Hitting theaters this August is Sion Sono’s highly praised thriller, Cold Fish. For those of you who may not know Sion Sono, he had made some truly fantastic and disturbing films like... Read more
Did you ever watch those Japanese Metal Hero shows like VR Troopers, Ultraman or Big Bad Beetleborgs as a kid? What about Mighty Morphin Power Rangers? If you did, you know the common them... Read more
Up next at the NYAFF is the supernatural / sci-fi-ish Korean thriller, Haunters, which marks the directorial debut of Kim Min-Suk, the ingenious screenwriter behind the smash hit The Good, t... Read more
Sell Out! That’s the name of the first film to screen at this year’s NYAFF… and it’s a doozee. The film, which has been bottled up in distributor hell by its Malaysian owners, has finally... Read more
Tig ol’ bitties, bloody splatter, and dicks being chomped off. Everything you would expect from a movie titled Horny House of Horror, the latest in Japanese exploitation cinema. Jun Tsugita... Read more
Making its International premiere, and co-presented by both the NYAFF and Japan Cuts 2011, is Yu Irie’s latest film, Ringing in their Ears. The film stars Fumi Nikaido, Kurumi Morishita, an... Read more
There have been a few instances over the past year where I have expressed my extreme desire to see Panna Rittikrai and Morakot Kaewthanee’s latest stunt heavy vehicle, BKO: Bangkok Knockout.... Read more
Directed by Hwang Yu Sik and starring a new, up and coming actor, Jeong Seok-won, comes the latest Korean thriller to hit the big screen. It’s called THE BEAST, which is quite a fitti... Read more
My next Japanese review is another film that is being co-presented by the NYAFF and The NY Festival of Contemporary Japanese Cinema, it is entitled Milocrorze: A Love Story. Right off the b... Read more
Based on the popular newspaper comic and anime TV series, Ninja Rantaro Flunks Again, comes this family friendly, live-action adaptation film called Ninja Kids!!!, directed by the one and on... Read more
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