The Suspect
The Suspect is not an arthouse action movie in the style of A Bittersweet Life (Jee-woon Kim, 2005) or The Man from Nowhere (Jeong-beom...
Tae Guk Gi (Brotherhood / The Brotherhood of War)
My one year sojourn in Korea gave me a chance to experience Korean culture and movies first hand. Koreans are quite movie crazy, and...
The Man from Nowhere
Not the movie from the brothers, but a Korean action movie from 2010 that was immensely successful on the home market. It made a...
Parting words: Ennio Morricone
“Ennio Morricone‘s passed away” read the text from my friend. As I woke up from slumber, I didn’t have too many thoughts racing my...
Criterion announces absolutely insane Bruce Lee BluRay collection
Yes, those in the know have suspected or known this for a while, but yesterday Criterion, by some measure the world’s most upscale home...
Heroes Shed No Tears
Heroes Shed No Tears (Ying xiong wu lei) is a 1986 actioner by John Woo, and probably among his least well known films. Woo’s...
Underwater
One-part Alien another part The Meg, Underwater is a deep-sea thriller: what exactly lives seven miles under the sea—and what business do we have...
Uncut Gems
This cautionary tale—even-when-you-win-you’re-still-a-loser—whose focus is gambling addiction and the pathetic, never ending quest for the “big score,” is an unsettling look at the joyless...
Richard Jewell
Under the radar, but vatic, director Clint Eastwood’s latest film takes a look at the falsely accused—and how being falsely accused is, oftentimes, the...
Bombshell
Office-bound and talky, but fascinating for its unvarnished behind-the-scenes look at the goings on at Fox News, Bombshell is a showcase for a cast...
