tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36255270502670464052024-03-17T21:00:45.966-06:00Blood BrothersDarkReifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03526568639969370735noreply@blogger.comBlogger2926125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625527050267046405.post-10474221134205749082024-03-14T21:10:00.002-06:002024-03-15T09:56:25.827-06:00Grave Calling: Exhuma (2024) Review Director: Jang Jae-hyunNotable Cast: Choi Min-sik, Kim Go-eun, Yoo Hai-jin, Lee Do-hyun, Kim Jae-chul, Kim Min-jun, Kim Byung-oh"And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken" - Ecclesiastes 4:12Horror films that deal with religious aspects have been around for decades, and I know titles are flooding to mind as you read this, so no need Josh Parmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05550227488077410348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625527050267046405.post-21877703630323315602024-03-09T08:45:00.005-07:002024-03-09T08:45:37.996-07:00Keep It Closed: Skeletons in the Closet (2024) ReviewDirector: Asif Akbar
Notable Cast: Terrence Howard, Valery M. Ortiz, Cuba
Gooding Jr, Udo Kier, Appy Pratt, Louis Mandylor, Michelle Jubilee Gonzalez,
Clifton Powell, Ariana Deppe, Michelle Wang, Sally Kirkland
Niche entertainment services will always have content that
wouldn’t make it anywhere else. Hallmark often weaves a tale of the city girl
who finds herself (and a new love DarkReifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03526568639969370735noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625527050267046405.post-7640265802368367442024-03-03T08:30:00.002-07:002024-03-03T08:30:34.360-07:00A Reality to Experience: Dune: Part One (2021) ReviewDirector: Denis Villeneuve
Notable Cast: Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson,
Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Sharon
Duncan-Brewster, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Zendaya, Chang Chen, Charlotte
Rampling, Jason Momoa, Javier Bardem, David Dastmalchian
Although Denis Villeneuve states that Dune was always
a dream project for him, it’s fascinating to see howDarkReifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03526568639969370735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625527050267046405.post-41125695124244370762024-03-02T08:06:00.006-07:002024-03-03T08:47:53.304-07:00Directors in Focus: Kim Sung-soo | City of the Rising Sun (1998)Director: Kim Sung-sooNotable Cast: Jung Woo-sung, Lee Jung-jae, Lee Beom-soo, Han Go-eun, Park Ji-hoon, Lee Ki-yeol, Park Sung-woongIn the late 90s, with the great success of Beat, Kim would follow up quickly, just a year later, with another Jung Woo-sung starring vehicle, titled City of the Rising Sun. What makes this title unique, among many other things, is that Jung co-starred alongside Lee Josh Parmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05550227488077410348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625527050267046405.post-71926859023751175782024-02-29T03:45:00.004-07:002024-03-03T08:33:23.173-07:00Directors in Focus: Kim Sung-soo | Beat (1997) Director: Kim Sung-sooNotable Cast: Jung Woo-sung, Ko So-young, Yu Oh-seong, Kim Bu-seon, Im Chang-jung, Sa Hyeon-jin, Song Keum-sikJust two short years after bursting on to the scene with Runaway, Kim found his real runaway hit with the 1995 tale of Korean delinquencies, a film that has become synonymous with both 90s youth and that of a very prolific career boom for one Jung Woo-sung, andJosh Parmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05550227488077410348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625527050267046405.post-42173375353134169222024-02-17T18:10:00.003-07:002024-02-19T17:39:10.234-07:00Directors in Focus: Kim Sung-soo | Runaway (1995) ReviewDirected by: Kim Sung-sooNotable Cast: Lee Byung-hun, Kim Eun-jeong, Jang Se-jin, Lee Kyung-youngIn 1993, a budding filmmaker named Kim Sung-soo was met with critical acclaim with his short 18 minute film, Dead End, which quickly thrust him into the world of feature filmmaking and a two short years later, in '95, he debuted with Runaway, which features Lee Byung-hun in one of his very first rolesJosh Parmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05550227488077410348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625527050267046405.post-84353309835931937732024-02-10T15:24:00.003-07:002024-02-11T08:45:08.312-07:00Directors in Focus: Yoon Jong-bin | Narco-Saints (2022) ReviewDirector: Yoon Jong-binNotable Cast: Ha Jung-woo, Hwang Jung-min, Park Hae-soo, Jo Woo-jin, Yoo Yeon-seok, Chang Chen, Choo Ja-hyun, Kim Min-gwi, Hyun Bong-sik, Lee Beong-ryeonEpisodes: 6Coming to the end of my journey with director Yoon Jong-bin, I took a journey with his most recent project, his first foray into television, with the Netflix original limited series, Narco-Saints, based on true Josh Parmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05550227488077410348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625527050267046405.post-35407876091809132062024-02-08T07:33:00.008-07:002024-02-11T08:45:24.391-07:00Directors in Focus: Yoon Jong-bin | The Spy Gone North (2018) ReviewDirector: Yoon Jong-binNotable Cast: Hwang Jung-bin, Lee Sung-min, Cho Jin-woong, Ju Ji-hoon, Jung So-ri, Kim Hong-pa, Gi Ju-bongSet in the year 1993, a man named Heuk Geum-seong is sort of pulled against his will into becoming a spy for South Korea. He goes by the codename Black Venus and is posing as a businessman selling Chinese products in Beijing, snowballing into linking up with the North Josh Parmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05550227488077410348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625527050267046405.post-13415584610135332872024-02-04T13:34:00.008-07:002024-02-10T16:01:08.822-07:00Directors in Focus: Yoon Jong-bin | Kundo: Age of the Rampant (2014) ReviewDirector: Yoon Jong-binNotable Cast: Ha Jung-woo, Gang Dong-won, Lee Kyung-young, Lee Sung-min, Cho Jin-woong, Ma Dong-seok, Yoon Ji-hye, Kim Hae-sook Han Yeri, Kim Kkob-biAfter having dropped an extraordinary gangster film, my eyes and heart had become set on whatever Yoon Jong-bin would go on to do next, and then in 2014, only two years later, he revealed to the world a genre mash-up in the Josh Parmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05550227488077410348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625527050267046405.post-47539897526333357542024-02-04T10:26:00.004-07:002024-02-10T16:00:50.878-07:00Directors in Focus: Yoon Jong-bin | Nameless Gangster (2012) ReviewDirector: Yoon Jong-binNotable Cast: Choi Min-sik, Ha Jung-woo, Kwak Do-won, Ma Dong-seok, Kim Sung-kyun, Kim Hye-eun, Cho Jin-woong, Kim Young-sunDuring the sort of boom of Korean cinema in the early 2010s, many films came out that I consider to be absolute modern classics, some even masterful pieces of genre film. Among them, and there is a decent amount, would be one in the gangster genre. It Josh Parmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05550227488077410348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625527050267046405.post-84259884785766924162024-02-03T12:20:00.003-07:002024-02-04T20:08:22.880-07:00A Bromantic Ride: Ransomed (2023) ReviewDirector: Kim Seong-hunNotable Cast: Ha Jung-woo, Ju Ji-hoon, Lim Hyung-kook, Kim Eung-soo, Kim Jong-soo, Park Hyeok-kwon, Fehd Benchemsi, Burn GormanThis is a much better Point Men. South Korea has been on a kick with patriotic diplomats rescuing fellow Koreans in a foreign country that is at war films. It's become a relatively popular genre in the last handful of years, and I've watched most ofJosh Parmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05550227488077410348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625527050267046405.post-17689498716059228302024-02-01T19:56:00.006-07:002024-02-10T16:00:32.592-07:00Directors in Focus: Yoon Jong-bin | Beastie Boys (2008) ReviewDirector: Yoon Jong-binNotable Cast: Yoon Kye-sang, Ha Jung-woo, Yoon Jin-seo, Kim Min-joo, Ma Dong-seok, Ya Hu-jun, Kwon Yul, Hong Yi-jooThree years after his very successful student film, director Yoon Jong-bin put forth his sophomore effort, his first studio-backed film, a dark and moody drama, Beastie Boys, a.k.a The Moonlight of Seoul. The direct translation of the Korean title is Josh Parmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05550227488077410348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625527050267046405.post-31001213602511548342024-01-31T08:09:00.006-07:002024-02-10T16:00:03.390-07:00Directors in Focus: Yoon Jong-bin | The Unforgiven (2005) ReviewDirector: Yoon Jong-binNotable Cast: Ha Jung-woo, Seo Jang-won, Yoon Jong-bin, Han Soo-hyun, Lim Hyun-sung, Kim Seong-mi, Son Sang-beomA young student of Chung-ang University, Yoon Jong-bin, put forth his graduating thesis film in the form of The Unforgiven, a micro-budget drama that is unapologetic in its harsh depictions of how many young men are mistreated within their required 2 years stint Josh Parmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05550227488077410348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625527050267046405.post-13005202365721766412024-01-31T07:19:00.003-07:002024-01-31T19:03:21.298-07:00Post-apocalyptic Punch: Badland Hunters (2024) ReviewDirector: Heo Myeong-haengNotable Cast: Ma Dong-seok, Lee Hee-jun, Lee Jun-young, Roh Jeong-eui, Ahn Ji-hye, Park Ji-hoon, Jang Young-nam, Park Hyo-joonThe Netflix-produced Korean film library has... a certain reputation. Some works I believe are great, such as Unlocked or Kill Boksoon, although I seem to be more in the minority on that one, but I digress. We get some titles, like... well, Josh Parmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05550227488077410348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625527050267046405.post-85543746094067750122024-01-30T22:13:00.000-07:002024-01-30T22:13:45.700-07:00...Or the Highway: I Did It My Way (2024) ReviewDirector: Jason Kwan
Notable Cast: Andy Lau, Gordon Lam, Eddie Peng, Liu Yase,
Simon Yam, Lam Suet, Kent Cheng Jak-Si, Philip Keung Ho-Man, Hedwig Tam
Sin-Yin, Kevin Chu, Terrance Lau, Tony Ho, Angie Cheung Wai-Yee
Even though the films Chasing the Dragon and Chasing
the Dragon II: Wild Wild Bunch received an overall mixed reception,
co-director Jason Kwan became a new director I was DarkReifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03526568639969370735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625527050267046405.post-78471538770349207652024-01-21T11:11:00.003-07:002024-01-21T11:11:32.587-07:00...The Right Ones Will: Destroy All Neighbors (2024) ReviewDirector: Josh Forbes
Notable Cast: Jonah Ray, Kiran Deol, Randee Heller, Pete
Ploszek, DeMorge Brown, Kosher the Pig, Jon Daly, Thomas Lennon, Ryan Kattner,
Christian Calloway, Alex Winter, Kumail Nanjiani
Destroy All Neighbors is making a case for the oddest
movie of the year, and its only January. Prog rocker William (Jonah Ray, Mystery
Science Theatre 3000, Satanic Hispanics) DarkReifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03526568639969370735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625527050267046405.post-15907641527529027452024-01-16T08:04:00.000-07:002024-01-16T08:04:42.899-07:00Dead or Alive: Wanted Man (2024) ReviewDirector: Dolph Lundgren
Notable Cast: Dolph Lundgren, Christina Villa, Kelsey
Grammer, Michael Pare, Roger Cross, Aaron McPherson, Rocko Reyes, James Pulido,
Jose Trujillo
Dolph Lundgren made his directorial comeback with the highly
entertaining Castle Falls back in 2021, and for an action fan like me,
it was a welcome comeback. I’ve always been that one guy who defended Dolph’s
DarkReifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03526568639969370735noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625527050267046405.post-56284647053611546262024-01-14T13:28:00.002-07:002024-01-14T17:59:47.383-07:00Duel for the Dagger: Alienoid: Return to the Future (2024) Movie Review Director: Choi Dong-hoonNotable Cast: Kim Tae-ri, Kim Woo-bin, Ryu Jun-yeol, Lee Hanee, Kim Eui-sang, Yum Jung-ahShortly after the release of Choi Dong-hoon's Assassination back in 2015, there began to be rumblings online of a two-part epic that the acclaimed filmmaker was working on. Some seven years later, part one of that saga was presented before the world in the form of Alienoid, Josh Parmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05550227488077410348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625527050267046405.post-54869790115029147622024-01-06T11:38:00.002-07:002024-01-06T11:38:52.428-07:00Matt Malpica Reifschneider's Top 20 Horror Films of 2023 Tis the season for the Blood Brothers Top Lists of the
Year!
Although I felt as if 2023 wasn’t nearly as strong a year
for horror films as some of the previous ones, overall, that doesn’t mean we
didn’t have some fantastic gems throughout the year. Here is my Top 20 Horror
Films of 2023 for your reading pleasure.
As always, this list is hardly as complete as I would like itDarkReifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03526568639969370735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625527050267046405.post-25742699365108732762024-01-01T01:37:00.002-07:002024-01-01T08:23:06.472-07:00Josh Parmer's Top 20 South Korean Films of 2023TOP 20 SOUTH KOREAN FILMS OF 2023This list is dedicated to Lee Sun-kyun (이선균).20.) Honeysweet - 달짝지근해: 7510Directed by Lee HanA very sweet film that is acted with such a sense of sincerity that you will find yourself awash with a blissful smile. It's a simple but very effective romance tale that features people in their 40s finding true love in each other and most importantly, them being Josh Parmerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05550227488077410348noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625527050267046405.post-25214810541995155012023-12-23T22:23:00.002-07:002023-12-23T22:23:28.775-07:00The Old Man and the Sea: Noryang: Deadly Sea (2023) ReviewDirector: Kim Han-min
Notable Cast: Kim Yoon-seok, Baek Yoon-sik, Jung Jae-young,
Heo Joon-ho, Kim Sung-kyu, Lee Kyoo-hyung, Lee Moo-saeng
I will go out on a limb and say it right away: Noryang:
Deadly Sea is perhaps the best of the Admiral Yi Trilogy.
It's got the emotion and melodrama that helped push the first film along, and
it takes the more war-driven elements of&DarkReifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03526568639969370735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625527050267046405.post-69031247763131983072023-12-16T22:05:00.001-07:002023-12-16T22:05:15.834-07:00Curses and Epitaphs: The Ghost Station (2023) ReviewDirector: Jeong Yong-ki
Notable Cast: Kim Bo-ra, Kim Jae-hyun, Shin So-yul,
Oh Jin-seok
As the old adage goes, what’s old will always be new again.
The same is very relevant for film cycles and, if I’m being honest, the
resurrection of the various trends in horror from the early 00s has been a
delight.
When The Ghost Station first crossed my path, the
fact that it DarkReifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03526568639969370735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625527050267046405.post-64236210101117069662023-12-06T13:59:00.003-07:002023-12-06T13:59:49.658-07:00Repossessed: The Exorcist: Believer (2023) ReviewDirector: David Gordon Green
Notable Cast: Leslie Odom Jr, Lidya Jewett, Olivia
Marcum, Ann Dowd, Jennifer Nettles, Norbert Leo Butz, Okwui Okpokwasili,
Raphael Sbarge, EJ Bonilla, Ellen Burstyn
Although David Gordon Green's Halloween trilogy
certainly had its issues, those films were at least interesting to some degree.
Big swings were being taken by the end, and whether you liked it DarkReifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03526568639969370735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625527050267046405.post-1813853091681001262023-12-03T20:05:00.003-07:002023-12-03T20:05:44.178-07:00Magic Is Real: Dr. Cheon and the Lost Talisman (2023) ReivewDirector: Kim Seong-sik
Notable Cast: Gang Dong-won, Heo Joon-ho, Esom, Lee Dong-hwi,
Kim Jong-soo, Park So-yi, Yoon Byung-hee, Joo Bo-bi, Park Kyung-hye
Kim Seong-sik's directorial debut Dr. Cheon and the
Lost Talisman is sure to be one of the sleeper hits of 2023. It’s a
gorgeously directed horror-tinged swashbuckling adventure film filled to the
brim with fun characters andDarkReifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03526568639969370735noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3625527050267046405.post-9157468566242610822023-12-01T12:30:00.002-07:002023-12-01T12:30:22.691-07:00A Place at the Table: Thanksgiving (2023) Review Director: Eli Roth
Notable Cast: Nell Verlaque, Patrick Dempsey, Addison
Rae, Milo Manheim, Jalen Thomas Brooks, Gabriel Davenport, Tomaso Sanelli,
Jenna Warren, Rick Hoffman, Karen Cliché, Gina Gershon, Ty Olsson
Sixteen years is an incredibly long time. To think where I
was in my life sixteen years ago, is to feel like I’ve looked back upon a half
dozen lifetimes. For director Eli DarkReifhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03526568639969370735noreply@blogger.com0