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Baby Assassins shows how fun two high school girls might have as assassins

August 22, 2022Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘Baby Assassins’ is a light, fun sort of R-rated bloodbath with winning leads… continue reading

★★★, Home Viewing Action, Akari Takaishi, Atom Mizuishi, Baby Assassins, Comedy, Drama, Masanori Mimoto, Mone Akitani, Saori Izawa, Well Go USA

Spiritwalker elevates the baseline crime thriller with a fun twist

April 15, 2022Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘Spiritwalker’ is a Korean crime thriller that utilizes a more fantasy approach… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Action, Fantasy, Foreign, Gi-jun Hong, Ji-hwan Park, Lim Ji-Yeon, Park Yong-Woo, Seung-mok Yoo, Spiritwalker, Sung-Wook Lee, Well Go USA, Yoon Kye-Sang

Oscars Contest :: Enter to Win Project Gemini on Blu-ray

March 23, 2022Chuck Duncan

This contest is closed. continue reading

Swag Academy Awards, Oscars, Project Gemini, Well Go USA

Raging Fire is a more subtle attempt at a layered Hong Kong tale

August 19, 2021Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

Raging Fire is the last Hong Kong thriller from the late director Benny Chan… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Action, Ben Lam, Crime, Donnie Yen, Foreign, Henry Prince Mak, Ken Lo, Nicholas Tse, Patrick Tam, Qin Lan, Raging Fire, Simon Yam, Tak-Bun Wong, Well Go USA

Here Are the Young Men tells a story of trauma and male toxicity

April 30, 2021Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘Here Are the Young Men’ is a jumbled tale of two young boys trying to be men… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Anya Taylor-Joy, Conleth Hill, Dean-Charles Chapman, Drama, Ferdia Walsh-Peelo, Finn Cole, Here Are the Young Men, Travis Fimmel, Well Go USA

Synchronic tells an evocative, trippy time travel story that gets better as it goes

January 1, 2021Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘Synchronic’ has a fairly different take on the time travel story, combining horror with a detective story… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Ally Ioannides, Anthony Mackie, Drama, Horror, Jamie Dornan, Katie Aselton, Sci-Fi, Synchronic, Well Go USA

Train to Busan Presents: Peninsula gets bogged down in its world-building

September 6, 2020Justin Moore Leave a Comment

‘Peninsula’ isn’t as striking as ‘Train to Busan’ but still a bloody good time… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Foreign, Gang Dong-won, Horror, Kim Do-yoon, Kim Min-jae, Lee Jung-hyun, Lee Re, Peninsula, Thriller, Well Go USA

Tazza: One-Eyed Jack is a fun if derivative thriller from South Korea

September 20, 2019Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘Tazza: One-Eyed Jack’ is a perfectly decent take on the heightened crime thriller… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Choi Yu-Hwa, Crime, Drama, Foreign, Kwon Hae-Hyo, Lee Kwang-Soo, Lim Ji-Yeon, Park Jung-Min, Ryoo Seung-Bum, Tazza: One Eyed Jack, Thriller, Well Go USA, Woo Hyeon

Master Z: Ip Man Legacy hits surprising heights in an engaging martial arts tale

April 12, 2019Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘Master Z: Ip Man Legacy’ may not have Donnie Yen, but it does nearly match with other luminaries… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Action, Crime, Dave Bautista, Foreign, Liu Yan, Master Z: Ip Man Legacy, Max Zhang, Michelle Yeoh, Tony Jaa, Well Go USA

Big Brother makes a strong case that Donnie Yen may be able to save the world

August 31, 2018Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘Big Brother’ stars martial arts superstar Donnie Yen as the coolest teacher in the world… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Big Brother, Crime, Donnie Yen, Foreign, Jack Lok, Jai Day, Joe Chen, Thriller, Well Go USA, Yu Kang

The Island is a slow burn take on Lord of the Flies for Chinese cinema

August 11, 2018Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘The Island’ takes its time to really delve into the weird romance of a being stranded on an island… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Foreign, Huang Bo, Sci-Fi, Shu Qi, The Island, Thriller, Well Go USA, Yu Hewei, Zhang Yixin

Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days completes a complex but entertaining Korean fantasy epic

August 3, 2018Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

’Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days’ is a fascinating fantasy tale that tries to be a sort of new Korean fantasy classic… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Action, Along With the Gods: The Last 49 Days, Don Lee, Fantasy, Foreign, Ha Jung-woo, Ju Ji-hoon, Kim Dong-wook, Kim Hyang-gi, Lee Jung-Jae, Well Go USA

The Endless is a bizarre, beguiling, and bewildering horror film

April 20, 2018Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘The Endless’ has a simple strategy in mind: Confuse and alarm you… continue reading

★, Movie Reviews, Movies Aaron Moorhead, Callie Hernandez, Emily Montague, Fantasy, Horror, James Jordan, Justin Benson, Lew Temple, Sci-Fi, Tate Ellington, The Endless, Well Go USA

The Monkey King 3 is a fun if befuddling addition to the Chinese film series

February 16, 2018Jeremy Fogelman Leave a Comment

‘The Monkey King 3’ is a sequel that may be incomprehensible to those unfamiliar with the mythology… continue reading

★★, Movie Reviews, Movies Aaron Kwok, Adventure, Fantasy, Feng Shaofeng, Foreign, Him Law, Lin Chi-ling, The Monkey King 3, Well Go USA, Xiaoshenyang, Zanilia Zhao

Better Watch Out delivers a twist on traditional holiday horror

December 17, 2017Chuck Duncan Leave a Comment

No killer Santa here, ‘Better Watch Out’ is a more disturbing thriller… continue reading

★★, Home Viewing Better Watch Out, Crime, Ed Oxenbould, Horror, Levi Miller, Olivia DeJonge, Well Go USA

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    MERCY   ★★✩
    THE HOUSEMAID   ★★★
    BUGONIA   ★★★
    CHAINSAW MAN - THE MOVIE   ★★★
    ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER   ★★★
    ELEANOR THE GREAT   ★★✩
    A BIG BOLD BEAUTIFUL JOURNEY  ★★✩
    HIM  ★✩✩
    THE BALTIMORONS   ★★✩
    NE ZHA II  ★★★
    WEAPONS   ★★★
    BAD SHABBOS  ★★★
    THE NAKED GUN  ★★✩
    THE FANTASTIC FOUR  ★★★
    OH, HI!   ★★✩
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✦ HOME VIEWING ✦

    THE COUPLE ACROSS THE STREET ★★★
    VANISHED IN AN INSTANT  ★★✩
    MURDER AT HIGHLAND MANOR  ★★★
    PUSHED OFF A PLANE & SURVIVED  ★★★
    ROMANCE AT HOPE RANCH  ★✩✩
    SINISTER SECRET INGREDIENT  ★★✩
    MURDER IN MUSIC CITY  ★★★
    DOUBLE DOUBLE TROUBLE  ★★★
    THE STARS BETWEEN US  ★★★
    WHO TOOK MY FAMILY?  ★★★
    TO CATCH A CHEATER  ★★★
    THE DATING APP KILLER  ★★✩
    BECAUSE OF CUPID  ★★★
    THE WRONG BABY DADDY  ★★✩
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