Li Lianjie is perhaps one of the most famous Chinese martial artists in the world, although you might better know him as Jet Li. After retiring from the Beijing Wushu Team in 1979, he would then go on to star in numerous martial arts films. It's a career that actually started in Hong Kong, where he
Anyone with even the most remote interest in martial arts films will recognize Li Lianzi, better known by his stage name of Jet Li. This Chinese-born Singaporean started his martial arts career after three years of training under the wushu/kung fu master Wu Bin. That training quickly bore fruit in
The Forbidden Kingdom is a rather unique take in the wuxia film genre. A genre which is defined by Chinese martial arts galore, as well as CGI magic attacks for quite a few of them. Such films also tend to follow Chinese folklore, which this counts as. Journey to the West is a novel that came to us
The Apothecary Diaries thickens up the plot with some serious family and political drama in Ep. 51 "Let Them Eat Cake". Students of history will readily recognize that title as the most infamously apocryphal line Marie Antoinette spoke just before the French Revolution came calling, indicating her
"Universal Monsters: The Bride of Frankenstein Lives #1" is an intriguing start to the four-part story of the classic monster's origin.
Netflix's animated adaptation of AJ Dungo's graphic novel is a gorgeous and deeply moving love story that reminds us that grief never truly disappears, but neither does the love we carry for those we've lost. Last night, I had the opportunity to watch Netflix's new animated film In Waves, directed
