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Chan and Li Kick Up Box Office Winner

Kingdom takes first, but audiences fall for Sarah Marshall

(Newser) - Jackie Chan and Jet Li KO’d the competition at this weekend's box office, Entertainment Weekly reports. The Forbidden Kingdom finished first with $20.9 million, kicking raunchy romantic comedy Forgetting Sarah Marshall to second with $17.3 million. Other debuts stirred up little action: The Al Pacino thriller 88 ...

Chan-Li Vehicle Stuck in Neutral
 Chan-Li Vehicle Stuck in Neutral 
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Apr 18, 2008 12:20 PM CDT

Chan-Li Vehicle Stuck in Neutral

Forbidden Kingdom is entertaining, underwhelming

(Newser) - The Forbidden Kingdom, packing the one-two punch of Jackie Chan and Jet Li, is "great fun," David Edelstein writes in New York, once the martial-arts flick gets past "the clunky prologue." Other critics are a little more reserved in praising the film, about a modern-day teenager...

Americans Race to 'Rush Hour 3'
Americans Race to 'Rush Hour 3'
Aug 12, 2007 7:30 PM CDT

Americans Race to 'Rush Hour 3'

Franchise's third film fails to match second installment

(Newser) - Critics tried to slash its tires, but Rush Hour 3 still raced to the top of the box office this weekend. The Jackie Chan/Chris Tucker vehicle gauged $50.2 million according to studio estimates, though falling short of the franchise’s second installment Rush Hour 2, which earned $67.4...

Rush Hour 3 Runs Out of Gas
Rush Hour 3 Runs Out of Gas
Aug 10, 2007 7:07 AM CDT

Rush Hour 3 Runs Out of Gas

Recycled gags fall flat in tired buddy comedy

(Newser) - Legendary martial artist Jackie Chan teams up with peppy funnyman Chris Tucker for the third time since 1998 in Rush Hour 3, but critics are panning the film, opening today, as a flat-tire addition to the buddy-comedy franchise. "It’s a generically crummy action flick. It’s ugly. It’...

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