Oi! THE FURIOUS is now out on digital. Go watch some of the best martial arts you'll see all year. And then when you're done, treat yourself to some MAN OF WAR. Or vice versa. Either way, treat yourself to some primo action. Or be like me & go see it in theaters this weekend.

I have finally seen “The Furious.” My hot take on it? Good flick.

THE FURIOUS: Bring The Brutal Bone-Breaking, Gangbuster Action Home On VOD And Digital On July 7! Martial arts action fans are just a day away from the digital release of Kenji Tanigaki's latest explosive action adventure, The Furious, from Lionsgate. The movie features an ensemble cast led by Xie…

Happy The Furious on VOD day to those who celebrate. I watched the first 40 minutes, I am ejecto seatoing (I couldn't find a gif of the film) cause it's getting past my bedtime, will catch the rest tomorrow.

Enjoyed stunt coordinator Kensuke Sonomura's work on The Furious, so we're circling back to Baby Assassins.

Obrigado Cabo Verde...obrigado.

THE FURIOUS is so good ya'll!!

oh, it was incredible I went with a bunch of friends, most of whom *like* action movies but aren't obsessed with them in the way I am and even they were like "this made me think of fights in ways I hadn't before" it was both a revelation and a riot

A big thank you to everyone that watched our review of THE FURIOUS, but if you haven't seen the film yet, please table this until you do, as there are some spoilers here. If it's still in theaters where you're currently at, then go and watch it ASAP! This is not The Raid!

One thing that came to mind during the pod that I do wanna say here, for anybody interested in the show, because I keep mentioning it. If watching Andor is like reading the Communist Manifesto, then Kamen Rider Black Sun is like listening to punk rock.

Just finished talking about Kamen Rider Black Sun for another podcast. Even four years later, it's so damn relevant, and still hits with the subtlety of a sledgehammer in its messaging and commentary on Japanese politics. This is gonna be one of those series I have to revisit every few years.

"So I watched THE FURIOUS, and..." FULL LINK: youtu.be/iSJ3Jlhr-Hs Big thanks to the @a4epodcast.bsky.social and so many others. Enjoy!

The Furious is certainly making me check through other stuff by Kenji Tanigaki since I didn’t notice he’d been doing Donnie Yen’s stuff since the 90s (back when I hated Donnie). This means he directed that one where Donnie Yen was fat (written and produced by Wong Jing, the Kazuo Koike of HK cinema)

Recorded some unscripted thoughts about THE FURIOUS yesterday and I'm editing it, along with another project. Stay tuned. Real life has been doing its thing, so apologies for the lack of videos on YouTube. Also, it's a World Cup year (along with Arsenal), so it is what it is.

New video essay from OMNIFRAME youtu.be/Hdx7wMCVVJQ

I know a bunch of people said the cruelest shit about this woman because she wasn’t nice enough to islamists even though her family was leftist

Life isn't life unless it's filled with pain. At least the parade today was glorious so let's enjoy the moment. In the meantime, please drop Deel as a sleeve sponsor. Just saying. 🍉

Saw THE QUEEN OF BLACK MAGIC (RATU ILMU HITAM) for the 1st time this week and it was amazing! Well-paced with impeccable practical effects, it's a classic of Indonesian cinema that I wish I knew about sooner. Suzanna's performance deserves so much praise as well. This is a must watch!

On Archive.org, found an archive of a Jazzercise VHS my mom had (that I often followed along for fun as a kid) from 1987. At the end of the video, Judi Sheppard Missett cuts to a Lean Cuisine commercial, and no joke, the jingle plays in my head every time I see Lean Cuisine at the store to this day.

There is NO WAY I’m seeing “War in the Pocket sucks” propaganda on my timeline the fuck is wrong with yall

Just saw a Facebook post about the CL final that said “History shows you cannot spend your way to European glory,” and….you can really just type any words you want and they appear on social media and no one can stop you, huh

longer video of the arsenal team celebrations 🥰

🏆 ARSENAL ARE CHAMPIONS 🏆

OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG WHAT A DAY!! THIS IS WHAT BOTTLE IS ALL ABOUT!!!!

now that the US has worked so hard to undo a huge part of Dr King's legacy, I hope we can put the 'racism was solved a long time ago' fairy tale to bed

By giving a voice to the colored and the poor, he threatened to upend not just racism, but the exploitative practices of the capitalists against everyday Americans. It wasn't enough to kill him, they needed to erase his legacy. And now they're free to try disenfranchising the common people again.

The US has successfully turned MLK into the "I Have a Dream Guy" meme, in that people have forgotten what he was doing and why it mattered.

Yuji Ohno's music has meant a lot to me over the years and to hear that he recently passed really hurts. His contributions to the Japanese Jazz scene, as well as in film and even anime, are immense so if you haven't heard of his work before, now's a good time to dive in. RIP Yuji.

Halfway through KAMEN RIDER V3 and it's been a fun rid so far. Shiro Kazumi is one helluva protagonist, but the star of the show (for me) are the Kaijin! They've got great designs and I love how the show tries to make them creepy / unsettling. Great stuff so far!

the actual amount of time I’ve actually spent internally and externally debating this fundamentally unimportant question over the past couple decades 😆 my brain is silly

So @puritythrufire.bsky.social, @cinemastrikesback.bsky.social, and @wonggifs.bsky.social, I've got a Shaw Brothers question for you three... Is FIVE ELEMENT NINJAS considered to be a Venoms Mob film?

The stuntperson is the lifeblood of the henshin hero medium, and no one embodied that more that Kenji Ohba. Every life-and-death stunt he did, every battle he won, and every pose he made was screen fighting action in its purest form. Another JAC legend becomes immortal in us all.

Turn the volume up peeps - this is what happens when you get JOURNEY & MAISON IKKOKU together for a session. Edited by me. Enjoy!

A stupid idea I had to get out of my head because this jerk keeps lousing up my Ebay and Google searches: the City Hunter Predator

The saga continues. My car was at the shop as of last Friday. Get a call yesterday from them " your car is all fixed up". I drop off the rental and get a ride an hour away to the auto shop. Pay, start to drive off and... it was not all fixed. A distinct lack of breaks actually, among other concerns.

Holy crap, I finally finished @skipintroyt.bsky.social's latest video essay and it's all about Taylor Sheridan & YELLOWSTONE. This is a MUST WATCH: youtu.be/jFEVQwiSyjI?...

It was a Wuxia Weekend for me with 2 Female-led films, but honestly, 1971's LADY WITH A SWORD (鳳飛飛 - Feng Fei Fei, our lead heroine) was the better of the two. This was a thrilling film that deserves more eyes on it.

Had a great mail haul yesterday. Got some Jazz / Fusion CDs and the Missus bought me a Shaw Brothers wuxia movie!!!

To all my toku moots out there, I have a question for you. Have you seen a film from Shaw Brothers Studios?

A great weekend for action. Rewatched MAGNIFICENT WARRIORS and it just might be one of Michelle Yeoh's best. But last night's first-time watch of NEW ONE ARMED SWORDSMAN was so lit in the best way possible. Thanks @sapphicgiallo.bsky.social for the rec!

Guy goes is it conceivable Lena Dunham doesn’t remember the time she said her employee wasn’t a rapist Then jokes about it

Was so happy to finally see one of my favorite anime movies on the big screen in Japan, at a Bandai revival screening. The sound and animation hit completely different in a theater. It was everything I wanted and more. They even gave out cute cards for this screening.

RETURN OF THE ONE-ARMED SWORDSMAN (獨臂刀王) is the DEFINITION of a sequel that blows it's fantastic first outing out of the water. Ignore the haters because this film has no business being this good while having so much contempt for 武林 in all its forms. Goddamn!

the levels of elite impunity we are seeing now and the levels of war crimes we are seeing now are two aspects of the same path of historical development. right now they see war as our problem (and their investment opportunity). it is world historically important that we make war their problem again

everything we are seeing now is the consequence of having a political environment in which indifference to the deaths and suffering of other people - even by the state whose supposed responsibility is to safeguard their welfare - is a superpower rather than a political liability

JADE TIGER (1977) isn't for everybody (go see Letterboxd), but I enjoyed its pivot away from swordplay. It's very much a wuxia spy thriller that aims to deconstruct the pride, chivalry & heroism of the genre in ways that THE BLADE would later inherit. And that ending is epic.

Thanks to my moots @sarasanjou.bsky.social & Cel, correcting my OP post as this is Akarenger, not Akared, and he lost his arm during the movie AFTER WW2. My bad.