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Movie Review — “Karate Kid: Legends,” down for the Count

Let’s call the standing — or flat on its back — ten count on the “Karate Kid” movies after “Karate Kid: Legends.” Sentimental father figure martial arts revenge dramas frosted with the honor and code of the Asian fighting arts … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Jackie Chan, in the silly present, in the fantastical past “A Legend”

Let the record reflect that Jackie Chan is more limber, nimble and in better faux fighting trim at 70 than you are at 60, 35 or 20, “Boomer,” “Xer,” Millennial or what have you. Hong Kong’s king of martial arts … Continue reading

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Movie Review: Jackie Chan finds fun in his “Panda Plan”

In “Panda Plan,” Jackie Chan finally remembers that there’s nothing sadder and more boring than an aged action star who turns to endless gunplay in his fragile, creaky-joints dotage. It’s a rough and tumble martial arts comedy of the sort … Continue reading

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