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Jackie Chan nostalgia.
Mon, Oct 5 2009 12:05 PM

"Was Bruce Lee actually any good at martial arts?" wonders Robert Twigger at the Guardian. It's a fair question -- how can non-martial artists know how to evaluate the impressive-looking stuff in fight scenes? The answer turns out to be, of course, yes, yes, yes, and Twigger unearths some good anecdotes and facts about Lee, including the fact that... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Odds, Richard Nixon, Jackie Chan, Jet Li, The Matrix, Twin Dragons, Bruce Lee, Wu-Tang Clan, The 36 Chambers of Shaolin, Mr. Nice Guy

Critic wrangle: "Frost/Nixon."
Fri, Dec 5 2008 11:35 AM

A quick look at what my favorite critics have to say about "Frost/Nixon," Ron Howard's extremely shiny adaptation of Peter Morgan's play about the 1977 televised interviews between British TV personality David Frost and former president Richard Nixon, played, respectively, by Michael Sheen and Frank Langella, both reprising their stage roles... Read More...

by IFC.com - Indie Eye

Filed under: Critic wrangle, Peter Morgan, Frost/Nixon, David Frost, Richard Nixon, Ron Howard, Frank Langella, Michael Sheen