Netflix just added a whole slate of new Asian cinema – trailers and descriptions below.
The Bow (Ki-duk Kim) 2005
Arang (Sang-hoon Ahn) 2006
Natural City (Byung-chin Min) 2003
Election (Johnnie To) 2005
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Am I the only one who doesn’t find these Cinemash shorts very funny? Oh well – I at least have to give this one props for a decent re-enactment of the famous ‘claw hammer’ fight from Oldboy. Plus, who …
Wow, the musical chairs casting call for Green Hornet’s sidekick Kato may finally have ended…! So – who did Seth Rogan choose to fill the departed Stephen Chow’s chauffeur shoes?
Asian news outlets are reporting that Korean actor Kwon Sang-woo …
South Korea’s commie neighbors can now enjoy hamburgers like the rest of the civilized world, although it’s a treat that will likely remain unattainable for most of the population. Burger joint Samtaeseong recently opened in Pyongyang, although ‘hamburgers’ aren’t listed …
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…well, cloned dogs, actually.
Incheon International Airport is now home to six cloned drug-sniffing dogs; their genetic stock was culled from a cham-peen Canadian narco-hound, and Korean fuzz claims that they all have their predecessors talents.
“They showed better performances …
New clip from Park Chan-wook vampire flick, Thirst – opening July 31st in select cities.
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I dug the animated Blood: The Last Vampire. Great animation, nice action, and Japanese schoolgirls with swords is always a plus. Never read the manga, so I can’t offer an opinion on that account. I did read Mamoru Oshii’s …
Oh, HELL yes.
Warren Murphy and Richard Sapir’s pulpy action hero The Destroyer (aka Remo Williams) will reportedly make a long-awaited return to the silver screen – so sayeth Aint It Cool News. The first Destroyer film, 1985′s Remo Williams: …
I am really curious to see what emerges from the Stephen Spielberg / Will Smith adapation of Oldboy. Park Chan-Wook’s 2003 film was so remarkable, I have serious doubts that another adaptation can do anything with the source material …
Here’s something I don’t get: stupid gits in America whining about how gay matrimony is going to violate the sanctity of marriage, when shit like this happens all the time.
(another thing I don’t get is, what the Hell is …
Why glowing dogs, you ask? Well – it seems that this is really just a proof-of-concept test drive, if you will – proving that genes can be successfully impanted to produce ‘transgenic’ offspring…presumably with traits that are a little more …
