Tag Archives: south korea

This Week In Cinema: January 19-25, 2014

Posted on January 26, 2014 | Leave a comment

saving mr. banks

If I ever need saving I’m hoping an animated mouse can come to the rescue!

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Posted in 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Australia, Hong Kong, Jae-gon Son, John Lee Hancock, Michael Pressman, Shane Black, South Korea, This Week In Cinema, United Kingdom, United States Of America

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Review: Hwanghae (The Yellow Sea, 2010)

Posted on January 13, 2014 | Leave a comment

the yellow sea

I don’t live near a sea, yellow or otherwise!

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Posted in 2010s, 400+ Word Reviews, Hong Kong, Hong-jin Na, South Korea, United States Of America

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Review: Ajeossi (The Man From Nowhere, 2010)

Posted on December 16, 2013 | Leave a comment

the man from nowhere

I’m from Berkeley, which is kind of nowhere!

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Posted in 2010s, 400+ Word Reviews, Jeong-beom Lee, South Korea

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Review: Madeo (Mother, 2009)

Posted on August 12, 2013 | 2 comments

madeo

How does one differentiate between a mother’s love and over the line obsession!

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Posted in 2000s, 400+ Word Reviews, Joon-ho Bong, South Korea

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Retro Week In Cinema: June 20-26, 2013

Posted on June 27, 2013 | 2 comments

thirst

Wherein I take yet another shot at organized religion,

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Posted in 1950s, 1980s, 2000s, Chan-wook Park, David Lee Fisher, Ishirô Honda, Japan, Joe Alves, Joseph Sargent, Retro Week In Cinema, South Korea, United States Of America

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Retro Week In Cinema: June 13-19, 2013

Posted on June 20, 2013 | 2 comments

Perfect Stranger movie image Halle Berry and Bruce Willis

I wish my life could be filmed in different colors depending on my mood,

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Posted in 1990s, 2000s, Curtis Hanson, Denmark, Germany, Grace Lee, Jim Gillespie, Nicolas Winding Refn, Retro Week In Cinema, South Korea, Steven Soderbergh, United States Of America

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Review: Saam Gaang Yi (Three… Extremes, 2004)

Posted on June 8, 2013 | Leave a comment

saam gaang yi

Three directors I like together at the same time, nice!

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Posted in 2000s, 400+ Word Reviews, Chan-wook Park, Fruit Chan, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Takashi Miike

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This Week In Cinema: April 21-27, 2013

Posted on April 28, 2013 | 6 comments

halloween iiI spend a lot of time in hospitals during the middle of the night, and Halloween II isn’t that far off in their creepiness!

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Posted in 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Andrey Zvyagintsev, Chris Butler, Germany, Gideon Blackman, Japan, Jim Jarmusch, Joachim Trier, Kwon-taek Im, Luther Bhogal-Jones, Norway, Rick Rosenthal, Russia, Sam Fell, South Korea, This Week In Cinema, United Kingdom, United States Of America

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Review: Chun Gwong Cha Sit (Happy Together, 1997)

Posted on April 6, 2013 | 1 comment

happy together

Is it a Chinese thing to want to sleep completely under the covers all the time?

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Posted in 1990s, 400+ Word Reviews, Hong Kong, Japan, Kar Wai Wong, South Korea

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This Week In Cinema: March 03-09, 2013

Posted on March 10, 2013 | 1 comment

batman returns

Batman done right, something Christopher Nolan was never able to accomplish!

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Posted in 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, Byeong-ki Ahn, Czech Republic, Dustin McKenzie, Genndy Tartakovsky, Germany, Howard Deutch, Italy, Matteo Garrone, South Korea, Stephen Norrington, This Week In Cinema, Tim Burton, United Kingdom, United States Of America

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