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My wife won't watch hardly anything, movie-wise. And this goes for Korean movies as well as U.S. films (my wife is Korean). Anything with a plot? She won't keep up. Action or thrills? It "makes her heart go pounding." Dramatic tension? Gives her stress. No ghosts, no horror, no killing, no...

The Bad Sleep Well (1960). Another Kurosawa gem, and another of his 16 collaborations with Toshiro Mifune. Strongly messaged film about the evils of public corruption and of those who would seek to right wrongs through vengeance. Mifune plays a man driven for personal revenge against those...

I don't have any movie posters, but I do own a copy of the House DVD. That is one of the trippiest, weirdest movies I've ever seen. As I was watching it, I kept thinking to myself "I can't believe what I'm seeing." I'm not sure which part of the movie is weirdest--the first half hour in which...

I just checked YesAsia...and re-mastered DVDs for Comrades, Almost a Love Story are being released this month! Finally! Both in HK and Korea. I'll get my order in once I can figure out DVD extras and whatnot. An Autumn's Tale An Autumn's Tale has been added to your Netflix Queue...

I didn't want to wait until Monday, so here's a review of a French film (Clean) I was assigned to review a while back. I re-watched it last night. Previous reviews: 2/13: A Tale of Two Sisters 2/20: Comrades, Almost a Love Story 2/27: A Chinese Tall Story 3/6: The Mystery of Rampo...

Period kung-fu and wuxia movies: 4.5 to 5 stars Bichunmoo Bride with White Hair, The Butterfly & Sword Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon Drunken Master Drunken Master II Fist of Legend Five Deadly Venoms, The Flying Dagger Fong Sai Yuk Hero House of Flying Daggers Iceman Cometh, The (I know, I...

Perfect Match (2001). Formulaic but cute Korean romantic comedy--nothing you haven't seen before. Clumsy but accident-prone lady (Hyo-jin) works at a matchmaking/dating agency, but is recently dumped herself. She ends up falling for one of her clients, who is a fairly oblivious doofus. Gee...

Monday's review...time for a Japanese film (The Mystery of Rampo) Previous reviews: 2/13: A Tale of Two Sisters 2/20: Comrades, Almost a Love Story 2/27: A Chinese Tall Story ----------------------------------------------- The Mystery of Rampo (1994) Directed by Kazuyoshi Okuyama Starring...

I've edited my post above to add the last K-drama I've seen. That's the whole list. If anyone wants to make a recommendation for my next K-drama viewing experience (based on what I've reviewed and liked so far), feel free. Caveat: It must be available for purchase as a DVD set (YesAsia or...

I hope I'm not being presumptuous to start a March thread. Viewed last night: The Lower Depths (1957). A group of down-and-out tenants of a slum-hut bicker amongst themselves and have varying hopes for bettering their circumstances. The movie itself looks like a filmed stage play--because...

I watched Le Samourai last year, and yes, it's got a great look. I rated it 3.5 / 5. Well, they're better than The Assassin! (Especially the one that, well, you know...)

The Assassin (2015). Man, this movie was like watching paint dry. People stand around looking at each other for seemingly hours on end and then the movie ends right in the middle of a scene. Did they loose the last reel and figure, "ah, screw it, no one's still watching at this point." ...

My contribution, in roughly the order I watched: All In (2003): Two former friends rise through the gambling world as rivals, and of course have a shared love interest. My introduction to K-drama, and a good one. I liked this a lot. 4 / 5 My Lovely Sam-Soon (2005): Somewhat chubby and...

Good! That's the main goal here--to prompt discussions.

Monday's review....A Chinese Tall Story. Last week I promised my next review would be for a movie I did not like at all. I was assigned to watch and review the DVD, so it's a review of both the movie and the DVD set. Previous reviews: 2/13: A Tale of Two Sisters 2/20: Comrades, Almost a Love...

I give high ratings to Erotic Ghost Story I and III (EGS II was not very good); and Sex & Zen I and II (but not III). Also, a movie called Hidden Passion, which I thought was very well done. That one has a couple of scenes with one of the main chicks from Love in Sampan, which was also not...

Electrical Girl (2001). Very silly HK Cat III movie. Now, I consider myself a fan of Category III movies, provided they are either erotic enough to be titillating (or even genuinely arousing, if one is lucky); OR, funny enough to be a laugh-out-loud guilty pleasure. Other Cat III films are...

Samurai I: Musashi Miyamoto (1954): The first installment of Hiroshi Inagaki's trilogy of the real-life Japanese ronin samurai / folk hero Mushashi Miyamoto (played by Toshiro Mifune in all three movies). I actually saw the third part (Duel at Ganryu Island) several years ago, not realizing it...

@sitenoise You've mentioned The Classic twice as an example of what you don't like in a movie.. I love The Classic. LOL

The Raid: Redemption (4 / 5) The Raid 2 (3.5 / 5) Both very enjoyable with guns and very impressive martial arts. The sequel suffered just a bit from being overly long and needlessly complex. I keep thinking to myself, "Wait, who is this guy again?" and mentally plugging up the plot holes...