Jean Claude Van Damme
Bond’s Bourne-again Identity in ‘A Quantum of Solace’
Too much action. Not enough dialogue.
Hot damn, Van Damme can act!
The Muscles from Brussels subverts his image and bares his soul in the remarkable ‘JCVD’
My own, totally unsponsored TIFF awards
Now that you’ve seen the official TIFF awards, here are a few of my own. . .
The Real JCVD
Though JCVD has made JCVD the VIP at TIFF, I don’t think we should forget where his true greatness lies. So may I direct you to Seanbaby’s article “Maximum Double Universal Timekick Warrant: A Jean-Claude Van Damme Cinematic Retrospective,” where he not only reviews and rates all of JCVD’s films through 2001, but teaches us about certain recurring themes in the Van Damme oeuvre, such as the fact that the heroine is always a “sassy female reporter,” and he always finds an opportunity to show his butt. Sample review:
Family feuds and beasts of burden
In case you’re wondering if I’ve dropped off the face of the festival, or gone to a party and never come back, I’ve been preoccupied writing for this pesky magazine that we still insist on publishing with ink and paper, which takes longer than blogging because they worry about facts, typos and whatnot. Now time for some catch-up.