Before Dungeons and Dragons was clobbered by How the Grinch Stole Christmas, industry analysts were asking if New Line Cinema isn't spending too much money in the wrong places. In the year 2000 Dungeons and Dragons bombed at the box office and didn't have the results New Line hoped for. ...
In his essay "A Dirty Job" Jackie Chan's claim that Hong Kong movies elevated the stars, but relegated the stuntmen to marginal status proves that in show business, hard work is irrelevant to a person's success, which is based upon popularity and credibility. Jackie Chan's motivation was...
Les 400 coups This film took some reflection. Though not the first sub-titled film I've seen, I get the impression that the more modern foreign movies I've watched were created with sub-titles in mind. Les 400 coups seemed to be filmed in French, for French, by French. I can compare it to, for...
Young Dragons (1973) was the first film that Woo directed. ... This early film, Young Dragons, contained elements that would eventually become Woo's trademark; elaborately choreographed action sequences (arranged by a young and unknown Jackie Chan) and fluid camera work. ...
The year is 1991. A twenty-eight year old film club Austin hipster named Richard Linklater is shooting his second feature film, Slacker. Six years prior, Linklater co-founded "The Austin Film Society" where mentors such as New York City critic George Morris were able to teach film. Despite being a c...
