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Zak Penn Tapped to Write Karate Kid Sequel

Zak Penn, the writer behind The Incredible Hulk and X-Men: The Last Stand, has been tapped by Columbia Pictures to write the sequel to 2010’s surprisingly successful The Karate Kid, Variety reports.   read more

Kung Fu Fighting: The 10 Best Martial-Arts Movies

Unlike one-hit wonder Carl Douglas from whom I'm borrowing this list title, great martial arts movie stars and fight choreographers (particularly those from the fertile film-ground of Hong Kong) have contributed a lot to western cinema  read more

Watch the Trailer for Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith's Karate Kid Reboot

So, technically, in this remake of the 1984 classic, Jackie Chan’s Mr. Han teaches 12-year-old Dre (played by Will Smith’s son, Jaden) kung fu and not karate. We can sort of forgive the factual inaccuracy since the new version will bring the film’s uplifting, if wholly unrealistic, message to a whole new generation of youngsters. Taraji P. Henson also stars as Dre’s mom. The Karate Kid hits theaters June 11. Thanks to Vulture for the tip on this trailer, which you can watch below:...  read more

The 30 Best Fight Scenes in Movie History

I haven’t been in a fight since 10th grade (unless you count an attempted mugging in Kenya where I fended off some unarmed teenagers with a bag of water bottles), and I’d very much like to keep that streak alive. But at the heart of every good story is a struggle, and some times that struggle gets physical. We devoted a whole issue to exploring violence in the arts last year with philosophical nuance, but this list just celebrates a good fight. Sometimes it’s good vs. evil, sometimes it’s more complicated. We celebrate the underdog, the outnumbered and outsized finding...  read more

Jackie Chan to play Mr. Miyagi in new Karate Kid

By now, we’ve all developed some fairly thick skin when it comes to big-name remakes, but some of them still seem doomed from the moment they’re conceived. Bat a weary eye toward the new version of The Karate Kid, now in development, which has already earned righteous accusations of nepotism because Jaden Smith, pint-sized scion of Will Smith, landed the lead role. ...  read more

Slapstick's Greatest Hits

A slapstick, in 16th-century commedia dell’arte, was comprised of two wooden slats that made a loud noise when struck against a player’s rear end,
 sounding much more painful than it actually was. Thus, a formula for the ages: A shot to the buttocks + startling noise = comic genius. From Shakespeare through Itchy and Scratchy, slapstick has delighted audiences. Why is it funny? 
Mel Brooks put it best: “Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die.” In other words, as long as it’s happening to someone else, bring on the...  read more

The Forbidden Kingdom

The paradox of modern special effects is that...  read more