More Real Fight: Raging Phoenix starring Jija Yanin
Jija kicks organ-stealing gangster ass with hip hop and drunken Muay Thai. It’s Raging Phoenix with Jija Yanin, B-Boys Thai, Kazu and champion bodybuilder Roongtawan. (via Wise Kwai)
“Asian movies are dead in America and no one cares.”
“If the post-“Crouching Tiger” boom in Asian cinema was an irrational, Dutch-tulip-style bubble, then the virtual disappearance of Asian films from American screens is an equally irrational overcorrection.” Andrew O’Herir interviews Grady Hendrix (NYAFF and formerly Kaiju Shakedown), Keith Allison (Teleport City) and Todd Stadtman (4DK) about corrections, […]
3 Trailers from Twitch
It’s Twitch round-up time. Supporting martial artists Mike B. and Russell Wong take the lead kneeing and kicking people in the chest in Thanapon Maliwan’s The Sanctuary. Lee Byung-Hun, Kimura Takuya and Josh Hartnett go to Hong Kong and walk the line between the police and organized crime […]
Kaiju Shakedown Goes Down Again
Like King Ghidorah, Kaiju Shakedown has succumbed to market forces. Again. Hopefully like King Ghidorah, Kaiju Shakedown will rise again. Kaiju Shakedown’s writer, Grady Hendrix, is taking some time to figure out how.
Boo from Rotterdam
Wisit Sasanatieng’s haunted room at Rotterdam’s International Film Festival.
Ong-Bak 2, Ong-Bak 3 and International Tensions
So not only is Ong-Bak 2 open, Ong-Bak 3 is already confirmed, starring Tony Jaa and Dan Chupong most recently from Queen of Langkasuka). Meanwhile, Grady talks about “boneless condition” in Ong-Bak 3 and various people ponder how Cambodians will see the use of a Khmer palace in […]
The Cultural Gutter 