Sammo at NYAFF
Can’t be in NYC to see Sammo Hung at the New York Asian Film Festival? Here’s footage of Grady Hendrix introducing Sammo Hung and Simon Yam before a screening of Ip Man 2.
A Prowler Through The Dark
“In off the moors, down through the mist bands/ God-cursed Grendel came greedily loping.” (Beowulf. Seamus Heaney, trans. 710-1) I have seen many adaptations of Beowulf, from art house films like Beowulf and Grendel and low-budget science fiction like Christopher Lambert’s Beowulf of the future to Neil Gaiman’s […]
Doing it Wrong on the Right Side of Town
Once a year this column turns cranky. Lucky you: today’s that day! The Romance genre sells a lot of books. It dominates the paperback trade. When it comes to mass markets, Romance outsells every other genre and subject combined. It stands to reason, then, that it would likely […]
NYAFF 2010
The New York Asian Film Festival is coming up and actors Sammo Hung and Simon Yam will be in attending their films Kung Fu Chefs, Bodyguards and Assassins, Echoes of the Rainbow and Eastern Condors. But even if you can’t make it, it’s worth checking out the films […]
Christopher Lee is the King of Metal
Christopher Lee conquers Symphonic Metal. Survey his Holy Metal Empire with two promos for Charlemagne, a message from Christopher Lee about the project and some track teasers.
Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter
Old Abe bears a terrible burden in the Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter book trailer.
The Cultural Gutter 