Archive for the ‘movies’ Category
ACTION BOYS (2008)
June 8th, 2012 by Mr. C
————————————————————————————————————— Director: Jeong Byeong-gil Stars: Kwon Gui Duck,Kwak Jin-seok,Sin Sung-il,Jeong Sye-jin,Kwon Moon-cheol,Byung-gil Genre: Korean documentary on stuntmen —————————————————————————————————————- I’ve been anxious to get my hands on this film ever since I found out that some of the subjects in this documentary on stuntmen have worked in two of my favorite Korean movies: CITY OF VIOLENCE […]
Tags: action boys, city of violence, documentary, good bad weird, korean
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CBGB Festival — July 5-8th in NYC — *Music*Film*Conference*Drink
June 7th, 2012 by Mr. C
The Legendary club at 335 Bowery by Bleeker street no longer exists, but the new owner of the brand – CBGB’s is throwing down a music and film festival from July 5-8th across many venues in NYC with the possibility of opening up a CBGB’s at a new location. We’re not sure how we feel […]
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DIRTY HANDS: The Art & Crimes of David Choe
June 7th, 2012 by chocko
Director: Harry Kim Genre: Documentary This documentary is about a passionate Korean-American artist named David Choe who travels the world, gets paid to be a fool and creates art inspired by graffiti, comic books and porn. Choe’s friend, Harry Kim, documented him for eight years to create a portrait of the artist while capturing his […]
Tags: david choe, dirty hands, documentary, kaffny 2012, movie, review
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REEWIND – Planet Chocko
June 7th, 2012 by Mr. C
On this throwback thursday from Planet Chocko Zine circa 1997, we flashback to some capsule movie & music reviews + some wounded heart poems + the WE WILL FALL: IGGY POP Tribute CD signing at Tower Records including guests – The Misfits, Joey Ramone, D-Generation, Lenny Kaye, Lunachicks, Blanks 77, & Joan Jett + a […]
Tags: alan lee, hong kong movie reviews, iggy pop tribute, planet chocko, poems, we will fall
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ULTIMATE CHRISTIAN WRESTLING (2010) – playing at Korean American Film Festival in NYC – June 8th & 10th
June 2nd, 2012 by Mr. C
——————————————————————————————————————– Director: Jae-Ho Chang and Tara Autovino Stars: Modern Day Warrior (Rob Adonis), God’s Property (Billy Jack), Custodial Crippler (Justin Dirt) Genre: Documentary – wrestling, religion ——————————————————————————————————————– The thought of preaching christian faith through the ranks of professional wrestling may seem like a foreign idea but the more and more I thought about it, this […]
Tags: documentary, korean american film festival 2012, ultimate chrisitan wrestling
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GIRL WALK // ALL DAY screening at the Korean American Film Festival in NYC – June 6
June 1st, 2012 by Mr. C
—————————————————————————————————————– Director: Jacob Krupnick Stars: Anne Marsen, John Doyle, Daisuke Omiya —————————————————————————————————————– I wasn’t sure what to expect with GIRL WALK // ALL DAY – a feature length dance music film shot in the streets and public spaces of NYC, but as soon as the visuals and the music unfolded on the screen – I […]
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POK DONG (2006) – part of the KAFFNY – L.A. Riots 20th Anniversary Program – June 10th
June 1st, 2012 by Mr. C
——————————————————————————————————– Directer: Alex Dongwan Ko Producer: Jarrett Lee Conaway and Joseph Suh ——————————————————————————————————– I couldn’t find a better way to celebrate KAFFNY by acknowledging the Korean-American experience by wrapping my eyes around POK DONG, a no frills documentary telling the story of Alex Ko’s (director) family and their life changing experience during/after the 1992 L.A. […]
Tags: kaffny 2012, korean american film festival 2012, L.A. Riots, pok dong
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Adventures of an Autograph Hound Part Deux
May 31st, 2012 by chocko
One of my favorite French street artists, Fafi made an appearance at The Hole Shop (312 Bowery) in New York last week for a signing of her new graphic novel from Rizzoli titled The Carmine Vault. There were also prints for sale, along with a limited edition tote bag for $25. Fafi signed and sketched […]
Tags: book signings, fafi, forbidden planet, gregg allman, lloud kaufman, micky ward, new york city, nyc, the toxic avenger, troma
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Throwback Thursdays: Planet Chocko Issue 3 – Fall/Winter 1997
May 30th, 2012 by Mr. C
Let’s take this muthership back – way back to the fall of 1997 to issue 3 of Planet Chocko when we chit chatted with our favorite live action anime girl – APOLLO SMILE. By the way, Apollo Smile can sing, dance, and kick your ass, too! And not necessarily in that order! We also had […]
Tags: apollo smile, david friedman, planet chocko issue 3, throwback thursdays
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KILLER SWAG: Posters from After Dark Action!
May 25th, 2012 by Mr. C
I just wanted to drop a big AFTER DARK ACTION elbow and HI-FIVE to the guys and gals at After Dark Films for sending us some killer promotional posters signed by the cast members of the recently released films including sigs from Cung Le from DRAGON EYES, the beautiful – Yvette Yates from EL GRINGO, […]
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REEWIND: The 43rd Chamber
May 25th, 2012 by Mr. C
Just came about some old flyers from one of our favorite kung fu video stores (VHS format) from the late 1980’s and 1990’s on 43rd street not too far from the Port Authority Bus Terminal in NYC – The one and only – THE 43rd CHAMBER. They had an awesome stock of classic kung fu […]
Tags: 43rd chamber, nyc, vhs, video stores
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The Great GoogaMooga 2012
May 24th, 2012 by chocko
The Great GoogaMooga (An Amusement Park of Food & Drink) weekend happened last week in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. Shout out to Joey Teacups for hooking me up with a ticket for Saturday! Yeah, I know you’ve all heard about the “disaster” that was Googa…spotty cellphone service, waiting on a line for 45 minutes for a […]
Tags: 2012, bear hands, brooklyn, googa, hamagegddon, mooga, prospect park, the great googamooga, the roots
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