Cast Photos From Benny Chan’s Martial Arts Epic Shaolin Temple

Although I’m not the biggest fan of director Benny Chan’s cinematic output, it’s hard not to get excited about a movie that features Jackie Chan, Andy Lau, and Nicholas Tse. The picture has recently been plagued with a number of production issues, though it appears the filmmakers hope...

March 4th, 2010 | Read More

Synopsis for the Pang Brothers’ Latest Eye Horror Entry

Those Pang Brothers, they sure have an eye for horror. Ahem. Sorry, had to go there. Anyways, the Pangs, now that they’ve delivered their CGI-heavy “The Storm Warriors”, are finishing up their latest horror movie, yet another entry in their “The Eye” franchise. This one...

March 4th, 2010 | Read More

Oh, Joy! The Teaser Trailer for Revenge of the Zebra Miniskirt Police Has Arrived!

In case you were wondering, I’m extremely excited about “Zebraman 2″, with a heavy accent on extremely. After recently soaking in the cinematic outrageousness of Takashi Miike’s colorful action epic “Yatterman”, I’ve been aching for more of the prolific Japanese...

March 3rd, 2010 | Read More

Hard Revenge, Milly (2008) / Hard Revenge, Milly: Bloody Battle (2009) Reviews

More low budget Japanese mayhem arrives in the form of “Hard Revenge Milly” and “Hard Revenge Milly: Bloody Battle”, originally released a couple of years back and now slicing their way onto region 2 DVD as a double bill via Cine Asia. The two were written and directed by Takanori Tsujimoto,...

March 3rd, 2010 | Read More

DVD Review: Chaw (2009) Movie UK R2

If you read/watched “The Lord of the Flies” and wished the boar had too little character development and deserved a spin-off TV series* at the least, then “Chaw” will be right up your street. “Chaw” is about a giant man-eating boar attacking the residents of a small Korean village. Not entirely...

February 25th, 2010 | Read More

Stephen Chow Remaking Bruce Lee’s Way of the Dragon?

Is Stephen Chow planning a remake of a Bruce Lee movie with Jack Black and Anne Hathaway among the cast? That’s entirely possible. Then again, it’s probably not, but when it comes to the Ways of the Chow, I must remember that I didn’t think he would ever, ever in a million years sign...

February 23rd, 2010 | Read More

First Footage from Donnie Yen’s Legend of Chen Zhen

If these early, kinda fuzzy and dark looking teaser footage from Donnie Yen’s “The Legend of Chen Zhen” (via Twitch) is to be believed, Chen Zhen is apparently a superhero who runs around China kicking Japanese ass during world War II. Hey, makes perfect sense to me. Check it out, check...

February 22nd, 2010 | Read More

Paju (2009) Movie Review

“Paju” marks the second effort from Korean writer director Park Chan Ok, following on from her much praised 2002 debut “Jealousy is my Middle Name”. Although this sophomore outing was a good five years in the making, it was certainly worth the wait, having been chosen as the first ever Korean...

February 20th, 2010 | Read More

Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl (2009) Movie Review

I approached directors Yoshihiro Nishimura and Naoyuki Tomomatsu’s over-the-top 2009 high school gore comedy “Vampire Girl vs. Frankenstein Girl” with the same expectations I possessed during my initial viewing of “Tokyo Gore Police”, “The Machine Girl”, and...

February 19th, 2010 | Read More

Posters, Teaser Trailer for Hyo-jin Kang’s Revolver Gangster Gang

I’m a sucker for a heist flick, especially if the picture in question is coated with a thick layer of comedy. Doesn’t matter what brand of comedy, really, just as long as there’s some sort of chuckle-inducing levity to be found in the story. Judging from the trailer posted blow, “My...

February 18th, 2010 | Read More

City of Fathers (2009) Movie Review

“City of Fathers” is another of those Korean films whose title and DVD box art makes it pretty difficult to know what to expect – in this case possibly hard boiled action, emotional drama or wacky comedy. Thankfully, the film is mainly a mixture of the first two, with director Park Ji Won weaving...

February 13th, 2010 | Read More

The Case of Itaewon Homicide (2009) Movie Review

Directed by Hong Ki Sun, “The Case of Itaewon Homicide” is a slice of true life crime mystery based upon a highly controversial incident back in 1997 in which a student was unfortunately murdered by one of a pair of friends, each of whom just happens to accuse the other of the deed. Fact based dramas...

February 13th, 2010 | Read More

Searching for the Elephant (2008) Movie Review

“Searching for the Elephant” is a film every bit as odd as its bizarre title may suggest. Whilst on the surface it may sound like a fairly straightforward, controversy baiting exploration of the sex lives and generally immoral behaviour of well to do Korean thirty-somethings, writer producer director...

February 13th, 2010 | Read More

Korean Horror Flick Yoga Explores the Horrors of, Well, Yoga.

I love horror movies with simplistic, straightforward titles — it lets you know what you’re getting into without attempting to be clever, funny, or a rancid combination of the two. Director Yoon Jae Yeon’s latest supernatural outing “Yoga” is about — surprise, surprise...

February 12th, 2010 | Read More

Explosive Trailer for Dante Lam’s Old-School Actioner Fire of Conscience

Tired of those limp-wristed police procedural yarns and plot-twisty thrillers streaming out of China these days? You and me both, pal. Thankfully, Director Dante Lam’s upcoming action epic “Fire of Conscience” has a very snazzy old-school feel to it: guns are blazing, people are exploding,...

February 12th, 2010 | Read More

Painted Skin (1993) Movie Review

Not to be confused with the recent big budget blockbuster from Gordon Chan of the same name is King Hu’s “Painted Skin”, originally released back in 1993, and now finally resurfacing as a decent quality DVD. Although both films were based upon the same material from the collection “Strange Tales...

February 10th, 2010 | Read More

The Neighbor Zombie Presents the Living Dead, Documentary-Style

A zombie comedy? From South Korea? You don’t say! 24 Frames Per Second was kind enough to post the trailer for the faux-documentary “The Neighbor Zombie”, an episodic horror picture comprised of six separate stories set in a violent world teeming with the undead. The story follows six...

February 10th, 2010 | Read More

E1 Entertainment to Release Fruit Chan’s Don’t Look Up Remake

Although I was seriously pumped about Fruit Chan’s remake of Hideo Nakata’s 1996 chiller “Don’t Look Up,” I’d actually forgotten about the production until I discovered at small blurb about its upcoming release on the Fangoria News Blog. The film, which stars Eli Roth,...

February 8th, 2010 | Read More

Ju-On: White Ghost/Black Ghost (2009) Movie Review

From its relatively humble beginnings in 2000 as a direct to DVD release, the Japanese horror “Ju-on” series went on to become one of the modern Asian ghost genre’s most influential franchises, and one of the country’s most popular domestic blockbusters and exports, also inspiring a series of...

February 8th, 2010 | Read More

Written (2007) Movie Review

Korean indie “Written”, the second outing from writer director Kim Byung Woo is a brain teaser of a film which doesn’t blur the line between fiction and reality, so much as it jumps all over it, before proceeding to erase it completely. Needless to say, the film is one which requires a fair amount...

February 8th, 2010 | Read More