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My Girlfriend is a Gumiho [Season 1] – Review
On one day after Cha Dae Woong ran away from his grandfather, he accidently freed a nine-tailed fox who was closed in a painting for about 500 years. He didn't realize what he has done, until the Gumiho (nine-tailed fox),who took the form of a beautiful woman, appeared in front of him. As time goes by, their mutual relationship grew deeper as they start to fall for each other. Click for the full season 1 review...
King of Thorn – Review
A virus begins to grip the Earth's population and a group of hopeful survivors are cryogenically frozen in attempt to find a cure. But when the group awakens they are flung into a horrifying situation. Click for the full anime film review...
Creative Spotlight: Episode #118 – Anthony A. Kung
Born to a mother from the Philippines and a father from Shanghai, Anthony grew up bi-lingual in the multi-cultural city of Hong Kong before arriving in the USA as a college freshman at USC. You can catch him in the new G.I. Joe II: Retaliation and Battlefield films this Summer. Click for the full interview...
Safe – Review
Mei, a young girl whose memory holds a priceless numerical code, finds herself pursued by the Triads, the Russian mob, and corrupt NYC cops. Coming to her aid is an ex-cage fighter whose life was destroyed by the gangsters on Mei's trail. Click for the full review...
Ritual – Review
A disillusioned filmmaker has an encounter with a young girl who has a ritual of repeating "Tomorrow is my birthday" everyday. He tries to communicate with her through his video camera. Click for the full review...
Creative Spotlight: Episode #117 – Jake Shimabukuro
In the hands of Jake Shimabukuro, the ukulele instrument of four strings and two octaves is stretched and molded into a complex and bold new musical force. On his most recent album ‘Peace Love Ukulele’ (which debuted at #1 on the Billboard World Album Chart), Jake and his “uke” effortlessly (it seems) mix jazz, rock, classical, traditional Hawaiian music, and folk. Click to read the full interview...
Castaway on the Moon – Review
After failing to kill himself by jumping off a bridge, the man is washed up on a deserted island in the middle of the river, but within view of the city's high-rises. He attempts to escape, but soon accepts his fate and the challenges in living on the island. A reclusive young woman, spies him on the island and comes to think of him as her own alien. Click for the full review...
Top 10 Asian Directorial Debuts of All Time
Some great directors, like Miike and Kurosawa, start out under the radar and build to greatness. Others are great right off the bat. In some cases, a director’s very first film winds up being his best. This list focuses on the greats out the gate that brought us some the most innovative scenes in Asian film history. See if your favorite made the list...
Arirang – Review
In 2008 Ki-duk Kim (director of 3-Iron and Spring Summer Autumn Winter… and Spring) finished a movie entitled "Dream". During production one of his actresses almost died whilst filming a hanging scene, ever since Kim was traumatized and on top of that he now had writer's block. Arirang is a documentary on director Kim Ki-Duk looking back at his film career. Click for the full review...
Cosplay Corner Episode #41: Giorgia
Giorgia is a famous Italian Cosplayer, eurobeat singer and model (duh! How gorgeous is she?)! She lives in Italy near Verona (the city of Romeo and Juliet), but, thanks to cosplay, she travels very often around the world as a guest in many conventions. She often gets called to introduce Cosplay events and Music contests...after all...this is her life! Click for the full interview...
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