Tag Archives: 2017

Review: Premika (Thailand 2017) – NYAFF 2018

Posted on July 13, 2018 by David

Those in the mood for midnight movie fare need look no further than Premika, an absolutely bugnuts karaoke-themed horror movie out of Thailand. It’s funny, it’s gross, and it’s even a bit heartbreaking. Premika is gonzo filmmaking at its best, … Continue reading →

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Review: The Big Call (China/HK 2017) – NYAFF 2018

Posted on July 4, 2018 by David

The Big Call, the latest from Oxide Pang, is so hilariously overwrought (even by Hong Kong standards) for its subject matter that I spent most of the first half of the movie convinced it was a sly parody.  No such … Continue reading →

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Review: Satan’s Slaves aka Pengabdi Setan (Indonesia 2017) – Cinepocalypse 2018

Posted on June 22, 2018 by David

I watch a lot of horror movies, and while I love them, I’ve become pretty jaded over the years.  Maybe one out of every hundred are actually frightening, and then usually only for a moment or two.  So when I … Continue reading →

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Review: Justice League (USA 2017)

Posted on April 6, 2018 by David

Why did I even watch this? Masochism? Completism? I truly loathed Man of Steel, Batman v. Superman: Dawn of Justice (a movie as turgid as its name), and the execrable Suicide Squad, and had very low expectations for this Frankenstein’s … Continue reading →

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Review: Before We Vanish (Japan 2017)

Posted on February 2, 2018 by David

Before We Vanish is a return to a rarely-seen side of Kiyoshi Kurosawa – a puckish, tongue-in-cheek take on the atmospheric horror that is the master’s stock-in-trade. Though he’s much better known for his deadly serious supernatural horror like Kairo … Continue reading →

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Review: Daguerreotype (Japan/France 2017)

Posted on November 7, 2017 by David

Kiyoshi Kurosawa’s latest horror film represents a major change in at least one respect. Filming in French, with a non-Japanese cast, takes Kurosawa out of his comfort zone, but he demonstrates that his touch with mood and actors remains constant … Continue reading →

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Blade of the Immortal (Japan 2017)

Posted on November 2, 2017 by David

Takashi Miike’s Blade of the Immortal is an adaptation of the long-running (30 volumes) and extremely popular supernatural samurai manga about an immortal ronin named Manji. I never made it past the first volume of the series, but it’s easy … Continue reading →

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Review:  Atomic Blonde (USA 2017)

Posted on August 1, 2017 by David

A hard-R gender-flipped Bond film pretending it’s The Spy Who Came In From The Cold, Atomic Blonde is one of the clearest cut cases of style over substance I’ve seen in a while.  The film – a mess of double … Continue reading →

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NYAFF 2017: Interview with Director Alan Lo and Actress Carrie Ng about Zombiology

Posted on July 17, 2017 by David

Alan Lo’s first film, Zombiology:  Enjoy Yourself Tonight (Hong Kong 2017), starring Carrie Ng (Naked Killer), Alex Man (Rouge), Michael Ning (Port of Call), and Louis Cheung (Ip Man 3), opened July 18 as part of the 16th New York … Continue reading →

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NYAFF 2017 Review: Fabricated City (South Korea 2017)

Posted on July 11, 2017 by David

So, so, so dumb but so, so, so fun. Fabricated City starts off with our lead, disaffected loner Kwon Ju (Ji Chang-wook) going into battle in a multi-player war game with his team of random internet gaming geeks, performing crazy … Continue reading →

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