Ang Lee is directing a Bruce Lee biopic with his son, Mason Lee, attached to star as the Chinese American Hollywood legend.
Even if you’ve never seen a Bruce Lee movie, you know who Bruce Lee is. That’s the impact of an icon. You probably know the vague outline of Bruce Lee as a martial artist who died young and would notably caterwaul as he fought his opponents on screen. But when you make your way through Criterion’s new Blu-ray collection, Bruce Lee: His Greatest Hits, you get the full picture of a man who changed action cinema forever, and the tragedy that we only saw a glimpse of what he was capable of doing. I’ve spent …
ESPN’s 30 for 30 docuseries has built a reputation for being emotional, hard-hitting, and extremely good. (I frequently find myself getting fully invested in the careers of athletes I’ve never heard of before.) The series is finally releasing a film focusing on one of the most popular movie stars / athletes / cultural icons of all time, Bruce got-dang Lee, entitled Be Water. [caption id="attachment_795615" align="alignright" width="360"] Image via Warner Bros.[/caption] The trailer hit YouTube today, and folks, it looks pretty amazing. Premiering on ESPN June 7th, the film will chronicle Bruce Lee’s …
For the first time ever, Bruce Lee is coming to the Criterion Collection, and the martial arts legend is getting a massive collection befitting the greatest of all time. Bruce Lee: His Greatest Hits is a seven-disc, five-film set that will include 4K digital restorations of The Big Boss, Fist of Fury, Game of Death, and The Way of the Dragon, along with documentaries, commentaries, and the Criterion-standard amount of special features. Here is everything including in His Greatest Hits: [caption id="attachment_658257" align="alignright" width="360"] Image via Warner Bros.[/caption] 4K digital restorations of The …
Bruce Lee's famous yellow jumpsuit in Game Of Death became iconic in its own right, with movies like Kill Bill paying homage to it.
The film would have been Tarantino's first proper theatrical release in mainland China.
Birth Of The Dragon depicts Bruce Lee's mystical fight with Wong Jack Man, but the 2016 film takes a lot of liberties with reality.
Now Bruce Lee's friends are coming to the late actor's defense.
This battle isn't fading away yet.
Spoilers ahead for Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood. Like pretty much all Quentin Tarantino movies, Once Upon a Time…in Hollywood has invited its fair share of controversies. While the studio probably expected the ending to garner an intense response (hence the desire to crack down on spoilers), there’s also been a lot of talk surrounding the scene involving Bruce Lee (Mike Moh). In the scene, stuntman Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) flashes back to when he met Lee and the two fought to a draw, which some saw as insulting to Lee’s legacy—to have him appear …
Director Quentin Tarantino responds to the controversy over the Bruce Lee scene in his most recent movie, Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.
The infamous director took a moment during a press junket to defend the 'arrogant' depiction of Bruce Lee in his latest film, following criticism from Lee's daughter.
This has been one of the main talking points about the filmmaker’s ninth movie.
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood includes a Bruce Lee cameo, but what does it mean? Here's everything you need to know about its narrative relevancy.
As if this scene wasn't controversial enough.
This has been one of the main subjects of critique surrounding Quentin Tarantino’s latest movie.
Minor spoilers for Once Upon a Time in Hollywood follow below. Pretty much every new Quentin Tarantino film comes with its own accompanying controversy, and the filmmaker’s latest effort—the 1969-set Once Upon a Time in Hollywood—is no different. But while the Sharon Tate of it all has certainly made many people uncomfortable, it’s not the only aspect of the film that’s ruffling feathers. At a certain point about halfway through Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, we’re shown a flashback sequence in which Brad Pitt’s aging stuntman Cliff Booth challenges Bruce Lee (…
Bruce Lee, one of cinema's most iconic, ambitious, and tragic heroes, lives on through his TV and movie performances long after he was taken from the world at the age of 32. His short career brought us some of the most recognizable and often-imitated fight scenes in cinematic history, but one of Lee's most famous fights occurred off-screen and behind closed doors. Birth of the Dragon is a dramatized version of that fight, a private match, a one-on-one contest of skill and style between Lee and martial arts master Wong Jack Man. The 1964 …
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