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In 1985, Jackie Chan grabbed an umbrella and ran towards a moving bus. Here’s how Police Story changed action cinema forever.

There had never been an action scene quite like the one that appeared in the first few minutes of 1985’s Police Story. Jackie Chan’s plucky cop, in dogged pursuit of crime boss Chu Tao (Chor Yuen) engages in a wildly destructive car chase through a hillside shanty town, demolishing rickety buildings and detonating gas bottles in his wake. When Tao and his goons then make their escape on a stolen bus, Chan’s Sergeant Kevin hooks onto the back with the help of an umbrella, his body flung to and fro as the vehicle lumbers through traffic.

The scene is brilliant not just because Chan’s risking his neck by doing his own stunts. It’s not just brilliant on a technical level (the planning that went into...

Martial arts icon Jackie Chan's favorite movies include some surprising picks. One might assume that Chan's favorite movies would include a few action classics, with one or two picks from Hong Kong, but he has a surprisingly diverse palate. Chan revealed his top five films in an interview with Rotten Tomatoes, and they include an Oscar-winning musical, a 1990s crime comedy and a feature-length documentary.

Jackie Chan's career has taken him from low-budget martial arts movies in Hong Kong to some of the biggest blockbusters in Hollywood. Each of his favorite movies reveals something about his filmmaking style and his influences, even if they aren't the most obvious choices. Chan has millions of fans from all over the world, but not very many people would have been able to predict his top five movies of all time.

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The incredible martial arts...

Dragon Ball was inspired by Jackie Chan, with Toriyama drawing on Chan's kung fu style for the series' action-packed adventures. The iconic martial arts star not only influenced the creation of Dragon Ball but also inspired the character Jackie Chun in the series. By drawing from Jackie Chan's films, Toriyama was able to infuse Dragon Ball with its signature mix of action and humor.

Dragon Ball is barreling towards its 40th anniversary later this year, officially marking four action-packed decades of Goku giving it his all to protect the world from overpowered threats that only he can take down. But in an interview with Dragon Ball’s creator, Akira Toriyama, it was revealed that one major action star was a big inspiration for the Z-Fighters’ epic adventures as well as Dragon Ball's trajectory as a whole.

Chock-full of epic martial arts action, over-the-top displays of power, and more transformations than fans can sometimes count,...

Jackie Chan is about to get a major new collection from Criterion, with the prestige label announcing a new set called Jackie Chan: Emergence of a Superstar. The set will contain a few of Chan’s early classics, including Fearless Hyena (and its sequel) and The Young Master, as well as a later film, My Lucky Stars, and a pair of his earliest vehicles, Half a Loaf of Kung Fu and Spiritual Kung Fu. Fans of Chan’s may be scratching their heads at a few of the titles, as outside of Young Master and Fearless Hyena, none of the films included in the set are considered his best work.

It seems like rights issues are keeping legit early classics like Drunken Master off the set, with the most puzzling choice being to include Fearless Hyena 2, which is really little more than a curiosity for fans. Chan notoriously quit...

Let’s quickly skirt the sinking-stomach realization of how far into 2023 we’re getting––at least this next crop of titles arrive as Barnes and Noble hold another 50%-off sale. If I’m suggesting consumerism smother self-inspection, this of all line-ups might at least make room for compromise: November will bring 4K upgrades for Terrence Malick’s Days of Heaven––among the, let’s guess, seven or eight greatest-looking films ever––and Peter Bogdanovich’s The Last Picture Show, as well as an altogether new appearance for Martin Scorsese’s Mean Streets. Last Picture Show is especially notable: it’ll include the lesser-seen sequel Texasville “presented in both the original theatrical version and a black-and-white version of Peter Bogdanovich’s director’s cut, produced in collaboration with cinematographer Nicholas von Sternberg.”

Almost equal to any of those films, arriving on a new Blu-ray, is Claude Chabrol’s La Cérémonie with Sandrine Bonnaire and Isabelle Huppert.

The second film directed by Jackie Chan himself, after “Fearless Hyena”, was a testament to most of the characteristics that accompanied him for the rest of his career. He is great in comedy but rather bad in drama. He can take a beating like no other. He probably does not have bones in his body while he manages to appear as close to a cat as a human being could ever be. Thankfully, for the most part at least, “The Young Master” focuses on his pros.

Dragon and his big brother, Tiger, are two orphans who have been taken up since childhood by Master Tien, who runs a martial arts school with an iron fist. During the lion dance competition, which the school has been winning for years and is one of its main sources of income, the start of the school, Tiger, is seemingly injured felling from a ladder,...

Now you can begin to look forward to the upcoming Year of the Ox, already Terracotta has been adding a host of new Third Window titles available to purchase on their store, such as punk adventure Fish Story and Sion Sono’s epic, Love Exposure. You can see the list of new additions here.

Recently they have released the culinary yakuza story, Tokyo Dragon Chef, on DVD and VOD. And you can pre-order one of 2,000 limited edition copies of Meatball Machine with slipcase of illustrated artwork and specially commissioned extra features.

Continuing with the celebrations, they are also offering our readers a 15% discount on our DVD and blu-ray store if you use code LNY21 – valid until 11.59pm on the 12th February UK time.

Finally, sister label Sharp Teeth Films is releasing Butchers, a Wrong Turn / Texas Chainsaw Massacre-esque horror on VOD 22nd Feb and on DVD on 8th March.

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With a seemingly endless amount of streaming options—not only the titles at our disposal, but services themselves–each week we highlight the noteworthy titles that have recently hit platforms. Check out this week’s selections below and an archive of past round-ups here.

Free Films Featuring Black Voices

If you’re not able to join your local protest, there are other ways to support the vital fight again injustice and police brutality. And if you’re looking to learn more about the black experience, especially in America, a number of films are now available for free. First up, The Criterion Channel has made available Daughters of the Dust, Losing Ground, Black Mother, Symbiopsychotaxiplasm Take One, The Watermelon Woman, and more films by black filmmakers for free without a subscription. Also available for free on other platforms is Charles Burnett’s landmark film Killer of Sheep, Ava DuVernay’s insightful documentary 13th,...

Kungfu master, cross-cultural comedian, prolific film director; pop star, multi-millionaire, Ccp conspirator, global philanthropist. No one wears as many hats as Hong Kong-born Jackie Chan, the Peking Opera fallout turned into a more affable Bruce Lee. In short, Chan is an icon in both Asian and international cinema.

So we at Amp take our hats off to Chan’s 50+ year and 100+ movies career with our newest list, honing in on what he’s best known for: his movies. Some star, some are directed by, but all include the Hong Kong-born superstar. Watch this kick-ass stunt double rise the ranks to become the legend he has become today.

1. Spiritual Kung Fu

Yes, it is kind of strange that this one is here, since there are definitely many better movies in Jackie Chan’s filmography. However, somewhere among the Shaolin monks, the book with the ultimate style of kung fu, and the...

After a second failed attempt to break into the American market with The Protector (1985), a film in which he repeatedly conflicted with director James Glickenhaus, Jackie Chan returned to Hong Kong determined to top Hollywood. According to Chan, he told Glickenhaus: “You do The Protector and I’ll do Police Story, and I’ll show you what the action movie is all about.” Today, more than 30 years after its release, Police Story remains one of the best-loved and most impressive action films by the most popular action star in the world, and has been given the restoration treatment and Metrograph engagement befitting a true classic, while Glickenhaus is best known for actually writing and directing a movie called McBain.After knocking around Hong Kong for several years as a stuntman and bit player, and a few attempts at becoming a lead in cheap Bruce Lee knock-offs, Jackie Chan finally burst...

“There is a time for masks,” Alfred counsels his ward in the new Gotham Season 4 promo, “and there is a time for Bruce Wayne.”

Young Master Bruce (played by David Mazouz) apparently has decided the time for masks is now, seeing as he batsuits up in not one but two progressively intricate cover-ups, cowls included, in the video above.

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The new promo also features fresh glimpses of the fearsome Scarecrow among other rogues, including Penguin, Riddler, Tabitha, Victor Zsasz and an ever-maturing Ivy. (On the frenemy front, there’s also a bit of Selina kicking ass.

  By David Kozlowski   |   7 July 2017

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Jackie Chan's The Legend of Drunken Master (1994) Bonus: Jackie Chan Talks About Bringing Film To America

The original Chinese language movie poster from 1978!

What Is It?

Drunken Master II is a 1994 Hong Kong kung fu film directed by Lau Kar-leung and Jackie Chan, who stars as Chinese folk hero, Wong Fei-hung.

The Riddler riseth as Fox’s Gotham resumed Season 3 on Monday night.

RelatedGotham Is Riddled With Threats Familiar and New as Season 3 Resumes

Weeks after shooting and then shoving Penguin into the river, Nygma is unable to cope, popping meds that leave him talking to himself, in the form of his fallen best friend. It also turns out that Nygma has been on a killing spree of sorts, seeking out Gotham’s brightest minds only to off them, one by one, when they go 0-for-3 in his test of riddles.

Nygma switches from seeking a genius “teacher” in villainy to courting an arch enemy,...

Time takes its toll on all of us … even Jackie

Jackie Chan is arguably one of the most important action /martial arts stars to ever grace our screens. As happens to us all … time takes it’s toll and sadly over the years the quality of his films has degraded.

But whilst the quality of his output my have decreased , it’s not difficult to spot moments of brilliance in even his most recent movies (i.e final fight scene in Chinese Zodiac ).

2016 is a very busy year for Jackie Chan

This year is going to be a very busy one of Jackie Chan, soon we will see the release of Skiptrace followed by another 3 confirmed releases (Railroad Tigers, The Foreigner, Kung Fu Yoga) and even more films which have either been announced or are currently in production (Rush Hour 4, The Karate Kid 2, Shanghai Noon Sequel).

Unfortunately none...

(1981-1989 – The Three Dragons)

After the early 1980’s, Golden Harvest started to branch out into the modern-day world leaving behind the Kung Fu cinema age and progressing into something massive. From 1981 onwards, Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Yuen Biao (The Three Dragons) were about to embark on a sensational journey, progressing from there Kung Fu genre into modern-day Martial Arts and stunt work, something Shaw Brothers were left behind and Golden Harvest was to be the new global company.

Jackie Chan back then headed to the United states to try to break into the international market, but the movies he appeared in didn’t really take off and Jackie was also disappointed with the filming of The Big Brawl. Jackie felt he never had chance to show off his action choreography and wasn’t given the space to add his world of experience to the movie. Although it was Directed...

When "Gotham" debuted a year ago, it was busy trying to be five different shows at once, including a police procedural, a mob war epic, a very very very premature Batman origin story, and a slightly less premature series of origins for Batman's future villains. It was doing too many things at once, and doing few of them well enough to make them stand out in a cluttered, tonally confusing show. Eventually — right after the show introduced Cameron Monaghan as its latest potential Joker — I decided that the parts of the show I didn't enjoy were continuing to far outweigh the parts I did, and I stepped away. Tonight marks the official start of the 2015-16 network TV season, and while that concept feels more archaic than ever, it still means there's going to be a flood of new and returning shows coming up over the next few weeks.

When it comes to making features like this one, i love the idea of coming up with my own personal “100 Great Kung Fu Movies” of all time. It is tough choosing just 100 because you know there are many more great Kung Fu movies that are not on the list.

I have decided that to make the list, a movie must have a few hand to hand moments during fight scenes in the movies chosen. If for example its mainly sword play with one fight scene hand to hand it won’t make the list. Its old school “style” Kung Fu movies, not modern day settings.

I understand everyone will have their own personal favorites and some may not agree with my list and that’s fine because it’s nice to have different opinions on this genre which keeps it fresh and alive when having good debates.

Anyway, thank you...

Golden Harvest started in 1970, after Raymond Chow had left Shaw Brothers studios along with producer Leonard Ho and decided to start there own company and go up against the dominance of Shaw Brothers.

Shaw Brothers had been the leading studio for many years, showcasing legendary Directors, Actors and Marital Artists. Raymond Chow and Leonard Ho knew they had to come with something big and make a huge noise in the world of cinema and indeed they did just that. They made a few movies in 1971 such as The Angry River, Lady Whirlwind and One Armed Boxer. But one Actor stood out over the rest, showcasing his incredible talent for the first time in a big movie and his name was Bruce Lee. When the Big Boss premiered in Hong Kong, the audience cheered and mobbed Bruce after the movie had ended.

Raymond Chow and Bruce Lee

Also at this time...

Read More: Watch: Fantastic Video Essay On The Art Of Jackie Chan's Action Comedy The Hong Kong actor, director, producer, martial arts stunt choreographer and star of "Drunken Master," "Rush Hour," and "Shanghai Noon" attended the Far East Film Festival as one of its guests of honor and the recipient of the Living Legend Award. In honor of the achievement and as part of a retrospective of Hong Kong Martial Arts films, the festival screened some of the genre's most important films such as "The Young Master," "Once Upon a Time in China," "The Way of the Dragon," "Spooky Encounters," "Duel to the Death" and "Righting Wrongs" but also the international cut of his new hit, Daniel Lee's "Dragon Blade", that served as well as the festival's opener and that also stars John Cusack and Adrien Brody. You have an exceptional career as an actor. You started it as a stuntman,...

Since its heyday, kung fu seems to be giving way to other action genres, but could it be making a comeback?

There was a time when everyone was indeed kung fu fighting. Films belonging to the genre, made popular in the 1970s by the late Bruce Lee, helped to boost Hong Kong cinema, not to mention the careers of various Chinese actors such as Jackie Chan, Sammo Hung and Jet Li. However, in recent years, it seems that the kung fu film is losing the raw bad-assery that fans have grown up watching. As martial arts films are now evolving to feature more computer animation and culture rather than pure, unadulterated violence, has kung fu lost its touch?

The first kung fu film dates back to the late 1930s, when folk heroes and famed martial artists Fong Sai-Yuk and Wong Fei-Hung were immortalised for the first time (they would...

Yuen Biao is one of the greatest screen performers of all time. He exploded onto our screens when Sammo Hung cast him in the amazing movie Knockabout and he has never looked back since.

This list will be familiar with most fans around the world, but this list is also for people who are new to this genre and want to check out some great flicks. I have added a few movies, which are a bit low budget but does contain some nice action.

I know there are still many Yuen Biao movies i could have named in this list, some i shall give a mention to at the bottom of the feature. So i hope you like the movies i have listed, if your new to Yuen Biao please check out some of these great flicks.

1.Dreadnaught (1981)

Directed By: Yuen Woo Ping

Cast: Kwan Tak Hing, Leung Kar Yan,...

A quick review of tonight's "Gotham" — and thoughts on future reviewing plans for the show — coming up just as soon as I believe a giant bullfrog lives in my abdomen, controlling my thoughts... "Rogues' Gallery"(*) was relatively streamlined as "Gotham" episodes go, with a bunch of characters (Bruce, Alfred, Nygma, Falcone) absent, and with the Crime of the Week taking up so much focus that the appearances by everyone save Gordon and Bullock felt like cameos. Too often, the show suffers from trying to do too many things at once, which wasn't really the case here. (*) "Gotham" continues to make weird choices with episode titles, whether naming them after characters who barely appear or, here, naming it after a group that won't exist until long after the show ends. (Technically, Penguin and Catwoman are in this one, but only one of them going by their supervillain alias.) The problem with keeping things simple,...

A review of tonight's "Gotham" coming up just as soon as someone mugs me with a diving board... Of the three "Gotham" episodes titled after a significant character, "Selina Kyle" barely featured Selina at all until the final third, "Penguin's Umbrella" featured a lot of Oswald but was technically named after an accessory he hasn't used in a while on the show, and "Harvey Dent" didn't do a whole lot with the introduction of Nicholas D'Agosto as the man who would be Two-Face. At this rate, I'm expecting an episode sometime in season 2 called "The Joker" which doesn't even feature the title character at all. And what we actually got of the show's second Harvey felt like too much, too soon. It's not just that the series doesn't need another embryonic Bat-villain given the trouble it's having juggling its current roster, but that his very first appearance probably wasn't the...

Like millions of you around the world, i love Kung Fu movies. It is the only real genre that keeps me going back for more and that is why i will always love Kung Fu movies.

I know many of you have probably seen many of the movies i will post about, but this is also for anyone new to the genre of Kung Fu and even Swordplay and looking for other movies to enjoy. I hope you enjoy the movies i have listed and please feel free to comment about any of the movies.

1.Kickboxer 黃飛鴻之鬼腳七 (1993)

Director: Wu Ma

Cast: Yuen Biao, Yuen Wah, Yen Shi Kwan, Wu Ma, Shirley Lui, Tai Bo

Fight Choreographer(s): Yuen Biao, Yuen Mao

Studio: Regal Films Co. Ltd.

2.The Rebellious Reign 雍正与年羹尧 (1980)

Director: Fong Cheung

Cast: Norman Chu, Jimmy Lee Fong, Kwan Yung Moon, Chan Wai Lau, Alan Chui

Fight Choreographer...

Is Jackie Chan really retiring? Maybe not, he tells us, as he talks about his new film Chinese Zodiac, his upcoming sequels and more...

In Chinese Zodiac, Jackie Chan finds himself strapped into a skate suit - essentially a padded outfit covered in the tiny wheels you’d find on a pair of in-line skates - and hurtling down a winding mountain road. Even in the context of a fanciful action comedy, it looks insanely dangerous, but this is par for the course for Jackie Chan, who’s spent the best part of his five-decade-long career performing outrageous stunts in a string of action classics, among them Drunken Master, Project A, Police Story, Armor Of God and Rumble In The Bronx to name just a few.

Chinese Zodiac is his latest film, and if recent reports are anything to go by, possibly his last - at least in terms of big,...

Young Master Wayne and Selina Kyle, Aka Catwoman, have been chosen for Fox’s Batman prequel, Gotham. David Mazouz will play the tragedy-stricken Bruce, shortly after the murder of his parents and now under the care of Alfred Pennyworth (Sean Pertwee). Mazouz is best known for his role in Fox’s short-lived, Ascap Award-winning sci-fi series Touch alongside Keifer Sutherland and Danny Glover. That show managed two seasons before being cancelled. Portraying pre-Catwoman Selina will be Camren Bicondova, a relative newcomer to Hollywood, whose major claim to fame is being a runner-up on MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew with her group, 8 Flavahs. She has also appeared in small roles in the horror flick Girlhouse and Cinedigm’s dance drama Battlefield America. Bicondova’s role as Selina will be as another orphaned teenager, well on her way to master thief as an expert pickpocket living on the streets of Gotham. With...

This is a run down of my favorite movies from the Golden Harvest studio. I had a tough time choosing the order, which i changed quiet a few times. So i hope you enjoy my list and i understand everyone has there own favorites and own list, so enjoy and let me know your favorites in the comment box at the bottom of the page.

25:The Young Master

Cast:Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao, Wang In Sik, Wai Pak, Lily Li, Sek Kin

24:Broken Oath

Cast:Angela Mao, Bruce Liang, Sammo Hung, Dean Shek

23:Hapkido

Cast:Angela Mao, Sammo Hung, Carter Wong, Wang In Sik

22:Way Of The Dragon

Cast:Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, Bob Wall

21:On The Run

Cast:Yuen Biao, Pat Ha, Yuen Wah, Lo Lieh, Philip Ko

20:Duel To The Death

Cast:Norman Chu, Damian Lau, Eddie Ko, Casanova Wong

19:Mr.Vampire

Cast:Lam Ching Ying, Moon Lee,...

This is a run down of my favorite movies from the Golden Harvest studio. I had a tough time choosing the order, which i changed quiet a few times. So i hope you enjoy my list and i understand everyone has there own favorites and own list, so enjoy and let me know your favorites in the comment box at the bottom of the page.

25:The Young Master

Cast:Jackie Chan, Yuen Biao, Wang In Sik, Wai Pak, Lily Li, Sek Kin

24:Broken Oath

Cast:Angela Mao, Bruce Liang, Sammo Hung, Dean Shek

23:Hapkido

Cast:Angela Mao, Sammo Hung, Carter Wong, Wang In Sik

22:Way Of The Dragon

Cast:Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, Bob Wall

21:On The Run

Cast:Yuen Biao, Pat Ha, Yuen Wah, Lo Lieh, Philip Ko

20:Duel To The Death

Cast:Norman Chu, Damian Lau, Eddie Ko, Casanova Wong

19:Mr.Vampire

Cast:Lam Ching Ying, Moon Lee,...

This is my top 10 favorite kickers in Kung Fu cinema. It is just my personal opinion as there are many great performers out there with amazing ability also. I hope everyone likes my top 10 and please feel free to leave comments at the bottom of the page.

10.Jean Claude Van Damme

Jean Claude is one of the best kickers i have seen out of the Asian movie market. His jumping spin kicks are brilliant, hitting with speed and power, which would take anyone’s head off. Van Damme was also a former member of the Belgium Team that won the European Championships in 1979 in Brussels.

Some of Van Dammes best kicking skills can be watched in movies such as No Retreat, No Surrender, Bloodsport, Kickboxer, Lionheart, Double Impact, The Quest and so on. He recently starred as the main villain in The Expendables 2, which he did a great job,...

Paul Thomas Anderson - the American Cinematheque's Young Master who is enjoying a retrospective at their Aero Theater on November 10, 11 and 13 -- recently spoke with MovieHole about his "Boogie Nights" characters, the film vs. digital divide, writing "The Master," working with actors and "glazing over," as well as the film he'd have liked a chance to direct: "Die Hard." Check out some highlights below. On veteran actors like "The Master" star Philip Seymour Hoffman: Acting is like anything. Yeah, you get more miles under your belt, but you’re fooling yourself if you think that means anything. Because you can have it one day, and it’s not there the next. You can have one take and then lose it, and you just… Suddenly there’s a downward spiral. I don’t care who you are, whether you’re Phil or Robert De Niro or any of these actors.

Starring: Sammo Hung, Lau Kar Wing, Leung Kar Yan, Mars, Lee Hoi San, Dean Shek, Karl Maka

Director: Lau Kar Wing

Action Directors: Lau Kar Wing, Sammo hung

Assistant Action Directors: Chung Fat, Yuen Biao, lam Ching Ying, Billy Chan

The Odd Couple as been regarded as one of the best traditional weapon movies of all time. Here we get to see two legends going sword to pole as both Sammo hung and Lau Kar Wing show why they are up there with the very best, weather it be using weapons on screen or just straight kung fu. We also get to see leung Kar yan in the role of the leading villain which he always plays very well.

Plot

Two aging kung fu masters get together once a year for a timed duel. One is master of the short sword, King of Sabres (Sammo Hung), and the other is...

Over the years having watched many kung fu movies, one person as stood out above the rest as my favorite villain, his name is Fung Hak On.

His presence on screen was fantastic, not only a great fighter and villain, but he is also a very good actor and could show lots of emotion with even one single look (Most look’s ended with someone getting killed though).

Birth-date : 18/9/1949

At the start of his career, Fung started off more as a stuntman and also having brief appearances in movies such as Vengeance, Heroic Ones, Water Margin plus many others. A few years later, the director he was working with at the time Chang Cheh, also had an assistant working with him, going by the name of John Woo. John Woo was just learning the process back then, but Fung was glad to work with Woo on his first ever directorial movie The Young dragons.

Previously on Teen Wolf, Young Master McCall, an asthmatic lacrosse player with abs of ivory, found himself on the receiving end of a werewolf nip. "Ouch!" he hollered into the night upon feeling the iron-jawed chomp! to his abdomen. "I believe I've been bitten by a mosquito!" But Stiles Stilnski — sheriff's son and Keeper of Keys and Grounds to my heart — had other ideas. "The claw marks and swelling and the way you're suddenly awesome at sports and also howling at the moon make me think perhaps you've suffered a more mythical attack." Stiles was correct. Unbeknownst to the residents of Beacon Hills, the legendary B.B. Wolf was on the prowl, just a-huffin' and a-puffin' and a-gnawin' on folks in the deep, dark forest.

But Scott McMall was not alone in his newfound lycanthropy. No, indeed! Why, concerned fellows gathered all up in his nut from every corner of the county.

Introduction and Purpose

Last month we, the Scientific Community, brought you "A Case Study in Hotness" in which we examined the magazine photo shoots of two of today's most dreamiest leading men. "More!" you cried. "Hit us with that steamy science!" (We're paraphrasing. Obviously you guys would never say "steamy" outside of the sauna.) We rubbed our hands together with glee, donned our lab coats and goggles and perused the magazine racks for some tasty specimens. Our hopes were truly sky high because these editions would be for February. Valentine's Day! L'amour! Imagine our shock and dismay, Junior Scientists, at the Condé Nasty surprise the glossies had in store for us. So with deep regret we present to you "A Case Study in 'Hotness'" of the only two coverlads for February 2011.

Hypothesis

Our hypothesis is the same as last time: "A side by side comparison of two radically different specimens...