list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around The Forbidden Kingdom on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/The_Forbidden_Kingdom/325569/default.aspx Title: The Forbidden Kingdom
Year: 2008
Director: Rob Minkoff
Plot: Legendary martial arts stars Jackie Chan and Jet Li come together onscreen for the first time ever in director Rob Minkoff's time traveling take on the Monkey king fable that finds an American teen transported back to ancient China after wandering into a pawn shop and discovering the king's fighting stick. Once there, the adventurous teen joins an army of fierce warriors who have sworn to free their imprisoned king at all costs. In addition to appearing as the mythical Monkey King, Li will also assume the role as a silent monk as Chan appears in the role of the monk T'sa-Ho. Famed action choreographer Yuen Woo-ping presides over the fight sequences. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide
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]]>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:02:33 GMTThe Forbidden Kingdom2008Rob MinkoffLegendary martial arts stars <a href="/players/P____84650/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Jackie Chan</a> and <a href="/players/P____42291/default.aspx" style='text-decoration:underline'>Jet Li</a> come together onscreen for the first time ever in director Rob Minkoff's time traveling take on the Monkey king fable that finds an American teen transported back to ancient China after wandering into a pawn shop and discovering the king's fighting stick. Once there, the adventurous teen joins an army of fierce warriors who have sworn to free their imprisoned king at all costs. In addition to appearing as the mythical Monkey King, Li will also assume the role as a silent monk as Chan appears in the role of the monk T'sa-Ho. Famed action choreographer Yuen Woo-ping presides over the fight sequences. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide6Taggedy Taggged (6-10)1053http://www.spout.com/ProductImages/s325569.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/The_Forbidden_Kingdom/325569/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/windbreaker/archive/2009/4/11/41556.aspx Post By: Windbreaker
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Body: THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM stars Jet Li, Jackie Chan, and some white kid. It's like Karate Kid, only with time travel, CrouchingTigerSpankingMonkey-floating-flying, and tons of kung fu. Not the greatest kung fu flick, but decent if you have a free rental to burn.
]]>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 15:02:33 GMTWindbreakerWindbreaker!4/11/2009 11:02:33 AMTHE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM stars Jet Li, Jackie Chan, and some white kid. It's like Karate Kid, only with time travel, CrouchingTigerSpankingMonkey-floating-flying, and tons of kung fu. Not the greatest kung fu flick, but decent if you have a free rental to burn. http://www.spout.com/blogs/karina/archive/2008/4/21/27583.aspx Post By: Karina
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Post Date: 4/21/2008 9:01:39 AM
Body: With the Tribeca Film Festival beginning on Wednesday, Winter Miller analyises the festival’s “7 year itch” for Variety. “Logistics and that intangible thing known as the “festival experience” might well improve, but seven years after its founding as a call to bring the city together post 9/11, the fest is still seeking a clear identity,” hew writes. Perhaps the first step would be to do something about the fest’s institutional indifference to quality in its obsession with quantity, which Miller alludes to: “Unlike fests with mandates to screen what they perceive as the absolute cream of the crop, Tribeca wears its number of international and first-timer participants as a badge of honor.” Martial arts epic Forbidden Kingdom grossed almost $21 million over the weekend, enough to take the top box office slot ahead of Forgetting Sarah Marshall; the latest widget from the Apatow factory earned a not-great, not-terrible $17 million. Also: the tactic of opening Expelled wide in rural and suburban communities paid off, as the doc made $3.1 million (and almost double per screen what Morgan Spurlock’s docu-farce Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden? managed in a smaller run), in spite of almost universally negative reviews. A former TV exec and a producer of Bend it Like Beckham have teamed up to launch Filmaka, a “a digital entertainment studio that sponsors worldwide contests for aspiring filmmakers.” According to The Hollywood Reporter, the first contest will be judged by a panel of filmmakers including Werner Herzog, Wim Wenders and Neil LaBute. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Karina Longworth
]]>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:01:39 GMTKarinaKarina on SpoutBlog4/21/2008 9:01:39 AM With the Tribeca Film Festival beginning on Wednesday, Winter Miller analyises the festival’s “7 year itch” for Variety. “Logistics and that intangible thing known as the “festival experience” might well improve, but seven years after its founding as a call to bring the city together post 9/11, the fest is still seeking a clear identity,” hew writes. Perhaps the first step would be to do something about the fest’s institutional indifference to quality in its obsession with quantity, which Miller alludes to: “Unlike fests with mandates to screen what they perceive as the absolute cream of the crop, Tribeca wears its number of international and first-timer participants as a badge of honor.” Martial arts epic Forbidden Kingdom grossed almost $21 million over the weekend, enough to take the top box office slot ahead of Forgetting Sarah Marshall; the latest widget from the Apatow factory earned a not-great, not-terrible $17 million. Also: the tactic of opening Expelled wide in rural and suburban communities paid off, as the doc made $3.1 million (and almost double per screen what Morgan Spurlock’s docu-farce Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden? managed in a smaller run), in spite of almost universally negative reviews. A former TV exec and a producer of Bend it Like Beckham have teamed up to launch Filmaka, a “a digital entertainment studio that sponsors worldwide contests for aspiring filmmakers.” According to The Hollywood Reporter, the first contest will be judged by a panel of filmmakers including Werner Herzog, Wim Wenders and Neil LaBute. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog » Karina Longworth http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/4/21/27582.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Body: With the Tribeca Film Festival beginning on Wednesday, Winter Miller analyises the festival’s “7 year itch” for Variety. “Logistics and that intangible thing known as the “festival experience” might well improve, but seven years after its founding as a call to bring the city together post 9/11, the fest is still seeking a clear identity,” hew writes. Perhaps the first step would be to do something about the fest’s institutional indifference to quality in its obsession with quantity, which Miller alludes to: “Unlike fests with mandates to screen what they perceive as the absolute cream of the crop, Tribeca wears its number of international and first-timer participants as a badge of honor.” Martial arts epic Forbidden Kingdom grossed almost $21 million over the weekend, enough to take the top box office slot ahead of Forgetting Sarah Marshall; the latest widget from the Apatow factory earned a not-great, not-terrible $17 million. Also: the tactic of opening Expelled wide in rural and suburban communities paid off, as the doc made $3.1 million (and almost double per screen what Morgan Spurlock’s docu-farce Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden? managed in a smaller run), in spite of almost universally negative reviews. A former TV exec and a producer of Bend it Like Beckham have teamed up to launch Filmaka, a “a digital entertainment studio that sponsors worldwide contests for aspiring filmmakers.” According to The Hollywood Reporter, the first contest will be judged by a panel of filmmakers including Werner Herzog, Wim Wenders and Neil LaBute. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 13:01:29 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com4/21/2008 9:01:29 AM With the Tribeca Film Festival beginning on Wednesday, Winter Miller analyises the festival’s “7 year itch” for Variety. “Logistics and that intangible thing known as the “festival experience” might well improve, but seven years after its founding as a call to bring the city together post 9/11, the fest is still seeking a clear identity,” hew writes. Perhaps the first step would be to do something about the fest’s institutional indifference to quality in its obsession with quantity, which Miller alludes to: “Unlike fests with mandates to screen what they perceive as the absolute cream of the crop, Tribeca wears its number of international and first-timer participants as a badge of honor.” Martial arts epic Forbidden Kingdom grossed almost $21 million over the weekend, enough to take the top box office slot ahead of Forgetting Sarah Marshall; the latest widget from the Apatow factory earned a not-great, not-terrible $17 million. Also: the tactic of opening Expelled wide in rural and suburban communities paid off, as the doc made $3.1 million (and almost double per screen what Morgan Spurlock’s docu-farce Where in the World Is Osama Bin Laden? managed in a smaller run), in spite of almost universally negative reviews. A former TV exec and a producer of Bend it Like Beckham have teamed up to launch Filmaka, a “a digital entertainment studio that sponsors worldwide contests for aspiring filmmakers.” According to The Hollywood Reporter, the first contest will be judged by a panel of filmmakers including Werner Herzog, Wim Wenders and Neil LaBute. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/4/18/27485.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 4/18/2008 5:01:01 PM
Body: Never mind the fact that my school just let out for spring break. It’s a beautiful 77 degrees in New York City today, the outdoor bars are open and I’m wearing shorts for the first time this year. Plus, the Entertainment Weekly Summer Movie Preview just arrived in my mailbox, giving me the signal that it is officially the blockbuster season. Sure, May 2nd isn’t for two more weeks, when technically Iron Man begins the summer movie stretch (can’t we just pretend The Forbidden Kingdom is the first summer action flick?), but nothing says, “break out the beach ball,” like the bible of blockbuster buzz. Yet there’s something strange about this year’s issue. There’s a little less marketing-agency-fueled promotion and a little more reality checking. Maybe it’s because these days, thanks to the web, most moviegoers have already heard about the big releases. That would explain why EW devotes most of its two-page spread on The Incredible Hulk to describing its troubles: On March 11, Nikki Finke’s industry blog, Deadline Hollywood Daily, broke news of the scuffle between Marvel and Norton, declaring it a “feud.” And suddenly it was. Communication between Norton and Marvel seems to have stopped. “”The press is what kept Edward and Marvel from talking to each other,” Leterrier says. “[The argument] was nothing, but then it became something big.” And that chunk comes after already setting up some less than exciting words about the movie: It’s unfortunate that Hulk has been generating negative publicity lately, because there’s a lot at stake for Marvel: The company’s first two films, Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk, are being released this summer. Marvel’s decision to cast Norton as Banner was a gutsy choice in more ways than one. Norton is an enormously respected actor, but the Fight Club star also has a reputation for being an intense presence behind the scenes. Considering EW is typically one of the bigger places for publicizing movies, the negativity of the article is “unfortunate” indeed. And it’s not just Hulk that gets the bad buzz treatment. The first sentence for the Sex and the City spot reads: “The Sex and the City movie was supposed to come out ages ago. Remember?” Way to point out the problem of post-relevancy, EW. Can’t you be more up, as in the case of the first sentence for Wall-E (”Pixar has never had a flop.”)? At least the preview does have a new kind of highlighter box, in which a number of just-off-the-radar movies are given due attention. Entitled “What the #@!* Is … “, we now get the goods on such significant yet smaller summer movies as The Foot Fist Way, The Mother of Tears, Hamlet 2 and … umm … Space Chimps. In case you actually think this summer is going to be filled with awesome popcorn flicks, pick up the magazine, on newsstands now. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Fri, 18 Apr 2008 21:01:01 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com4/18/2008 5:01:01 PMNever mind the fact that my school just let out for spring break. It’s a beautiful 77 degrees in New York City today, the outdoor bars are open and I’m wearing shorts for the first time this year. Plus, the Entertainment Weekly Summer Movie Preview just arrived in my mailbox, giving me the signal that it is officially the blockbuster season. Sure, May 2nd isn’t for two more weeks, when technically Iron Man begins the summer movie stretch (can’t we just pretend The Forbidden Kingdom is the first summer action flick?), but nothing says, “break out the beach ball,” like the bible of blockbuster buzz. Yet there’s something strange about this year’s issue. There’s a little less marketing-agency-fueled promotion and a little more reality checking. Maybe it’s because these days, thanks to the web, most moviegoers have already heard about the big releases. That would explain why EW devotes most of its two-page spread on The Incredible Hulk to describing its troubles: On March 11, Nikki Finke’s industry blog, Deadline Hollywood Daily, broke news of the scuffle between Marvel and Norton, declaring it a “feud.” And suddenly it was. Communication between Norton and Marvel seems to have stopped. “”The press is what kept Edward and Marvel from talking to each other,” Leterrier says. “[The argument] was nothing, but then it became something big.” And that chunk comes after already setting up some less than exciting words about the movie: It’s unfortunate that Hulk has been generating negative publicity lately, because there’s a lot at stake for Marvel: The company’s first two films, Iron Man and The Incredible Hulk, are being released this summer. Marvel’s decision to cast Norton as Banner was a gutsy choice in more ways than one. Norton is an enormously respected actor, but the Fight Club star also has a reputation for being an intense presence behind the scenes. Considering EW is typically one of the bigger places for publicizing movies, the negativity of the article is “unfortunate” indeed. And it’s not just Hulk that gets the bad buzz treatment. The first sentence for the Sex and the City spot reads: “The Sex and the City movie was supposed to come out ages ago. Remember?” Way to point out the problem of post-relevancy, EW. Can’t you be more up, as in the case of the first sentence for Wall-E (”Pixar has never had a flop.”)? At least the preview does have a new kind of highlighter box, in which a number of just-off-the-radar movies are given due attention. Entitled “What the #@!* Is … “, we now get the goods on such significant yet smaller summer movies as The Foot Fist Way, The Mother of Tears, Hamlet 2 and … umm … Space Chimps. In case you actually think this summer is going to be filled with awesome popcorn flicks, pick up the magazine, on newsstands now. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/blogs/spoutblog/archive/2008/2/11/24973.aspx Post By: SpoutBlog
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Post Date: 2/11/2008 1:01:18 PM
Body: I just realized that Michael Angarano is not the same person as Shia LaBeouf. No, just kidding, but I did just realize that he is to LaBeouf as Brian Cox is to Albert Finney, as Gary Busey is to Nick Nolte, as Skeet Ulrich is to Johnny Depp, etc. (for others see the Daily Doppel). Perhaps one day the two young actors will even get to star in a film together and it will be anticipated with the same excitement as The Forbidden Kingdom, which teams up for the first time Hong Kong superstars Jackie Chan and Jet Li. Of course, I hope nobody has ever confused these two martial artists and do not mean to insinuate they are anything like each other’s doppelganger. In fact, they are such distinct and amazing performers in their own right, it’s almost too much to feature them both in this movie. The last teaser trailer for The Forbidden Kingdom was pretty much a disappointment, as it focused almost entirely on Angarano’s character, an American teenager who magically winds up in ancient China. Sure, it’s alright for the little guy to be in the movie — he’s probably needed to water down the movie’s awesomeness, which is so extreme, what with Jackie Chan, Jet Li and action choreographer Yuen Woo-ping on board, that it would probably make us all explode otherwise. With this new trailer, though, we get the whole story and a lot more of the real stars. Sure, it leads us to believe that Angarano is to become the next great kung fu master, and there’s a little more CGI than I like in a Jackie Chan movie (might as well get Chow Yun-Fat and Seann William Scott), but it still looks hot. The Forbidden Kingdom arrives in theaters April 18. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog
]]>Mon, 11 Feb 2008 18:01:18 GMTSpoutBlogSpoutBlog on spout.com2/11/2008 1:01:18 PM I just realized that Michael Angarano is not the same person as Shia LaBeouf. No, just kidding, but I did just realize that he is to LaBeouf as Brian Cox is to Albert Finney, as Gary Busey is to Nick Nolte, as Skeet Ulrich is to Johnny Depp, etc. (for others see the Daily Doppel). Perhaps one day the two young actors will even get to star in a film together and it will be anticipated with the same excitement as The Forbidden Kingdom, which teams up for the first time Hong Kong superstars Jackie Chan and Jet Li. Of course, I hope nobody has ever confused these two martial artists and do not mean to insinuate they are anything like each other’s doppelganger. In fact, they are such distinct and amazing performers in their own right, it’s almost too much to feature them both in this movie. The last teaser trailer for The Forbidden Kingdom was pretty much a disappointment, as it focused almost entirely on Angarano’s character, an American teenager who magically winds up in ancient China. Sure, it’s alright for the little guy to be in the movie — he’s probably needed to water down the movie’s awesomeness, which is so extreme, what with Jackie Chan, Jet Li and action choreographer Yuen Woo-ping on board, that it would probably make us all explode otherwise. With this new trailer, though, we get the whole story and a lot more of the real stars. Sure, it leads us to believe that Angarano is to become the next great kung fu master, and there’s a little more CGI than I like in a Jackie Chan movie (might as well get Chow Yun-Fat and Seann William Scott), but it still looks hot. The Forbidden Kingdom arrives in theaters April 18. Originally posted on:SpoutBlog http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/timetravel/MemberTagFilms.aspxtimetravel
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