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Jackie Chan, Jaden Smith Are Kickin’ it in Remake of ‘The Karate Kid’

Submitted by PatrickMcD on June 11, 2010 - 6:12am.

Rating: 3.5/5.0

CHICAGO – Despite any resistance that must have been felt in remaking the quasi-classic 1984 film “The Karate Kid,” veteran Jackie Chan and Jaden Smith put their best kicking feet forward and spin some new cloth out of the old material. In resetting the location and putting in some surreal modern touches, this remake mostly succeeds.

Superhero Film ‘Hancock’ With No Superhero Ancestry Proves Bold But Deadly Decision

Submitted by HollywoodChicago.com on July 2, 2008 - 2:19am.

Rating: 2.0/5.0

CHICAGO – With superhero films as hot in 2008 as psychedelics were in the 1960s, the new blockbuster superhero film “Hancock” fits in with the label but without any of the ancestry.

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