Episoder
-
As we draw ever closer to Episode #100 Stephen has a pretty stellar pick for #99 as we look at Bong Joon Ho's Memories of Murder loosely based on the true story of Korea's first ever serial killer as two small town detectives attempt to solve a brutal murder while being assisted on the case by Seoul detective Seo Tae-yoon. But facing conflicting approaches to investigation and a police force ill equipped to deal with the case will they be able to track down the killer before he strikes again.
Review - 00:22:54
---
Opening Theme - Coffee Date
Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io
Produced By White Hot
---
Buy us a coffee and support the show
Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage -
Stephen and Elwood celebrate this milestone episode with the original Godzilla looking at the legacy and impact the film has had since it's release while also looking back at their favourite episodes on the road to #100!
Review: 00:58:25
Buy us a coffee and support the show
Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage -
Mangler du episoder?
-
Good Evening boils and ghouls and welcome to our Halloween special where we put our viewing fate in the hands of the listeners who this year decided we would watch "Dream Home".
Josie Ho stars in this Hong Kong slasher as a young professional with dreams of owning an apartment with a view of the harbour, but with property prices on the rise and her dream slipping from her grasp she comes up with her own unique plan to help realise her dream.---
Opening Theme - Coffee Date
Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io
Produced By White Hot
---
Buy us a coffee and support the show
Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage -
Elwood and Stephen check out the horror adventure "The Seventh Curse in which adventurer Dr. Yuen must find a curse for his blood curse after he rescues a young girl from being sacrificed. A utterly bonkers movie featuring a kung fu skeleton, a rip off xenomorph, killer worms and shameless self promotion!
Review - 00:23:05
Buy us a coffee and support the show
Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage -
Elwood and Stephen look at Tsui Harks Wuxia fantasy as a solider on the run finds himself caught in a battle between good and evil as he joins the fight against the blood devil and a quest to find the dual swords which will vanquish the evil forever in a film which features both jaw dropping martial arts action and special effects from the team behind Star Wars and Ghostbusters
Buy us a coffee and support the show
Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage -
Elwood and Stephen look at The Bullet Train which not only gave us an entry from Japan into the disaster movie genre but also inspired the cult classic Speed as a group of terrorists plant a bomb on a bullet train and demand $5 million, adding that the bomb will detonate if the train's speed for any reason dips below 80 kph!
---
Opening Theme - Coffee Date
Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io
Produced By White Hot
---
-
Elwood and Stephen look at the CAT III romantic comedy Love In A Puff which earned it's rating based on the theme of smoking which runs throughout the film as the smoking ban in Hong Kong provides a chance for Jimmy and Advertising Exec to meet the cosmetics sales girl Cherie in this unique romantic comedy.
Buy us a coffee and support the show
Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage -
Elwood and Stephen are joined by Rashmi to look at Mashahiro Shindoa's Noir "Pale Flower" in which Ryô Ikebe plays the recently released gangster Muraki finding that both organized crime and the real world have moved on without him. While reunited with his Yakuza family he now spends his time in gambling dens, where he meets rich thrill seeker Saeko (Mariko Kaga) only to soon discover that her destructive, hedonistic urges will likely mean the end for both of them.
We also look at the cult of the Criterion Collection, gambling movies Yakuza etiquette, and more!!
Buy us a coffee and support the show
Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage -
Elwood and Stephen look at Park Chan-Wook's "The Handmaiden" an erotic thriller based on the Sarah Waters novel "Fingersmith" in which an attempt to defraud a Heiress becomes a twisting tale of double crosses and surprising romantic connections.
Elwood also looks at the Resident Evil animated movies, Shaw Bros Movies and Anthony Wong Month plans revealed plus more!!
Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage
Buy us a coffee and Support the show: ko-fi.com/asiancinemafilmclub -
Elwood and Stephen check out the South Korean ghost story "R-Pont" set during the Vietnam War as a squad are dispatched to find a group of soldiers whose squad mysteriously disappeared at R-Point, only to find themselves plagued by the mysterious presence.
We also look at the legacy of Tartan and their Asia Extreme Label as well as the part it played in the rival of interest in Asian cinema
-
Wrapping up our month long celebration of the filmography of Anthony Wong on this finale recap we look at the films which made up the final picks of the season including
- Armageddon
- The Untold Story 2
- Infernal Affairs Trilogy
- Naked Soldier
- The Ebola Syndrome -
Elwood kicks off another month long challenge as he sets out to watch 31 Anthony Wong movies in 31 days!
Joining him of course for this recap of the first weeks viewing is Stephen whose also on hand to provide his own thoughts on Anthony Wong's aswell as the weeks picks including Time and Tide, IP Man: The Final Fight, Full Contact and A Home With A View. -
The first film in a spin off series from Sonny Chiba's Streetfighter trilogy as Sue Shiomi stars as the titular martial artist trying to track down her missing brother while having to battle a sadistic drugs kingpin and his army of fighters in this wonderfully bonkers slice of kung fu weird.
Review - 00:29:26
---
Opening Theme - Coffee Date
Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io
Produced By White Hot
---
-
Zen's mother Zin was previously a feared gangster who retired to give birth to Zen. However when is diagnosed with cancer Zen takes it upon herself to collect her mother's debts, while also being able to replicate martial arts just by watching them.
---
Opening Theme - Coffee Date
Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io
Produced By White Hot
---
-
Recorded ahead of the release of the Daimajin trilogy boxset from Arrow, Elwood and Stephen check out the first film in the trilogy in which the samurai lord of a peaceful village is murdered by one of his own men. Claiming the throne and forcing the lord's two small children to flee into the woods near the huge stone statue of Daimajin, the god of their village. Ten Years later they plot to reclaim the throne as they call upon Daimajin to assist them.
Review - 00:31:02
---
Opening Theme - Coffee Date
Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io
Produced By White Hot
---
-
Elwood and Stephen check out two forgotten invisable man movies produced by Daiei film and both brings a unique twist to the invisible man mythos as "The Invisible Man Appears" (1949) sees a group of jewel thieves plotting to use the invisibility formula to steal the priceless necklace "The Tears of Amour.". It's completly unliked follow up "The Invisible Man Vs. The Human Fly" (1957) meanwhile has a police officer turned invisible attempting to track down a serial killer with the abilitiy to shrink himself down to the size of a fly.
We also look at the career of Anna May Wong, the Kaiju influences of Starro in "The Suicide Squad and more!!
Review: 00:37:07
---
Opening Theme - Coffee Date
Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io
Produced By White Hot
---
-
Elwood and Stephen look at the wonderfully bonkers Shaw Bros. curiosity "The Battle Wizard" featuring giant snakes, a man eating gorilla, demonic henchmen and an evil wizard on telescopic bird legs!!
Check out our sponsor Yes Please Vintage
Buy a coffee and support the show: https://ko-fi.com/acfilmclub
Review:00:22:15
Opening Theme - Coffee Date
Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io
Produced By White Hot
-
Elwood and Stephen look back at the month which was as they run down the last movies of this month long event to watch 30 Takashi Miike Movies in 30 Days
Making up the final picks were the following films which we discuss on the episode
* Visitor Q
* Dead Or Alive: Final
* Lesson of the Evil
* Ley Lines
* Like A Dragon
* The Great Yokai War
Elwood also reveals the hits, the misses and the first time watches which have knocked it out of the park!! -
Throughtout September Elwood is attempting to watch 30 Takashi Miike movies in 30 days which considering that Miike has to date directed over 100 movies means there is plenty to choose. On this bonus episode Elwood and Stephen recap what Elwood has watched so far.
Throughout september we are raising money for Marvels and Meltdowns Family Support Centre. If you'd like to toss a buck in the donation you can via our justgiving page - https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/richard-smethurst2 -
In this special bonus episode, Stephen interviews Dr. Fraser Elliott, co-curator of the Taiwan Film Festival Edinburgh 2021
find out more at https://taiwanfilmfestival.org.uk/
- Se mer
