Last year, Memoir of a Murderer dominated the South Korean box office and became the first Korean thriller of 2017 to surpass two million ticket sales. As an obvious commercial hit, I'd tagged this on my "to-watch" list, intent on...
Chinese Name : 捉妖记2 Director : Raman Hui Screenplay : Jack Ng, Sunny Chan, Su Liang Genre : Crack, Heartwarming Running Time : 1:50:00 Recommended For : Monster Hunt fans and those who were anticipating the sequel of Monster Hunt Not Recommended For : Heartless, cold...
When rumours of Death Note's Hollywood remake surfaced throughout the early months of 2015, the probability of the project really following through wasn't one I gambled highly on. As a fan of the series for years, who had also...
Old school martial arts film stars make their silver screen comeback in historical war film God of War. Still, even with a veteran cast as well as a premise that borders on nationalistic, God of War is underperforming in China. The...
Peter Huo, Guli Nazha, and Huang Zitao star in the 2017 Chinese gangster film The Game Changer. It's rife with all the usual elements of a piece of cinematography focused on the urban underworld: double-crossing allies, men in fedoras,...
Fabricated City was released a few months ago in South Korea, but took what felt like forever to arrive in Singapore. Maybe they had to literally ship the reel by sea, or it got lost in the mail. Either...
English Title: The Handmaiden Korean Title: 아가씨 (Agassi/Miss) Director: Park Chan Wook Screenplay: Chung Seo Kyung, Park Chan Wook Starring: Kim Min Hee (On the Beach Alone at Night), Kim Tae Ri (Entourage), Ha Jung Woo (The Chaser), Jo Jin Woong (The Admiral)...
Suddenly Seventeen reads as the standard light hearted romcom fare, but rewards viewers who stick out the unexplained plot points, and dire lack of healthy romance, with an important message of self help. Chinese Title: 28岁未成年 / 28 (Years Old)...
Kimi no Na wa, alternately known by its English title Your Name, has taken the Asian entertainment sphere by storm recently. Besides being the fourth highest grossing film in Japan ever (second for a domestic Japanese film), it's had similar...
The transition between childhood to the adult life can sometimes be quite jarring, a lesson four young men are unceremoniously forced to learn in the Korean film One Way Trip. These friends will eventually come to understand that the decisions made solely...
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