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Dolph Lundgren talks career revival, old-school action, ‘Avengers’

2013-02-26 14:13:08

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Reel China: A crash course in different storytelling traditions

2012-09-22 08:00:00

BEIJING — Every movie project involves a certain amount of negotiation, but finding middle ground proved no easy matter when writer-director Daniel Hsia tried to film "Shanghai Calling" in China. To secure permission to make his story about a...

List of films and release dates in summer 2012

2012-04-29 00:00:00

May 4 The Avengers A team of superheroes including Iron Man, Captain America, the Hulk and Thor unite to save the world. With Robert Downey Jr., Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo and Chris Hemsworth. Written and directed by Joss Whedon. In Imax 3-D. Walt Disney...

News Corp. buys stake in Chinese film studio

2012-05-14 16:33:04

Oscar voters aren't always who you might think

2012-02-19 00:00:00

Which two of these four entertainment names — Woody Allen, George Lucas, Meat Loaf, Erik Estrada — are members of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences? It'd be understandable if you guessed Allen and Lucas: The directors made such...

Berlin film fest kicks off with an international mix of upheaval

2012-02-10 11:00:04

'Raid: Redemption': Director Gareth Evans kicks up action [Video]

2012-03-22 16:38:17

Beijing Film Festival attracts Hollywood movers and shakers

2012-04-22 21:37:44

Movie review: 'Shaolin'

2011-09-09 00:00:00

"Shaolin," with its feuding warlords and fighting monks in '20s era China, is a sprawling popcorn blast of action kept spinning with crazy cool kung fu, tons of fake spurting blood (I think everyone had a packet clinched in their teeth) and slacker...

Jason Statham sells Hollywood Hills home

2011-07-26 15:16:00

Update: Actor Jason Statham of "The Transporter" movies has sold his contemporary home in the Hollywood Hills for $2.7 million. The house came on the market in May at $2,749,000 and was in escrow within a week. The post-and-beam house, built in 1957, has...

Hot Property: Walt Disney's Los Feliz home lists at $3.65 million

2011-08-06 00:00:00

Walt Disney's onetime residence in Los Feliz, the wonderful world where his daughters grew up, has come on the market at $3.65 million. The two-story French Normandy-style house, built in 1932, sits behind gates on an acre with views to downtown....

Review: 'Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen'

2011-04-21 00:00:00

The character of Chen Zhen is a fixture in Chinese pop culture, having been played in previous films by Bruce Lee and Jet Li and on television by Donnie Yen, who now brings the role to the big screen in "Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen."...

Whatever you do, don't rob internationally-acclaimed action and kung fu film star Jet Li the wrong way. Word on the street is his martial arts skills are the real deal. He turns 48 today. (Photo by ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images)

2013-03-12 18:53:00

Geoff Boucher, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer Jason Statham's Tough Guy Hall of Fame Jason Statham isn't just an action-movie actor; he's also an intense fan of the genre. He gave us a rundown of the two-fisted stars who matter most to him.

2013-01-29 18:44:00

A sorcerer tries to save an herbalist who falls in love with a 1,000-year-old snake demon disguised as a woman in this fantasy film based on an old Chinese legend. With Jet Li, Eva Huang and Charlene Choi. Written by Zhang Tan, Tsang Kan-Cheong and Szeto Cheuk-Hon. Directed by Tony Ching Siu-tung.

2013-01-11 10:54:00