Korean Klassics

Ok. We fess up. We’re never exactly first out of the gate with news here at CS but you could say that’s because we’re built for comfort, not speed. Forgive us then for the tardy appearance of this piece on our favourite film flavour – Korean Kimchi.

Cruise through the pages of our Sitges section and you’ll quickly realise we’ve somewhat of an infatuation with Korean cinema, albeit on an admittedly narrow horizon. So, for our small, but no doubt ever growing band of faithful  Blog-bait, we thought now would be a good time to enlighten you on the who’s who of Korean cinema’s go-to men. In no time at all names such as Park Chan-wook and Bong Joon-ho will be skipping off the tip of your tongue to the stifled gasps and admiring looks of the secretaries gathered religiously at your feet around the water cooler.

Once you’ve read this piece over at our friends at Filminfocus.com (the website of Universal Pictures’ Focus Films) give yourself an extra gold star if you spotted their one glaring omission (well done if you guessed the debut director of  last year’s stunning film THE CHASER, Na Hong-jin)

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Let’s Hug It Out, Bitch.

Ari Gold

Somehow in the last six days I managed to polish off five seasons of the HBO show ‘Entourage’.

If you’re already a fan, get excited because season 6 has just started on ITV3 in the UK. If it’s something you’ve never watched, get ready ‘cos you’re in for a treat.

It’s the story of an up and coming young star and his entourage of childhood friends and the highlight for me is his foul-mouthed agent, Ari Gold. Check out some of his quotes here: http://www.arigoldquotes.com/

Doves – MTV Live Music Session

These boys have been on the CorridorStyle Love List from the start and their latest album, KINGDOM OF RUST, the bands fourth studio album, has been given the royal CS stamp of approval.

What joy then that those nice people over at MTV have kindly dished up this beauty. Click on the link below and Enjoy

Doves – MTV Live Music Session

Liam Finn – He’ll Be Lightning

His album “I’ll Be Lightning” slipped under the radar, but it was one of my favourites of last year. Whilst trawling through Youtube I found this amazing performance of his single “Second Chance” on the Letterman show. I’ve got a bit of a soft spot for musicians who can play numerous instruments, particularly all at the same time, and this one makes the hairs stand up on the back of my neck every time I watch it. The boy is a fricking genius.

It’s The Final Countdown

gob-amazes-and-delights-the-crowd-as-the-final-countdown-blares_468x312Gob: [arms crossed] Then there’s me. The joker. The goofball. The magician.
[quickly makes a magician’s gesture with his hands]
Michael: I thought you were gonna do a little fireball there.
Gob: I was. It didn’t go off.

O-kay, who’d like a banger in the mouth?

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For no reason other than complete boredom, I’m going to be occasionally including quotes from Arrested Development.

See below for today’s slice of fried gold:

 

 Narrator: Tobias listens to a day’s worth of his own words, to see what Michael was referring to…
Tobias Fünke: [on tape] … even if it means me taking a chubby, I will suck it up.
Tobias Fünke: Nothing wrong with that.
Tobias Fünke: [on tape] Oh, I’ve been in the film business for a while, but I just can’t seem to get one in the can.
Tobias Fünke: It’s out of context.
Tobias Fünke: [on tape] I wouldn’t mind kissing that man between the cheeks.
Narrator: …and he realized there is something distinct about the way he speaks.
Tobias Fünke: Tobias, you blowhard.
[chuckles]

Is It Penry, the mild-mannered janitor? …Could be!

phooeyThere’s not much information at the moment, but it looks like the number one super guy is getting his own film.

Details are fairly scant but it’s shaping up to be a Garfield-style mixture of live action and CGI.

I can’t actually remember a great deal about the original cartoon other than the opening sequence, here’s hoping it’s an improvement on Scooby-Doo.

Triple R Shines A Light

Look For The Nines...I know we might be coming a bit late to this, but it’s just been announced that Corridorstyle favourite Ryan Reynolds has been cast as The Green Lantern, fighting off competition such as The Hangover’s Bradley Cooper and Justin Timberlake (??).

Along with The Flash, Green Lantern was one of my favourites. I think Reynolds is more than capable of pulling off (oo-er) a superhero role, but as we saw with Ben Affleck in Daredevil, it’s not just about the star. DC’s output can be described as patchy at best, with the Batman franchise and it’s susequent reboot hitting the spot, but the recent Superman and Punisher films failing to impress.

Fingers crossed, we’ll be giving you more updates on this as we get them.