Tag: Audition
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Why Were the Early 2000s Such a Great Time for Asian Horror?
There are a few watershed moments in horror history, with the Asian horror movie boom of the late ’90s and early 2000s being one of them. This was an era that saw the release of one classic after another. When you have movies like Ringu, Ju-On: The Grudge, Dark Water, and Audition dropping one after…
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Takashi Miike Was Careful With Where He Put The Most Violent Parts Of Audition
Dates can go very wrong in horror movies. Carrie White’s prom date with Tommy Ross goes up in flames before the last dance, in both Stephen King’s novel “Carrie” and Brian De Palma’s film adaptation. In Sean Byrne’s Aussie horror movie “The Loved Ones,” poor Brett doesn’t even make it to his school dance after…
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Superhero Bits: Dave Bautista’s Terrible ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ Audition, ‘The Suicide Squad’ Rumors & More
Where does Venom‘s long tongue come from? How was Supreme Intelligence almost different in Captain Marvel? What one condition did Jennifer Lawrence have for being in Dark Phoenix? Did you know Dave Bautista‘s Guardians of the Galaxy audition was terrible? Is Idris Elba playing Bronze Tiger in The Suicide Squad? What was the original idea…
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‘First Love’ Review: Takashi Miike Delivers a Violently Hilarious Yakuza Romp
A boxer with a brain tumor, a crooked cop with terrible luck, a screw-up yakuza who’s seen too many movies, a dismembered Chinese gangster who wields a pump-action shotgun with his one remaining arm, a terrified prostitute who’s stalked by a ghost in tighty whities, an unkillable femme fatale who will kick a man to…