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Ip Man 3 (2015)

Ip Man 3 may offer the same expertly choreographed martial arts scenes as its predecessors but this movie’s entire front half is worthless. By the time it picks up, it’s too little too late, particularly when you consider the lame antagonists, bad performances and manufactured drama.

In 1959, Ip Man (Donnie Yen) must help the principal of his youngest son’s school. Property developper Frank (Mike Tyson) wants it for the prime real-easte it sits on. His criminal underling, Ma King-sang (Patrick Tam), will stop at nothing - not even arson or kidnapping - to convince the principal (Tats Lau) to sell. Meanwhile, Ip Man’s wife, Cheung Wing-sing (Lynn Hung) receives dire news from her doctor.

You get a bad feeling as soon as you realize they've cast Mike Tyson in the film. The man’s not an actor and even non-English speakers should be able to tell. What purpose does he even serve, except to - once again - introduce some “foreign devil” antagonists for Ip Man to defeat and then shoo away from his home? It certainly isn’t to give us something new, as Tyson is an English-speaking boxer - just like Taylor "The Twister" Miller from Ip Man 2. With his trademark face tattoo and daughter who looks NOTHING like him, it’s like he’s a time traveler.

You could’ve eliminated Frank altogether and only had Ma King-sang as the film’s villain. He’s certainly despicable enough and it might even be a nice change of pace for Ip Man to go up against someone who doesn’t have god-level martial arts skills. Unfortunately, this plot causes only frustration. Ip Man’s son is kidnapped, and not for ransom. Poor little Ip Ching will be sold into slavery unless the principal sells his building. “Alright!” you think to yourself. “These idiots are stupid enough to challenge Ip Man, a martial arts legend who’s saved China’s honor twice already. He’s always been cool, calm, and collected but now, the gloves are off. It’s time for him to go ballistic and teach these monsters a lesson.” but then, he doesn’t. The rescue is undertaken with the same intensity as a no-stakes match between old friends. Our hero doesn’t seem to care, so why should we? It’s a recurring problem with the film. People don’t call the police when witnessing crimes, even if it’s something as blatant and serious as an assassination attempt. I know the police are corrupt (they’re led by a white man, so how could they not be?) but Ip Man’s a respected member of society. He has close friends in the department. You could at least try!

This third chapter in the series isn’t all bad. It’s surprisingly effective when we move away from the school action plot and deal with Ip Man and his wife. There are tender, romantic scenes between them as they spend what could be their last days as husband and wife. Here, the film shows off some good performances. Despite this refreshing storyline, it eventually becomes frustrating as well. Ip Man spends all this time defending the school - his son's school, which is being threatened by ruthless gangsters. He's so dedicated to this cause that Wing-sing begins resenting her husband. She’s worried he won’t be there for her if her illness gets worse. Why she doesn’t just tell him the very important news she got from her doctor, I don’t know. Once they begin spending time together, a second antagonist, another practitioner of Wing Chun called Cheung Tin-chi (Zhang Jin), comes in. On paper, he's a great adversary. He's studied from the same school as Ip Man but applies the technique in different ways and morally, Tin-chi is little more than a glorified thug. Unfortunately, the picture fails to take advantage of these opposing dynamics. See, earlier in the film, Tin-chi accepted money to hospitalize one of Ip Man’s friends. We know he’s rotten but Ip never learns what Tin-chi did! How could writers Edmond Wong, Chan Tai-lee and Jil Leung miss that?!

Ip Man 3 often repeats what we’ve seen before and fails to take advantage of the natural drama that should emerge from its story. Despite some good performances and well-choreographed fights, it’s often tedious and feels phony. With the series once again teasing Bruce Lee but not utilizing him, it feels like they're just releasing more chapters to string us along. (Original Cantonese with English subtitles, June 4, 2021)

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Podcast: Anyone But You & Avatar: The Last Airbender

This week on the show, we’re looking at the new Shakespeare-adapted rom-com Anyone But You and the new live-action adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender.  Listen to find out how they each hold up! Continue reading Podcast: Anyone But You & Avatar: The Last Airbender

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Bryan Boy, Susie Bubble & Tina Leung Front Row @ Valentino Spring Couture 2023

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‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Renewed For Two Seasons At Netflix; Live-Action Series Will Conclude With Season 3

Avatar: The Last Airbender, the anime-inspired live-action series, will be able to tell the story of the four nations: Water. Earth. Fire. Air after Netflix renewed it for a further two seasons.

The streamer has handed the show a two-season renewal order to conclude the story of Aang’s journey to become the Avatar. 

It comes after the show premiered on Netflix on February 22 and recorded 41.1M views in its first 11 days, topping its TV list for the last two weeks and being on track to enter its top ten most-watched list over its first three months.

The plan is to film these two seasons – seasons two and three – in close succession in order to mitigate the fact that child actors tend to grow up quickly.

The series comes from Rideback, whose boss Dan Lin, an exec producer on the series, was recently named Netflix’s new film chief, replacing Scott Stuber. Albert Kim is showrunner, having replaced original creators Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko in 2020.

Its three season run will mirror the structure of the animated series, which featured three books across three seasons to Aang’s story that premiered on Nickelodeon in 2005, and became a hit on Netflix during the early stages of the pandemic.

It’s not clear how many episodes will be produced for season two and three. Season one features eight episodes.

Avatar: The Last Airbender takes place in a world that is divided into four nations: the Water Tribes, the Earth Kingdom, the Fire Nation, and the Air Nomads. “Benders” are people that have the ability to telekinetically manipulate and control the element corresponding to their nation, using gestures based on Chinese martial arts. The “Avatar” is the only individual with the ability to bend all four elements.

The four nations once lived in harmony, with the Avatar, master of all four elements, keeping peace between them. But everything changed when the Fire Nation attacked and wiped out the Air Nomads, the first step taken by the firebenders towards conquering the world. With the current incarnation of the Avatar yet to emerge, the world has lost hope. But like a light in the darkness, hope springs forth when Aang (Gordon Cormier), a young Air Nomad — and the last of his kind — reawakens to take his rightful place as the next Avatar.

Alongside his newfound friends Sokka (Ian Ousley) and Katara (Kiawentiio), siblings and members of the Southern Water Tribe, Aang embarks on a quest to save the world and fight back against the onslaught of Fire Lord Ozai (Daniel Dae Kim). But with a driven Crown Prince Zuko (Dallas Liu) determined to capture them, it won’t be an easy task. They’ll need the help of the many allies and colorful characters they meet along the way. Ken Leung and Paul Sun-Hyung Lee also star.

Kim and Lin exec produce produce alongside Jabbar Raisani, Lindsey Liberatore and Michael Goi. Goi and Raisani directed episodes in season one alongside Roseanne Liang and Jet Wilkinson.

It is Netflix’s second anime-inspired live-action hit after One Piece, following a rocky start in the genre with Cowboy Bepop. The streamer highlighted it as one of its latest successful adaptations, coming on the back of other IP-driven series such as The Sandman, Wednesday, Arcane and Sweet Tooth.

The creative team behind the series is keen to expand the story. Avatar executive producer and director Jabbar Raisani told Deadline that there’s stuff that they filmed that didn’t make it into season one.

“If we get another season, then we will certainly have those things, because I know what we missed now and I know how to do better the second time around,” he said. “The animated series is a really good guide…for where the show can go.”

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Bryan Leung Kar-yan aka "Beardy" in The Thundering Mantis |(1979)

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hiii!! got any B movie reccs you really like?

these are what come to mind when i think of "b" movies

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8 diagram pole fighter (1984, lau kar leung)

truck turner (1974, jonathan kaplan)

framed (1975, phil karlson)

god told me to (1976, larry cohen)

emperor of the north (1973, robert aldrich)

razorback (1984, russell mulcahy)

white dog (1983, samuel fuller)

danger: diabolik (1968, mario bava)

mr. majestyk (1974, richard fleischer)

conquest (1983, lucio fulci)

the man from hong kong (1974, bryan trenchard smith)

the lady in red (1979, lewis teague)

white line fever (1975, jonathan kaplan)

5 fingers of death (1972, jeong chang-hwa)

dirty mary, crazy larry (1974, john hough)

a fist full of talons (1983, sun chung)

pit stop (1969, jack hill)

dark of the sun (1968, jack cardiff)

poor pretty eddie (1975, david worth)

twisted nerve (1968, roy boulting)

death wish 3 (1985, michael winner)

seven black heroines (1983, chu yen-ping)

bmx bandits (1983, bryan trenchard smith)

death race 2000 (1975, paul bartel)

laserblast (1978, michael rae)

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Greenpeace - Don't Stop from Samona Olanipekun on Vimeo.

This is no ordinary cover: Don’t Stop is a contemporary fable about being young in the world today. The song is a call to action for people worried about their future and the state of the planet, and a rallying cry for those who dream of a better tomorrow. Together we can stand up to the fossil fuel industry. Add your name now: act.gp/3qIN8o6

Production Company: Lammas Park @lammas_park_productions

Director - Samona Olanipekun @samona_o Exec Producers - Steve McQueen, Bona Orakwue @bonaclara7, Anna Smith Tenser @smithspanna Producer - George Telfer @gtelfs

Production Manager - Chanel Parkinson @chanellyonthetelly PA - Hannah Lockwood @hanlockwood Cast Coordinator - Beth Rubery @beth.rubery Production Runner - Tom Gimlette @tomgimlette

Researcher - Shireen Bahmanizad @shireen_bahmanizad Researcher - Conall O’Brien @conallobrien Bidding Producer - Nat Baring @natanatics Lammas Park Head of Operations - Nicholas Horne Lammas Park Production Assistant - Umashni Puvanendran

1st AD - Gabriel O’Donohue @_gabriel.odonohue_

Movement Director - Liara Barussi @liarabarussi Casting Director - Coralie Rose @coralie_blamo_rose

DOP - Annika Summerson @annisummerson Steadicam / Camera Op - Jonathan Tyler @jonotyler Focus Puller A Cam - Kate Mollins @kate__mo_ Focus Puller B Cam - Sam Ebrahim Riley @samrileyac Clapper / Loader - Sonia Rogriguez Camera Trainee - Lucas Murray Reynolds Grip - Warwick Drucker

Video Playback - Robbie Ross @rsvp.london DIT - Ben Grady @colour.grady Sound Recordist - Anthony Leung @anthonyleungsound

Gaffer - Salvador Lopez-Gomez @glofilmlighting Best Boy - Jamie Hitchens @jamiehitchens Desk Op - Noah Furrer Electricians - Charlie Lodge, Lee Madigan, Nathan Rubins Rigger - Steve Daly @steve_daly

Production Designer - Jade Adeyemi @adeyumyum Prop Buyer - Martha Howe @martha.howe, Matty Mancy @matty.mancey Led Art Assistant - Lea Otovic @leaotovic Art Dept Assistant - Isabelle Bryan, Nana-yaw Mensah @nyk_mensah, Lucia Barsegian @luciabarsegian, Daisy Alexander, Fenella Evans @fen.art_, Sofia Karavis @sofiakara

Construction by Cous De La @cousdela

SFX Supervisor - Neil Gawthrop SFX Technicians - Miguel Ferreira, Jonathan Long SFX by Machine Shop @machineshopsfx

Costume Designer - Verity May Lane @veritymaylane Costume Assistants - Amy Thompson @a_thompson, Johanna Yohannes, Ellie Rimmer @ellie_r1

Make Up Designer - Maya Man @mayamanartist Make Up Assistants - Chelsea Murphy @sculptedbychelsea, Nic Marilyn @nicmarilyn Hair Designer - Kreszend Sackey @kreszendsackey Hair Assistant - Viviane Melo @vivianemelomua

Medic - Verity Stacy

Editor - Jack Williams @__jackwilliams_ Edit House - The Assembly Rooms @the_assembly_rooms Edit Producer - Phoebe Armstrong-Beaver Sound Designer - Jack Sedgwick @snappajack Audio Post - King Lear @kinglearlondon Audio Producer - Suzy McGregor Colourist - George Kyriacou @georgekcolourist Post - Black Kite Studios @blackkitestudios VFX - Mark Stannard Colour Producer - Holly Tidwell @holly_tidwell, Jade Denne @jadedenne

Camera - Panavision @panavisionofficial Lighting - Panalux @panaluxworld Studio - Dukes Island Studios Insurance - Dan Woods at Media Insurance Brokers Accountancy - Robert Okonski & Emmanuel Lindsay at Clay GBP

Casting Assistants - Laura Meredith Additional Casting - Lauren Patterson @ Jukebox Collective Agency

CAST:

Speech Givers: Kyle Osbourne Lili Chin

Tomorrow’s Warriors: Kyle Osborne, Emily Tran, Cassius Cobbson, Shanise, David, Tami Lisa Smith

Waiters & Kitchen Staff Cameron Berryman, Izaebella Cresci, Christopher Mbaki, Jinessa Meggi, Ebony Aboagye, Oliver Manley, Kade Turner, Geddy Stringer

Party Guests: Graham Collier, Anja Kick, Philippa Casares, Noreen Goodwin, Benji Ming, Catherine Cornwall, Huma Mohyuddin, Ellie Madden, Albert Graver, Rainier Manzano, Ruby Gascoyne, Sharifa Butterfly, Haseeb ‘Chilly’ Hearn, Duran Abdullah, Mikael Rivieri, Patrick Gabco, Ellie Harlulow, Rogerio Ghesti, Katerina Bragin, Michael Ahfong, Kesiena Banye, Beverly Connel, Jeanette Maskell, Peter Wilkinson

and Featuring: Will Poulter, Fraser T Smith and Avelino

MUSIC

Written by: Christine McVie / Universal Music Publishing Group Produced by: Fraser T Smith / 70Hz Original Rap verses: Avelino Music Supervision and Consultancy: Ed Bailie and Seb Whyte / Leland Music Music Marketing: Olivia Hobbs and Clare Wright / Blackstar Agency Performed by: Future Utopia X Avelino X Tomorrow's Warriors With thanks to: House Gospel Choir, Benjamin Kwasi Burrell, Janine Irons, Fish Krish, Gabriel Starkey, Patricia Pascal

AGENCY

Creative Agency: Mother London Creative Director: James Sellick @jamessellickauthor Creative: Scott Anderson @scottanders44 Title Design: Ben McNaughton Head of Production: Anna Murray @annasedgwick Producers: Tommy Frankau @tommyfrankau, Nic Akinnibosun, Joseph Ogunmokun Epilogue: Written by Scroobius Pip in collaboration with Greenpeace, performed by Lilli Chin Special Featured Performance: Will Poulter

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JR is a fatherless boy growing up in the glow of a bar where the bartender, his Uncle Charlie, is the sharpest and most colorful of an assortment of quirky and demonstrative father figures. As the boy’s determined mother struggles to provide her son with opportunities denied to her — and leave the dilapidated home of her outrageous if begrudgingly supportive father — JR begins to gamely, if not always gracefully, pursue his romantic and professional dreams, with one foot persistently placed in Uncle Charlie’s bar. Credits: TheMovieDb. Film Cast: Charlie Maguire: Ben Affleck JR Maguire: Tye Sheridan Young JR Maguire: Daniel Ranieri Dorothy Maguire: Lily Rabe Grandpa Maguire: Christopher Lloyd The Voice, JR’s father: Max Martini Wesley: Rhenzy Feliz Sidney: Briana Middleton Chief: Max Casella Grandma Maguire: Sondra James Bobo: Michael Braun Joey D: Matthew Delamater Jimmy: Ivan Leung Aunt Ruth: Danielle Ranieri Kathy: Kate Avallone Sidney’s Dad: Mark Boyett Sidney’s Mom: Quincy Tyler Bernstine Professor Van Dyke: Ezra Knight School Psychologist: David Carl Pat: Shannon Collis Kathy’s Daughter: Keira Jo Lassor Mrs. Williams: Jennifer C. Johnson NYT Editor: Michael Steven Costello NYT Personnel Woman: Kate Middleton NYT Copyboy: Jackson Damon NYT Copygirl: Caroline Bergwall Officer James: Daniel Washington Chief’s Wife: Jenny Eagan Other Customer: Steve Gagliastro Aunt Ruth’s Kid #1: Annabella Valle Aunt Ruth’s Kid #2: Clara Kelly Aunt Ruth’s Kid #3: Meara Mahoney Gross Future JR Maguire (voice only): Ron Livingston Kid in Classroom (uncredited): Jack Baumrind Dickens Bar Regular (uncredited): Julia Bechler Yale Student (uncredited): Keith R Beck Dickens Bar Patron (uncredited): Alissa Bourne Film Crew: Producer: George Clooney Producer: Grant Heslov Producer: Ted Hope Original Music Composer: Dara Taylor Music Supervisor: Linda Cohen Screenplay: William Monahan Book: J.R. Moehringer Editor: Tanya Swerling Director of Photography: Martin Ruhe Production Design: Kalina Ivanov Art Direction: Bryan Felty Set Decoration: Melissa M. Levander Makeup Department Head: Trish Seeney Visual Effects Supervisor: Matt Kasmir Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Todd Beckett Supervising Sound Editor: Nancy Nugent Supervising Sound Editor: Julian Slater Sound Designer: Jon Title Costume Supervisor: Dana Pacheco Executive Producer: Barbara A. Hall Costume Design: Jenny Eagan Casting: Rachel Tenner Movie Reviews: r96sk: So very plain. To be honest: I found ‘The Tender Bar’ to be a bore. I felt like I had seen this film before, such is the predictable and monotonous nature of the story. It almost felt like a (poorer) rerun of 2020’s ‘Hillbilly Elegy‘. I will say, though, that Ben Affleck gives a very good performance in this, to the point that I actually would’ve liked to have seen a story revolving around him and his character – as opposed to who this 2021 flick is about. Aside from Affleck, I didn’t care for any of the other performances and therefore any of the other characters. It’s not even a bad film, it’s just so, so boring – for me, anyway. CinemaSerf: It’s not often I find myself writing this, but Ben Affleck is comfortably the best thing about this otherwise rather lacklustre adaptation of JR Moehringer’s autobiographical coming of age tale. It depicts the story of his childhood – through the eyes of the engaging young Daniel Ranieri – before he heads to Yale in the guise of Tye Sheridan. The first half hour, maybe, is quite entertaining. This young lad living with his mother (his selfish father is estranged from them, living the mobile life of a late night radio talk show host) in the home of his mildly eccentric grandfather (Christopher Lloyd) and their home is a lively, buzzing environment in which the youngster thrives. Chief amongst the residents is his charismatic, worldly-wise uncle “Charlie” (Affleck) who runs a local bar populated with a decent, working-class clientele who take to the young man and encourage his obvious academic talents. That half hour peters out, ...

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Thank you Lord for all you done for us thank you for healing and lifting them up while they are resting thank you for your family members thank you for all Holidays and birthdays thank you Jesus Christ Lisa Anne French, Louis XVII edit, Jesus of Nazareth, Saint “Virgin Mary” Mary, Salome, Mary Of Clopas, Saint Joseph of Nazareth, Saint Anne, Saint Joachim of Jerusalem, Mary Dunne “Stagecoach Mary” Fields, Lisa “Mona Lisa” Gherardini del Giocondo, Edward Doty Sr., Richard Burrell Reed, Margaret Jean Wylie Sibbitt, George Reed Sr., George “Buddy” Reed Jr., Rebecca Ann Bryan Boone, Daniel Boone, Jonathan Boone, Samuel Boone Sr., Jane “Big Granny” Van Cleave Boone, Squire Boone Sr., CPT Squire Boone Jr., Sheftall Sheftall, Frances Freidel Hart Sheftall, Pauline Adelaar, Peter Fuchs, Mordecai Sheftall, Mann Page III, Evelyn Byrd, COL William Byrd III, Portrait of Marie-Antoinette Queen of France in crimson dress holding a book, Princess Sophie Hélène Béatrice of France, Élisabeth Philippe Marie Hélène of France, Louis VII of

France

Armand Gagné, Eli Whitney II, Henrietta Frances Edwards Whitney, Harriet Livingston Dale, Cornelia Schuyler Livingston, Jane Byrd Page, William Byrd II, Maria Taylor Byrd, John Williamson Page, Maria Taylor Byrd Carter, Anne Byrd Carter, Louis Joseph Xavier Francois, Ella Harper, Annie Oakley, Nina Craigmiles, Marie Antoinette, Sr. Evalee "EvaMary" Matthews, Robert Fulton, Stacy, Mei Leung, Carol Ann Barrett, Charlotte Louise Dunn, Charlotte Ruby "Charlie" Emily, Anna D. Crnkovic, Irmgard Christine Winter, Christine Chubbuck, Lisa Ann French, Cindy Joy Elias, Rachel Joy Scott, JonBenèt Ramsey, Marian McLean, Elizabeth Short, Thanksgiving Family, Amber Rene Hagerman and Opal Jennings, Judith Barsi, Heather Michele O'Rourke,

[etcemais]

A Netflix liberou um novo pôster inédito de Avatar: O Último Mestre do Ar.

A nova adaptação da lenda de Aang, terá Gordon Comier, Dallas Liu, Daniel Dae Kim, Amber Midthunder e Ken Leung no elenco. O live-action é baseado na série animada de mesmo nome, exibida pela Nickelodeon de 2005 a 2008, que conta com três temporadas iniciais. Além do sucesso das animações, o título deu origem a uma HQ muito bem-sucedida e a uma série de graphic novels que continua publicando novas histórias originais.

A série foi anunciada em 2018 e estava prevista para ser iniciada em 2019, mas com a saída dos produtores originais e criadores da animação, Michael DiMartino e Bryan Konietzko, o projeto ficou congelado até 2020.

Albert Kim assumiu o posto de showrunner, e também produz a série ao lado de Dan Lin, Lindsey Liberatore e Michael Goi.

A série de Avatar: O Último Mestre do Ar estreia no dia 22 de fevereiro na Netflix.

[this-is-the-ticket]

The Los Angeles Railway history AND General Motors Streetcar Conspiracy it’s fucked. It’s so fucked.

Essay on Roman Polanski’s Chinatown, from New York Times reader RD Heath.

Why do cats meow per the BBC

The Domestication of Cats per the Smithsonian lol

The William S. Burroughs photo. Trigger warning - scary.

Hell and Back (2015) trailer, a movie Casey really loves that you’ll probably judge him for.

Mystery Men (1999) Trailer

25 German journalists took LA Metro and did not hate it like we do. Casey does not believe them.

Paul Schrader’s Blue Collar Trailer!

Yaphet Kotto on Alien

Michael Mann’s Miami Vice rocks - Cinephilia does an awesome spread on this beast and have a pdf of the script! 

Bryan Tyree Henry in Godzilla vs. Kong lolololol

Zhang Ziyi with fucking Kyle Chandler. Wow. Amazing. 

Zhang Ziyi and Tony Leung in 2046!!!

What the heck is The One and Only Ivan? 

Lost in the Milky Way by: Linda Hogan

Batman and the Signal Fan Cast by Casey

Batman and the Signal Fan Cast by Ari

BATMAN AND THE SIGNAL SYNOPSIS

While playing as a vigilante, Bruce Wayne neglects the family business and is ultimately ousted by the executives of Wayne Enterprises. The sudden loss and financial ruin leaves Bruce and Alfred penniless. Reevaluating his role in Gotham, Bruce manages to take out a business loan and opens a gym, in the hopes of being a positive force in his community. (One of his students is boisterous pre-teen, Dick Grayson.)

Meanwhile, in the wake of Wayne Enterprises dismantling Harvey Dent, Dr. Fries, and Basil Karlo face crises of their own…

Harvey Dent tries to recover from losing her most generous benefactor by engaging in a series of poor, illegal decisions, but eventually descends into madness and emerges as Two-Face, who will leave a trail of blood on her journey to Bruce Wayne.

Dr. Victor Fries was reliant on Wayne Enterprises, using their technology to cryogenically freeze his terminally ill wife. In the collapse, he is indebted to the new owners, who require him to bend his morals in exchange for her life. In a laboratory accident, he becomes Mr. Freeze, blaming Bruce Wayne for his new misfortune and hellbent on revenge.

Basil Karlo sought to benefit from Bruce Wayne's misfortune by stealing a Wayne Enterprises manufactured face cream, designed to preserve his youth. In using and overusing the product, the toxicity turns him into Clayface, and he also wants Bruce Wayne's head.

Two-Face's first motion in taking down Bruce Wayne is killing Alfred, which could only bring about one thing: the return of Batman.

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錦衣衛 (Secret Service of the Imperial Court / Police Pool of Blood) (Tony Lo, 1984) Cover for Spectrum Films by Gokaiju

[911bts]

6x18 "Pay It Forward" Synopsis

A series of freeway car accidents leads to a catastrophic overpass collapse that endangers the lives of civilians and members of the 118 in the all-new "Pay It Forward" sixth season finale episode of 9-1-1 airing Monday, May 15 (8:00-9:01 PM ET/PT) on FOX. (NIN-618) (TV-14 D, L, S, V)

Cast: Angela Bassett as Athena Grant; Peter Krause as Bobby Nash; Jennifer Love Hewitt as Maddie Buckley; Oliver Stark as Evan "Buck" Buckley; Kenneth Choi as Howie "Chimney" Han; Aisha Hinds as Henrietta "Hen" Wilson; Ryan Guzman as Eddie Diaz; Corinne Massiah as May Grant; Gavin McHugh as Christopher Diaz

Guest Cast: Tracie Thoms as Karen Wilson; Anirudh Pisharody as Ravi Panikkar; Bryan Safi as Josh Russo; Chiquita Fuller as Linda Bates; Annelise Capero as Natalia Dollenmeyer; Chelsea Kane as Kameron; Colin McCalla as Connoir; Edy Ganem as Marisol; Freda Foh Shen as Anne Lee; Kelvin Han Yee as John Lee; Hailey & Bailey Leung as Jee-Yun; Declan Pratt as Denny Wilson

[cinemaronin]

Hong Kong Godfather (1985)

尖東梟雄 Hong Kong Godfather (1985)  directed by Johnny Wang Lung-Wei

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‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Trio Bonded by Taking Naps on Appa Between Shoots: ‘We Couldn’t Stop Kicking One Another’

In the world of “Avatar: The Last Airbender,” a sky bison makes for the best nap spot, the young cast soon learned.

Gordon Cormier, who plays the show’s main character Aang, shared that he and fellow co-stars Kiawentiio and Ian Ousley, who play siblings Katara and Sokka, bonded on set by napping on Appa, Aang’s giant flying bison, for hours at a time between shoots.

The trio would end up “kicking one another” to try and secure more space on the furry fake creature, leading to skirmishes and laughs shared afterward.

“They told us that we have to wait up there [on Appa] for 15 minutes and that we could come down, but it’d be kind of useless. So we stay up there; 30 minutes go by, and nothing is happening. We eventually started napping and forming this crazy puzzle shape to stay in the saddle, and we started kicking and shoving one another,” Cormier said. “We were all getting really mad at each other. It was a great memory because now I can look back at it and think about how pissed off we were because we were all trying to sleep. It took like an hour but was a good bonding experience.”

Cormier shared the story at the premiere of Netflix’s new series, an adaptation of the original animated Nickelodeon show of the same name, at The Egyptian Theatre Hollywood in Hollywood.

In addition to Kiawentiio and Ousley, stars Dallas Liu, Ken Leung, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee and Daniel Dae Kim, who play Zuko, Commander Zhao, Iroh and Fire Lord Ozai, respectively, joined showrunner Albert Kim and others at the red carpet.

Ousley’s Sokka is a warrior of the Southern Water Tribe, a nation where some people can manipulate, or “bend,” water telekinetically, and the older brother to Kiawentiio’s Katara, a water bender herself.

When asked to reveal what “older brother pranks” he’d play on his television younger sister, Ousley confessed he’d often distract Kiawentiio during her most “serious” scenes by making faces at her in an attempt to break character.

“I would try to make her laugh when the camera wasn’t on me. So sometimes she’d be in serious scenes, and I’d try and do something goofy to make her laugh because we’d been filming for like 12 hours,” Ousley said. “She’d get so mad and tell me, ‘Dude, I’m literally supposed to be crying here.'”

For her part, Kiawentiio described Ousley as her “adopted older brother” and recalled that a favorite tradition of the trio would be to grab Bubble “Boba” tea after a long day of shooting: “In the two or three years since we’ve met each other, we’ve gotten super close, and they really are like my family.” 

The series follows Aang (Cormier), the young Avatar, as he learns to master the four elements (water, earth, fire and air) to restore balance to a world threatened by the Fire Nation. Alongside his newfound friends Sokka (Ousley) and Katara (Kiawentiio), Aang embarks on a quest to save the world and fight back against the onslaught of Fire Lord Ozai (Daniel Dae Kim).

Fans of the original “Avatar” series have expressed concerns about the new show’s faithfulness to the Nickelodeon series. Original creators Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino, who had spent two years developing the live-action adaptation for Netflix, previously exited over creative differences, leaving Kim as the sole showrunner.

At the premiere, Kim tried to ease fans’ fears by assuring them that he, too, was a fan of the original show.

“My message to fans is that, like them, I am first and foremost a fan,” Kim said. “So I understand all their concerns, I understand all the expectations they have, and it’s not something we take lightly. So, I hope that they’ll give us a chance and that they can appreciate everything that we’ve done.”

The original “Avatar” show ran for three seasons, but Kim didn’t specify how many seasons he plans for the Netflix adaptation to span. He said he’d love to work on the show for as long as “fans want them to.” The showrunner also noted the original show’s sequel series, “The Legend of Korra,” and multiple comic books as inspiration points for the series.

“We’re all obviously aware of ‘Korra’ and all the other follow-up works like comic books and novelizations, and we drew upon a lot of that in the building this season,” Kim said. “I think fans will recognize some of that when they watch what we’ve done.”

Netflix’s “Avatar: The Last Airbender” will premiere on Feb. 22.

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Ip Man 3 (2015)

Director - Wilson Yip, Cinematography - Kenny Tse

"Not bad. But did you really kick that water, or only think you did?"