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OSMcrap: “That Stupid Chun Li Movie”

More like Street Fighter: The Legend of CRAP-Li HUR HUR HUR A coworker asked me over this past week: “So what happened to the Survivor Horror in Resident Evil…

OSMcast! Anime, Games, Interviews, & More!

Mar 23, 2009 • Subscribe

Seire (세이레, Park Kang, 2021) [Fantasia 2022]

A new father finds himself haunted by paternal anxiety and old transgressions in Park Kang’s eerie folk horror.

Windows on Worlds

Sep 3, 2022 • Subscribe

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Shari (シャリ, Nao Yoshigai, 2021) [Fantasia 2022]

A red monster roams the landscape smearing its blood wherever it goes in Nao Yoshigai’s surreal documentary hybrid.

Windows on Worlds

Sep 17, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Mercenaries from Hong Kong (獵魔者, Wong Jing, 1982) [Fantasia 2022]

A former mercenary agrees to one last job but finds himself swept into unexpected intrigue in an early action fest from Wong Jing.

Windows on Worlds

Aug 18, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Chorokbam (초록밤, Yoon Seo-jin, 2021) [Fantasia 2022]

A small family contend with the persistent unfairness of the contemporary society in Yoon Seo-jin’s slow burn indie drama.

Windows on Worlds

Jul 20, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

I’m Standing on a Million Lives

I honestly watched this show this year because I knew Chiwa Saito was playing Kahabell (the sadistic knight if you’re not super familiar with the names yet). I…

Anteiku Anime Reviews

Oct 3, 2021 • Subscribe

Next Door (옆집사람, Yeom Ji-ho, 2021) [Fantasia 2022]

An aspiring policeman becomes embroiled in a kafkaesque series of events after waking up next to a dead body in next-door’s apartment in Yeom Ji-ho’s deliciously dark farce.

Windows on Worlds

Aug 31, 2022 • Subscribe

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Drifting (Hong Kong, 2021) [CVF 2021]

Wilson Kwong reviews Jun Li’s socially conscious drama Drifting.

VCinema

Jul 12, 2021 • Subscribe

Time (Hong Kong, 2021) [NYAFF 2021]

Wilson Kwong reviews Ricky Ko's comedy-drama Time.

VCinema

Aug 17, 2021 • Subscribe

A Wild Roomer (괴인, Lee Jeong-hong, 2022)

An irresponsible and self-interested carpenter ensures a separate but connected existence in Lee Jeong-hong’s quirky indie drama.

Windows on Worlds

Nov 10, 2023 • Subscribe

Jun Rolls a Nat 20 On Charming Tomo!

Tomo-Chan is a Girl! Ep 10 Review Soon, people. Soon, Tomo and Jun shall step outside the friend zone and become the couple they’re meant to be. And in…

D&A Anime Blog

Mar 13, 2023 • Subscribe

Beyond the Dream (Hong Kong, 2019) [Focus Hong Kong 2021]

John Atom reviews Kiwi Chow's drama Beyond the Dream.

VCinema

Apr 6, 2021 • Subscribe

Stellar: A Magical Ride (스텔라, Kwon Soo-kyung, 2022) [Fantasia 2022]

A cynical man makes peace with his father’s memory while driving his possibly haunted and very rundown Hyundai Stellar in Kwon Soo-kyung’s charmingly quirky road movie.

Windows on Worlds

Aug 16, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

First Impression: I’m Standing on a Million Lives

One day after class, Yotsuya Yuusuke finds himself in a game-like fantasy world, along with the popular Shindou Yuu and shy Hakozaki Kusue. Shindou was actually the first…

Beneath the Tangles

Oct 2, 2020 • Subscribe

I'm Standing on a Million Lives

I’m Standing on a Million Lives Review — B

If you die in the other world, you don’t die in real life. But if you fail the quest you die in real life.

Draggle's Anime Blog

Oct 5, 2021 • Subscribe

I’m Standing on a Million Lives – Episode 1

I cannot tell you how refreshing it is just to come across a video game isekai that’s willing to let its newbie heroes suck at their job rather…

Anime Feminist

Oct 3, 2020 • Subscribe

I’m Standing on a Million Lives – Episode 11

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Dec 12, 2020 • Subscribe

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I’m Standing on a Million Lives – Episode 4

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Oct 24, 2020 • Subscribe

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I’m Standing on a Million Lives – Episode 5

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Oct 31, 2020 • Subscribe

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Never Forget that Black Lives Matter

“I’m conscious of race whenever I’m writing, just as I’m conscious of class, religion, human psychology, politics — everything that makes up the human experience. I don’t think…

OGIUE MANIAX

Jul 3, 2020 • Subscribe

News Update - Mon, 14 Jun 2021

The Apostrophe is Heaven's Comma. That is to say, I had to read the title of Allen's next project -- Heaven Official's Blessing - several times to not…

THEM Anime Reviews

Jun 14, 2021 • Subscribe

News Update - Mon, 28 Jun 2021

The Doctor is..... in. And we ended up on monster girls. I watched through Monster Girl Doctor, and pretty much went "eeeeeeeeeeh, it's OK, I guess." And it is. Next…

THEM Anime Reviews

Jun 28, 2021 • Subscribe

Monster Girl Doctor

News Update - Mon, 21 Jun 2021

0350 And so, Twin Spica now has a twin review, as I was more than happy to do a second opinion of it after having watched it as part…

THEM Anime Reviews

Jun 21, 2021 • Subscribe

Twin Spica

News Update - Mon, 7 Jun 2021

"I Knew We Should Have Taken A Left At Atlantis." So yeah, Allen's pick of the week is Penguin Highway, which is a bit of a look at the…

THEM Anime Reviews

Jun 7, 2021 • Subscribe

Penguin Highway

Big Night! (Jun Robles Lana, 2021)

A happy-go-lucky beautician’s existence is turned inside out when he discovers he’s been placed on a “watch list” in Jun Robles Lana’s extremely dark comedy

Windows on Worlds

Apr 22, 2022 • Subscribe

News Update - Mon, 13 Jun 2022

Little Town, It's a Quiet Virtual World.... Well, maybe not. Allen takes us on the journey of Belle, the story about a girl who pretends to be someone else…

THEM Anime Reviews

Jun 13, 2022 • Subscribe

News Update - Mon, 27 Jun 2022

The First Casualty of Love is Innocence. So yeah, Allen takes on the second season of Science Fell In Love, So I Tried To Prove It, a show he…

THEM Anime Reviews

Jun 27, 2022 • Subscribe

News Update - Mon, 6 Jun 2022

The Second Coming of Eiken. ...uh, no pun intended. But yes, that seems to be the level of class Allen's pick of the week, Tsugumomo: season 2 OVA, is…

THEM Anime Reviews

Jun 6, 2022 • Subscribe

Eiken, Tsugumomo

News Update - Mon, 20 Jun 2022

Silent Trying... Allen takes a look at Aharen-san wa Hakarenai and comes to the conclusion that he loves it. As one would, since lovable weirdoes tend to go down…

THEM Anime Reviews

Jun 20, 2022 • Subscribe

Aharen-san wa Hakarenai

Goodbye, Don Glees! (グッバイ、ドン・グリーズ！, Atsuko Ishizuka, 2021) [Fantasia 2022]

Three teenage boys come to terms with past and future while on a climactic summer adventure in Atsuko Ishizuka’s heartfelt coming-of-age anime.

Windows on Worlds

Aug 24, 2022 • Subscribe

Goodbye, Don Glees!, Girl from Phantasia

Raging Fire (China/Hong Kong, 2021) [NYAFF 2021]

John Berra reviews Benny Chan's action movie Raging Fire.

VCinema

Aug 7, 2021 • Subscribe

PTU (Hong Kong, 2003) [CVF 2021]

Rowena Santos Aquino reviews Johnnie To's police thriller PTU.

VCinema

Jul 15, 2021 • Subscribe

Introduction (인트로덕션, Hong Sang-soo, 2021)

A lost young man discovers he’ll need to make his own introductions when faced with parental distance in a minor departure for the prolific Hong Sang-soo

Windows on Worlds

Nov 19, 2021 • Subscribe

Shadows (Hong Kong, 2020) [CVF 2021]

Grant Watson reviews Glenn Chan's psychological thriller Shadows.

VCinema

Jul 18, 2021 • Subscribe

Fantasia Film Fest 2022: A Girl Meets a Boy and a Robot

Part of a bigger sci-fi anthology feature called TAISU, Watanabe's short brings together an international team to create a new post-apocalyptic world.

Anime News Network - Views

Jul 23, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

Midnight (미드나이트, Kwon Oh-seung, 2021) [Fantasia 2021]

A deaf woman and her mother become unwitting targets for a sadistic serial killer in Kwon’s extraordinarily tense chase through the darkened streets of Soeul

Windows on Worlds

Aug 24, 2021 • Subscribe

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Seobok (서복, Lee Yong-ju, 2021) [Fantasia 2021]

A terminally ill former government agent reckons with mortality while bonding with a clone birthed to cure humanity’s ills in Lee Yong-ju’s high concept thriller

Windows on Worlds

Aug 11, 2021 • Subscribe

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Follow The Light (2021) review [Fantasia Festival 2021]

The narrative might not offer anything new at a thematical level, but stands out due to his refusal to spell things out and, instead, imply certain subjective truths…

psycho-cinematography

Aug 3, 2021 • Subscribe

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Convenience Story (2022) review [Fantasia Film Festival 2022]

Miki delivers a great psychological mystery narrative, yet it might not be for everyone.

psycho-cinematography

Aug 6, 2022 • Subscribe

Girl from Phantasia

I’m Standing On a Million Lives #01 — Self-Parody

    Oh boy, status screens. Sooooooooo, the initial Tokyo MX broadcast of this was… a thing, and I consider it to be an amusing enough thing that…

Tenka Seiha

Oct 2, 2020 • Subscribe

The Wandering Witch is Standing on a Million Lives

Welcome, all, again–and happy holidays(!), of whatever flavor you prefer. This time around, we’ll be looking at I’m Standing on a Million Lives, a show that has me…

91.8 The Fan

Dec 23, 2020 • Subscribe

I'm Standing on a Million Lives

I’m Standing on a Million Lives Review (Spoiler Free)

Let’s take a look at another recent fantasy / isekai anime. This one has it’s own unique twist, just like the rest of them! Again, this will be…

Umai Yomu Anime Blog

Nov 3, 2021 • Subscribe

Anime Series Like I’m Standing on a Million Lives

Bored with the world that surrounds him, loner Yotsuya Yusuke is one day transported to a new world with two girls from his class. There he finds out…

Recommend Me Anime

Dec 4, 2020 • Subscribe

Gantz, GOBLIN SLAYER, Grimgar of Fantasy and Ash, Made in Abyss, Saga of Tanya the Evil

The 8th Night (제8일의 밤, Kim Tae-hyoung, 2021)

Hell is a place on Earth in Kim Tae-hyoung’s eerie supernatural thriller.

Windows on Worlds

Mar 23, 2024 • Subscribe

Blue Island (Hong Kong/Japan/Taiwan, 2022) [CAAMFest 2022]

Wilson Kwong reviews Chan Tze-woon's documentary Blue Island.

VCinema

Jun 5, 2022 • Subscribe

Cloudy Mountain (峰爆, Li Jun, 2021)

Estranged father and son engineers must find a way to work together in order to save the town in Li Jun’s big budget disaster movie.

Windows on Worlds

Nov 11, 2021 • Subscribe

The Girl on a Bulldozer (South Korea, 2021) [OAFF 2022]

John Atom reviews Park Ri-Woong's social drama The Girl on a Bulldozer.

VCinema

Mar 31, 2022 • Subscribe

Keep Rolling (Hong Kong, 2020) [OAFF 2021]

Keep Rolling (Hong Kong, 2020) [OAFF 2021]

VCinema

Mar 6, 2021 • Subscribe

Walk Up (탑, Hong Sang-soo, 2022)

An insecure director tries on a series of different personas while moving through several floors of the same building in Hong Sang-soo’s elliptical drama.

Windows on Worlds

Nov 7, 2022 • Subscribe

The Sadness (哭悲, Robert Jabbaz, 2021) [Fantasia 2021]

A young couple find themselves caught up in an epidemic of sadistic violence in Robert Jabbaz’ defiantly depraved satirical horror

Windows on Worlds

Aug 22, 2021 • Subscribe

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