Korean cinema creativity also goes on in the short movie community, whether the big profiles are experimenting with the format or your lesser known directors. So in this episode we’ll be looking at six different ones using a variety of techniques, going back as far as 2003’s Doggy Poo and up to 2018’s Polaroid. With […]

A major comedy hit from Stephen Chow, we take a… dip into his 2016 movie Mermaid still not starring or even super starring himself. But there’s new talent that he puts his comedy voice into so how do they do? With Kenny B, Podcast On Fire founder and host of the Films And Swearing podcast Stewart Sutherland […]

Angelica Lee sees dead people in The Eye from 2002, by the Pang Brothers. With Kenny B and Paul Fox of the East Screen West Screen podcast. Contact the show via email at podcastonfire at googlemail.com, on our Facebook page and Facebook group or Twitter (@podcastonfire, @sogoodreviews) and SUBSCRIBE to our iTunes feed. Music courtesy of Brian Kirby (briankirby.net) whose awesome clothing line you can […]

The Category III movie scene had opportunistic filmmakers so when elegant and uniquely crazy movies such as Erotic Ghost Story hit or a Sex & Zen, you had everybody and their creepy uncles making films. But a veteran of the format, director Lam Yi-hung would prove to be skilled at stretching his dollars and he […]

It’s Trivia Night this year as well! Listen to the battle between Phil G, Todd Stadtman and late arrival Tom K-W as they and Lord Quizmaster Kenny B close out the year. Also, a Hallmark-movie review. Thank you for your support in 2018 and we’ll be back in January. Funky Bollywood: The Wild World of […]

It’s the decade of Tsui Hark bringing effects and a frantic energy to the Hong Kong fantasy movie and we stop at his work as producer in 1987’s A Chinese Ghost Story. With Kenny B and Paul Fox of the East Screen West Screen podcast. Ken’s note: In the Taiwan Golden Horse awards-section, I mistakenly identified […]

A Lunar New Year comedy is perhaps not the best pick for an in depth discussion as they are often designed as harmless, audience friendly entertainment. They sometimes stand out, they sometimes don’t as the stars of the day ham it up and play dress up. But when Milkyway’s Wai Ka-fai brought 2004’s Fantasia to […]

The Action Kid Ryoo Seung-wan plants a plethora of characters in the same arena, with the central piece being money, to see how they connect, interact and just how much they are able to beat the crap out of each other in No Blood No Tears from 2002. With Kenny B and Hangul Celluloid’s Paul Quinn. […]

Criminal shoots himself in front of his twin brother who’s a cop. Cop goes back to his old gang in the village and may or may not be acting as his dead twin brother. Violence and a quirky tone ensues in Kilimanjaro from 2000. With Kenny B and Hangul Celluloid’s Paul Quinn. Running Times:  00m 00s […]

We welcome back Ringo Lam to the directing chair, he goes into the beating heart of the city, mixing Hong Kong, Taiwan, China and the result is yet another Louis Koo vehicle, the chase for a girl, and a bag of cash. This is the closing episode of The Director’s Series on Ringo Lam, and we […]