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Film Review: Parasite (2019)

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A poor family, the Kims, con their way into becoming the servants of a rich family, the Parks. But their easy life gets complicated when their deception is threatened with exposure. REVIEW:    If you haven’t already heard of Bong Joon-ho’s latest film Parasite, you must have been living in a barrel for the past six months. …

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Film Review: Angel Guts: High School Co-Ed (1978)

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Kawashima, Kajima, and Sadakuni spend their days riding motorcycles and terrorizing/raping young girls. Kawashima is overly protective of his little sister, Megu, who does not know about her brother’s terrible activities. REVIEW: Angel Guts: High School Co-Ed, or Jokosei: tenshi no harawata, is the first film in a series of nine Angel Guts films, most of …

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Film Review: 0.0 MHz (2019)

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: Members of a supernatural exploration club go into a haunted house. REVIEW: First time director Yoo Sun-Dong, together with K-pop stars Jung Eun-ji and Lee Sung-yeol, join forces in a lacklustre ghost story with a predictable plot and harrowingly bad performances. At first glance, 0.0MHz seems like it could have some potential. While the idea of …

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Film Review: The Roommate (2010)

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: A paranormal thriller involving two young women who start off as roommates but become much more. These working ladies have such a wonderful time living together, sharing their new home. Their friendship gets deeper, until a bond of love forms between them. But soon their world is terrorized by an uninvited “guest” who possesses one of …

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Film Review: The Crone (2013)

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: The Crone is part of a Japanese horror project which also includes Norio Tsuruta’s Talk to the Dead and Koji Shiraishi’s Cult. Ayane, Nanami, and Mayuko are members of a new 3-member idol group called “Jersey Girl”. One day they’re invited to appear on a television show about the paranormal where they’ll visit an abandoned nursing …

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Film Review: Chanbara Striptease (Oppai Chanbara) (2008)

Rate This Movie SYNOPSIS: After the death of his mother, 20-year-old Lily lives with her grandmother and is going to be the successor to the deadly martial art Sayama Hasin-ryu, which is transmitted for several centuries, from woman to woman. During the initiation ritual, Lily mysteriously falls in the past, 300 years ago.It is in an unknown forest near a …

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Film Review: Greatful Dead (Gureitofuru deddo) (2013)

SYNOPSIS: Nami is a young woman with numerous hangups sprouting from a dysfunctional childhood. She inherits a small fortune that allows her to pursue various interests, many of which are abnormal. REVIEW: The story revolves around a young woman called Nami (Kumi Takiuchi), who lives a life of luxury and leisure with the money she has inherited from her dead …

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Film Review: Haunted Changi (2010)

Rate This MovieSYNOPSIS: Story of what happened to a group of documentary makers shooting a documentary in Singapore’s haunted Old Changi Hospital. REVIEW: “Haunted Changi” is another entry in the horror found-footage sub-genre. Many of the independent entries in this particular type of movie show a lack of experience, and act as a way to hide the amateur cast and …

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