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I remember having this one as an option on an airplane entertainment system some months ago. I always go for the Japanese and Korean movies, so I started watching it but it didn't hold my interest for very long. It looks like I made the right decision in watching something else.

I saw it over the weekend. There were other movies that I considered higher priority, but the start time of this one fitted perfectly well with the bit of free time that I had, so I went for it. I think it was well worth the time and money. "Korean-style Hollywood-style blockbuster" is a very...

It started showing here in Montreal today. This is a brief synopsis: During the Japanese colonial era, roughly 400 Korean people, who were forced onto Battleship Island ("Hashima Island") to mine for coal, attempt to escape. I always try to catch Korean movies on the rare occasions that they...

And it’s almost a wrap for the 2017 edition of Montreal’s Fantasia Festival. Tonight I’ll watch Takashi Miike’s Blade of the Immortal and that will be it. Over the weekend I’ve watched: Fabricated City - Korean action thriller about a young man framed for murder trying to clear his name...

Split - South Korea, 2016 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt6147768/reference A former bowling great with a bad knee, now reduced to playing small-time games for cash, discovers a phenomenal new talent in the form of an autistic young man rejected by his family. In spite of the difficulties in...

I saw Your Name during a flight some time ago and loved it as well. I am definitely planning on buying the blu-ray if and when it is released. The Fantasia Festival here in Montreal added a new film that wasn't in the program initially: Takashi Miike's Blade of the Immortal. I already got my...

Nope, not blocked here in Canada. Watching Brazil vs USA live right now!

A few more movies from Montreal Fantasia 2017 Jail Break (Cambodia): First Cambodian movie I've ever seen. A group of cops bring a criminal-turned-informant to prison. The leader of the gang that he belonged to orders a riot in order to facilitate his elimination. The cops are caught in the...

Yesterday I watched Sion Sono's Shinjuku Swan 2. It has a pretty low rate on IMDb (5.4) and I think it fully deserves it. Uninteresting story of rival gangs of "scouts" - young men attempting to convince pretty young girls to go to work as "hostesses" in night clubs, with none of the wackiness...

I remember the title from the Montreal Fantasia program a few years ago. It was on my high-priority list but I ended up not watching, for one reason or other - maybe it was sold out, or maybe I had to go out of town. I will see if I can locate it. It sounds like it is something I would enjoy.

One more Asian film from Fantasia 2017: House of the Disappeared (Korea). Three minutes in and I am thinking “This looks familiar”. Five more minutes and I say to myself “This has to be a remake of a Venezuelan film that I saw right here at Fantasia some years ago”. As the film progresses, more...

A Taxi Driver is in my list. So was Bad Genius, but unfortunately that one was sold out. Yesterday I saw Shock Wave (Hong Kong) with Andy Lau. Meh. Nothing special. Big action movie with plenty of gun fights and explosions, but just not very engaging.

Hi there. We had an exchange about volleyball last year on the IMDb boards, remember? I posted some of my photos from the Rio Olympics. Glad to see you are keeping up with volleyball. Where do you watch the Grand Prix? Anyway, I've been lurking here off and on for a while but now I finally...