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“Karate Kill” is a unique combination of Japanese splatter and 90’s action flick
The second genre, which used to dominate Hollywwod during the 80s and the 90s is not completely dead nowadays, but definitely placed in the background. However, the low budget, exclusively focused on...
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Cho Jinseok’s “Colonel Panics” is a unique combination of cyberpunk,...
The film revolves around two men, who seem to be living in different timelines. The first one, Kaito, is living in the present, is a writer for a political magazine with a nationalistic line. Despite...
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‘Cold War 2’ Is a Glossy, Suspenseful Sequel That’s Definitely Worth Checking...
Well Go USA released the long awaited sequel, Cold War 2, on Blu-ray and DVD March 7, 2017. It is one of the best good versus bad flicks that I have seen in a while. Aaron Kwok, Tony Leung, Eddie Peng...
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Interview with Cho Jinseok: I’m particularly interested in how artificial...
Conceived in Busan and born in Seoul, Cho Jinseok is a filmmaker who also developed the Cholol Technique for philosophical inquiry by blending contemporary western and Korean practices of...
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Sammo Hung And The Lucky Star Gang Set To Return
Legendary Actor and Film-Maker Sammo Hung is back with a bang, teaming up with Kickboxer Actor Dennis Chan to form a new film company “Sammo Hung films“. This is very exciting news with many Projects...
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An outstanding Takeshi Kitano stars in a great piece of Japanese cinema in...
“Blood and Bones” is based on the semi-autobiographical novel “Chi to Hone” by Zainichi Korean author Yan Sogiru. It was one of the most acclaimed Japanese films of 2004, nominated for 12 Japanese...
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Watch Quirky Korean Comedy ‘A Quiet Dream’ Tonight ! UK Premiere From LKFF
A Quiet Dream – the first London Korean Film Festival Teaser Screening of 2017 – will have its UK Premiere at Regent Street Cinema Monday, 20 March, 7:30pm. Buy Tickets Trailer About ‘A Quiet Dream’...
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8 New Korean Films That You Should Watch This Spring
Spring is already shaping up to be a busy season for Korean cinema. From the election drama The Mayor, in which Choi Min-sik appears the mayor of Seoul while Kwak Do-won (The Wailing) plays his aide,...
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“009 Re:Cyborg” by Prodyction I.G. is a great addition to a huge franchise
“009 Re:Cyborg” is part of the Cyborg 009 franchise, that was initiated as manga in 1964, and includes anime series, audio dramas, a number of video games and many anime movies. The general concept...
View ArticleWatch : Soccer Killer 2017 All Star Hong Kong Fantasy Comedy Trailer
Chinese comedy film directed by Jeffrey Lau, and starring He Jiong, Gillian Chung, Charlene Choi, Joey Yung, and Patrick Tam. Trailer Original Release Date : Feb 2017
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40th Japanese Academy Awards
The ceremony took place in the Grand Prince Hotel, in Tokyo, on the 3d of March and the winners were: Best Picture: Godzilla Resurgence (Hideaki Anno and Shinji Higuchi) Best Animated Film: In this...
View ArticleWatch: New Korean Thriller Films ‘The Tooth and the Nail’ and ‘House of the...
The Tooth and the Nail Director: Jung Sik, Kim Hwee Cast: Go Soo, Kim Joo-hyuk (The Truth Beneath), Park Sung-woong (A Violent Prosecutor) Based on the 1955 novel of the same name by Bill Ballinger,...
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“Drug War” is one of the few great, contemporary Johnnie To movies
Winner of the Chinese Film Media Awards for Best Picture and Best Director, among a number of other local and international awards, “Drug War” is the first Johnnie To action film to be shot entirely in...
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Vicki Zhao Steals The Show in “Three”– [Blu-Ray/DVD Release]
When Well Go USA released Three on Blu-Ray and DVD on April 4,2017, I expected it to be all about the fellas. I was in for a shock. In the midst of a mental tug-of-war between a band of bank robbers...
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Watch The UK Premiere of The Excellent Korean Thriller ‘ Missing’
The London Korean Film Festival 2017 presents the UK Premiere of the exciting new korean thriller Missing at Picturehouse Central, Monday 10 April, repeated at Arts Picturehouse Cambridge, Monday 24...
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“A Silent Voice” proves that 2016 was a great year for Japanese anime
“Your Name” has already become an international blockbuster and “In this Corner of the World” has won the Japanese Academy Award for Best Animation, but it seems the industry had even more to offer in...
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‘Sword Master’ A 2016 Martial Arts Film Directed By Derek Yee
I recently watched Derek Yee and Tsui Hark’s Sword Master, a remake of Death Duel (1977). Even though I have not seen the original, I loved this one. They put a spectacularly modern twist on an obvious...
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I Am Jackie Chan (Musical) Given The Green Light
The big news coming out of Hong Kong is that “I Am Jackie Chan” the musical will go ahead after years of planning. It has been a few years since Jackie Chan spoke about this idea with the story focused...
View ArticleWatch: The 1st Trailer for Korean Action Noir ‘The Merciless’— Intense and...
Helmed by director Byun Sung-hyun, The Merciless features seasoned actor Sul Kyung-gu (Cold Eyes) and rising star Im Si-wan (The Attorney). Inmate Jae-ho (played by Sul), who lords over his jail,...
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Park Chan-Wook’s ‘The Handmaiden’ is Now Available on Amazon Prime Video
From PARK Chan-wook, the celebrated director of OLDBOY, LADY VENGEANCE, THIRST and STOKER, comes a ravishing new crime drama inspired by the novel ‘FINGERSMITH’ by British author Sarah Waters. Having...
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