Recent Posts Tagged With 'Korea'

• CNN Loves Rain

  Posted on Wednesday November 25th, 2009 at 18:05 in cnn, Korea, rain, ninja assassin

  CNN sure is loving Rain. Here’s yet another article about the Korean pop star/actor and his role in the new Hollywood film Ninja Assassin. CNN <3 Rain CNN can never love you the way I love you, Rain. CNN is a conniving bitch who is only aft...

• ‘Oldboy’ remake beaten to death with claw hammer

  Posted on Tuesday November 10th, 2009 at 13:48 in news, Film, Korea, spielberg, will smith, oldboy, remakes

  The Will Smith / Spielberg (no need for a first name there, I presume) remake of Oldboy is dead. I presume Dreamworks couldn’t wrap their head around the concept of Will Smith fucking his daughter. Neither could I, for that matter. ...

• DVD Review – Acacia

  Posted on Tuesday October 27th, 2009 at 20:48 in movie, review, horror, Korea, DVD Reviews, acacia

  Spoiler-free! Acacia (South Korea, 2003) Acacia looks to be a ‘bad seed’ movie, where the evil adopted kid insinuates himself into a nice family and then proceeds to weak havoc. But in a clever inversion of the genre, the ‘bad seed’ has ever...

• The Host 2 Kaiju Leak!

  Posted on Friday September 4th, 2009 at 08:44 in movies, Korea, kaiju, the host 2

  Korean kaiju sequel The Host 2 doesn’t come out until 2010, but a purported CGI test shot has already hit the net: Da Pic I admit, I totally laughed when I saw it. I mean, it does look kind of goofy just loping down the street like that....

• New to Netflix Instant Watch: Chan-wook Park’s ‘Sympathy For Mr. Vengeance’ and ‘Lady Vengeance’

  Posted on Wednesday August 26th, 2009 at 12:24 in news, Film, Korea, oldboy, chan-wook park, vengeance trilogy

  Fans of Chan-wook Park’s Oldboy who haven’t had a chance check out the preceeding and following installments of the so-called Vengeance Trilogy will be happy to know that they are now available via Netflix’s Instant Watch feature. A...

• James McTeigue has huge man-crush on K-pop sensation Rain

  Posted on Wednesday August 26th, 2009 at 07:56 in news, Film, Korea, Ninja, rain, james mcteigue, k-pop, ninja assassin

  Listening to James McTeigue talk about his ‘Ninja Assassin‘ leading man Rain makes me wonder if McTeigue isn’t harboring some sort of latent lustful desire for the guy. Then again, look at him. Those are some manly, manly pecs. R...

• New to Netflix Instant Watch – three from Korea, one from Hong Kong

  Posted on Wednesday August 19th, 2009 at 18:47 in news, Film, video, Korea, hong kong, netflix, johnnie to, ki-duk kim

  Netflix just added a whole slate of new Asian cinema – trailers and descriptions below. The Bow (Ki-duk Kim) 2005 Arang (Sang-hoon Ahn) 2006 Natural City (Byung-chin Min) 2003 Election (Johnnie To) 2005...

• Cinemash takes on ‘Oldboy’

  Posted on Tuesday August 4th, 2009 at 10:16 in video, Korea, parody, hammers, oldboy, cinemash

  Am I the only one who doesn’t find these Cinemash shorts very funny? Oh well – I at least have to give this one props for a decent re-enactment of the famous ‘claw hammer’ fight from Oldboy. Plus, who doesn’t enjoy watch...

• Korean hunk Kwon Sang-hoo to play Kato in ‘Green Hornet’?

  Posted on Monday July 27th, 2009 at 10:56 in news, Film, martial arts, Korea, adaptations, green hornet, live-action, kato

  Wow, the musical chairs casting call for Green Hornet’s sidekick Kato may finally have ended…! So – who did Seth Rogan choose to fill the departed Stephen Chow’s chauffeur shoes? Asian news outlets are reporting that Korean ac...

• North Korea gets first burger joint, first lifestyle-related heart attack to follow in 2014

  Posted on Monday July 27th, 2009 at 09:35 in news, food, Korea, hamburgers, corrupt western culture

  South Korea’s commie neighbors can now enjoy hamburgers like the rest of the civilized world, although it’s a treat that will likely remain unattainable for most of the population. Burger joint Samtaeseong recently opened in Pyongyang, al...