The 2016 NYAFF is here and the first film that I had an opportunity to view was writer/director Kim Jin-hwang’s The Boys Who Cried Wolf. This South Korean almost noir/thriller is a mixed bag that will certainly divide audiences. The film follows Wan-joo (Park Jong-hwan), a failed actor who refuses to play the political game […] Read more
Yesterday, the NYAFF hosted the world premiere of Twisted Justice, the opening night film for the festival’s 15th anniversary. Hailing from Japan, this crime epic inspired by the biggest scandal in Japanese police history stars Go Ayano, Shido Nakamura, Young Dais, Yukio Ueno and Pierre Taki. Spanning over three decades, Kazuya Shiraishi Twisted Justice follows the career […] Read more
Big Johnson. Little Hart. That’s all you really all the info you need to know what kind of crime comedy you’re getting yourself into when you sit down to see Rawson Marshall Thurber’s Central Intelligence. Calvin ‘The Golden Jet’ Joyner (Kevin Hart) was the most popular and successful kid in high school, but it was […] Read more
I know I mentioned last week that my favorite festival in the city would be kicking off in a few weeks, but I’d be lying if I said Japan Cuts wasn’t on equal footing with the NYAFF. Returning for it’s 10th anniversary, the 2016 Japan Cuts festival is, bar-none, the best place to catch the […] Read more
If you ask me, James Wan is a modern master of horror. The man takes his time when it comes to crafting his films, even with sequels, and with each new original horror property he conjures up, the sequels he develops manage be pretty strong when it comes to mainstream horror films. While Saw remains […] Read more
IT’S BACK! That’s right, my favorite festival, the New York Asian Film Festival is returning this year at the end of June for its 15th anniversary. This week, the festival announced it’s full slate of films along with all the guests that will be in attendance at the Film Society of Lincoln Center. Some highlights […] Read more
From the team that brought you some of the best SNL sketches of the past 10 years comes a parody of the current state of ridiculous pop musicians, hilariously titled Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping. Directed by The Lonely Island’s and Akiva Schaffer, Jorma Taccone and written by the entire trio, which includes star Andy Samberg, this elongated Lonely Island […] Read more
Taking on the famed hippie generation of 1960’s Britain and a small significant event that took place in the ’60s, Moonwalkers is a fun energetic comedy (with moments of action and insane violence) that sadly falls at the final hurdle. Unstable and erratic Special Agent Kidman (Ron Perlman) of the CIA is dealt the task of going over […] Read more
“The third one always sucks.” That’s the line Jean Grey uses in the film which is clearly a knock on X-3 but, for many people, it can probably be used to describe the lackluster effort of Bryan Singer’s new film, X-Men: Apocalypse. Let me first state that it wasn’t the disaster I thought it would […] Read more
When Nicholas Stoller’s Neighbors first hit theaters back in 2014 is was a surprise hit in my eyes. For me, it felt like the movie Zac Efron needed to do to break out of his proper pretty boy shell, similar to Channing Tatum with 21 Jump Street. That Awkward Moment was close but pitting Efron […] Read more
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