All posts tagged "subtitled"
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POLAR RESCUE – Review
I’ve been a big Donnie Yen fan for years. This martial artist/actor has been a mainstay of Chinese...
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PRISONER – TV Series Review
Prison films and series tend to pick one of the following themes: Action flicks with plenty of fighting,...
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“A Good Family” – TV Series Review
The title of the six-episode Finnish drama, “A Good Family (Musta valo),” must have been meant ironically, since...
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DR CHEON AND THE LOST TALISMAN – Review
The subtitled Korean export, DR. CHEON AND LOST TALLISMAN, is an action fantasy that’s long on special effects...
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THE TASTE OF THINGS – Review
Warning: Don’t see this film hungry! Delicious shots of delicious food in a luscious landscape fill the French...
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THE TEACHERS LOUNGE – Review
There is something going on in the teachers’ lounge, which goes way beyond school walls, in the thriller-like...
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SHE IS CONANN – Review
Let’s begin with the title, SHE IS CONANN. One might expect a distaff approximation of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s 1982...
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FOGGY MOUNTAIN – Review
Regular readers will know I’ve praised a slew of East Asian martial arts and action flicks in the...
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RANSOMED – Review
South Korea has exported a slew of first-rate action flicks in the past few years, and RANSOMED counts...
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“The Bridge” Season 4 – TV series review
“The Bridge: Season 4” is likely the final chapter in this crime drama from Sweden and Denmark. As...
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ZONE OF INTEREST – Review
The “zone of interest” is the euphemism the Nazis used to describe the area around Auschwitz, which included...
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WOLF PACK – Review
WOLF PACK is a fast-paced, subtitled action flick from China that’s well worth having to read the dialog...
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“The Shift” Season 1 TV Series Review
The Danish TV hospital drama “The Shift (originally Dag & Nat)”offers some interesting contrasts with our domestic fare....
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“Arctic Circle” Season 3 – TV Series Review
When I covered the previous two seasons of the Finnish police procedural “Arctic Circle,” I was down on...
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EYE FOR AN EYE: BLIND SWORDSMAN – Review
Chinese martial arts films have a long tradition of including quite an array of masterful fighters with significant...
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“Deadly Tropics: Season 3” – TV review
Regular readers know I’ve reviewed dozens of streaming TV series from a number of European countries over the...
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“Varg Veum” – TV series review
“Varg Veum” is the eponymous title of this Norwegian crime series. The star (Trond Espen Seim) is a...
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ROSE – Review
The subtitled Danish dramedy ROSE features an award-worthy performance from its star, elevating what could have been treacly...
