Summer Reviews: August Movie Recaps

Rise of the Planet of the Apes



When Fox decided to bring back the franchise about ape revolutions made famous by “Planet of the Apes” released in 1968 and its four sequels, it was Tim Burton’s revamped movie with the same name that did make a boatload of money but critically was far from success. So, the studio thought it’s best to shelve the apes once again and freeing them a decade later with a new concept that reboot the entire franchise in “Rise of the Planet of the Apes”. Sure the title they’ve chosen sound quite silly but

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2011 Asian Packed Summer Tentpole Movies: Episode 1

Summer is almost here. We can feel the heat of the sun again. But this season is now more than beaches and barbecues. It's also when Hollywood studios releases some of their biggest motion pictures, star-studded and full of sequels, also ranging from good to not-so-good to downright embarrassing. Though not as extravagance as Hollywood blockbuster, Asian also have their tradition to release some of the most anticipated films in summertime. They can be nice choices for some moviegoers who might want a different taste of Summer movies, or just getting a bit bored with those Hollywood dishes. Saying that, what do we have in store for 2011? Here are our choices for Asian summer films that should be entertaining enough to be worthy of your time driving off the beach and heading to the theater.

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The Coffin And Phoonk: Notes From External Reviews

Have been following the hype of these Asian horror movies, “The Coffin” and “Phoonk”, but in fact, I haven’t got the chance to watch it both yet. Thai new supernatural story “The Coffin” by award-winning filmmaker Ekachai Uekrongtham (Beautiful Boxer, Pleasure Factory), and stars some of the most familiar

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Fall And Holiday Asian Dishes Menu Peek

This is a continuance article to “Fall And Holiday Movie Menu Peeks”. Now I’ll give some peeks to many new flavors from the Asian dishes which you can consume on this fall and holiday season. Primarily, Asian cinema will coloring with numerous historical epic again this time, they are including the second part of Asian most ambitious project to date, “Red Cliff,” Thai postponement sea epic “Queen of Langkasuka,” Korean

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Phoonk: Real India Horror With Shyamalan Style

My first coverage on Indian film, while one of my goals is also to reporting as much films across the Asia, India as one of the healthiest film industries in this region absolutely can’t be just passed like that, but sometimes I’m just not too impress with their style which I think over exposed on dancing and singing. But it looks this film will be quite different from the other, somewhat tickling my curiosity to know more about it. It’s not

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