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The Karate Kid Review

  By jentertainment | July 19, 2010 - 1:23 pm | Movies & TV, The Culch
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It’s a summer of sequels and remakes and the Karate Kid will surely be of interest to people like me who adored the original 1984 Karate kid. This movie sees Jaden Smith in a starring role after appearing in The Pursuit of Happyness in 2006 with his father Will Smith. The film centers around Dre Parker, a 12-year old boy from Detroit. Look at this guy, he’s not the awkward geeky Daniel Larusso that we loved in the original Karate Kid, but he is a fish out of water. His father has died and he is forced to move to China with his mother without any knowledge of the culture or language. Life turns sour for Dre when he is targeted by school bullies, all of whom are students of kung fu. There’s been a lot of debate about why this is called The Karate Kid when it is in … There’s more →

Your Focus Needs More Focus

  By Darren Byrne | March 4, 2010 - 3:32 pm | Movies & TV, The Culch
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Oh for crying out loud, why would they make this movie. Here’s the new trailer for The Karate Kid remake: The official blurb says: In Columbia Pictures’ The Karate Kid, 12-year-old Dre Parker (Jaden Smith) could’ve been the most popular kid in Detroit, but his mother’s latest career move has taken them to China. Dre immediately falls for his classmate Mei Ying, but cultural differences make such a friendship impossible. Even worse, Dre’s feelings make an enemy of the class bully, and kung fu prodigy, Cheng. In the land of kung fu, Dre knows only a little karate, and Cheng puts “the karate kid” on the floor with ease. With no friends in a strange land, Dre has nowhere to turn but maintenance man Mr. Han (Jackie Chan), who is secretly a kung fu master. As Han teaches Dre that kung fu is not about punches and skill, but maturity … There’s more →