123 episodes
Two Asian Blokes Danh and Thavy
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- TV & Film
A podcast where we chat about Asian pop culture: films, tv shows, cartoons, video games, comics, books, food… whatever we’re feeling on the day, really. A little bit of news, a little bit of analysis, but a whole lot of fun. New episodes every Monday!
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116 Four J-horror shorts you can watch for FREE! The JFF Horror Shorts Competition 2024
In this week's episode we took a look at four J-horror shorts from emerging Japanese directors that have excelled in their field: Best Wishes To All by Yuta Shimotsu, Closet by Hiroto Nakano, KARAKASA by Kenji Yamamoto and The Invitation by Hiroho Mieno.These four horror shorts are screening as part of a competition hosted by the Japanese Film Festival Online 2024. If you're a fan of Japanese cinema or horror cinema, I would definitely recommend checking out this FREE ONLINE film festival.Sim...
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115 FURIOSA: A Mad Max Saga. Are culture wars CRIPPLING perfectly good movies?
In this week's episode we covered the Japanese Film Festival news and the Assassin's Creed Shadows scandal. We also did mini, spoiler-free reviews for the Fallout TV show, Fremont, and Atlas, before getting to the main review for this episode - Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga.Furiosa acts as a prequel to the much celebrated Mad Max: Fury Road. Much like Fury Road, it is not doing too well in the box office. But is this a result of simple bad timing, or perhaps something more insidious.Are the culture...
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114 - SHŌGUN review! Finally, East meets West without the CRINGE
In this week's episode we covered Bladerunner 2009 news, Stray Kids at the MET Gala, Scavengers Reign news, as well as mini-reviews for Challengers and X-Men '97, before moving on to our main review for the episode, Shogun on Disney+.This period drama set in 1600s Japan offers a refreshingly tasteful and accurate blend of Eastern culture and Western aesthetics. It also is reminiscent of the journey of a lot of befuddled English teachers that we worked with during our own time in Japan.Is this...
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113 - First time watching Perfect Blue (1997) featuring Rice n Mics Podcast
In this week's episode we invited Rice n Mics Podcast host, Tung, onto the show to talk about Perfect Blue (1997) - the animated 90s cult film from legendary Japanese filmmaker Satoshi Kon.This was Tung's first viewing of Perfect Blue and first time guesting on our show, so of course we talked about everything from idol culture, to anime filler arcs, to whether or not sauce belongs in pho.Is this film still relevant? Are things somehow worse than Kon predicted? Let's discuss.Rice n Mics YouTu...
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Episode 112 - The Roundup: Punishment!! The glorious return of Jang I-su
In this week's episode, we let Thavy rant a bit more about Coachella and modern music. We also discussed the HYBE x ADOR controversy, the One Punch Man live-action adaptation, the teaser trailer for Baby Assassins 3, Alex Garland's Civil War, Zack Snyder's Rebel Moon, before talking about this week's big movie, The Roundup: Punishment. This is the fourth instalment in our favourite big punching cop dramady movie series, starring the biggest man in South Korea, Ma Dong-seok.Are we getting tire...
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Episode 111 - Scott Pilgrim TAKES OFF! Underrated gem or disappointing adaptation?
In this week's episode we invited our friend Aaron because he really likes the Scott Pilgrim franchise. We talked everything Scott Pilgrim, from the video game and graphic novels, to the live-action movie Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, to the recent Netflix animated adaptation, Scott Pilgrim Takes Off. Does this most recent adaptation tarnish the Scott Pilgrim legacy? Does it add any value? Let's discuss.SUBSCRIBE -- https://bit.ly/_subscribe_here_00:00 The Start02:40 Aaron loves Scott Pil...