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Critic wrangle: "JCVD."
By Alison Willmore on 11/07/2008
Filed under: Critic wrangleGenius? Overrated? Jean-Claude Van Damme plays "himself" in Mabrouk El Mechri's meta-drama "JCVD," caught in a bank robbery gone wrong in a trip back to Brussels to recuperate. It's a film I enjoyed the hell out of, though general critical word is mixed, or perhaps just more bemused. At New York, David Edelstein calls it "the most amazing piece of acting I've ever seen by a martial artist. But the film itself doesn't rise above the level of a good try." Scott Tobias at the Onion AV Club sums the film up as "a canny piece of autobiography that looks... MORE »
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Jean Claude Van Damme's trying times.
By Alison Willmore on 11/03/2008
Filed under: RumorsAs avowed fans of "JCVD," we've been trying to get an interview with Jean-Claude Van Damme for ages now, only to have him cancel without much notice. Today's NY Post purports to have the reason behind this: JEAN-Claude Van Damme is canceling promotional appearances for his new flick, "JCVD," over a puppy. The "Muscles From Brussels" recently adopted seven dogs from Bangkok and one of them is in a coma, a source said. Van Damme will stay in Thailand "to see this dog through this very trying time," the insider said. "JCVD" is a fictional biopic about an action star... MORE »
Fantastic Fest 2008: "JCVD."
By Alison Willmore on 09/24/2008
Filed under: Festivals, ReviewsCentering your film on the tragedy of being famous is a iffy proposition -- it's not a topic to which the majority of the world will relate, and from any normal and honest perspective, the benefits of celebrity far outweigh any downsides. But director Mabrouk El Mechri has as his star the Muscles From Brussels himself, Belgian action icon Jean-Claude Van Damme, a man whose legitimate claims to fame were staked decades back, and who's now a figure of ridicule with a history of cocaine problems, four divorces, a tendency to spout ludicrous things in televised interviews and a recent... MORE »
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