When General Electric (GE) was looking for someone to head its China operations, Mark Norbom was an obvious choice. An Asia veteran, Norbom came with over 15 years of experience in markets like Japan, ...

Comedy is hard. Since the advent of color film, a good western is even harder. And a funny western is the rarest creature this side of the Skunk Ape. There have been scores of attempts, but a vast ...

Jackie Chan is now an Oscar winner. Well, he will be when he receives his honorary Academy Award on Nov. 12 at the Governor’s Ball. The second highest-paid actor in the world was one of four announced ...

A good buddy film needs a well-oiled pairing to succeed. It needs to pair up an odd couple with the right yin and yang chemistry so the continuous give and take doesn’t wear out its welcome too ...

Propelled by potent chemistry between Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson, "Shanghai Knights" proves that, sometimes, bigger actually can be better. A hugely entertaining and more lavishly mounted follow-up ...

Low movie expectations can be as helpful at this time of year as lip balm. I thought ”Shanghai Noon” was slow on the draw when it was released in the summer of 2000, a comedy more ”Mild West” than ...

Shanghai Knights is the first of two sequels to 2000's surprisingly heartfelt (and agreeably stylish) Shanghai Noon, which chronicled the adventures of Chinese Imperial Guardsman Chon Wang (Jackie ...

But this time, with third-rate thespian Chan sticking to stunts, Wilson not only dominates the dialogue but also carries the comedy almost single-handedly. For humor and action, Shanghai Knights ...