Agreed. Most of the best, most enjoyable, interesting, and genuinely bizarre (not just something trying to be bizarre for bizarre's sake) have come from Korea. What did you think of A Tale of Two Sisters?

Dead Hooker In A Trunk is now available for VOD on IFC Midnight!

Awesome horror movie made for next to nothing...

Here's a NSFW trailer

The virtual apes far outshine the human actors, but Rise of the Planet of the Apes was pretty much exactly what I was hoping for - a really fun Summer B movie. I wish the screenplay didn't hew so closely to the Syd Field template (I wish that about a LOT of movies!) Every story beat here is telegraphed like crazy, and the various turnarounds and come-uppances arrive with set-your-watch punctuality. But, on the bottom line, the ape action is gangbusters, and Caesar is a true star, commanding the screen and my sympathies far better than the Peter Jackson King Kong did. (Andy Serkis played both, but this story better suits the mo-cap technique.) Both a series reboot and a remake of the fourth entry in the original run, it's loaded with nods to its predecessors, but these are mostly very nicely integrated. I only rolled my eyes once or twice. So much better than the Tim Burton misfire, and set up for any number of sequels. I'll be there on opening day for all of 'em.

Looking forward to seeing Rise soon... but why don't any of the major reviews (that I've read, at least) reference Conquest?

A strong recommend for The Guard, a new little movie from Ireland starring Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle. It's not profound but it is fun to watch with some great writing and a nice '70s pacing.

Just a guess, most of the people currently writing movie reviews (especially on the web) never saw it.

Moonie Jr. and I went out and saw Rise tonight. Perhaps the last movie we'll see together before sending him off to college. A fitting coming of age story under the circumstances.

Overall a solid B+ of a movie.

Moonie, I'm pretty sure that the movie cheated a bit on that last point you cited, but my assumption was:

We saw Captain America today. Fun movie! We really enjoyed it.

This is why I generally don't join in for the anguished cries about Hollywood making so many remakes, sequels, reboots, lazy adaptations, etc.

I may have my suspicions, but they are also, on occasion, good. Enjoyed Rise of the Planet of the Apes quite a bit. Some quibbles about certain things but as always, I'm willing to overlook these things if the movie meets me halfway by being entertaining.