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Cal's Heroes of the East is a regularly updated blog about the kind of movies that often get overlooked or even totally ignored amid more mainstream fare. His focus on Asian cinema and martial arts, with the odd diversion into other areas, means that he has carved out a unique area for himself on FilmJournal that's consistently informative and entertaining.
2009 | McG | 118 mins | Blu-ray | 12 / R Terminator Salvation begins with a title sequence that displays the film's title twice. I know you shouldn't judge a book by its cover and all that, but somehow it just doesn't bode well. However, I was somewhat surprised -- after the mass of negative reviews -- to discover that I quite liked Terminato...
100 Films in a Year 03-09-2010 00:00
Cal, can you use your extensive resources to find out a reliable opinion on what the UK Shaolin Soccer Blu-ray is like transfer-wise? Thanks!...
Posted by Paul 29-08-2010 18:13
Director: Kinji Fukasaku Starring: Tatsuya Fujiwara; Aki Maeda; Takeshi Kitano Territory: Japan Based on the novel of the same name by Koushun Takami (which is, incidentally, excellent), Battle Royale takes place in the near future where schoolchildren are so unruly that every year, one class is selected at random, put on an island and left ...
Heroes of the East 02-09-2010 22:06
Per fat te mire, nje portret te gjate te regjizorit rus Andrej Tarkovski e kam shkruar dikur ketu, ndaj nuk ja vlen per tu ndalur ne anen biografike te vepres tij. Nese do kish diçka qe do shtoja, do kish te bente me atë se si ka ndryshuar perceptimi i filmave te tij ne syte e mi, ne keto 10 vite harlisjeje timen kinematografike. Mendimi im ...
AUTORI 02-09-2010 09:24
1960, US, Directed by Alfred Hitchcock B&W, Running Time: 109 minutes Review Source: Blu-ray, RB, Universal; Video: 1.85:1 1080p 24fps, Audio: DTS MA There’s almost certainly nobody out there who hasn’t already seen this seminal piece of work from one of the field’s most acknowledged and fascinating directors, but just on the off cha...
The Grim Cellar 30-08-2010 16:15
I first heard about the Righteous Men a few years back on Richard And Judy's book club. It was their choice for their Summer Read. I have to admit, cheap, fast moving thrillers such as 'The Da Vinci Code' are not my thing and this was claimed as a successor to such. So why did I read it. Well, it was the concept that appealed to me. 36 Men in t...
All of this has Happened Before 27-08-2010 13:20
The news of the Star Wars movies being released on Bluray late next year is pretty much history already. The hysteria/internet-geekdom-meltdown has been as sad as it was predictable. Sad because yet again the fans are being manipulated as part of the slow year-long marketing push to earn gazillions by selling the same stuff all over again to fans w...
Musings of the Ghost Of 82 25-08-2010 18:17
It makes me cringe when I realize that someone hasn't seen a movie or won't watch a movie because they don't like a certain actor or actress, and this could be the case with Salt, which starts the amazing Angelina Jolie as the title character. Set in the present time, Agent Salt (Angelina Jolie) lives a life as a FBI (or CIA?) agent, when sudden...
Because the movie fell funny 24-08-2010 09:51
Here's another old quiz, this time all about Mr Maurice Micklewhite himself, Michael Caine. A: Colleagues Michael Caine's British contemporaries include his old friends Sean Connery, Roger Moore and Terence Stamp. Put this quartet in the right order by age, oldest first. He has made films with two of them: which two, a...
gratia artis 19-08-2010 13:01
Yes, it's that time of year again. As most of you will know I provided some coverage of this last year, but getting tickets for ths year's events was very difficult. This event is growing in popularity. I will not be at all suprised if it becomes impossible to get tickets in future. Friday 13th August 2010 127 Hours - We saw the tra...
Retro Ramblings 14-08-2010 23:43
Most audiences today won’t have heard of the name John Landis. They would have heard of “Coming To America” and “The Blues Brothers” but it’s unlikely they recognise the talent behind the lens. That’s because Landis has become one of Hollywood’s forgotten star directors. Legal troubles and a decade of poor work has put the dir...
Strange Conversation 11-08-2010 16:16
INCEPTION...
Posted by FATOS DYBEKU 23-08-2010 20:11
3d movies are so cool, i just wish that we could watch 3d movies on TV,;`...
Posted by Elijah Lewis 22-08-2010 13:56
Hi, terry and Clydefro! If you have a DVD player which can play Zone 2, the film has been released in Europe: You can get it, for instance, through Amazon It is a Spanish release (here it was titled "Si no amaneciera"), but the film carries the English version as well as the Spanish dubbing...
Posted by Gloria 21-08-2010 16:22
This is another of those films that I haven't seen yet, chiefly because the trailer/marketing turned me off. I guess I'm not the target demographic of new films anymore! I'll give it a rent sometime- like with Kick Ass, you've got me wondering if I'm missing something. I find Tarantino annnoying these days. I loved Pulp Fiction but, like M Night Sh...
Posted by ghost of 82 20-08-2010 17:10
Mund ta shikosh filmin (twin peaks) pa "mbaruar" teresisht serine ! Eshte i mrekullueshem !...
Posted by autori 19-08-2010 09:54
Yes, Chris, a reunion is one that a lot of fans (including me) really want to see. The frustrating thing is there shouldn't really be any reason why it can't happen these days. I think there just isn't the depth of feeling for a reuinion in HK as there is overseas. Plus, I guess some wouldn't want to see them together past their prime. But pers...
Posted by Cal 17-08-2010 21:10
Ouch. I'm still going to watch it because now I've started watching the Final Destinations I compulsively have to complete the set, but... well, to say "it doesn't sound good" might be an understatement!...
Posted by badblokebob 17-08-2010 18:56
I saw Final Destination the other night and hope to have a mini-review up shortly... nothing, and I mean NOTHING, can prepare you for just how bad the film is....
Posted by ghost of 82 17-08-2010 15:56
Ca me met l'eau à la bouche. Ketu tek une e kane projektuar nje here te vetme (shume e trishte). Me pelqeu pershkrimi....
Posted by S. 17-08-2010 13:49
Twin Peaks eshte seri qe me ka pelqyer, edhe pse nuk e kam pare te teren pasi eshte pakez e veshtire ta gjesh ne streaming. Filmin nuk e kam pare akoma, po ngaqe dua te mbaroj serine njehere:) Nuk lexova çfare ke shkruar mbi Lynch, por mbi sa thua ketu, heq kapelen. Kam nje preference me te shtyre per "INLAND EMPIRE" por gjithsesi, dhe "Mulhollan...
Posted by S. 17-08-2010 13:37
