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The Art of Deception
8 Aug 2014

The Art of Deception

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV, 5 - Art and Advertising | 0

In the face of the death of physical media, DVD and Bluray packaging continues to be, let’s say… inventive… in its methods of persuasion. Hey, deception was a legit ninja skill, right? As ninja movie fans we’ve all been duped … Continued

Ninja in the Dragon's Den, Scott Adkins, video games
16 Jan 2014

NINJA II now widely available

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV | 6

Was it really four years ago that I wrote this gushing review of Scott Adkins and Isaac Florentine‘s throwback NINJA? Ninja was to the more widely known Ninja Assassin what Deep Impact was to Armageddon or Tombstone to Wyatt Earp — a cheaper, more exploitive … Continued

Isaac Florentine, Kane Kosugi, NINJA II: SHADOW OF A TEAR, Scott Adkins
8 Mar 2010

10 Things I love about Isaac Florentine’s NINJA

by Keith Rainville | posted in: 1 - Film and TV | 0

Tombstone vs. Wyatt Earp. Deep Impact vs. Armageddon. Films rushed out ahead of bigger budgeted studio tentpoles that ended up being better, more satifying and in general more FUN films. Its happened again (albeit a little late in this country) as Isaac … Continued

Isaac Florentine, Scott Adkins

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