
Dan Jolin
Film Journalist, Critic and Editor at Freelance
Editor and Co-Founder at Senet Magazine
Contributing Editor at Empire
Editor and co-founder of SENET magazine. Author of Iconic Directors Series: Quentin Tarantino & The Coen Brothers. EMPIRE Contributing Editor. He/him.
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1 week ago |
empireonline.com | Dan Jolin
After teenager Li Fong (Ben Wang) moves from Beijing to New York City, he must learn to master both kung fu and karate techniques. Original Title:Karate Kid: LegendsFun fact: Original Karate Kid and Cobra Kai star Ralph Macchio is now older than Pat Morita was when he last played Mr Miyagi (1994’s The Next Karate Kid). Meanwhile, the Karate Kid remake’s Miyagi-surrogate Jackie Chan (aka Mr Han) is now only two years younger than Morita was when he passed away in 2005.
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1 month ago |
empireonline.com | Dan Jolin
Ten years after Troy’s fall, Odysseus (Ralph Fiennes) finally reaches his home Ithaca, where suitors are pressuring his wife Penelope (Juliette Binoche) to remarry. Original Title:The ReturnWhile we wait to see Homer’s Odyssey as a big-budget Christopher Nolan blockbuster, Italian producer-director Uberto Pasolini brings us the low-budget, character-piece version.
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2 months ago |
empireonline.com | Dan Jolin
After failing retro-video-game-store-owner Garrett Garrison (Jason Momoa) discovers the Orb of Dominance, he and some friends are transported to the Overworld. Together with resident Minecrafter Steve (Jack Black), they must fight off an evil sorceress (Rachel House) and her horde of cuboid pig-people. Original Title:A Minecraft MovieOver the past decade or so, the bar for kiddie-brand-exploiting cinema has risen unexpectedly high.
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2 months ago |
empireonline.com | Dan Jolin
With Sean Wallace (Joe Cole) in prison, Elliot Carter (Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù) is now a full-blooded gangster. However, things go sideways when a batch of cocaine is spiked, killing hundreds of people and sending the mayor of London (T’Nia Miller) on the warpath.
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Feb 13, 2025 |
empireonline.com | Dan Jolin
Two hawk-eyed snipers (Miles Teller and Anya Taylor-Joy) are hired to guard a mysterious, misty gorge. Together, they fight the creatures that lurk below, and discover the secret of this massive crack. The title of this movie is the two-word answer to a most unexpected question.
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