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Yes, I'm in Northern Virginia, which is in the DC metropolitan area. No city comes close to Los Angeles for sheer numbers of Koreans, but as far as % of the population, Farifax Co. beats most every place in the U.S. Korean restaurants, churches, bookstores, churches, karaoke joints, churches...

Extreme Job (2019) This movie just opened in Korea last month, with a concurrent release in some U.S. theaters. For example, a cinema about 20 minutes from my house. So my wife and I went to see it last night. Pretty good action comedy about a team of inept detectives staking out a...

Ooooh, this does sound good!

Ok, my sister and niece have left. I spent the last week trying to introduce them to Korean movies, and a HK movie. The results were...mixed. So here I am trying to decide whether to watch Tremble All You Want. I've skimmed the thread trying to get impressions without reading too many plot...

That's true about my approach to sound design or music selections...for the most part. Certainly, there are some movies where you can't help but be wowed. The scores by John Williams or Alexander Courage really helped Star Wars and Star Trek and Raiders, etc. etc. And I think Tarantino's...

Thanks for the tip. I'm a big Johnnie To fan and have not seen this. Will be one of my next Netflix rentals.

Ok! So I watched Love Exposure this weekend. After watching it, I did a bit of clicking around and saw that I actually had seen a Sion Sono film before. I watched Cold Fish in 2014 and rated it 3.5 stars. I have vague recollections of it, but it didn't really stick with me. Love Exposure...

Ok...catching up. First off, I LOVE Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind. One of the best things Hollywood has put out in the last 15 years. Secondly, based on the comments in this thread, I put Love Exposure in my Netflix queue, and the DVD arrived yesterday. I've never seen a Sion Sono...

I totally agree. One of the best Hollywood action films ever. One of my all-time 5 star films. A GREAT villain, and a believable protagonist who feels every bruise, cut, and gunshot wound, without just magically shaking it off. Who has to figure things out as he goes, rather than magically...

Ha! Only one country off.

Haha. I think I worked myself up into a lather. I went into the review thinking I'd give a rating of 3 stars, or perhaps 2.5. I mean, it wasn't terrible. It passed the time, and there were some good scenes. But the more I thought about it, the more it upset me how the director tossed out...

Asako in Ruby Shoes (2000) Well, it must have been some other Asian (probably Japanese) artsy type movie I remember watching, because I'm pretty sure I had not seen Asako. Or my memory really is that bad. So here is an example where the whole is definitely greater than the sum of the...

Hide and Seek (2013) I won't go as far as you in the dislike, but I agree it was a movie with a lot of problems. I thought there were some good harrowing moments, some scenes of sincere suspense, and a sense of mystery and impending peril, especially where the kids were concerned. The first...

Ok! I'll move that one to the top of the pile.

You may (or may not) recall my earlier thread regarding a new Korean DVD order and some other Korean movies on my "to watch" list. So last night I watched two of them. Alice in Earnestland (2015). Good call. I did not like it...much. Didn't hate it. But my dislike wasn't because of the...

I liked Meg. Sure, it's a stupid giant shark movie, but sometimes I'm just in the mood for a stupid giant shark movie. It checked all the appropriate boxes for me.

Well, I do tend to not recall reviews of movies I've not seen. But reading it (again), yes I do remember seeing it before. It seems like we tracked pretty close on this one.

Burning (2018) This new Korean movie was showing at a nearby theater, so I gave it a watch yesterday. Directed by the same guy (Chang-dong Lee), who also gave us Oasis, Green Fish, Peppermint Candy, and Secret Sunshine. The first three of those I thought were passable to ok (2 or 3 stars)...

Well, for period pieces, you can't go wrong with Iron Monkey and Wing Chun. Funny, fun, and very good wire-fu.

Triad Election (2006) Johnnie To has made over 50 films of various genres. Everything from bizarro wuxia (The Heroic Trio), comedy (Justice, My Foot! and My Left Eye Sees Ghosts), drama (All About Ah Long), to more gritty fare focused on crime and triads, such as A Hero Never Dies, The...