‘I’m a complete coward’
Friday, March 28th, 2008With the upcoming release of I’m A Cyborg, But That’s Okay on 4 April, director Park Chan-wook talks to the Guardian’s Ryan Gibley about how he can’t stand watching violence…
Archive for March, 2008
Cinema: I’m A Cyborg
Friday, March 28th, 2008Park Chan-wook’s I’m A Cyborg, But’s It’s Okay is finally on release in the UK.
Dreadnaught
Monday, March 24th, 2008Yuen Biao makes a martial art out of doing the laundry, but this mashup of genres goes too far for anyone to come out clean… (more…)
DVD: I’m A Cyborg
Sunday, March 30th, 2008Park Chan-wook’s I’m A Cyborg is released by Tartan in the UK on 26 May.
DVD: Lust, Caution
Friday, March 21st, 2008Ang Lee’s Lust, Caution, starring Tony Leung Chiu-wai and Tang Wei, is released by Universal Pictures in the UK on 28 March 2008. You can read our review, along with an insightful Q & A session, here.
Flash Point
Saturday, March 29th, 2008The latest teaming of director Wilson Yip and star/action choreographer Donnie Yen (Dragon Tiger Gate, S.P.L.) brings the sort of top-notch martial arts we’ve come to expect – so why is it so light on action? (more…)
I’m A Cyborg, But That’s Okay
Monday, March 31st, 2008We always knew director Park Chan-wook would do something different after his acclaimed vengeance trilogy (Sympathy For Mr Vengeance, Old Boy, Lady Vengeance) – but were we expecting this? (more…)
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
Monday, March 17th, 2008Little Red Riding Hood retold as a psychological thriller from the director of Ghost In The Shell and Patlabor – but just who exactly is the wolf? (more…)
Lee slates China ‘ban’ on actress
Monday, March 10th, 2008Director Ang Lee has criticised a reported Chinese media ban on the leading actress, Tang Wei, in his award-winning erotic spy thriller Lust, Caution.
