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Director & Actor Teams: The Overlooked & Underrated (Part 1 of 2)

Cinema is a kind of uber-art form that’s made up of a multitude of other forms of art including writing, directing, acting, drawing, design, photography and fashion.  As such, film is, as all cinema aficionados know, a highly collaborative venture. One of the most consistently fascinating collaborations in cinema is that of the director and …

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‘The Last Stand’ renews some of that old Schwarzenegger muscular magic

The Last Stand Directed by Kim Jee-woon Written by Andrew Knauer U.S.A, 2013 The unofficial motto for The Last Stand could very well be something along the lines of ‘the more things change the more they remain the same.’ It was not so long ago that Arnold Schwarzenegger, star of the film under review, was …

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‘Doomsday Book’ Movie Review – is eccentrically charming

Doomsday Book Written by Kim Jee-Woon & Yim Pil-Sung Directed by Kim Jee-Woon & Yim Pil-Sung South Korea, 2012 The triumvirate anthology film gets a welcome revival in this South Korean horror / SF hybrid picture, with a mixture of social criticism thrown in for oriental larks. After filming two segments of the tale back in …

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Fantastic Fest 2012: ‘Doomsday Book’, a worthy addition in the ongoing resurgence of anthology films

Doomsday Book Directed by Kim Jee-woon and Yim Pil-sung Screenplay by Kim Jee-woon and Yim Pil-sung 2012, South Korea Doomsday Book, the Korean anthology co-directed by Yim Pil-sung (Hansel & Gretel) and Kim Jee-woon (The Good, The Bad and The Weird and I Saw The Devil), offers three unique takes of society in decline and …

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Fantasia 2012: ‘Doomsday Book’ does not fully come together

Doomsday Book Directed by Kim Jee-woon and Yim Pil-sung Written by Kim Jee-woon and Yim Pil-sung South Korea, 2012 How often do anthology films fully come together, with each part perfectly complimenting one another? The answer, despite however many times filmmakers attempt to construct them, is rarely. In fairness, the degree of difficult involved is …

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