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What’s Korean Cinema? 59 – Tell Me Something

Dressed up as Silence Of The Lambs and Se7en through grim findings of body parts and constant rain, Korean cinema of 1999 heads into the serial killer film with Tell Me Something. With Kenny B and Paul Quinn of Hangul Celluloid.

Running Times: 
00m 00s – Intro/reception.
25m 30s – Director Chang Hoon-yun’s films.
28m 18s – Han Suk-kyu biography and discussion.
49m 45s – Tell me Something review.

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What’s Korean Cinema? 51 – Innocent Thing

The director of Volcano High goes back to school but throws out the fighty fighty stuff in favour of the psychological, teachers shouldn’t get romantically involved with students, erotic thriller stuff in Innocent Thing from 2014. With Kenny B and Paul Quinn of Hangul Celluloid.

Running Times: 
00m 00s – Intro/Innocent Thing production notes, reception, director Kim Tae-kyun’s absence from directing
25m 58s – Innocent Thing review.

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Podcast On Fire 288: Divergence, Rule #1 & Full Strike

The final verdict, final judgement is being handed in in this the finale to our Ekin Cheng movie review series, dubbed The Ekin Hour. Will he be Ekin or Achin? First up is Benny Chan’s action thriller Divergence featuring an emotional Aaron Kwok and a lot of standing and sitting still by Ekin. Together with Shawn Yue at the MAD section of the police force, he chases ghosts in the award winning Rule #1 and reformed triads take up badminton in Full Strike. With Kenny B and Phil G of Eastern Film Fans.co.uk.

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Running Times:

00m 00s – Intro/Divergence production background and reception.
20m 30s – Divergence review.
54m 07s – Kelvin Tong biography and discussion, Rule #1 reception.
59m 07s – Rule #1 review.
91m 06s – Derek Kwok and Henri Wong biography and discussion.
102m 58s – Full Strike review.

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This Week In Sleaze 59: Tightie Whitie Theatre – The Untold Story 2 & Quenchless Desire

Let’s talk some fucking Untold Story resurgence! Bunman becomes Bunwoman and we’ve got ‘Fatal Attraction’ the Hong Kong edition. Sleazy K and The Great Lord Joshua Regal review The Untold Story 2 and Quenchless Desire.

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Running times:
00m 00s – Intro/The Untold Story 2 review
54m 11s – Quenchless Desire review

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The Director’s Series 25: Ringo Lam – Full Alert

Ringo Lam returns to Hong Kong after his Hollywood adventure in multi-nominated, cops and robbers style. Lau Ching-wan vs Francis Ng, the stage is set. This is The Director’s 25 on Ringo Lam’s Full Alert. With Kenny B and Tom K-W.

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Running Times:
00m 00s – Intro/Quick-Takes: Replicant & Looking For Mr. Perfect
18m 00s – Ringo Lam interview excerpts and notes on Full Alert
25m 25s – Lau Ching-wan biography
35m 03s – Full Alert review

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What’s Korean Cinema? 38 – Double Agent

You can take a far more gentle approach to North Korean infiltration into South Korea, as opposed to the animalistic, head chopping ways in Shiri, and when you’re a screenwriter making your directorial debut, it makes sense it is less noisy and more story driven. This is what you’ll face in Kim Hyeon-jeong’s Double Agent from 2003. With Kenny B and Hangul Celluloid’s Paul Quinn.

Running Times: 
00m 00s – Intro/notes and discussion of writer and director Kim Hyeon-jeong
20m 43s – North and South Korean conflict/defections.
28m 08s – Double Agent review.

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Podcast On Fire 258: Banana Cop & A Bite Of Love

Welcome back to the George Lam Defaming Sessions! It’s here we determine whether George Lam is Lam… or Lame. Movies chosen for judgment: Banana Cop which sees George play a British Born Chinese and has adventures with a criminal in London played by Teddy Robin Kwan while searching for another. Also, he’s a stupid vampire having stupid romance with not so stupid Rosamund Kwan in A Bite Of Love. ALSO set in London. With Kenny B and Phil G of Eastern Film Fans.

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