By Eirann Mannino  |  8 April 2021 Despite the prevalent traces of Judo in modern martial arts action choreography, it remains sorely neglected as either a subject or primary martial ...

Johnnie To’s Throw Down Is the Love Letter Judo Always Deserved

By Eireann Mannino  |  5 May 2021 By all rights, Alber Pyun’s Nemesis (1992) should be a staple midnight movie, slated alongside the likes of Eraserhead, Mad Max, and Faster ...

Nemesis is Midnight Movie Magic

By Eireann Mannino  |  20 March 2021 With a cast like Robert DeNiro (Sam), Stellan Skarsgård (Gregor), Sean Bean (Spence), Jean Reno (Vincent), and Natascha McElhone (Deirdre) to its credit ...

Ronin has Class and Clout in Equal Measure

By Eireann Mannino  |  27 December 2020 Three time World Boxing Council (WBC) World Bantamweight champion Jôichirô Tatsuyôshi, is the subject of Joe, Tomorrow: 20 years with Joichiro Tatsuyoshi (2015), ...

Joe, Tomorrow is about the Boxer, not Boxing

By Eireann Mannino  |  12 December 2020 For those who came of age in the early 90’s, there is a good chance one of your first encounters with the martial ...

Ultraman, a Head Above the Rest

By Éireann Mannino  |  13 November 2020   With unmistakable kinship to his 2004 Judo film Throw Down (Yau doh lung fu bong) and more than a pinch of Fulltime Killer’s ...

Johnnie To Enters the Octagon

By Éireann Mannino  | 10 October 2020   It seems peculiar to say, that with as impressive a frame as Bolo Yeung’s, he is somehow a transient figure. Even in his ...

Curious Case of Bolo Yeung

By Chris Davis  |  1 September 2019   Bruce Lee inspired an endless amount of clones. In the years following his death, movie producers seemingly booked nothing but Lee copycats. You ...

Why You Should Study Ip Man Movies Instead of Bruce Lee Movies

By Jordan Newmark  |   20 July 2019   This past April, one of cinema’s finest achievements marked its 30th anniversary- Bloodsport. In 1988, the world was introduced to the flexible-physique of ...

The Cult Classic Bloodsport Turns 30

By Chris Davis  |  15 April 2019   Hundreds of great martial arts movies exist. Most made money, some didn’t. Some were blockbuster successes in other countries, while they flopped here.Real ...

Top 7 Martial Arts Movies You Need To See (but didn’t know it)

By Adriaan Odendaal  |  23 September 2018 Filmed exclusively in Cape Town, South Africa, the first season of HBO Cinemax’s Warrior comes in April 2019, based on an original long-lost idea ...

Bruce Lee’s Long-Lost Kung Fu Series ‘Warrior’ Filmed in Cape Town

By Chris Davis  |  7 July 2018   Jet Li's film, The One, is one of the most underrated martial arts flicks in recent history. This is for no lack of ...

Jet Li’s film The One Gives Answers