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Trailer Debut: The Man with the Iron Fists

We’ve gotten used to reporting on films that will likely never eventuate; wild fantasies, vanity projects, or vaunted sequels that just never get off the ground. Somehow, one of the crazier projects of the last few years actually got made, and we now have the trailerific proof. Wu Tang’s RZA directs the $20 million kung-fu throwback […]

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Video Interview – Lucy Liu and Jennifer Yuh Nelson (Kung Fu Panda 2)

We spoke with Lucy Liu, one of the stars of Kung Fu Panda 2, as well as director Jennifer Yuh Nelson ahead of the film’s premiere at the 2011 Sydney Film Festival. Check out our chat below! You can also read the transcripts of our full interviews! Interview – Lucy Liu Interview – Jennifer Yuh Nelson Kung […]

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Interview: Jennifer Yuh Nelson (director of Kung Fu Panda 2)

Interview: Jennifer Yuh Nelson (director of Kung Fu Panda 2). By Simon Miraudo. Kung Fu Panda 2 helmer Jennifer Yuh Nelson has the distinct honour of being the first sole female director of an American animated film. We spoke with Nelson about her journey to the upper echelons at DreamWorks Animation studio, from her beginnings […]

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Interview: Lucy Liu (Kung Fu Panda 2)

Interview: Lucy Liu (Kung Fu Panda 2). By Simon Miraudo. Lucy Liu has made a career out of playing powerful women, including Ling Woo in Ally McBeal, Alex Munday in Charlie’s Angels and O-Ren Ishii in Kill Bill. She continues that tradition in the Kung Fu Panda films, where she offers her voice to Master […]

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Sydney Film Festival – Day Seven

Sydney Film Festival – Day Seven. By Simon Miraudo. [The following conversation took place sometime between 10pm and 12am on the seventh day of the 2011 Sydney Film Festival, on a flight headed from Sydney to Perth. It is almost entirely verbatim]. ————————————————————— “Is that you personal computer?” “This? No, no, just an iPad.” “It’s so […]

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Sydney Film Festival – Day Six

Sydney Film Festival – Day Six. By Simon Miraudo. “It goes so fast!” That’s what old people always say, isn’t it? “It goes so fast! How can it be over? It just began!” Of course, they’re referring to their entire lives, and I’m speaking of my less significant (yet equally epic) time here at the […]

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