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The Boxer’s Omen (NYAFF ’12 Review)

Guest — June 30, 2012 — Leave a comment

Our good friend Marie Lascu went to see The Boxer’s Omen for us and she wrote down a few thoughts about the film and the experience seeing it on 35mm

There are midnight movies, and there are midnight movies. For those who’ve long grown tired of the same five films or so being constantly paraded as midnight fare (The Big Lebowski, Goonies, Fight Club, crap that won Oscars, etc.) NYAFF ’12 is gifting the public with some late night flicks that satisfy the wild, unknown, and WTF palette of midnight movie yore.

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Nameless Gangster (NYAFF ’12 Review)

James — June 30, 2012 — 1 Comment

Going into Yun Jong-bin’s Nameless Gangster, I did not know what to expect. All I knew was it starred the amazing actor Choi Min-sik and that it probably had something to do with gangsters. But sometimes titles to films can be misleading, so I went in not aware of the special film that was presented before me. Being a big crime/gangster film fan from all around the world, I’ve seen good examples and bad examples. This one easily enters the good camp of gangster films primarily based on the Choi Min-sik performance of Choi Ik-hyun, a character you’re never sure if he’s absolutely brilliant or one of the biggest dumbasses around. And this makes for an interesting journey.