All posts tagged "subtitled"
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SAMURAI FURY – Review
The year is 1461 (for the movie, SAMURAI FURY, not us, though many think we’re regressing globally). Japan...
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“Petra” Season 2 – TV Series Review
It’s been three years since I reviewed the earlier episodes of the entertaining Italian procedural, “Petra.” This round...
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THE VILLAGERS – Review
I’ve enjoyed a slew of Ma Dong-seok’s contributions to Korean action flicks. The rotund, open-faced actor usually plays...
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“Riviere-Perdue” Season 1 – TV series review
The six-episode police procedural miniseries from France, “Riviere-Perdue,” covers a related series of crimes in six 52-minute episodes....
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HIDDEN FACE – Review
The subtitled Korean export HIDDEN FACE is marketed as a suspense tale, but it’s a just-shy-of-soft-core drama about...
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LAST RONIN – Review
In old Japan, Ronin were Samurai without masters, roaming the land on their own, yet mostly still living...
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“Vanina: Season One” – TV Series Review
The light Italian police procedural “Vanina: Season One” is designed for those who seek a higher ratio of...
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YADANG: THE SNITCH Review
The Korean crime drama YADANG: THE SNITCH is longer on plot and shorter on action than most of...
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BABY ASSASSINS 3 – Review
Although BABY ASSASSINS 3: NICE DAYS is the third installment of what’s become an action comedy franchise, it’s...
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“My Funeral” – TV Series Review
“My Funeral” (originally “Jardarforin min”) is a darkly funny Icelandic miniseries about a newly-retired man who, on the...
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“Trompoppie” – TV Series Review
The title of the darkly comic murder-fest “Trompoppie” is Afrikaans for drum majorette. We first meet aspiring South...
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GHOST KILLER – Review
The Japanese action dramedy GHOST KILLER blends an element of the supernatural with its underworld (the criminal kind,...
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“The Traveller” Season 2 – TV Series Review
It’s been over two years since I praised Season One of this fine and unique French procedural “The...
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“Chantal” Season 2 – TV Series Review
Season 2 of the charming Belgian crime dramedy “Chantal” picks up where the first season left off. The...
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“Mafia” – TV Series Review
The crime drama “Mafia” (originally “Maffia”) from Sweden is a bit atypical in its focus. Covering a period...
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“Fatal Crossing” – TV Series Review
If you’re in the mood for a dark, slow-moving Danish crime drama miniseries, “Fatal Crossing” (originally “Pigerne fra...
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JANE AUSTEN WRECKED MY LIFE – Review
A French film about English author Jane Austen? No, a delightful contemporary French comedy, partly in English, about...
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“Chaos” – TV Series Review
The Danish dramedy ”Chaos” (originally “Kaos”) offers a change of pace from the murder and crime fare I’ve...
