Anukkai watches and talks about films from Asia
All the world’s a stage and we are merely Party members. Available in Canada, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 155 minutes. The movie starts with a short scene of a group of workingmen gathered around, waiting for the … Continue reading WTF ASIA 219: Platform (2000)
And I would kill anyone for love… Available in Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 143 minutes. Nagasawa Rei takes a taxi to an underground bar/restaurant and walks around and around…how big is … Continue reading WTF ASIA 218: Ride or Die (2021)
The moral of the story is to avoid driving into the water. Available in Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. I prefer the Amazon version to the Netflix version, if only for not cutting out the … Continue reading WTF ASIA 217: Talaash – The Answer Lies Within (2012)
What does paradise look like to you? If paradise for you looks like a bunch of stabbings, metal pipe bashings, car crashes, and the occasional shooting, then this movie is paradise. Available in Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United States, and perhaps … Continue reading WTF ASIA 216: Night in Paradise (2020)
The anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre is upon us, so here is a movie about violence in China. Available in Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 130 minutes. Below is maybe the second shot … Continue reading WTF ASIA 215: A Touch of Sin (2013)
Truth, Justice, and the Law can often get in each other’s way. Available in Canada, France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 125 minutes. The movie is about ten seconds in when a man starts … Continue reading WTF ASIA 214: The Third Murder (2017)
WTF ASIA’s first Mongolian film forms the second part of the unofficial Dead Father Trilogy. No, the son does not seek vengeance. Available in Australia, Canada, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 115 minutes. I cannot guarantee that these are not … Continue reading WTF ASIA 213: Passer By (2017)
Til Death Do All Relatives Reluctantly Gather Together. Available in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 113 minutes. We start in the house of Ramprasad and Savitri Bhargava. It is pretty large and pretty quiet, but it … Continue reading WTF ASIA 212: Ramprasad Ki Tehrvi (2019)
This WTF ASIA entry is brought to you by Lucky Strike Cigarettes. Lucky Strike: when you need to hook a sucker to pay off your debts to loan shark. Available in Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately … Continue reading WTF ASIA 211: Beasts Clawing at Straws (2020)
Yep, that’s right. A third movie about an actor in however many weeks. This time, it is about one who has been abducted. Available in Canada, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 106 minutes. It is the 13th day of … Continue reading WTF ASIA 210: Saving Mr. Wu (2015)
The art of dying is a dying art. Available in Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 104 minutes. The movie starts out by explaining that a suburb of Kyoto called Uzumusa is known as the … Continue reading WTF ASIA 209: Uzumasa Limelight (2014)
After last week’s gleeful wallowing in miserable cynicism, how about a movie about some kids struggling to maintain that spark of hope? Available in the United Kingdom, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. It is also on Youtube…maybe. Approximately 103 minutes. … Continue reading WTF ASIA 208: Bijuli Machine (2016)
At some point, this was considered the WORST Indian movie that Netflix ever made. Perhaps it still is. And…okay, yeah… Available in Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 100 minutes. Inspired By … Continue reading WTF ASIA 207: Brij Mohan Amar Rahe (2018)
The tteokbokki is a metaphor, I tell you. A metaphor for…uh…yeah! Available in Australia, Canada, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 98 minutes. Han Hye-mi shot to superstardom at 19 and made a fortune through commercials. Now, … Continue reading WTF ASIA 206: The Star Next Door (2017)
Never too old to act childish. Available in Canada, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. The movie begins with a man telling…rather rambling story about…I am not actually sure what. But, in any case, the movie shows an elderly … Continue reading WTF ASIA 205: A Lifetime Treasure (2019)
What if Yojimbo were set during the time that it was filmed? Available in Canada, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 92 minutes. Well, that is an interesting choice for the credits to be in … Continue reading WTF ASIA 204: Youth of the Beast (1963)
The next time your friend tells you to get out of the pool, get out of the pool. Available in Australia, Canada, France, the United Kingdom, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 90 minutes. *Record Scratch* Yep. That’s … Continue reading WTF ASIA 203: The Pool (2018)
Did you know that FBI originally stood for Fatima Bureau of Investigations? No? Good, because that is not true. Available in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 145 minutes. oooo…Okay. What could that … Continue reading WTF ASIA 202: Agent Sai Srinivasa Athreya (2018)
Two hundred movies and, aside from certain segments from Funky Forest, I am not sure if I have actually featured a movie set in outer space yet. Anyways, here is a movie set in outer space. Available in Australia, Canada, France, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, the … Continue reading WTF ASIA 201: Space Sweepers (2021)
Valentine’s Day has gone…so I present a movie for those who are not in love and the final entry in my WTF ASIA Divorce Trilogy. Available in Canada, Canada again, the United Kingdom, the United States, the United States again, and perhaps a few other countries. … Continue reading WTF ASIA 200: Gone With The Light (2019)
Time to celebrate Valentine’s Day with…another movie about divorce. Available in Australia, Canada, France, the United Kingdom, the United States, and perhaps a few other countries. Approximately 128 minutes. Uh oh. This movie is leaving Amazon Prime next week. Better get on this one. … Continue reading WTF ASIA 199: I Wish (2011)
