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I saw "Furie" yesterday, the first Vietnamese movie to be released in commercial theatres here in Canada in a very long time. It's an action movie that follows one mother's frantic quest to rescue her kidnapped daughter. It's quite good as an action movie, with some great fighting scenes, but...

I saw Chihayafuru Part III the other day - the conclusion of the live-action adaptation of a manga about a group of high school karuta (*) players. Pretty good stuff as far as Japanese high school movies go. If you have seen (and enjoyed) the first two parts, then you will definitely enjoy this...

I hope you guys don't mind that I start the thread for August, since I have the last three movies from Montreal's Fantasia Film Festival to report. What a Man Wants https://letterboxd.com/film/what-a-man-wants/ Korean comedy about two brothers-in-law and their adulterous endeavours. The movie...

I watched it last night and HATED it. Maybe I should have skipped it and given the TV miniseries a try. Now I will never know, because there is no way I am watching that again, in any form. I liked quite a few of Sion Sono's movies but others are just terrible!

More from Fantasia 2018: One Cut of the Dead (Japan 2017 - Shinichiro Ueda) A one-take movie about a film crew that gets interrupted by real zombies While shooting a cheap zombie movie. Try to wrap your head around that one! Very funny comedy. Don't read too much about it, and don't turn it...

Yes, I knew about his other films. The director was present at the screenings and as the host introduced him, he mentioned "Gantz" and "Library Wars", which have also been shown at the festival in previous years. Two more films yesterday: an awesome Scottish High School Christmas zombie...

A few more movies from Fantasia 2018 Two Shinsuke Sato manga adaptations: Bleach https://letterboxd.com/film/bleach/ A high school student who can see ghosts becomes an unwitting participant in a battle between various types of supernatural entities. Maybe someone who likes the source...

Some more Asian movies I saw at Montreal's Fantasia Film Festival: The Travelling Cat Chronicles – Japanese dramedy encroaching on tear-jerking territory about a young man who has to find a new home for his beloved cat. I enjoyed it, and I suppose that if you are not scared away by that brief...

It was shown yesterday at the Fantasia Film Festival. I had a ticket but ended up changing my mind and not watching it, as I was very tired and the movie was going to end after midnight.

I saw The Vanished yesterday at the Fantasia Film Festival in Montreal. It’s a Korean remake of the Spanish movie El Cuerpo (“The Body”) from 2012, which was also shown at Fantasia at the time. As far as I can remember, it is a very faithful remake. A wealthy woman dies under suspicious...

Has anyone seen it? It's in the program at the Montreal Fantasia Film Festival this year. From this director and with this title, I bought the ticket as soon as they went on sale! I haven't selected all the films I will be watching during the festival (which starts tomorrow), but there will be...

His latest film, "Shoplifters", won the top prize at the Cannes film festival. Looking forward to watching it, but then I always look forward to his films, and they seldom disappoint.

I saw "Your Name" aboard an airplane and loved it - so much so that I bought the blu-ray when it came out, to watch it again on a bigger screen (which I haven't done yet). I walked out of "Outrage Coda". A bunch of Yakuza guys from various gangs talking endlessly about who is allied with whom...

Just saw it on YesAsia. Japanese edition, English subtitles, expensive but not outrageously so. I've been waiting for this for years. I've already pre-ordered "After Life" and I am thinking of ordering "Maborosi" and "Nobody Knows" as well, neither of which I have seen. There is another one that...

I have been a lurker at the Asian Cinema forum since the days of IMDb. I have picked up quite a few recommendations for Korean and Japanese movies from the regulars. I don't contribute much, except during the month of July when I watch a lot of new Asian movies at the Fantasia Film Festival here...