In this week’s installment of Catching Up On Cinema’s Sports Movie Month, Trevor introduces Kyle to Ryoo Seung-wan’s boxing drama, Crying Fist (2005)! A hitting hitting, dual perspective narrative following the exploits of a washed up amateur boxer (Choi Min-sik) and young, hardscrabble street tough (Ryoo Seung-bum), the film is an exceptional and unconventional sports…
Tag: Korea
Episode 84 – Monstrum (2018)
In this installment of Catching Up On Cinema’s “May is For Monsters” event, we review the new Shudder exclusive, Monstrum (2018)! Directed by Heo Jong-ho, and starring Kim Myung-min, Lee Hye-ri, and Choi Woo-shik, the film is spectacle driven monster on the loose flick set during Korea’s Joseon era. Equal parts blockbuster action thriller and…
Episode 78 – Flu (2013)
In response to the current predicament we’re all in worldwide, April is hereby officially dubbed “Stay the F*ck Inside” month at Catching Up On Cinema. Being as we’re all doing our best to stay indoors these days, this month’s programming will revolve around the theme of isolation, both thematically and in terms of filmmaking and…