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Now, at the behest of some of our members, we will now be a webpage for PURE Asian entertainment that includes Asian TV Series and Manga. This is Not to compete with a community on manga (such as Reality Inked ) but to be a more tribute webpage to the Asian entertainment medium.
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Uuuuuuggghhh. I spent a month watching this series back in late 2004, and even when I was 17 years-old, I wondered to myself why this anime got so much praise. Any anime that goes on for hundreds and hundreds of episodes while giving no closure in the end is an extremely poor one. It also doesn't help that so many of the episodes that I watched were so uninteresting and … more
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You learn something new every day. For example, I’d heard that the Japanese were in the midst of their own ‘splatter movement,’ but I’ve specifically avoided the films for awhile. Oh, it isn’t that I don’t appreciate a good splatter; truth is, I probably appreciate one as much as the next. I think the drawback with a good splatter movie is that … more
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Jackie Chan was arguably the king of martial arts action movies in the 80’s up to the mid 90’s because of his commitment in using no stunt men and no wires in his films . It seems he had left quite big shoes to fill that Thai action star Tony Jaa had given it his shot in the late 2000’s. Now Indonesia seems to have taken a stake in filling his shoes in the person of Iko Iwais. “Merantau” … more
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Koreans know a thing or two about war. While the Korean War lasted from 1950 – 1953, the nation remains divided into the Republic of Korea and Democratic People’s Republic of Korea even today, a source of constant tension between the two peoples. It’s hard to imagine the stress and discord created between families broken apart due to living on opposing … more
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2 & ½ Stars: Woman Knight of Mirror Lake Told remarkably passionless for a story about national pride, THE WOMAN KNIGHT OF MIRROR LAKE is a bit of a mess: narratively, it’s all over the place, told via flashbacks and – even the more unfortunate – flashback-within-a-flashback, and there’s even a few other weird storytelling quirks thrown … more
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After all the hype and the box-office success of “The Avengers” I wanted to see something more on the art house level in my local movie theater. This was where I managed to spot the John Woo co-produced critically acclaimed (in the Venice Film Festival) “Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale”. This ambitious Taiwanese historical drama is based on the Wushe incident in central … more
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While Evangelion is considered by many anime fans, even by highly-respectable ones, to be the "be all end all" of the anime genre, I honestly didn't like this one at all. While this anime has a lot of brain-twisting ideas that really make one think (which is a good thing), I felt the execution was really poor because instead of feeling like I watched an intellectually-stimulatin … more
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woopak_the_thrill posted a Quick Tip about Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale.
April 30
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I saw that this movie is finally playing at a local multiplex. I had the import Chinese dvd but it turned out to be the cheap kind so I did not get to finish the film. I am pumped to see this one again. Produced by action legend John Woo, I do hope that the U.S. did not heavily edit the American release as they have with "RED CLIFF". Full review Here … more
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Japan has its “Sukiyaki Westerns”, Korea has their “Kimchi Westerns” and China has its “Dimsum westerns“. Director/writer/star Jiang Wen’s “Let the Bullets Fly” is worthy of the critical acclaim it had received. It is fast, impishly clever, and very entertaining. Western audiences may form a disconnect with the grounds in which the story and script … more
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Cult director Teruo Ishii has been dubbed as the "Godfather of Pink violence", with such a title, one may expect the most disturbing, highly erotic films from this Japanese director. "BLIND BEAST vs. KILLER DWARF" (aka. Moju tai Issunboshi) is an odd title. Those very adulterated to Ishii's style may be in familiar territory (this is my second only such experience, the first … more
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A first kiss can carry hints of wondrous possibilities. Watching lovers we care about as they share that initial intimacy can be vicariously intoxicating. This dizzying effect is doubled, at least, in Shadow Magic, (2000; directed by Ann Hu and written by Hu with four others; in English and Mandarin, with some subtitles). As the young man and woman share their first kiss, … more
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Star Rating: The Raid: Redemption is unwatchably bad – a film that has no ambition other than to be noisy, aggressive, and relentlessly violent. Watching it is a little like being trapped in an arcade game and having absolutely no control over it. The characters, developed solely on shallow and overused clichés, are essentially targets in a shooting … more
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woopak_the_thrill posted a Quick Tip about Secret Garden (Korean TV Series).
April 21
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I am just on episode 5 so I am merely posting a quick tip. Despite somewhat of a shaky start, this Korean series have surprised me and may have hooked me with the way it manages to blend romance, comedy, heart-breaking drama and even fantasy elements into the way it develops its story and characters. The direction is pretty focused on its development that I was impressed with several twists and turns … more
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Like many, I think My Neighbor Totoro is one of Miyazaki's masterworks, and I think this a fine example of how to make an animated family film. What I think makes this anime film so great is its simplicity. Despite the fact that it's about two girls following around spirits and creatures, it's almost like a snapshot of real-life because of how believable the characters are, … more
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In the past several years, there’s been a tremendous increase of awareness surrounding the nature of autism. To be correct, autism is medically known as, either, Autism or Autism Spectral Disorder (ASD); both terms define a group of disorders associated to the development of the human brain. Typically, persons suffering autism display difficulty in interacting socially; … more
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In the middle of Jakarta's slums lies an impenetrable apartment complex which is a safe house for the city's most dangerous murderers, killers and gangsters. The crappy apartment block has been considered untouchable to even the police. It all changes when an elite team is tasked with raiding the building in order to take down the notorious crime lord Tama Riyandi who runs it and ultimately resides … more
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Honestly, I am not a big fan of Philippine cinema. However, I have to admit, even with all the bad movies that come out that cater to the public's tastes, there are some hidden gems. Going through my old VHS tapes, I found the hidden low-budget action gem "Dugong Buhay" (translated: "Life Blood") which was a major box-office hit in Asia when it … more
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I’ve been so disappointed with the recent flurry of Hollywood commercial films that I had to once again use my nose to find a great movie amongst the independent/foreign film circuit in my local neighborhood theater. This is how I came across the Indonesian Action film called “The Raid: Redemption” (Indonesian title: “Serbuan Maut” translates to "The Deadly Attack"). … more
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