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Tag Archive for 'Choi Min-sik'

Lucy (4K UHD Blu-ray Review)

Lucy was one of those in-home viewing experiences you can’t take back.  It was a religious experience, one of the best of my life.  After being slightly disappointed by the quality of my sci-fi fave Oblivion on 4K Ultra HD Blu-ray (review here) and the story in The Huntsman: Winter’s War (4K review forthcoming) I […]

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The Tiger (Blu-ray Review)

From writer/director Park Hoon-jung (New World) comes the critically-acclaimed drama The Tiger, debuting on Blu-ray, DVD and digital August 9 from Well Go USA Entertainment.  The film features a remarkable performance from Korean superstar Choi Min-sik (Oldboy, Lucy, The Admiral: Roaring Currents) returning to action in the role of retired sharpshooter facing off against the last surviving tiger in […]

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The Admiral: Roaring Currents (Blu-ray Review)

In the year 1597, when the Joseon Dynasty faces imminent ruin by the Japanese, disgraced Admiral Yi Sun-shin (CHOI-Min-sik rom Lucy, Old Boy) is summoned as a last resort to lead the kingdom’s remaining 12 ships and an army of doubtful soldiers against the Emperor’s 330 strong fleet.  

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‘LUCY’ Express (Movie Review)

In the premise for Lucy, Scarlett Johansson’s character is forced to deliver a package implanted inside of her, only to gain unique abilities after the package is ruptured.  I am sure some kind of variation of that description is what got writer/director Luc Besson the means to make this film as a big studio movie, […]

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WonderCon 2014: Lucy

With the panel for the upcoming EuropaCorp-produced, Universal Studios-distributed film Lucy, starring Scarlett Johansson, I believe I found myself more intrigued by the fact that writer/director Luc Besson (La Femme Nikita, Leon, The Fifth Element) would be at WonderCon, rather than being psyched about the film itself.  That said, the trailer premiered a few weeks […]

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Scarlett Johansson Continues To Invade Early 2014 With This Trailer For LUCY

With Captain America: The Winter Soldier opening in wide release and Under the Skin opening in limited release this weekend, it seemed only fitting to continue providing coverage surrounding all things related to Scarlett Johansson; and while Why So Blu’s Brandon Peters continues his very detailed log regarding her pregnancy, I am simply posting the […]

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I Saw The Devil (Blu-Ray Review)

There are a lot of revenge films that currently exist out there.  While I am always up for a sweet revenge tale, it does excite me much more when it is a film coming out of South Korea.  Over the course of the past decade, South Korea has continued to prove to me that some […]

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