ben Wang was just six years old when he moved from Beijing to a small rural town in Minnesota. He recalls having to start all over and figure out his place in this new life and city. It’s one of …

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Ming-Na Wen on Motherhood and Her Return to Film in ‘Karate Kid: Legends’

Ming-Na Wen is excited to return to the big screen in Karate Kid: Legends. The iconic 61-year-old Disney Legend has been busy working on television series and films, all of which have been shot in her...

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Lexi Alexander Returns to Filmmaking with ‘Absolute Dominion’

A fact that doesn’t get nearly distributed far enough is that Lexi Alexander was the very first woman to direct a Marvel film with the ultra violent and ultra delightful Punisher: War Zone back in...

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New ‘Karate Kid: Legends’ Trailer Teases Potential for Post-‘Cobra Kai’ Canon

Although it’s been just under two months since Cobra Kai came to an end, the Karate Kid universe is soon to welcome a new entry in the form of Karate Kid: Legends. Starring Jackie Chan, Ralph Macchio,...

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The Final Verdict on Asian Representation in ‘Cobra Kai’

Nearly seven years after its debut, Cobra Kai has come to an end. The third and final batch of episodes from its sixth and final season dropped on Netflix last Thursday, bringing with it some of the...

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NOC Review: ‘Love Hurts’ is a Sweet But Messy Valentine

Last year I reviewed an action movie that I had incredibly high hopes for based on its cast and action-proficient filmmakers, called Argylle. While the movie had its moments, ultimately, it was a...

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‘Love Hurts’ Star Daniel Wu on Asian Representation in Cinema

Love Hurts starring Ke Huy Quan is hitting theaters this Friday. In the film, Quan’s Marvin Gable finds the ultimate villain in Daniel Wu’s Alvin “Knuckles” Gable, Marvin’s brother. After all, you...

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Ke Huy Quan to be Immortalized at TCL Chinese Theater

Despite its historic and ironic namesake, the TCL Chinese Theater has seen only a handful of hand and foot print ceremonies for Asian and Asian American actors. Naturally, this can be attributed to the...

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The Outrageous Plot Choices and Treatment of Asian Characters in ‘Cobra Kai’

WARNING: The following contains major spoilers for Cobra Kai Season 6, Part 2. Cobra Kai is a Netflix title I’ve had a love-hate relationship with since its debut in 2018, initially on YouTube Red. In...

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Sony Pictures Reveals New ‘Karate Kid’ Title and Poster Ahead of NYCC Panel

Ahead of its New York Comic Con panel, Sony has released the title and poster of the anticipated Karate Kid film, starring the franchise’s living legends: Ralph Macchio as Daniel LaRusso and Jackie...

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It’s a Bruce Lee Year: Return of the Year of ‘Enter the Dragon’

Have you even watched Enter the Dragon recently? Nielsen reporting suggests that maybe you have. Bruce Lee’s iconic influence, epitomized by Enter the Dragon, sparked a pop-culture revolution, and...

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The Quality of Asian Representation in ‘Cobra Kai’ Season 5

WARNING: The following contains spoilers from Season 5 of Cobra Kai. For five seasons, I’ve been saying the same thing: For a show – and franchise, for that matter – centered on a Japanese martial art,...

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‘Kung Fu’ Star Yvonne Chapman on Zhilan’s Course for the Season

There is so much to say about The CW’s Kung Fu. It’s just so good. Now in its sophomore season, Kung Fu is getting darker than ever with its’ big bad Russell Tan (Kee Chan) trying to take down Nicky …

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‘Kung Fu’ Showrunners Discuss What’s Ahead for Season 2

The first season finale of The CW’s Kung Fu answered a lot of questions for fans, while raising new ones for season 2. Sure, the Shen family seems to all be doing great the last six months — Nicky...

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‘Kung Fu’ Star Kee Chan on Finding Humanity in the Villain

It’s hard to not associate the actor with the character they portray on television/film, especially if the character is as sinister and haunting as the enigmatic villain Russell Tan on The CW’s Kung...

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The CW’s ‘Kung Fu’ Season Two Promo Reveals Nicky’s Long Lost Cousin

Kung Fu season two is set to return in March! Since its season finale back in July, there were many new questions that popped up in the finale — Who is Nicky’s cousin? How is she connected to the...

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‘Nightshooters’ is One of the Best Action Films This Year

The trials and tribulations of indie filmmaking are taken to their absurd, action-y, lengths in Marc Price’s Nightshooter, a story about a film crew finding themselves at the scene of a harrowing gang...

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