Netflix
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Netflix’s latest Taiwanese drama series, Had I Not Seen the Sun, follows a convicted serial killer (played by Tseng Jing-hua) who agrees to a documentary interview after years of speculation… Read More
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In Last Samurai Standing, 292 fighters from across the land assemble for a merciless showdown to the death in the late 19th century, at the dawn of Japan’s transformative Meiji… Read More
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Mary Shelley’s gothic classic may well be a lifelong passion project for visionary filmmaker Guillermo del Toro, but in this episode Steve & James do a deep dive on why… Read More
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Drowning in ambition but narratively adrift, Kim Byung-woo’s latest high-concept blockbuster opens with an apartment complex being consumed by a giant tsunami before morphing into a science-fiction thriller that defies… Read More
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Good News is the new film from Byun Sung-hyun, director of The Merciless and Kill Boksoon, and opens with the caption: “Inspired by true events, but all characters and events… Read More
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Asian superstars Shu Qi and Angelica Lee Sinje headline The Resurrected, Netflix’s latest Taiwanese drama series, which premiered its first two episodes at the 30th Busan International Film Festival in… Read More
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As the adage goes, with friends like these, who needs enemies? This certainly applies to the female protagonists of You and Everything Else. In the new limited K-drama series on… Read More
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The general Hong Kong audience will find the premise of Netflix’s latest Korean thriller Wall to Wall all too relatable. Kang Ha-neul stars as a professional who buries himself in… Read More
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It is with decidedly mixed feelings that audiences approach season two of Netflix’s The Sandman. They may be eager on the one hand to witness more of the show adapted… Read More
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Netflix advances its robust slate of female-fronted Taiwanese drama series with Forget You Not, written and directed by Rene Liu Ruo-ying and starring Hsieh Ying-xuan as a middle-aged woman who… Read More
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An ordinary working-class family is turned upside-down when their 13-year-old son is arrested for murder. Stephen Graham co-one of the year’s most controversial and acclaimed television series. Steve and I… Read More
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Since transitioning from animation to live action, Korean writer-director Yeon Sang-ho has struggled to recapture the success of his barnstorming breakout hit, the action-packed zombie thriller Train to Busan. He… Read More
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Adolescent force of nature Kitty Song Covey returns to Seoul for a second semester of romance-infused chaos in season two of XO, Kitty, Netflix’s spin-off series from their wildly successful To All… Read More
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John David Washington, Samuel L. Jackson, Ray Fisher and Danielle Deadwyler star in this adaptation of the stage play by August Wilson. Denzel Washington produces, while younger son Malcolm Washington… Read More
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At October’s Busan International Film Festival in South Korea, Netflix dominated the headlines as it premiered a number of upcoming films and TV shows. Among the offerings was Beyond Goodbye, a… Read More
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The 29th Busan International Film Festival opened last week with the world premiere of the period action epic Uprising, written by Park Chan-wook and Shin Chul, and starring Gang Dong-won. Questions… Read More
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Show business is portrayed as a hostile work environment for women yet again in Born for the Spotlight, Netflix’s latest prestige drama series from Taiwan. Written and directed by actress Yen… Read More
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Korean superstar Gang Dong-won plays a former slave who becomes the leader of a rebellion in Uprising, a lavish period epic from Kim Sang-man (Midnight FM). The film opened the 29th… Read More
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