Articles in Asian Movie News
Japanese Trailer for John Woo’s Red Cliff
John Woo’s return to his Hong Kong roots with the Chinese martial arts epic “Red Cliff” seems to have gotten lost in the shuffle of a host of other Chinese martial arts epics that will be flooding theaters in 2008 alone. Seriously, what are they drinking over there that they’ve all decided to go the [...]
March 13th, 2008 | Nix | 3 Comments | Read MoreCharlize Theron to Remake Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
Charlize Theron wants to get her hands bloody, and that means starring and producing an American remake of Park Chan-wook’s critically acclaimed revenge thriller “Sympathy for Lady Vengeance”. “Lady” is the third and concluding installment in Park’s “vengeance trilogy”, that started with “Sympathy for Mister Vengeance” and “Old Boy”. The remake news comes from The [...]
March 11th, 2008 | Nix | 0 Comments | Read MoreAnna and Anna (2007) Movie Review
“Anna and Anna” is the latest from writer and director Aubrey Lam, previously responsible for “Twelve Nights” and “Hidden Track”, and who collaborated with Peter Chan on the scripts of several of his films including “Perhaps Love” and recent blockbuster hit “Warlords”. Here she takes on the ever-popular cinematic theme of the doppelganger, mainly as [...]
March 8th, 2008 | James Mudge | 0 Comments | Read MoreDiCaprio and Warner to Remake South Korea’s The Chaser
Perhaps believing that they’ve got their hands on another potential “The Departed” (i.e. the only worthwhile American remake of an Asian film in recent memory), Warner Bros. has purchased remake rights for the South Korean crime thriller “The Chaser” for a cool $1 million plus incentives, and negotiations are already under way for William Monahan, [...]
March 7th, 2008 | Nix | 0 Comments | Read MoreEnglish-Subtitled Trailer for Empress and the Warriors
A new, this time English-subtitled trailer for the upcoming Chinese martial arts epic “An Empress and the Warriors”, starring Donnie Yen, Kelly Chen, and Leon Lai. Although the trailer seems to indicate that this is Lai and Chen’s story, it’s interesting to note that Yen gets top billing. Interesting, but not a surprise; if you’re [...]
March 5th, 2008 | Nix | 0 Comments | Read MoreNew Poster and Images from GP 506
For the longest time, I always thought of the upcoming South Korean horror movie “GP 506″ as a ghost movie, when instead it’s … a zombie movie? That’s what it’s starting to sound like. Which, if you were wondering, I’m liking even more. Because let’s face it, how many more movies about haunted buildings and [...]
March 3rd, 2008 | Nix | 0 Comments | Read MoreMay 18 (2007) Movie Review
“May 18″ deals with the Gwangju Uprising, a dark episode in Korean history when in 1980 the city attempted to stand up against dictator Chun Doo Hwan, who had taken control of the country after his 1979 military coup. Directed by Kim Ji Hoo, who previously gave audiences the popular comedy “Mokpo”, the film revolves [...]
March 1st, 2008 | James Mudge | 0 Comments | Read MoreOur School (2006) Movie Review
“Our School” sees documentary film maker Kim Myung Joon taking on a potentially fascinating and unique subject in deciding to explore and follow the lives of students and staff at a school set up in Japan by Korean immigrants in 1945 to protect their own culture, language and sense of identity. The film itself has [...]
February 23rd, 2008 | James Mudge | 0 Comments | Read MoreBlack Cat (1991) Movie Review
With all the fuss in recent years over Hollywood remakes of Asian films, it is sometimes easy to forget that the process works both ways, and indeed has done for many years. A perfect case in point is “The Black Cat”, from director Stephen Shin, a Hong Kong remake of French auteur Luc Besson’s influential [...]
February 23rd, 2008 | James Mudge | 0 Comments | Read MoreThe Beauty in Dream (2002) Movie Review
“The Beauty in Dream” marked the second directorial outing for popular Korean actor Lee Kyung Young, best known for his roles in the likes of “Run Away”, “The Terrorist” and most recently “The Windmill Palm Grove”. Here, he offers viewers a slice of unashamed, ne plus ultra melodrama with a tale of heartbreaking illness, unrequited [...]
February 23rd, 2008 | James Mudge | 0 Comments | Read More
Great news I'm looking forward to this one. 
youre welcome bmmb! The movie is gonna be great i hope they have a baby! 
ugh, someone send this guy(michael gonzalez) a keylogger or trojan. please. 
i dont thinkhe is that ugly! Now come ondont be so mean! and i repect your thoughts that was pretty ...
I love james even though he is the bad guy in the movie !! he plays his part very well ...
