Entries Tagged as 'International Cinema'

Friday, September 14th, 2007

THE CITY OF VIOLENCE Movie Review

THE CITY OF VIOLENCE (2006)When retired gang leader Wang-Jae is murdered, detective Tae-Soo returns to his hometown for the first time in ten years after leaving to become a detective in Seoul. Tae-Soo reunites with his old high school friends to say farewell to Wang-Jae, but feels that something is not right about his death. […]

Tuesday, August 28th, 2007

ALONE Review - Spooky Horror from Thailand

ALONE (2007) When Pim’s mother falls fatally ill, she is forced to return to Thailand from Korea to oversee her care. Along with her is her Thai boyfriend Wee. Pim (Masha Wattanapanich), who is the sole survivor of conjoined twins, is thrown face first into her old life as both painful and beautiful memories resurface […]

Sunday, August 26th, 2007

PHANTOM OF DEATH Movie Review

PHANTOM OF DEATH ( 1988 ) A brilliant pianist in his mid-thirties and at the peak of his career is diagnosed with a disease that is quickly eroding his mind and degenerating his body at a rapid rate. Spurned by this disease, the ever maddening Robert lashes out at those who know his secret and […]

Tuesday, August 14th, 2007

Johnnie To’s EXILED Review

EXILED (2006)When Wo is discovered to be living in Macao, Boss Fay orders Blaze to kill him. Wo once attempted to assassinate Fay, and now he must pay the price. But Blaze and Wo were once friends, and Blaze is unable to pull off the job. Even more so, his friend Tai has pleaded for […]

Monday, August 13th, 2007

DEEP RED Review

DEEP RED (1975) Helga is a telepathic visiting Italy who feels the frightening presence of a disturbed mind when she is at a lecture. That night, while trying to focus on that mind, she is brutally killed by a hatchet-wielding maniac. Her death is seen by Marc, a jazz pianist who lives in the same […]

Friday, July 6th, 2007

SOUNDLESS Review

SOUNDLESS (2004) Viktor is a perfectionist hitman, who is on his current job. After killing his target, he sees a young woman sleeping in the target’s bed. Viktor becomes instantly smitten with her, and uses his skills as an assassin to watch and learn about her. When the young woman tries to kill herself, he […]

Monday, July 2nd, 2007

THE HOLY MOUNTAIN Review

THE HOLY MOUNTAIN (1973) An impoverished thief, who is brought to a city to work briefly for a circus, is seen as a Christ figure by those around him. And due to his physical similarities to Jesus, he is taken in and used as a model for paper mache models of a crucified Jesus […]

Thursday, June 21st, 2007

EL TOPO Review

EL TOPO (1970) In the desolate and barren desert wastelands, roams El Topo, a wild gunslinger, clad exclusively in black, and assisted by his seven-year-old and completely nude boy apprentice. When he comes into a village being ravaged by a ruthless and savage group of bandits, El Topo instinctively saves the village, and meets […]

Friday, June 1st, 2007

THE LAST SUPPER Review

THE LAST SUPPER (2005) Doctor Yuji Kotorida is a charming and chanting plastic surgeon, who is known as “God’s hand” for his work he does on celebrities, and has recently been the subject of a TV expose. The expose coincidently enough, is even done by Saki, a former patient of his. But life wasn’t […]

Wednesday, May 30th, 2007

THE UGLY Review

THE UGLY (1997) In a mental institution in New Zealand, where the sadistic orderlies look like they’ve just returned from a Korn concert and the voyeuristic warden looks like he would be right at home preaching at a black mass, resides deranged serial killer Simon Cartwright. Simon, who is about to go on trial for […]