Director – Takashi Miike – 2019 – Japan – Cert. 15 – 108m ***** A boxer with no fear of death. Japanese yakuza, Chinese triads. A bag of drugs. A girl sold into prostitution. Miike orchestrates his potent cocktail with pace, panache and energy – cinemas Friday, February 14th, home video Monday, February 24th And […]
Director – Bong Joon Ho – 2019 – South Korea – Cert. 15 – 132m ***** With Parasite (Black & White Edition) due out, I review the colour version for All The Anime. Read my Reform review too. Kim Ki-woo (Choi Woo-sik) strikes it lucky when he hears of the rich Park family, whose teenage […]
There’s nothing else quite like the filmography of stop-frame animator and special effects maestro Ray Harryhausen (1920-2013). A new book, Harryhausen The Lost Movies, is an undeniable treasure trove for those familiar with his films, which include such gems as Jason and the Argonauts and One Million Years B.C. and incorporate fantastical, stop-frame animated creatures and […]