If the first Expendables was an enjoyable – if slightly stolid – homage to the (in)glorious Cannon fodder of the 80s that wasn’t quite as funny or crazy as we hoped for, the second adventure takes nothing seriously, playing exclusively for laughs. It’s an understandable approach, and the steroid sexagenarians all work (very) hard for chuckles amidst the carnage. But for every odd funny moment there are dozens of damp… Read More »
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The Fifth Dan: War of the Arrows
The latest Asian movie releases. The hugely successful Korean period action film War of the Arrows comes to the UK DVD and Blu-ray next week, courtesy of Cine-Asia. WAR OF THE ARROWS Kim Han-min, 2011, South Korea DVD and Blu-ray (Cine-Asia) Less expensive to make and less hyped than any of its domestic box office rivals, War of the Arrows ultimately proved to be 2011′s highest grossing film in South… Read More »
The Fifth Dan: The Kick
The latest Asian movie releases. Ong-Bak director Prachya Pinkaew returns with the Korean/Thai action comedy The Kick, out on Korean DVD. THE KICK Prachya Pinkaew, 2011, South Korea/Thailand If breaking through to a wide international audience with a game-changing film is hard enough, following it with something as good is even tougher – the course of cinematic history is littered with directors who never managed to match the movie that… Read More »
The List: 100 best films of ’00s
The last decade of cinema has been an interesting one. The 100 films below is the most diverse of all the lists. The top ten I guessed pretty close what would be in the top ten. This time around, it’s a crazy hodge-podge of movies. The fact that two non-English films make the top ten shows how the language of cinema has matured and developed over the decades. Doing these… Read More »
The List: 100 best films of the 90′s
I like to the think of the 90′s as the blending of the adult themes of the 70′s with the craziness of the 80′s. High concept ideas meets art house grime in a fun pastiche of thrills, chills and mind-blowing special effects. The decade begins with art house thrillers like Reservoir Dogs and ends with big budget genre redefining films like The Matrix. The kids that grew up in the… Read More »
