Horror… Movie #86 2022: Umma (2022) 1 Nov 202225 Oct 2022 Yeah, yeah, I know Halloween's over. But bear with me, because I always say Halloween lasts until mid-November. After that, maybe I'll do a few Christmas films, but since Halloween…
Horror… Movie #307 2020: #Alive (2020) 14 Nov 202011 Nov 2020 Back to some Halloween-y horror now, and this time we head all the way east to South Korea. As you're probably aware by now, my girlfriend and I are big…
Cerebral… Movie #159 2020: Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance (2002) 19 May 202015 May 2020 Theme of the week is trilogies, apparently. Off the back of finishing the trio of movies in the Cornetto Trilogy, I begin with a new one. Aptly named 'The Vengeance…
Action… Movie #120 2020: The Host (2006) 29 Apr 202027 Apr 2020 Oh, Bong Joon-ho. What can't you do? I am literally just waiting for him to make a musical at this point because is there even another genre he's not ticked…
Drama… Movie #94 2020: Mother (2009) 16 Apr 202014 Apr 2020 Is it even possible not to trawl through Bong Joon-Ho's back catalogue when he just makes so many good movies? Mother - not to be confused with Darren Aronofsky's Mother!…
Action… Movie #86 2020: Okja (2017) 12 Apr 202010 Apr 2020 Once again, I delve into the Bong Joon Ho directory of films and I'll start with just one question: can this dude even make a bad movie? Bong is easily…
Drama… Movie #43 2020: A Taxi Driver (2017) 21 Mar 202026 Mar 2020 All I can do when I think about A Taxi Driver is sigh. For me, it is an almost perfect movie. Sadly, this is a Korean movie that seems to…
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