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Aug. 10, 2001 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Keeping the Faith
"...a first-time director. The premise is straight out of Jackie Mason: Brian Finn (Norton) and Jake Schram (Stiller) were..."
April 14, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Simon Sez
"...blend of Sixties-vintage Bond, old Marvel comics, and latter-day Jackie Chan, only with far less wit or energy than..."
Oct. 1, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith
Black Mask
"...legendary Yuen Woo Ping, the man behind not only Jackie Chan's explosive Drunken Master series but also Keanu Reeves'..."
May 21, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Among Giants
"...love with his Australian co-worker, Rachel Griffiths (Hilary and Jackie)...."
April 23, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten
Comrades, Almost a Love Story
"...her for. But even while trading body blows with Jackie Chan and the Heroic Trio, Cheung's formidable acting skills..."
Aug. 22, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Wonder Seven
"...the film with martial arts set-pieces that would make Jackie Chan wince. Taken together, it's all a bit much,..."
May 9, 1997 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Stupids
"...how godawful you and your movie are. Even The Jackie Thomas Show was better than this crap about a..."
Sept. 6, 1996 Movie Review by Steve Davis
The Final Option
"...Police, but without the nonstop excitement and comedy of Jackie Chan's Police Story films. Nope, writer/director Gordon Chan obviously..."
May 3, 1996 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan
Holy Weapon
"...the comedy, due to all the insanity surrounding them. Jackie Chan cohort Maggie Cheung Man-yuk is delightfully perky as..."
Sept. 1, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan
Ashes of Time
"...absolutely tremendous (with the possible exception of pop singer-cum-actor Jackie Cheung), with all of them delivering solid, textured work...."
June 9, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan
The Eagle Shooting Heroes
"...being Tony Leung Chi Wah's futile attempts to help Jackie Chung commit suicide, and while there is undoubtedly much..."
March 24, 1995 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan
Cobb
"...100-percent, dyed-in-the-wool sonofabitch. He beat his wife. He called Jackie Robinson (and every other black man) a nigger. He..."
Jan. 13, 1995 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Rock and Roll Cop
"...Guang. Hong Kong action director Kirk Wong, who gave Jackie Chan his most serious role in last year's Crime..."
Nov. 18, 1994 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan
The Cat
"...Directed by: Jon Lung. Starring: Waise Lee. Not since Jackie Chan's outlandish escapades in City Hunter has there been..."
Oct. 28, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
King of the Sea
"...Lee. Lo Wai Kwong, the super-kicking bad guy from Jackie Chan's Drunken Master II, teams up with ludicrously named..."
Sept. 9, 1994 Movie Review by Joey O'Bryan
Iron Monkey
"...call 90 minutes of quality “monkey-fu.” Director Yuen shot Jackie Chan to stardom 15 years earlier in Drunken Master,..."
April 8, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
God of Gamblers III: Back to Shanghai
"...opting instead for some extremely low-brow shenanigans a la Jackie Chan at his goofiest, and a nonsensical time travel..."
Feb. 25, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Savior of the Soul 'ninety-Two
"...in favor of some of the dopiest mugging since Jackie Chan's City Hunter, while tossing liberal bits of dream..."
Jan. 21, 1994 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Once Upon a Time in China
"...of the most exhilarating fight scenes this side of Jackie Chan. Martial arts expert Jet Li stars as Wong..."
Dec. 4, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Dark Backward
"...the center of his back. Suddenly, unctuous talent agent Jackie Chrome (“King of Las Vegas” Wayne Newton, natch) sees..."
Feb. 14, 1992 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Addams Family
"...Uncle Fester (Lloyd, so perfectly cast, it's as though Jackie Coogan never existed) after a 25-year absence from the..."
Nov. 29, 1991 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
The Killer
This is the film that made John Woo and Chow Yun-Fat household names within action-crazed American households. Elements of conventional melodrama and criminal double-crosses blend in this story about a hitman conducting one last job to earn the money to restore the eyesight of a woman he had previously blinded.
"...according to the press notes, directed kung fu hero Jackie Chan's first major film, Countdown in Kung Fu. But..."
April 19, 1991 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher
Final SXSW Free Concert: Ryan Bingham
Oscar-winning westerner headlines Friday at Auditorium Shores
"...him are local outlaw Carson McHone, former Black Crow Jackie Greene, and Memphis scion Luther Dickinson...."
March 9, 2015 Music Post by Raoul Hernandez
One in the Chamber
More on Paul Robbins' quest to open the new City Hall chambers for public events.
"...is before the dais right now. Former Council Member Jackie Goodman just spoke. She was her silky, polite self,..."
March 22, 2007 News Post by Wells Dunbar
Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior
The mass release of this top-notch Thai action film should havee American audiences grinning ear to ear and shore to shore.
"...Pumwaree Yodkamol, Rungrawee Borrijindakul, Chetwut Wacharakun and Wannakit Siriput. Jackie Chan, your days are numbered. Actually, they’ve been numbered..."
Feb. 11, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov
Naked City
Jackie Does, Gus Doesn't
"...Such is the dilemma faced by Mayor Pro Tem Jackie Goodman, the only smoker on the Austin City Council,..."
Feb. 28, 2003 News Feature
Naked City
Trying to Save Jackie Elliott
"...team that tried to save the life of John "Jackie" Elliott, convicted of an Austin homicide in 1987 and..."
Feb. 14, 2003 News Feature by Michael King
Musings on Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Onassis
"...Hopelessly Devoted to Jackie by Stephen McMillan Moser..."
Oct. 4, 1996 Books Feature
TV Eye
The other woman
"...not quite grasping that brass ring. The woman is Jackie Woodman, as played by Laura Kightlinger in The Minor..."
