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I Miss U (2012) Movie Review
Despite its title, “I Miss U” is actually a Thai horror film, albeit one with a decidedly romantic and wistful bent, director Monthon Arayangkoon, combining the love story of his 2010 “Big Boy” with...
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Film Shots: Storage 24, We Are the Night, and My Ex
STORAGE 24 (2012) Prolific British writer, director, actor and more Noel Clarke returns in his 4th film of 2012, science fiction horror thriller “Storage 24”, directed by Johannes Roberts, helmer of a variety of...
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Headshot (2011) Movie Review
Director Pen-Ek Ratanaruang’s (“Last Life in the Universe”) “Headshot” begins in a quiet moment, with a man seated at a desk, gently keying a letter on a typewriter. Nice, right? Only the man has...
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407 Dark Flight (2012) Movie Review
Thai horror takes to the skies and enters the third dimension with “Dark Flight” (aka “407 Dark Flight 3D”), an airborne shocker claiming to be the country’s first domestically produced 3D film – though...
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The Kick (2011) Movie Review
Thai director Prachya Pinkaew and choreographer Panna Rittikrai return with more martial arts action in “The Kick”, which sees a family of Korean taekwondo masters taking on criminals in Thailand. The men who gave...
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The House (2007) Movie Review
“The House” is a Thai horror directed by Monthon Arayangkoon, who also helmed supernatural thriller “The Victim” and the giant bird monster kaiju “Garuda”. Apparently based on real life cases involving the murders of...
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The Lost Home (aka Ladda Land, 2011) Movie Review
The recent popularity of Thai horror continues with “Ladda Land”, directed by Sophon Sakdaphisit, who also helmed the entertaining genre flick “Coming Soon”, as well as scripting Banjong Pisanthanakun and Parkpoom Wongpoom’s superb “Shutter”...
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Red Eagle (2010) Movie Review
If movies like “RoboCop” are to be believed, the near future is going to be a festering cesspool of violence and corruption. It must be true, because no matter what era “near future” we’re...
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Still (aka Tai Hong, 2010) Movie Review
The recent boom in Thai horror has revolved to a large extent around anthology films, with the likes of “Phobia” and its sequel having impressed both critics and audiences. “Still”, released domestically as “Tai...
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Ong Bak 3 (2010) Movie Review
Thai martial arts wizard and all round enigma Tony Jaa returns with “Ong Bak 3”, the second sequel to his bone crunching 2003 hit original. As with 2008’s “Ong Bak: The Beginning” Jaa again...
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Fireball (2009) Movie Review
For years now I’ve been staying that what basketball really needs is more spin kicks and flying knees (there are already plenty of elbows involved). Finally, in “Fireball”, I have found kindred spirits, people...
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Somtum (2008) Movie Review
“Somtum” has all the potential in the world, but ultimately ends up as kind of a mess. Nathan Jones (“Tom-Young-Goong”, “The Condemned”) stars as Barney Emerald, a down on his luck Australian giant, who...
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Power Kids (2009) Movie Review
Fuck “The Karate Kid.” Am I the only one who has a problem with the fact that, in a movie called “The Karate Kid,” he goes to China and learns kung fu? Looking at...
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The Meat Grinder (2009) Movie Review
Thai gore cinema has been really coming on of late, arguably achieving same giddy heights as the Hong Kong industry during height of the category III boom in the early 1990s thanks to films...
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Raging Phoenix (2009) Movie Review No. 2
The Thai martial arts boom born of Tony Jaa’s “Ong Bak” continues with “Raging Phoenix”, which sees pint sized sensation Jija Yanin returning to screens after her impressive debut as the heroine of “Chocolate”....
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Raging Phoenix (2009) Movie Review
You can’t blame the Thais for continuing to produce action movies like “Raging Phoenix”. There are basically only two genres coming out of Thailand that sells nowadays – martial arts movies and horror films....
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Coming Soon (2008) Movie Review
New Thai horror “Coming Soon” certainly has an impressive pedigree, with debut director Sophon Sakdaphisit having written two of the country’s best recent genre hits in the form of “Shutter” and “Alone”, and with...
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Phobia (aka 4Bia, 2008) Movie Review
Horror anthologies can be rather hit and miss affairs, ranging in quality from the excellent “Three” to the rather shabby “Black Night”. The awkwardly titled “4 Bia” (apparently playing on the word ‘phobia’, though...
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Chocolate (2008) Movie Review
“Chocolate” is a film which has been causing considerable excitement amongst martial arts fans, unsurprisingly given that it is Thai director Prachya Pinkaew’s follow up to his worldwide hits “Ong Bak” and “Warrior King”....
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Ghost of Mae Nak (2005) Movie Review
Thai horror “Ghost of Mae Nak” was originally released back in 2005 when the modern Asian ghost genre was very much still in full swing, and with the country just having scored one of...
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