Director – John Woo –1992 – Hong Kong – Cert. 18 – 128m ***** One of the greatest action pictures ever made – 4K Restoration plays as part of Bullets and Brotherhood: the Films of John Woo at BFI Southbank from Friday, 3rd July to Friday, 31st July, and is also out on 4K UHD and Blu-ray Woo’s […]
Work in progress – subject to change. Because I am still watching movies released in 2025, so it’s always possible that a new title could usurp the number one in due course. All numbered films received either a theatrical, online or home media release in the UK between 01/01/25 and 31/12/25. This version excludes re-releases […]
Work in progress – subject to change. Because I am still watching movies released in 2025, so it’s always possible that a new title could usurp the number one in due course. All numbered films received either a theatrical, online or home media release in the UK between 01/01/25 and 31/12/25. This version includes re-releases, […]
Director – Kang Je-gyu – 2004 – South Korea – Cert. 15 – 140m **** When two brothers are conscripted into the Korean War, the older one’s attempts to keep the younger from harm’s way irrevocably damage their filial relationship – plays in LEAFF10 (London East Asia Film Festival 2025) with an In Conversation session with Production Designer Shin Bo-kyeong on Monday, October […]
Director – Bong Joon Ho – 2003 – South Korea – Cert. 15 – 131m ***** Three cops attempt to track down a serial sex killer. Based on a real life, unsolved murder case… with Song Kang-ho – plays in LEAFF10 (London East Asia Film Festival 2025) with an In Conversation session with Cinematographer Kim […]
Directors – Albert & Herbart Leung – 2024 – Hong Kong – Cert. 15 – 114m **** 20 years after a stuntman on his team was hospitalised when a stunt went wrong, an action choreographer takes on his first stunt job since the tragic incident – out on digital from Monday, 12 May 2025 This […]
Director – Kiyoshi Kurosawa – 2017 – Japan – Cert. 15 – 129m *** Three humans claiming to be aliens steal ideas from people’s heads as they prepare for their race’s forthcoming invasion – from LEAFF, the London East Asia Film Festival 2017 This review is of a first viewing of this film. It really […]
Director – Kiyoshi Kurosawa – 2024 – Japan – Cert. 15 – 124m ***** The art of the deal. The past of an internet goods reseller driven by making money who has made enemies among his one-off suppliers and customers comes back to bite him – out in UK cinemas on Friday, April 25th Ryosuke […]
Director – Kim Yong-hoon – 2020 – South Korea – Cert. 15 – 108m **** A number of individuals in dire financial straits do whatever they can to get hold of a bag of money – on Arrow Channel from Friday, March 7th 2025 Seemingly disparate plot strands suggest a group of separate stories about […]
All films received either a theatrical or an online release in the UK between 01/01/24 and 31/12/24. Prior to 2020, I’d never included online releases (well, maybe the odd one or two as a special case) but that year saw the film distribution business turned upside down by COVID-19. The movie business is still changing, […]