K-Movie: The Aggressives
Posted on June 30, 2007 - Filed Under Indedependent Asian Movie Streams | Leave a Comment
Also known as: Tae-pung tae-yang
Language: Korean
Subtitle: English (Soft-subbed)
Release Date: 2004
Genre: Drama / Sport
Synopsis:
The Aggressives centers on Soyo (Cheon Jeong Myeong), a seemingly quiet, unassuming teenager whose ordinary humdrum life soon changes when he discovers the thrill of inline skating. His love for the sport eventually causes him to meet up with a group of skater […]
SIFF Review: Cashback
Posted on June 30, 2007 - Filed Under Comedy | Leave a Comment
Filed under: Comedy, Independent, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Magnolia, Theatrical Reviews, Festival Reports, Shorts, Seattle, Cinematical Indie
A couple years ago at the Seattle International Film Festival, I attended a screening of a set of short films. I don’t recall now what the topic of the set was, but the funniest of them was a cute little […]
Read More..>>Review: Sicko
Posted on June 30, 2007 - Filed Under Documentary | Leave a Comment
Filed under: Documentary, IFC, Theatrical Reviews, The Weinstein Co.
Love the guy or hate him, there’s little denying that filmmaker Michael Moore is a pretty controversial figure. Plus the guy deserves credit for bothering to tackle issues that affect us all … but very few people actually talk about. After earning supporters and detractors in equal […]
Read More..>>K-Movie: Wet Dreams
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Also known as: Blossom Period / Mongjunggi
Language: Korean
Subtitle: English (Soft-subbed)
Release Date: 2002
Genre: Comedy
Synopsis:
Dong-hyun, Seok-gu, Sang-min and Young-je are typical adolescent high school boys deeply curious about sexual matters. When a female apprentice teacher, Ms. Kim Yoo-ri (Kim Seon-ah) begins teaching at their all boys’ school, she captures the lust and imagination of four of her […]
K-Movie: Wet Dreams 2
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Also known as: Blossom Period 2 / Mongjunggi 2
Language: Korean
Subtitle: English (Soft-subbed)
Release Date: 2004
Genre: Comedy
Synopsis:
This film revolves around the sexual fantasies of Sung-eun and her gal pals Bang Sue-yeon and Kim Mi-sook in Korea circa 1991. But fantasy soon becomes a reality with the arrival of a handsome student teacher named Kang Bong-gu. With his […]
K-Movie: My Sassy Girl
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Also known as: That Bizarre Girl / Yeopgijeogin Geunyeo
Language: Korean
Subtitle: English
Release Date: 2001
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Synopsis:
Based on a series of true stories posted by Ho-sik Kim on the Internet describing his relationship with his girlfriend. These were later transformed into a best-selling book and the movie follows the book closely.
As the film opens we are introduced […]
‘Billy the Kid’, ‘August Evening’ Win LAFF Jury Prizes
Posted on June 30, 2007 - Filed Under Documentary | Leave a Comment
Filed under: Documentary, Drama, Awards, Other Festivals, Cinematical Indie
Los Angeles Film Festival (LAFF) announced its jury prizes, the Target Filmmaker Awards, on Thursday night. These awards don’t merely bring the filmmakers good publicity and critical acclaim — each winning filmmaker receives a $50,000 cash prize. The Best Narrative Feature winner was August Evening, a Spanish-language […]
Showbox is Not into the Weirdness of Kim Jee-woon’s Western
Posted on June 30, 2007 - Filed Under Western | Leave a Comment
Filed under: Foreign Language, Independent, Distribution, Cinematical Indie, Western
The other day, I posted about David Strathairn getting added to the cast of A Tale of Two Sisters, the remake of Ji-woon Kim’s Korean thriller. While some of the director’s old work gets the North American treatment, things are being shaken up a little with his […]
J.J. Abrams and the ‘Cloverfield’ Debate
Posted on June 30, 2007 - Filed Under Sci-Fi | Leave a Comment
Filed under: Sci-Fi & Fantasy, RumorMonger, Fandom, Movie Marketing
We received a number of emails yesterday from people who had witnessed a mysterious trailer playing in front of Transformers press screenings. Not only is it completely bizarre to see any kind of advertisement before a press screening (in all my time doing this, I’ve never once […]
‘The Simpsons Movie’ Site Is Live
Posted on June 30, 2007 - Filed Under Animation | Leave a Comment
Filed under: Animation, Comedy, Site Announcements, 20th Century Fox, Movie Marketing, Images
There is probably nothing that fans don’t already know about the upcoming big screen version of The Simpsons, and this is just the latest thing in a long line of teasers, posters, and preview screenings. ComingSoon.net has the first look at yet another poster […]