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Archive for October, 2008

A Bloody Aria at ICA, London

Friday, October 24th, 2008

Director Shin-Yun Won’s darkly comic thriller, described as ‘A heady blend of Deliverance and Old Boy’ is showing at the ICA cinema, London. Click here for more details and to book screenings.

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Chocolate on limited cinema release

Friday, October 24th, 2008

At last! After the increasing interest in Thai action film Chocolate, starring martial arts star in the making JeeJa Yanin, is on limited release in London today at the ICA Cinema, ahead of the DVD and Blu-ray release on Monday 3 November. You can see details of the screenings and book here.

Read our review of Chocolate here »

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Cinema: A Bloody Aria

Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008

Director Shin-Yun Won’s darkly comic thriller, described as ‘A heady blend of Deliverance and Old Boy’ is showing at the ICA cinema, London. Click here for more details and to book screenings.

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Cinema: Chocolate

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

The much-anticipated Chocolate, from Ong-Bak director Prachya Pinkaew and starring martial arts star in the making JeeJa Yanin, is on limited release in London cinemas today.

You can read our review of Chocolate here »

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Cinema: The Wardlords

Friday, October 10th, 2008

Peter Chan’s The Warlords, which premieres at this years London Film Festival on Monday 20 October, will be released by Metrodome in UK cinemas on 7 November. The film stars Jet Li and Andy Lau.

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DVD/Blu Ray: Mad Detective

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

Johnnie To and Wong Ka-Fai’s latest collaboration Mad Detective is released on DVD and Blu Ray by Eureka on 3 November.

Read our review of Mad Detective here »

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DVD: Chocolate

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

The much-anticipated Chocolate, from Ong-Bak director Prachya Pinkaew and starring martial arts star in the making JeeJa Yanin, is released on DVD today by Cine Asia.

You can read our review of Chocolate here »

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DVD: Death Note - The Last Name

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

The sequel to Death Note, Death Note - The Last Name, is released on DVD in the UK by 4Digital Asia on 13 October.

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DVD: Starfish Hotel

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

Starfish Hotel is released by 4Digital Asia on UK DVD on Monday 27 October (originally 13 October).

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DVD: The Guard Post

Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008

From Su-chang Kong, director of the critically acclaimed Korean shocker R-Point, comes The Guard Post (aka GP506), a similarly genre-bending foray into the cinema of fear that further cements his reputation as one of the most original filmmakers working in Asian cinema today.

The Guard Post is released on DVD in the UK on 13 Oct from Cine Asia.

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DVD: Tokyo Zombie

Thursday, August 21st, 2008

Tokyo Zombie is released on DVD in the UK by Manga on 13 October.

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DVD: Triangle

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

Three undisputed masters of contemporary Hong Kong cinema - Tsui Hark (Seven Swords; Zu Warriors; Once Upon A Time In China), Ringo Lam (Full Contact; City On Fire) and Johnny To (Mad Detective; PTU) - join forces for the first time ever to apply their directorial skills ‘exquisite corpse’ style to Triangle, an “inventive, and darkly comic” (Mail on Sunday) crime thriller starring Louis Koo (Flashpoint), Simon Yam (SPL; Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle Of Life), Honglei Sun (Mongol; Seven Swords), Lam Ka Tung (Mad Detective; Infernal Affairs) and Kelly Lin (Mad Detective; Zu Warriors).

Read our review of Triangle here »

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Full Alert

Monday, October 6th, 2008
Lau Ching Wan (Mad Detective, The Longest Nite) and Francis Ng (The Bride With White Hair, 2000 AD) star in this superbly paced thriller from writer/director Ringo Lam (Full Contact, City On Fire)… (more…)

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Jun Ichikawa tribute at 21st TIFF

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

The 21st Tokyo International Film Festival is to include a tribute screening to Japanese director Jun Ichikawa, who died last month, of his latest film Buy A Suit. His work included the adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s Tony Takitani, and easternKicks was fortunate enough to talk to him about the film. It’s sad news to hear about his passing, especially as the years had not lessened his pushing of creative methods, both in telling a story and technology. In person he was reserved but quite charming. You can read our interview here, and read more about the tribute at TIFF on their site.

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LFF: Firaaq

Thursday, October 23rd, 2008
An intelligent directorial debut from acclaimed actress Nandita Das… (more…)

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LFF: Hansel And Gretel

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
The Brothers Grimm’s infamous fairytale gets a sinister update in Yim Phil-Sung’s second movie… (more…)

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LFF: Quick Gun Murugan

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
Fast and silly, Shashanka Ghosh’s Tamil Nadu western spoof is a whole lot of fun… (more…)

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LFF: The Warlords

Monday, October 27th, 2008
Peter Chan’s take on the historical wuxia drama is far grittier and more grounded than we’re used to, with a fine performance by Jet Li that will surprise his critics – but do we really need another film like this? (more…)

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News round-up: Bitter taste for Chocolate in Taiwan

Friday, October 3rd, 2008

Wise Kwai reports that Chocolate has bombed on it’s release in Taiwan in comparison with the previous success of Ong-Bak and Tom Yum Goong (Warrior King) – mind you, could that have something to do with the now widely available DVD releases, including the UK release next month? Also to be released in the UK soon, Chukiat Sakweerakul’s bloody psychological thriller 13 Beloved.

Wu-Jing.org reports on the release of Gordon Chan’s take on Painted Skin, starring Donnie Yen. Very much of the Chinese Ghost Story ilk, it’s a story that’s previously been interpreted by Pao Feng (1966) and King Hu (1992).

Twitch reports on new Korean cable TV drama, Fight Master, as well as the sad passing of Korean actress Choi Jin-Shil, star of Partisans of South Korea and Roses & Beansprouts.

Meanwhile beyondhollwood.com talks about the official announcement of a Kung Fu Panda sequel, and the new poster for the latest Asian horror to be remade in Hollywood, The Uninvited – a remake of Kim Ji-woon’s A Tale of Two Sisters. (Thankfully not out till January 09 now!)

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Quick Gun Murugan trailer

Tuesday, October 21st, 2008

Shown as part of this years London Film Festival, you can read our review here »

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Quick Gun Murugan trailer two

Tuesday, October 28th, 2008

Following our review and trailer from last week, here’s more fun in a second trailer of the movie.

You can read our review here »

Posted in India, News, _Clips and trailers | No Comments »

Starfish Hotel

Saturday, October 25th, 2008
Weird and just short of compelling, British-born writer/director John Williams seems to have found quite a home for himself making Lynch-esque thrillers in Japan… (more…)

Posted in Drama, Films, Horror, Japan, Reviews | No Comments »

The Guard Post

Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
Director Su-chang Kong re-enters R-Point territory with this impressive shocker… (more…)

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The London Film Festival 08

Wednesday, October 29th, 2008

From 6 November next week the Barbican Centre plays host to The London Korean Film Festival 08. As well as a preview showing of Kim Jee-woon’s The Good, The Bad, The Weird – with the director himself and lead Lee Byung-hun in attendance, their also be other new films like Seven Days – starring Lost’s Kim Yun-jin, May 18 and Forever The Moment, some classic movies from the 1960s, and a Lee Chang-dong Retrospective including Green Fish and his latest film Secret Sunshine.

For a full listing and information on how to book, click here.

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The London Korean Film Festival 2008

Friday, October 31st, 2008

From 6 November next week the Barbican Centre plays host to The London Korean Film Festival 08. As well as a preview showing of Kim Jee-woon’s The Good, The Bad, The Weird – with the director himself and lead Lee Byung-hun in attendance, their also be other new films like Seven Days – starring Lost’s Kim Yun-jin, May 18 and Forever The Moment, some classic movies from the 1960s, and a Lee Chang-dong Retrospective including Green Fish and his latest film Secret Sunshine.

For a full listing and information on how to book, click here.

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