Contents Best selling Crime-Noir author Tom Piccirilli discusses the newest wave of Korean Cinema in 'The Dream machine is Activated.' He singles out HANSEL AND GRETEL, DEATH BELL, ROUGH CUT, Kim Ki-Duk's DREAM, OUR TOWN, OPEN CITY, and THE CHASER. Editor Thomas Weisser also adds THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE WEIRD to the mix.

Jerry White attacks the NINJA VIXEN movies in his article 'Box of Rocks.' (above right)



Stefan S gives an indepth critique of Tony Jaa's ONG BAK 2 (above left)

Ard Vijn reviews the highly controversial movie HELP ME EROS and then he (with Peter van der Lugt) interviews the director LEE KANG-SHENG.




Professor Tony Williams takes a look at the Hong Kong Sex Industry as he talks about the two latest movies from Herman Yau, WHISPERS AND MOANS and TRUE WOMEN FOR SALE (above left)

And then in 'Gored to Death,' Bradley DeWitt compares TOKYO GORE POLICE with CHANBARA BEAUTY. He also answers the big question: In a knockdown, all out battle, who would win - Chanbara Beauty's Aya or Tokyo Gore Police's Ruka. (above middle & right)

Plus also in this issue:
'Shochiku's Horror Films of the 1960s,' an interview with Paween Purikitpanya (director of 4BIA), 'Capsule Reviews' plus columns by Max Allan Collins, Ric Meyers and Dr Stan Glick

Contents The ever-popular horror author EDWARD LEE is back with his erudite critique of Koji Kawano's CRUEL RESTAURANT (above left)

Director JOHN WOO talks about his newest International hit RED CLIFF in an exclusive interview conducted by LISA STOKES (above right)



V A MUSETTO, film critic for the New York Post, gives an early review of Sion Sono's LOVE EXPOSURE (above left)

STEFAN S (from Twitch Film and Nutshell Review) makes a case for RED CLIFF as 'the Movie of the Year.' RIC MEYERS seconds that opinion in his regular column (above right)




Film journalist CHRIS MAYO goes into the seedy world of BOOBS AND BLOOD with his analysis HARAKIRI PORN (above left)

Shock Cinema's BRETT TAYLOR delivers an important essay on the films of Japanese novelist YUKIO MISHIMA (above center)

DR STAN GLICK interviews 'Year of the Fish' actress AN NGUYEN (above right)



TONY WILLIAMS deals with four recent Johnnie To films, MAD DETECTIVE, EXILED, EYE IN THE SKY and SPARROW (Johnnie To, above left)

MAX ALLAN COLLINS writes about the three TRANSPORTER films and explains how they fit snugly into a magazine called Asian Cult Cinema (above center)

John Woo's wife, ANNE WOO is interviewed by LISA STOKES (above right)

Contents Professor Tony Williams delivers a stirring essay on the Kim Jee-Woon's smash hit THE GOOD THE BAD AND THE WEIRD, called "Referencing Sergio Leone and Korean History.


Brian L Yeatter, author of "Cinema of the Philippines," provides essential data in HOW TO TAME A FILIPINO VAMPIRE WOMAN. (above right)




Issue #63 also contains two major interviews:


Randall Larson has a conversation with Composer KENJI KAWAI, the musician behind Asian movies for 25 years; plus French correspondent Julien Seveon conducts an interview with actor-turned-film-director Hiroyuki Tanaka (better know as SABU).





There's also a fascinating feature piece on the MUSIC OF ASIAN CULT CINEMA (above right) and Jerry White exposes Ryuhei (Versus) Kitamuya's newest epic LOVEDEATH.


Plus also in this issue:

"Capsule Reviews" plus X-CROSS, columns by Max Allan Collins, Ric Meyers and Dr Stan Glick.

Contents ACC editor Thomas Weisser presents the countdown for the WORST JAPANESE MOVIES OF ALL TIME. "These movies are bad," he writes, "While many (with the probable exception of BLIND BEAST VS KILLER DWARF) would also qualify as quilty pleasures - make no mistake - they are still bad. Very bad."
Read 'em and weep. Here are descriptions and pics for the worst of the worst.


Plus:


New York Post film critic V A Musetto interviews Korean director PARK CHAN-WOOK (above) as they discuss his new vampire film THIRST and his classic movies like OLDBOY.


Issue 64 also features interview with SO YONG KIM (below left) by Lisa Odham Stokes; and DEATH BELL director CHANG (below right) conducted by Patrick Van Hauwaert.




There's also a fascinating feature piece on Jackie Chan's new 'No More Mr Nice Guy' film SHINJUKU INCIDENT by Tony Williams (below left) and Jerry White laments the current state of American vampire flicks while praising THIRST and BLOOD (below middle). Bryan Yeatter is also on hand with an in-depth look at the Filipino career of JOHN "BLOOD ISLAND" ASHLEY (below right).




Plus also in this issue:

Reviews for GROTESQUE,, SHOOT THE DIRTY RAPIST and Miike's YATTERMAN plus columns by Max Allan Collins, Ric Meyers and Dr Stan Glick.