The Korean New Wave was defined by 3 directors, Kim Jee-Woon, Park Chan-Wook, and Bong Joon-Ho. With them being courted to foreign climes the international stature has seen Korean cinema relegated from the status as the “cool new thing” it used to be. As sad as that it is, it […]
Third Window Films
Big Hero 6 & The Kingsman – Cinema Eclectica Podcast 7
Greatful Dead (2013): Twisted Amelie turned Gallows Battle Royale (Review)
Emotional neglect is a significant problem in Asia, proven how suicide has inflated to epidemic levels on more than one occasion. With cinema reflecting the world we live it, emotional neglect, isolation and despair have gone on to become prevalent subtexts and thematic discourse within much of Asian cinema. So […]
The Geek Show’s Best Films of 2014
Lesson of Evil (2011) Takashi Miike returns to his controversial roots (Review)
Bleak Night (2014)Simply put, Korean cinema at its very best (Review)
Korean cinema came out of nowhere in the early 2000′s, blowing up conceptions for what action thrillers can be. They were the perfect antidote to a Hollywood system that was (and still is) becoming increasingly one-dimensional. In turn, giving directors like Park Chan-Wook, Kim Jee-Woon & Bong Joon-Ho the chance […]
Tokyo Fist (1998): The Most Extreme Boxing Movie Ever Made (Review)
Shady (2012): Remarkable Japanese Micro-Budget Coming of Age Thriller (Review)
Sake Bomb (2013): far lovelier than a film about racism has any right being (Review)
For Love’s Sake: Takashi Miike’s Ultimate High School Musical (Review)
As a director, Takashi Miike is impossible to define beyond his boundless productivity. Yakuza, musicals, superheroes, children friendly, gore, taboo baiting, samurai, horror, video game adaptations, these are well within Miike’s wheelhouse, there are few people in the world as outright eccentric. His latest to see release in the UK […]