Category Archives: Movies / TV

Ong Bak – Thai Movie

October 4, 2006 – 4:10 am

ONG BAK marked the debut of Tony Yaa, the explosive martial talent, to both Thai and intenational audience. The story of a young man searching for a stolen Buddha head in Bangkok is aided by the skillful direction by Prachya Pinchaew for the director truthfully portrays country life, while going a little over the top with […]

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Invincible – movie

September 29, 2006 – 7:14 am

This movie about a loser Philadelphia Eagles fan could have been a rehash of ROCKY, however the producers had the intelligence to cast Mark Walhberg as the lead, Vinne Papale, who tries out for the team on a dare and makes it into the NFL. I never liked him as Marky Mark, boy band solo artist, however […]

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Tom Yum Goong – movie

September 18, 2006 – 3:35 am

Tom Yum Goong (2005) created Thai movie history this weekend by storming the US box office charts to #5. The lame plot, the cliché dialogue, and choppy editing would normally relegate this film to the garbage heap, however Tony Yaa catapults the action to a new level. A 4 minute fight sequence is the centerpiece […]

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9/11 – The movie

August 24, 2006 – 1:37 am

Last night I bought a DVD of Oliver Stone’s new film 9/11 The Thai seller promised the bootleg was 95% perfect. Most pirate copies aren’t 100% until someone gets their hands on the master. A month usually. Being a New Yorker I took a chance and wasn’t disappointed by the quality of the DVD. I […]

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Snakes on a Plane (movie)

July 30, 2006 – 6:47 am

A NYC opera critic once received a letter from an irate fan, accusing of sleeping through an opera about which he had written a favorable review. The opera critic wrote back. “I’ve seen enough opera to know that it’s the bad ones that wake me up.” I feel the same way about movies and don’t subject […]

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