Jet Li

Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen: A Subpar Chopsocky Flick

Sylvester Stallone Reheats the '80s

Statham shooting his gun from the nose of a plane--nothing phallic about that, nope.Karen Ballard​The Dinner: Chicken satay skewers and Sinhga, at Thai Ginger (Pacific Place). The Movie: The Expendables, at Pacific Place (600 Pine St.). The Screenplate: You remember that time we were pinned ... More >>

The Expendables: Sylvester Stallone Brings Back the ’80s

Statham shooting his gun from the nose of a plane--nothing phallic about that, nope.Karen Ballard​The Dinner: Chicken satay skewers and Sinhga, at Thai Ginger (Pacific Place). The Movie: The Expendables, at Pacific Place (600 Pine St.). The Screenplate: You remember that time we were pinned ... More >>

The Warlords: Swords and Arrows Fly in 19th–Century China

Statham shooting his gun from the nose of a plane--nothing phallic about that, nope.Karen Ballard​The Dinner: Chicken satay skewers and Sinhga, at Thai Ginger (Pacific Place). The Movie: The Expendables, at Pacific Place (600 Pine St.). The Screenplate: You remember that time we were pinned ... More >>

Popcorn in December

The series of Mummy pictures, launched in 1999 and staring the Cornish-trained Brendan Fraser, were better than they needed to be. In its first two installments, at least, the franchise had a certain lightness beneath all those impressive CGI effects. Fraser knew that his pre-WWII adventurer-archae ... More >>

Unraveling The Mummy Series Just in Time

The series of Mummy pictures, launched in 1999 and staring the Cornish-trained Brendan Fraser, were better than they needed to be. In its first two installments, at least, the franchise had a certain lightness beneath all those impressive CGI effects. Fraser knew that his pre-WWII adventurer-archae ... More >>

SIFF Week 2: Picks & Pans

What to see, or not, this week.

The Forbidden Kingdom: Jackie Chan in Dreads!

What to see, or not, this week.

Fresh Carnage From Jennifer Garner and Jason Statham

What to see, or not, this week.

An Overdue Defense of Little Miss Sunshine

Plus Spike Lee, Jet Li, and the decline of Bart.

Zhang Yimou

His austere roots long behind him, Zhang Yimou has no problem with directing lavish historical blockbusters and hanging with QT, as he explains in an exclusive Seattle Weekly interview.

Nov. 1-8, 2006

A week of calamities: The Cold War, the Iraq War, and Katrina all over again.

Oct. 13-19, 2006

Hedwig, depressed Swedes, and a wandering Dutch architect in Africa.

Jet Li's Fearless

Opens at Metro and other theaters, Fri., Sept. 22. Rated PG-13. 126 minutes.

Beautiful Boxer

Also: Bride & Prejudice, Donkey Skin, Hitch, and Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior.

Zhang, He's Good!

A Chinese master's swashbuckling epic kicks airborne ass in rainbow shades.

The Whole Wide World

Columbia TriStar Home Ent., $19.95

Pulp Fiction/Jackie Brown

Columbia TriStar Home Ent., $19.95

Scary Movie 2

Columbia TriStar Home Ent., $19.95

The flicks of fall

Remember—all dates are subject to change.

Girls fight

TV's T&A icons return to kick postfeminist ass.

About Face

How sex and race are dividing Asian Americans

Restaurant

Is it attraction or guilt?