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Best Martial Arts Films At TIFF 2018

The Man Who Feels No Pain

The Man Who Feels No Pain

When Sarah was covering this year’s Toronto International Film Festival one of the things she did was track the best martial arts films which played there.

Some of her highlights included Float Like A Butterfly, Legend Of The Demon Cat and Killing.

To read her full list of recommended films, check out her piece at the Asian World Of Martial Arts blog by clicking here.

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TIFF 2018: Nicole Kidman’s Exceptional Grizzled Detective Centers Destroyer

Destroyer

Destroyer

In the film Destroyer Nicole Kidman does a gender flip on the grizzled detective archetype to tremendous effect.

The result is a new spin on a story told thousands of times before and the results are excellent.

Sarah reviewed the film for Consequence Of Sound at the 2018 Toronto International Film Festival.

To read her review go here.

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TIFF 2018: Gaspar Noé’s Climax Uses Sex And Drugs To Provoke

Climax

Climax

Gaspar Noé, one of the standard-bearers for modern perv film directorship, has a new film called Climax. It’s about a dance troupe who unintentional dose on LSD and then do pervy things.

Sarah reviewed this intentionally provocative piece of cinema for Consequence Of Sound at the Toronto International Film Festival this year.

To read her review go here.

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Samaritan News 10 Pack: Drake, Common, And More

Common

Common

I’ve been contributing news stories to the charity ‘n’ entertainment website Samaritanmag.

Here are 10 pieces I did in the spring:

MusiCounts Provides $725,000 Worth of Instruments to 80 Schools

Sam Roberts Band to Headline Free-For-Activists Global Citizen Event in Vancouver

Common Calls Out Trump, NRA In 90th Academy Awards Performance

Ashley Judd, Annabella Sciorra, Salma Hayek Pinault Say “Time’s Up” in Oscars Anti-Harassment Speech

Kumail Nanjiani & Lupita Nyong’o Support DACA Dreamers At 90th Academy Awards

Jimmy Kimmel Academy Awards Speech Touches on Sexual Harassment, Equality, Racism, Gun Control

WATCH: David Schwimmer Gets Behind #ThatsHarassment Video Series Feat. Men Abusing Power

WATCH: Andrew Cole’s #NoJoke Anti-Bullying Trailer Features Patrick Stewart, Slash, Jane Lynch, More

Arkells Launch The Rally Concert Event To Support Refugee Health Charity

Watch: Drake Challenges People To “Be Nice To Each Other” With God’s Plan Video

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Enter The Dragon Remake In The Works

Enter The Dragon

Enter The Dragon

The Hollywood reboot factory is looking to revisit the iconic Bruce Lee martial arts film Enter The Dragon.

Deadpool 2 director David Leitch may be contributing to the remake.

Sarah wrote about this for Asian World Of Martial Arts.

To read the full story go here.

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