52 FILMS BY WOMEN: #15. Advantageous (2015) [USA] – Jennifer Phang
52 FILMS BY WOMEN: #15. Advantageous (2015) U.S.A. Jennifer Phang In an overpriced world where existing comes at a high price, Gwen the spokeswomen for a body modification company realizes she is being aged out of her job. With no job prospects and a daughter Jules whom she wants to give a better chance…
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Sympathy Trilogy ( Mr. – Oldboy – Lady) (2002, 2003, 2005) KOREA
6 of the most satisfying hours of cinema I have ever had in my life! So I do have a short attention span for long drawn out plots, no big secret. But this trilogy has taught me for Chan-wook Park…wait for it…wait for it…POW!!! How does one make Dismemberment poetic? Ask Park. This Trilogy has…
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GUROTESUKU (GROTESQUE) (2009) JAPAN
Gore, gore, gore…gore, gore, gore…But where was the point?! So now is the time where I say “See at least SAW had a motive!!” or “And you Knock Friday the 13th part 100″…They had points!!!!! Abstract? In the film GROTESQUE, I was hoping to employ that word and ignore the hate, but abstract from what?…
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BATORU ROWAIARU (BATTLE ROYALE) (2000) JAPAN
Lord of the Flies meets the Breakfast Club. I worked with this really cool chick (a while back) that was just as into horror as me, if not more so. I found this out when, one day, she came in wearing a Battle Royale T-shirt. Someone commented great movie and she said to me “You…
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Noriko’s Dinner Table (2006) JAPAN
Back again with more chicks causing havoc!!!! Sometimes you like the sequel, sometimes you like the prequel in Noriko’s Dinner Table, you get both and it’s awesome! For those of you that haven’t been exposed to Asian Horror, it’s a mixed bag. You’ve got your commercial hits/series” with ghosts and creepy girls like the Ring,…
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