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Highly Recommended Mon Mon Mon Monsters (2017) (Taiwanese Horror) - Pretty big surprise. Lin Shu-wei is a meek, straight-A student with no friends who gets harassed by his classmates. He has recently been framed of stealing the class funds, and is further humiliated in front of the class by a...

Highly Recommended The Spy Gone North (2018) (Korean Drama/Thriller) – In 1993, a former military officer is sent to infiltrate a group of high-ranking North Korean officials based in Beijing, with the ultimate goal of acquiring information on the North's nuclear program. Seems a bit generic...

A big update from the past 3 weeks. Some of these I saw while on plane flights to and from Japan. Highly Recommended The Night Comes for Us (2018) (Indonesian Action/Thriller) – After choosing to save a little girl against the orders of his triad bosses, an enforcer (Joe Taslim) must survive...

Highly Recommended Ten Nights of Dreams (2006) (Japanese Horror/Drama Anthology) (repeat viewing) – This is an anthology of 10 short films (lasting about 12 minutes each) that span a variety of genres, including horror, drama, and comedy. While there is much ambiguity and subjective...

Highly Recommended Postmen In the Mountains (1999) (Chinese Drama) (repeat viewing) – The film is set in the mountainous regions of the western Hunan province in the early 1980s. Slowed down by arthritis, a middle-aged rural postman passes his route on to his son, whom he takes on his final...

Damn food poisoning and a common cold messed up some of my movie-watching time recently. Highly Recommended Duresori: The Voice of East (2012) (Korean Drama) (repeat viewing) – A class of highschool girls practice for a choir performance, but are pressured by parents and the principal to...

GO! Highly Recommended A Taxi Driver (2017) (Korean Drama/Thriller) – Set in 1980, a cabbie (Kang-ho Song) drives a German reporter into Gwangju. Like most of Korea, our protagonist has no idea that the military is applying violent force on the civilian population there. This is a well...

Highly Recommended Beast Stalker (2008) (Chinese Thriller) (repeat viewing) – A cop (Nicholas Tse) attempts to retrieve a kidnapped girl in this action/thriller by director Dante Lam. This film overpowers the formulaic premise with sheer intensity. The highlights are the edgy finale, a very...