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A bi-weekly podcast which aims to provide an introduction to the exciting world of Asian cinema. Each episode sees Elwood and Stephen highlighting a different film worth discovering as well as discussing a wide variety of topics relating from actor / director profiles through to exploring the more random aspects of this fascinating field.
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Elwood and Stephen look at the highly unique animated war movie Unicorn Wars as the Teddy Bears wage war against the Unicorns believing the one who drinks the blood of the last unicorn will rise up as the chosen one. Directed by Alberto Vázquez who draws inspiration from Apocalypse Now, Bambi and The Bible to create a war movie that is somehow both familiar and unlike anything else you've seen.
Elwood and Stephen look at the Hong Kong wuxia comedy Eagle Shooting Heroes as a madcap quest for a mystical tome of kung fu brings together a stellar cast which includes Tony Leung Chiu-wai, Brigitte Lin, Leslie Cheung, Maggie Cheung, Karina Lau, Tony Leung Ka-fai, and Jacky Cheung Review: 00:38:10 --- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage
Elwood and Stephen look at Masaaki Yuasa ( Devilman Crybaby ) one crazy night anime The Night Is Short, Walk On Girl as a night out on the town for two university students leads to a string of encounters with the town's more unusual residents. Review: 00:30:29 --- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage
Originally planned to mark #25 but now appearing at #28 because we apparently can't count this cult British comedy about two out of work actors going to the countryside and maybe having a drink or two along the way in what would also prove to the breakout role for Richard E. Grant. We look at the films legacy, drinking game and how it avoided a questionable ending.
Elwood and Stephen look at the CAT III answer to Robocop....Robotrix! When a mad scientist transfers his mind into the body of a powerful cyborg it falls to police officer Selina Lam to stop him after she is killed in the line of duty and resurrected as a cyborg super cop. Review: 00:30:50 --- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage
Elwood and Stephen look at the Indonesian ghost story "The Corpse Washer" as Lela is tasked with picking up her families mortuary duties when her mother mysteriously dies. But when other women in the village suffer a similar fate she begins to investigate who or what is behind their deaths. --- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage
Elwood and Stephen venture into Pan's Labyrinth to look at the film which many consider to Guillermo Del Toro's breakout film as set against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War a young girl Ofelia meets a mysterious Faun who informs her that she is actually the princess of the underworld and now requires her to complete three tasks to be able to return to her kingdom.
Elwood and Stephen look at the crime comedy Her Fatal Ways in which Carol Cheng plays a mainland Chinese MPS officer forced to team up with Tony Leung's Hong Kong Police Inspector to track down a drug dealer on the run while dealing with their own conflicting ideals. Review: 00:29:18 --- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage
Elwood and Stephen celebrate another podcasting milestone with a Wong Kar-Wai double feature looking at both In The Mood For Love and it's unique sequel 2046 Review: In The Mood For Love - 00:11:53 2046 - 00:56:34 --- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage
Elwood and Stephen look at Mario Bava's Giallo Blood and Black Lace in which the models of a fashion house find themselves falling victim to a masked killer attempting to find a scandal revealing diary. --- Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot ---
Elwood and Stephen add another 50 titles on their Top Asian Cinema list as they bring their total to 300! --- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage
Elwood and Stephen look at Takashi Miike's "The Bird People in China" in which a Japanese businessman named Mr. Wada is sent to assess a vein of jade in a remote village in Yunnan, China. Accompanied by the yakuza member Ujiie and his guide Mr. Wada what initially appeared to be a simple job soon turns into a journey of discovery for the trio. Review: 00:29:05 --- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage
It's Christmas which of course means its time for Elwood's favourite show of the year as it's Kaiju Christmas!! This time Stephen and Elwood look at Attack of the Super Monsters which is really just an amalgamation of the first four episodes of Dinosaur War Izenborg and sees super intelligent dinosaurs declaring war on humanity when they are released from their underground tomb.
Elwood and Stephen look at Joachim Trier's anti-romcom "The Worst Person In The World" and the final film in his Oslo trilogy as the film follows Julie a woman who changes career paths as often as she does lovers as she tries to find the person much like the career which is right for her as part of her journey to find her true self.
Elwood and Stephen take on a double feature starting with Stanley Kwan's award winning but Oscar snubbed biography of Ruan Lingyu Centre Stage charting her life and career. Listener Marcus completes the double bill with his The Ballard of Narayama by director Shōhei Imamura following the lives of a small mountain village and in particular the elder Orin as she prepares to be taken up the mountain while attempting to get her life in order. --- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage
Elwood and Stephen look at the comedic war drama Welcome to Dongmakgol as in the midst of the Korean war a group of north and south korean soldiers discover a secluded village, they soon learn its inhabitants have no contact with the outside world. They then unite to protect it from external threats. Review: 00:21:46 --- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- Buy us a coffee and support the show Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage
Rashmi Menon ( Yesteryear Ballyhoo Revue ) joins Stephen and Elwood again this time to look at the African ghost story Atlantics. Set along the Atlantic coast, a soon-to-be-inaugurated futuristic tower looms over a suburb of Dakar. Ada, 17, is in love with Souleiman, a young construction worker. But she has been promised to another man. When Souleiman and his co-workers leave the country by sea, in hope of a better future several days later, a fire ruins Ada's wedding and a mysterious fever starts to spread. Little does Ada know that Souleiman has returned
Elwood and Stephen are raiding the collection of another of their favourite boutique labels and revealing their top five picks as this time they look at Arrow Video Opening / Closing Theme - "Little Dreams" - The Kidd Electric
Elwood and Stephen look at the action thriller "So Close" as a pair of assassin sisters find themselves on the run from the same criminals who hired them aswell as an high-kicking cop! Review: 00:42:07 --- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- Buy us a coffee and support the show Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage
Stephen and Elwood look at one of the more overlooked titles in the Studio Ghibli catalogue as they review "Whisper of the Heart" a coming of age romantic drama and the only film to be directed by Yoshifumi Kondō. Review: 00:34:22 --- Opening Theme - Coffee Date Beat Provided By https://freebeats.io Produced By White Hot --- Buy us a coffee and support the show Check out our sponsor: Yes Please Vintage
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