Delighted to see my first review for Deadline go live, my take on Chun Sun-young’s debut thriller A GIRL WITH CLOSED EYES which premiered at Busan this week, starring Kim Minha of Pachinko fame. Hopefully more to come going forward! deadline.com/2024/10/a-gi...
Read Deadline's review of 'A Girl with Closed Eyes' starring 'Pachinko's Minha Kim and world premiering at the Busan International Film Festival
UPRISING: Gang Dong-won slices and dices his way through Netflix's blood-spattered Busan opener, as the leader of a slave rebellion in Joseon-era Korea. www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-...
Big on sword-fighting, but lacking in narrative, Netflix historical movie follows two friends who end up on opposing sides in a rebellion.
JOKER: FOLIE A DEUX: Phillips, Phoenix, Gaga et al fulfil their promise of delivering a sequel to JOKER, a full-blown musical, and a film for absolutely nobody…except possibly me. My ears are still ringing. Let’s see.
ALT: a man in a tuxedo is dancing with a woman in a dress and the year 2005 is on the bottom
I, THE EXECUTIONER: Ryoo Seung-wan’s lively sequel to his excellent VETERAN comes down with a serious case of ROUNDUP-itis, ramping up the comedy at the expense of the (admittedly expertly staged) action. And yet another psychotic pretty boy bad guy zzz. Lands its punches but shoulda been way better
New movies out today in Hong Kong: STUNTMAN, I THE EXECUTIONER, THE CHRONICLES OF LIBIDOISTS, MOTHERS’ INSTINCT, BAGMAN, MY HERO ACADEMIA: YOU’RE NEXT
THE WILD ROBOT looks great but in the end is just another Messianic allegory, albeit via a self-learning AI that masters universal communication, inter-species diplomacy, forestry preservation and motherhood way better than any of the living, breathing creatures around it.
