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Sonny Chiba is a legend. The action superstar began acting in the early 60s, rapidly making a name for himself as a charismatic, martial arts madman. By the 1970s, he was one of Japan's biggest stars, spearheading a wave of brutally violent action flicks, influencing generations of filmmakers, including Takashi Miike and Quentin Tarantino. From ‘The Street Fighter’ to ‘The Killing Machine,’ ‘Kill Bill Vol. 1’ and ‘The Storm Riders,’ Chiba showcased his talents across martial

Some of cinema's most unforgettable performers have been those willing to put themselves in harm's way. Buster Keaton transformed gravity into comedy through astonishing physical stunts, while Jean-Paul Belmondo was cut from the same cloth, performing daring feats with a grin suggesting he enjoyed every second of it. His charismatic screen presence would inspire stars such as Chow Yun-fat, while Jackie Chan would blend Keaton's gift for visual comedy with Belmondo's physical

The tale of Robin Hood has endured for centuries, with its titular kind-hearted bandit one of the most recognisable figures in English folklore. Over the years, the outlaw of Sherwood Forest has been reimagined countless times on screen, from the delightfully camp swashbuckling charm of Errol Flynn’s ‘The Adventures of Robin Hood’, to Kevin Costner’s bombastic ‘Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves’, and, inarguably the most beloved interpretation, Disney’s 1973 animated classic, ‘Ro

To call Homer's ‘Odyssey’ merely one of the greatest works of literature is to understate its significance. First composed in the 8th or 7th century BC, the epic has captivated audiences for nearly three millennia, inspiring countless retellings and shaping the course of Western storytelling. The study devoted to the ‘Odyssey’ and its companion epic, the ‘Iliad’, at the Library of Alexandria helped lay the foundations of textual criticism and classical scholarship. Few works

Uwe Boll is a one-of-a-kind filmmaker: the rat-king of cinema. With over 30 feature films spanning decades, Boll has built one of the most singular filmographies in modern times- one defined not only by critical disdain, but by sheer persistence. His career is a collision of controversy, exploitation and defiance, a body of work that seems almost designed to provoke. A paragon of bad taste, Boll shows no indication of stopping anytime soon. The 2026 feature ‘Citizen Vigilan

The ‘Evil Dead’ series refuses to die. It began in 1979 with Sam Raimi's short film ‘Within the Woods’, a proof-of-concept that evolved into 1981's ‘The Evil Dead’. Buoyed by enthusiastic support from the likes of Stephen King, Raimi returned with 1987's darkly comic, splatstick masterpiece ‘Evil Dead II’, continuing hero Ash Williams' battle against the demonic deadites. ‘Army of Darkness’ followed in 1993 and, despite its reputation today as a cult classic, its modest box o

Sometimes an actor’s entire career pivots on a single film. Bruce Willis transformed from the wise-cracking charmer of ‘Moonlighting’ into a full-blown action icon with ‘Die Hard’, while Liam Neeson unexpectedly carved out a second life as a tough-as-nails leading man after ‘Taken.’ Although she made ‘Æon Flux,’ years before, Charlize Theron stunned audiences as the badass Furiosa in ‘Mad Max: Fury Road,’ and Bob Odenkirk rewrote expectations with ‘Nobody’, revealing a steely

Action heroes dominated 1980s and 90s cinema marquees. Stallone, Schwarzenegger and Bruce Willis were at the top of their games, while Jackie Chan became an international icon. Superstars like Harrison Ford, Kurt Russell and Mel Gibson balanced action roles with major dramatic work, and even Steven Seagal was taken seriously (for a little while, anyway). Jean-Claude Van Damme was one such name in lights- the flexible Belgian dynamo who combined Willis’ charm with Chan’s acrob

Although they seem ubiquitous nowadays, film remakes and reboots are really nothing new. In fact, they go as far back as 1896, when Georges Méliès remade Louis Lumière's 43 second short ‘Partie de Cartes’ as the comparatively expansive 67 second ‘Une Partie de Cartes.’ In the decades since, Hollywood has churned out countless remakes- a few inspired, many mediocre and plenty that never should’ve slithered onto screens in the first place. While something of a commercial succe

Ever since bursting onto the scene with 1998’s raucous ‘The Quiet Family’, Kim Jee-woon has been one of the most exciting filmmakers...

According to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons database over 600,000 people go missing in the United States of America every...

The partnership of Ringo Lam and Chow Yun-fat has resulted in some brilliant films. Their first collaboration, ‘City on Fire,’ helped...

In a weird Western wasteland, a bandit by the name of Wong A-Ping- known ominously as The Killer- is something of a legend. Unstoppable...

Takagi is just an average salaryman toiling away in a dead-end job. One fateful Monday, he awakens in a strange hotel room. He has no...

Harry Kilmer is a retired detective whiling away his days at the beach in Malibu. An old friend named George Tanner contacts him with a...

Cousins Thomas and David are the premier skateboarding, food-van operating team in Barcelona. One day, the two visit David's father at...

One can never be sure what they'll find when going into a Takashi Miike picture. The man has shot so many films in a variety of genres,...

Lao Luo is an aging stuntman whose best years are behind him. Estranged from his daughter, in debt and out of work, he and his horse Red...

Kaze is a drifter, walking stoically through life with no real purpose or direction in mind. He sleeps amid the homeless with no company...

Do films about figures from reality need to be entirely factual? The fractious reaction to Ridley Scott’s ‘Napoleon’ seems to suggest...