NEWS

• ‘Ichi’ the blind swordswoman?
• Discovering martial arts the hard way
• CNN’s ‘Talk Asia’ interview with Jet Li
• Trailer: ‘Chocolate’ rain of Muay Thai strikes
• Spain’s Vertice 360 goes ‘Extremo’
• Denmark’s kung fu ‘Fighter’
• Dragon Dynasty DVD: ‘Fatal Contact’
• UFC Champion Rich Franklin in ‘Weapon’
• Brad Allan heats up ‘Hellboy 2′
• ‘Three Kingdoms’ preview

ELECTRIC SHADOWS

• In Memoriam: Walter Tso Tat-wah (1915-2007)
• New! Martial Arts Movie Pioneer Yam Yu-tin (1894-1982)
• The Origins of Kung Fu Cinema, Part 6: A New Beginning
• The Origins of Kung Fu Cinema, Part 5: Exodus
• The Origins of Kung Fu Cinema, Part 4: Ambush on All Sides
• The Origins of Kung Fu Cinema, Part 3: “The Oriental Female Fairbanksâ€�
• The Origins of Kung Fu Cinema, Part 2: Butterfly and Oriole
• The Origins of Kung Fu Cinema, Part 1: Shanghai Dawn
• The Queen and I: A Tribute to Cheng Pei-pei
• Electric Shadows is back!

REVIEWS

• Fatal Contact (2006)
• Shadow Warriors [TV] (1980)
• Fight or Flight (2006)
• Bride from Hell, The (1972)
• Angel on Fire (1995)
• Displaced (2006)
• Fake Ghost Catchers, The (1982)
• Snake Prince, The (1976)
• Ultimate Force (2005)
• Zu: Warriors from the Magic Mountain (1983)

COMING SOON
CHOCOLATE - In Theaters (Japan) - 2008.02.07 - Zen (Nicharee Vismistananda) is an autistic gal with unusually deft fighting ability who comes to her mother’s aid by applying fists and feet to collecting debts owed by mobsters. This is the latest film from ONG BAK director Prachya Pinkaew and has big-time potential to catapult his discovery, newcomer Nicharee Vismistananda, into the same level of international fame that has greeted Tony Jaa. Nicharee has spent roughly three years training with action director Panna Rittikrai expressly for this film. This is unheard of, even by Hong Kong movie standards and expectations are definitely high. From the looks of it so far, the film’s action sequences look great and Nicharee outclasses most male action stars. The only thing that can derail this picture is bad writing, something which has plagued Thai martial arts films. - TRAILER