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Valentine’s Day Gets an Extra Coat of Red in The Chrysalis
The upcoming Chinese horror movie “The Chrysalis” certainly fulfills the traditional Valentine’s Day requirement of the color red. Judging from the trailer you see embedded down below, the upcoming feature doesn’t shy away from...
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South Korean Thriller The New World Lands a Poster and a Teaser Trailer
Choi Min-sik’s performances in both “Oldboy” and “I Saw the Devil” are nothing short of phenomenal. I’m sure that’s not the first time you’ve read something along those lines. Even when the movies themselves...
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New Documentary The Stunt Reveals What it’s Like to be a Stuntman in the Thai Film Industry
Any Asian film fan will tell you: it’s a tough job being a Thai stuntman. I mean, have you seen their movies? It’s insane the things these guys will do for the sake of...
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Tomoyuki Takimoto’s Brain Man Headed To Japanese Theaters This February
It’s been a while since I’ve gotten excited about a Japanese movie that didn’t involve things like bodily fluids, ass-obsessed zombies, and creatures emerging from otherwise ordinary vaginas. Director Tomoyuki Takimoto’s “Brain Man,” while...
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Chinese Horror Flick Mysterious Island 2 Scares Up A New Trailer
The 2011 Chinese horror flick “Mysterious Island” found a group of young and attractive individuals competing for cash on — you guessed it — a mysterious island in the middle of nowhere. Lots of...
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Quick Teaser for the South Korean Spy Actioner The Berlin File
“Arahan” and “Crying Fist” director Seung-wan Ryoo hops into the deadly spy game with the new South Korean actioner “The Berlin File”, starring some of South Korea’s powerhouse actors. The action doesn’t look too...
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Japanese Gang Drama Aragure Gets A Two-Fisted Trailer
What happens when good-looking youngsters get involved with gangs and start causing trouble? They fight, they bleed, and they look incredible while they’re doing it. Judging from the trailer below, director Hajime Gonno’s “Aragure”...
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Encapsulated Cinema: Chinese Zodiac, John Dies at the End, and Dredd
Chinese Zodiac (2012) Action superstar Jackie Chan’s last foray into the cinematic world of death-defying stunts is sure to rub a number of his long-time fans the wrong way. Instead of going back to...
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The Grand Heist (2012) Movie Review
Korean cinema loves a good caper, and “The Grand Heist” offers a twist on the formula by setting the action back during the Joseon era of the 18th century, following a bunch of miscreants...
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Zombie Ass: Toilet Of The Dead Headed To The US This Summer
Because I’m an unstable individual with questionable taste in cinema, I’m quite excited that director Noboru Iguchi’s peculiar rump-oriented zombie romp “Zombie Ass: Toilet of the Dead” is finally headed to the United States....
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Noboru Iguchi’s Dead Sushi Lands On Home Video Later This Month
Director Noboru Iguchi should make 20 movies a year. I’d lovingly buy and obsessively watch each and every one of them. Because I’m a dork. The guy is a cinematic lunatic, and I never...
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Robo-G (2012) Movie Review
Although it may sound like a film following the exploits of a robotic gangster, “Robo-G” is in fact a Japanese outing charting the wackiness that ensues when an old man is hired to masquerade...
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Ghost Sweepers (2012) Movie Review
Attempting to inject a little originality into the horror genre is a laudable endeavour indeed, and something which has characterised the career to date of Korean director Shin Jung Won, who previously gave fans...
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Revenge Is The Name Of The Game In The Thai Horror Flick Thongsuk 13
With a name like “Thongsuk 13,” you’d better deliver the goods. After all, your title sounds kind of like “thong suck,” which is sure to be used against the picture if someone doesn’t like...
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The Concubine (2012) Movie Review
“The Concubine” sees actress Jo Yeo Jeong following her much praised performance in “The Servant” with another bodice-ripping costume drama and tale of lust and envy, this time for director Kim Dae Seung (“Bungee...
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The Taste of Money (2012) Movie Review
Im Sang Soo’s 2010 dark erotic drama “The Housemaid” caused quite a stir, winning awards at a variety of festivals around the world and being nominated for the prestigious Palme d’Or at Cannes. Still,...
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Pieta (2012) Movie Review
“Pieta” marks the 18th film from Korean auteur and agitator Kim Ki Duk, following up on his exceptionally personal and enjoyably bizarre 2011 Cannes winning documentary “Arirang”, which he made as part of a...
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Helter Skelter (2012) Movie Review
Quite possibly the best looking and most hysterical film of 2012, “Helter Skelter” marked the return of Japanese director and former fashion photographer Ninagawa Mika some 5 years after her colourful debut “Sakuran”. Based...
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Stephen Chow’s Journey To The West Looks Crazier With Each New Teaser
I’m not going to lie: Stephen Chow’s “Journey to the West” looks good to me. The keyword in that sentence: TO ME. I know the CGI isn’t the greatest, and I’m aware the film...
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All About My Wife (2012) Movie Review
Although it may sound worryingly like just another Korean romantic comedy, “All About my Wife” is thankfully a film with a lot more to offer. Directed by Min Kyu Dong (“Antique”), the film is...
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