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Bloody Parrot (1981) Movie Review
The oddly titled “Bloody Parrot” is a somewhat obscure Shaw Brothers re-release from 1981, the period when the studio was mainly known for churning out lots of gory and grotesque fantasises and tales of dark magic. The film is no exception, being a nasty and often downright bizarre mystery directed by Hua Shan, best known [...]
January 20th, 2008 | James Mudge | 0 Comments | Read MoreFemme Fatale (2007) Movie Review
Proving that the remake process works both ways comes “Femme Fatale”, a new Korean version of the 1998 French film “Serial Lover” which marks the debut of director Kang Kyung Hoon. Although updated to work in some distinctly Korean humour, the film is basically the same brand of black comedy, revolving around a raucous night [...]
January 12th, 2008 | James Mudge | 0 Comments | Read MoreA Love (2007) Movie Review
Although though he is not as well known internationally as the likes of Park Chan Wook and Bong Joon Ho, director Kwak Kyung Taek is one of the biggest and most successful film makers in Korea, having been responsible for such blockbusters as “Friend”, “Mutt Boy”, and “Typhoon”. He returns here with his latest effort [...]
January 12th, 2008 | James Mudge | 1 Comment | Read MoreFirst Look at The Host 2’s Monsters!
No, it’s not Monster Day here at BeyondHollywood.com, it just so happens that there are two monster movies of real interest to people currently flowing through the Interweb, and one of them is the prequel to the South Korean flick “The Host”. Nothing really new here, but there is a sketch of what the monster [...]
January 10th, 2008 | Nix | 2 Comments | Read MoreA Look at Prachya Pinkaew’s Chocolate
If you don’t instantly recognize the name Prachya Pinkaew, maybe the name Tony Jaa will help. Prachya Pinkaew was the director on Jaa’s two breakthrough films, “Ong Bak” and “Tom Yum Goong” (known in the U.S. as “Ong Bak Warrior” and “The Protector”, respectively). Prachya Pinkaew’s latest is the oddly titled “Chocolate”, but don’t let [...]
January 2nd, 2008 | Nix | 2 Comments | Read MoreMonster Sequel The Host 2 is a Prequel
The boys over at Twitchfilm have learned some more details about the upcoming “The Host 2″, the sequel to the Bong Joon-Ho movie about a killer monster who comes out of the Han river to snack on some humans. Namely, that the sequel will in fact be a prequel, and will feature more monsters, as [...]
January 2nd, 2008 | Nix | 0 Comments | Read MoreFeng Xiaogang’s War Epic Assembly
Chinese director Feng Xiaogang, whose last movie was the big-budget costume epic “The Banquet”, returns with a gritty war movie called “Assembly”. The film has been called the Chinese version of “Saving Private Ryan”, and indeed, the trailer for the film looks like seriously brutal stuff. Take a look at it below.
Feng’s film is a [...]
Thai Filmmakers are So Screwed … Part 2
Well they did it. Even after some of Thailand’s most famous film directors went on a campaign to stop it and the International community frowned upon them, Thailand has nevertheless passed its controversial film act, which includes the obscenely fascist ability by the Government to ban any film that “undermine or disrupt social order and [...]
December 21st, 2007 | Nix | 0 Comments | Read MoreThe Host 2 Expected in 2009
Korean director Joon-ho Bong may not want anything to do with a sequel to his surprise international hit “The Host”, but the producers of the movie are moving forward anyway. I guess however you slice it (or in what language), “sequels mean quick cash” translates just as well in English or Korean.
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Shooting is expected to [...]
Movie Trailer: Kung Fu Dunk
The full trailer for Jay Chou’s “Kung Fu Dunk” has arrived (head on below to see it now if you just can’t wait). The film stars Chou as an orphan turned Shaolin martial artist who somehow ends up playing basketball using his Shaolin skills. The film, rumored to be one of the most expensive to [...]
December 19th, 2007 | Nix | 4 Comments | Read More
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