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Starring Choi Min-sik, Kang Hye-jeong and Yu Ji-tae, Oldboy is the most famous film of director PCW's Korean vengeance trilogy more...
Akira Kurosawa's Film Seven Samurai
The inspiration for John Sturges' Magnificent Seven, classic Japanese film Seven Samurai (Shichi-nin no samurai) still regularly tops best ever foreign film lists. more...
The first part of Ray's Apu trilogy of films, which includes Aparajito and The World of Apu, was this tragic coming of age tale. more...
Revered Japanese auteur Beat Takeshi is writer, director, editor and star of this classic film re-make - Zatoichi The Blind Swordsman. more...
A retrospective review of Yimou Zhang's impressive martial arts epic Hero. The film, starring Jet Li, Tony Leung & Maggie Cheung, smashed all box office records in China. more...
A review of Hong Kong film Mou Gaan Dou (Infernal Affairs), starring Tony Leung and Andy Lau. Oscar winning Scorsese film The Departed was adapted from Infernal Affairs. more...
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The Happiness of the Katakuris: Review
By: Michael Pantazi
A.k.a Katakuri-ke no Kôfuku, this is a genre-busting film of Comedy, Horror, Romance, Thriller, Animation and Musical madness. more...
Days of Being Wild - A Wong Kar Wai Film
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Kevin Sturton
Days of Being Wild, Wong Kar-Wai's second film as a director sees him developing his considerable style and a recurring interest in the subject of unrequited love. more...
By: Biswita Mozumdar
The latest Vipul Shah presentation is an eagerly awaited musical entertainer. more...
Christopher Doyle's cinematography heightens minimalist plot, drowning individual in landscape. Stars Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung, Donnie Yen, Chen Daoming & Zhang Ziyi. more...
Ong Bak 2 – A Review of Tony Jaa's New Film
Tony Jaa's newest action film is a visual treat for martial artists, and combined with exotic scenery, Ong Bak 2 is an entertaining movie. more...
Dev D, Kaminey and Wake up Sid
By: Biswita Mozumdar
Abhay Deol, Mahi Gill, Ranbir Kapoor, Konkona Sen Sharma, Shahid Kapoor and Priyanka Chopra are some of the young talents in successful offbeat Bollywood movies in 2009. more...
The Happiness of the Katakuris - Film Review
By: Jeremy Suizo
What do you get when you mix horror film zombies with claymation, a shaky romance, musical numbers, and one hard-lucked family? The Happiness of the Katakuris. more...
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