Jackie Chan Targets Kids with Low-Budget "Spy"
1/16/2010 12:53:00 AM
kenmouse
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It's been over 30 years since Jackie Chan supplanted Bruce Lee as film's reigning martial-arts superstar.Now in his 50s, Chan tries to broaden his audience with the kid-oriented "The Spy Next Door," appealing directly to the "Kung Fu Panda" crowd with mixed results. Directed by Brian Levant of "Are We There Yet?" fame, "Spy" is entertaining in spots but too obviously low-budget. The film faces so-so returns upon its Friday release through Lionsgate.
The opening features clips from some of Chan's recent films before speeding briskly through a nicely-staged fight pitting the star, playing CIA agent Bob Ho, against villain Poldark (Magnus Scheving). Ho's athleticism and James Bond-like gadgets play perfectly to Chan's strengths and fans should enjoy seeing how the star has adapted old routines for new purposes.
Taiwanese singer, actor, and host Show Luo just released his album titled “Rashomon” today, and has already promoted his latest album with his slick-looking “The Leading Role” dance music video. Already, the popular singer has his eyes on releasing the slower ballad “Xi Guan Jiu Hao” as his second release, as can be seen from a leaked promo video that has been leaked online.
After a 2009 dominated by lower year-over-year monthly sales figures, the video game industry turned things around in a huge way just in time for the holidays, recording its best month ever, reported analyst firm The NPD Group on Thursday.
Twitter is preparing to launch a new set of tools that will let third party websites easily integrate Twitter features directly into their web sites and services, multiple sources have confirmed. In a nutshell, this is their response to the massively popular Facebook Connect.
Good luck getting Jessica Biel to dish on her on-and-off relationship with singer Justin Timberlake.
In regards to rumors about the group being on bad terms and news of them disbanding, Fahrenheit responds, “We’re used to it, so we might as well not respond. A group will always go through these sort of things.” It is a fact that the popularity of each member is different, but all four members express, “This is good competition. We will only know what’s good and bad when there is comparison.” They emphasize that they won’t be jealous of each other even when they work as solo artists in the future. Fahrenheit will be releasing their 4th album in August and after that, they will have only one more album left to complete their contract.
